Mar 27, 2020

Help me help them - Initiative # 1: Thank you for the music

If something good comes out of troubled times, in my opinion, is ta stronger sense of community arises. 

Since the enforced lockdown started, due to the current sanitary emergency, I have seen initiatives popping up everywhere to help people stay sane, pass the time, keep the kids busy, cheer everybody up, etc. 

One of the first initiatives I saw was by a friend of mine who is a Hungarian musician living here in the beautiful island of Lanzarote:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCedzSzLOjSwynv4nUvQVT7A


According to google it translates as something like:

"Hi everyone!

I'm going to try the "impossible".

 Although I have no videos yet, I plan to share a few things. (Note: since his post on the 24th of March, 2020 till today, he has already loaded 6 videos!). 

 YouTube is paying the channels' owner after reaching more than 1,000 subscribers. This is how if we subscribe to each other's channels, we help each other. Here is mine. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCedzSzLOjSwynv4nUvQVT7A)

Sign up and copy yours in a comment so that I follow you and others can follow you.
Let's help each other with this too!
Take care of yourself and each other!
Kiss!"


 Musicians have been one of the first collectives to offer their concerts / gigs online for free to get us through the current times. I think it's a brilliant idea to show them our appreciation.

So, help me help them, please.

Support your favourite bands, local musicians, etc by:
1) looking up their YouTube channels
2) subscribing to them
3) watching their videos, making comments, sharing them...
4) encouraging other people to follow this initiative.

I guess it also works for anyone that has a YouTube channel, not only musicians but artists of all types: trainers, educators, speakers, crafters, make-up artists, gardeners, cooks... and a long, long etc.
And if you have a YouTube channel yourselves, don't forget to return the subscription to any one that subscribes to yours!

(Incidentally, I almost forgot I have channel myself - that how much I use it! LOL - in case anyone is interested here is the link.)

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Have you seen any other initiatives that use social media to help each other out?

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LIST OF YOUTUBE CHANNELS
Last upated: 03-Apr-2020

Here is a list of the music channels I suggest you check out:
Some are albeit quite outdated / not in use. Hey, why don't you take this opportunity to contact your favourite musician an encourage them to upload new stuff to their channels?

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