Reflection time: 20th youtube

I just uploaded my 20th youtube video (it was actually this one, but I'm a bit more proud of the video above, #19). The stats:

• # of videos: 20
  • # music videos: 8
  • # video responses: 1
• # total views (8/13): 5,982
• max # views on one video: 2,568 (Princess Bride Theme on piano)
  • Princess Bride's % of total views: 43%
• min # views on one video: 20 (Smashing Saltines)
• # total comments: 20
• max # comments on one video: 6 (Princess Bride Theme on piano)
• # video comments: 2 (thanks to Darius)
• most views on first day: 252 (iPhone 3g purchase a BUST!)
• # 5 star rated videos: 7
• min rating: 2.0 (Duck Tales theme on guitar)
• # videos with no rating: 9
• avg rating of rated videos: 4.36
• longest running time: 9:52 (Dark Knight Shooting Locations in Chicago Tour)
• shortest running time: 1:18 (Duck Tales theme on guitar)
• most ambitious: Dark Knight Shooting Locations in Chicago Tour
• most prolific month: July (7 videos)
• most prolific calendar week: 7/27-8/2 (4 videos)
• razzie winner: Cleaning up styrofoam (but that was expected :))
• separately: Darius videos that involve me: 9

Other thoughts: Like any other endeavor where you start from scratch, you start with an idea in your head of the direction you'd like to go and proceed. You have to allow for some space for growth and change. Every once in a while, you stop and reflect and check in on how things are going. In this post, I wrote about my first youtube upload, just over four months ago. At the time, my main goal was to chronicle my progress relearning the piano now that I have the Yamaha YDP223 here. Obviously, I expanded a bit since then, mostly because a) I had some fun with it b) I got inspired by Darius' videos, along with others once I started watching videos with a creator's eye c) I got more accustomed to using youtube as a means of expression.

Present goals: I still want to utilize youtube as a means of building piano skills. Also, I want to keep using it to keep up my guitar/harmony/mixing chops. I liked experimenting with editing (new territory for me), so I would like keep up ambition there. Eventually I may upgrade software - I am currently using Windows Media Maker which takes care of the basics, but could soon become restrictive. I'd like to further myself in the youtube community.
   One stray thought I had with the Charlotte's Web video: There are some songs out there that don't have enough presence and/or don't have a definitive version to them. Mine is currently the only version of that song on youtube (besides in the Brady Bunch Megamix). So I may try to highlight hidden gems (as others do well). And odds are, with that as my new goal, that could expand to areas outside of long-forgotten songs.

Conclusion: the shortest video gets the lowest rating? I guess the people just want to see more :)