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The video is actually pretty entertaining, but you need better video titles if you want to attract viewers. "Classical Stupidity" works as a title for the content, but you need something that will draw a broader target audience. Something like "Just Cause 2: Ghost Ridin' The Whip", which is the first thought that popped into my mind when I saw you stand on the hood of the car as it drove over the cliff. Also, attach your video to a related video, even if it is loosely related. There are tons of Youtube videos based around the meme of "Fun things to do when bored in <insert game title>". Find a popular one and attach your video as a response (if the video host will allow you to). Also, since your video has next to no views, I suggest taking it down and simply making an edit for the music portion of the audio. I suggest Jamendo or Free Music Archive to find replacement music. Both sites host thousands of free songs that usually only require you to credit the original composer.

Like I said, the video was pretty funny and in fact made me think of times my brother and I would do ridiculous things in games, like taking a criminal to the tallest building in Spider-Man 2 and performing the spinning pile driver just to see if it would kill Spidey and the criminal (it doesn't). You can get a pretty popular channel going if you properly cultivate an audience.

Source: Youtube content creator for four years. 477 subscribers, ~140k views, nationally recognized by Complex Magazine

son_gogetto posted...

Thanks for the feedback, genuinely useful! I expected the usual drivel most on here would respond with. So with that new music edit I should just upload the version without music and then just add on the audio track from those sites? How will that work anyway? Will I have to add their music track onto it, and then just credit it in the description?
Also, I had no idea about attaching videos to related ones... how does that work?
I know, I know, i'm years behind here on starting a channel, but I had to start eventually!

You are very welcome. I know how much of a challenge it is to start a Youtube channel, so I sympathize with you. So to answer your questions...

1) I do not know what program you use to edit your videos together, but reopen your project and delete the current music file that you placed in the project and replace it with whatever song you find on Jamendo or Free Music Archive. Alternatively, you can keep your video as it is and use the Youtube video editor to place new audio to your video. Youtube has its own collection of royalty free music for just this type of situation.

2) How you credit the author of the music depends upon the creative commons license associated with whatever music file you are using from Jamendo or Free Music Archive. The page you download a song from should include information on what kind of credit is expected. I usually credit people in the video description, should I be using another person's content.

3) When you are on a video page and you click in the white box to leave a comment, you should see some blue text that says "Create a video response or Post." Click the blue text that says "Create a video response" and you will be taken to a new page where you will see a list of the content you have uploaded to your channel. Choose the video you wish to use as a response then click the blue button that says "Use the selected video." Some channel hosts require approval before a response can be posted, others do not. If it does, you will see a notice telling you such. If not, then your response will automatically be posted.

Lastly, don't feel bad. There is no real time frame for when one must create a channel. A lot of the more popular channels and content are fairly recent and built popularity by creating memes (unintentionally or intentionally) or riding the wave of popularity off of a meme (e.g. "stuff <insert race,color, creed> people say"). In fact, Natalie, the user who hosts the Community Channel is one of the few popular and consistent Youtubers who has truly been there since the beginning. As the old expression goes, there is no time like the present.