twisted6s Thank You , I appreciate the comment.
The Band19 yes I am a regular space shuttle. lol. It's funny you should say that because I use to sell insurance long ago in the 90's. I also have old pics with my hair all the way down my back from way back in the 80's, from my big hair band days.
Guitarhaker I don't think the product placement was the problem it was more of a you tube problem.
Foxwolfen Yes I agree the solo needs to be louder. I need to take some time to fix it and make a few more corrections. Thank You for your input. much appreciated
Mike_Mccue. Thank you for listening
Scottytunes. I have not mad a house call in a very long time. Back when I was teaching, I use to make house calls.
digi2ns, I am sorry the video would not work for you. I am currently debating over what to do with the other 17 videos. If I repost I will also remix and let you know where all of them are located.
Frank I made money but you tube never paid me. I will start from the beginning.
I opened up a you tube account and uploaded the first video I made. (dreamsong) In order to become a You tube partner I needed to have a high view count. I needed at least 7000 views to be a You Tube partner. So I filmed 5 hymns that I arranged for classical guitar. They were public domain and they were popular songs. I uploaded them to my You Tube account in may of 2011. By August I had the 7,000 hits I needed.
I filmed the lesson videos in October of that year. I edited them and copyrighted them through the library of congress. I was going to target advanced guitar playing. Things like open turnings and composition analysis.
You tube changed their policy (this was a Google thing) you no longer needed to be a You Tube partner to make money. Now all you needed to do was have an account with Google ad sense. So I opened an account and hooked it up to my You Tube account. I uploaded the videos and cleared them for monetization. This was in April of 2012
You Tube refused to monetize about 7 of the videos. I created all the material used in the video and there was no third party content. I even made up all the exercises. You Tube said there was copyright infringement. I filled out the proper forms and gave You tube the links to the library of congress that shows I hold the copyright to the videos. They sent me back a notice that said You Tube reserves the right to refuse any video they want for monetization. shortly after that they removed 4 of the videos in question from the account.
I tried to contact you tube directly but could not do so. I filled out several different forms and gave them proof of copyright ownership. All I ever got back from them was we reserve the right to refuse monetization of any video. After months of trying to jump through hoops to get the videos monetized I was ready to give up.
Then in early September of 2012 I looked at one of the videos that I was allowed to monetize. The advertisements that were attached to the video were all for websites that charge for guitar lessons. Paid memberships were required to view the lessons. Here I was giving away for free what these other sites were charging money to view.
Suddenly it all made sense. key videos were blocked and removed in an effort by You Tube to appease their advertisers. At least this is what I suspect. I believe the advertisers (which were Guitar learning websites) filed some sort of copyright infringement complaint with You Tube. Even though I could prove I had the rights You Tube sided with the advertisers so they can continue to collect ad revenue from them. At least this is what I believe.
I had set up a website to stream the videos from you tube and I had a whole marketing plan which I never implemented. By the end of September of 2011 I closed the you tube account and pulled all the videos off the internet. I closed my Ad Sense account as well. They were suppose to send me the money I earned from the monetized videos but I never received it.