Thank you for having this discussion about musical integrity in the wake of the Giacomo Turra scandal and the ensuing responses from YouTube luminaries Adam Neely and Rick Beato. As highly accomplished and experienced musicians, and as outsiders to the social media rat race, the two of you bring some needed clarity and diversity of opinion to the discussion.
I really appreciated Chelsea's point related to the "bedroom musician genre" of YouTube content and how YouTubers like Turra appear in their videos to actually be doing the work that's necessary to become a great musician. But the fact that he and others like him are actually faking that learning process as well as their progress and results - for their social media audience to view/consume as if it were all real - is both interesting (thought-provoking) and depressing. The utter lack of integrity and self-awareness with no apparent concern about one's impact on others seems to be an unfortunate product of our time.
I totally agree with Janek that Neely's video misses the mark, and largely find it to be a clever but consistent list of apples-to-oranges comparisons. Fundamentally, I disagree strongly with his juxtaposition of undeniably great artists and performers with people who are clearly not and using the idea of cheating or faking as a common denominator. I found that both disrespectful and unfair. I think it would have been better to not compare them at all or to explore the Turra scandal in some other way.
Anyway, I hope this episode in social media history leads to even more critical reflection and discussion. I haven't watched Rick Beato's response yet, so I'm interested to see what I think about it. In the meantime, thanks again for sharing your views.
https://medium.com/@robinrobinthomas007/giacomo-turras-silent-strings-the-scandal-that-rocked-a-funk-sensation-7c43f7abb980
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https://medium.com/@robinrobinthomas007/giacomo-turras-silent-strings-the-scandal-that-rocked-a-funk-sensation-7c43f7abb980
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Hi Janek and Chelsea,
Thank you for having this discussion about musical integrity in the wake of the Giacomo Turra scandal and the ensuing responses from YouTube luminaries Adam Neely and Rick Beato. As highly accomplished and experienced musicians, and as outsiders to the social media rat race, the two of you bring some needed clarity and diversity of opinion to the discussion.
I really appreciated Chelsea's point related to the "bedroom musician genre" of YouTube content and how YouTubers like Turra appear in their videos to actually be doing the work that's necessary to become a great musician. But the fact that he and others like him are actually faking that learning process as well as their progress and results - for their social media audience to view/consume as if it were all real - is both interesting (thought-provoking) and depressing. The utter lack of integrity and self-awareness with no apparent concern about one's impact on others seems to be an unfortunate product of our time.
I totally agree with Janek that Neely's video misses the mark, and largely find it to be a clever but consistent list of apples-to-oranges comparisons. Fundamentally, I disagree strongly with his juxtaposition of undeniably great artists and performers with people who are clearly not and using the idea of cheating or faking as a common denominator. I found that both disrespectful and unfair. I think it would have been better to not compare them at all or to explore the Turra scandal in some other way.
Anyway, I hope this episode in social media history leads to even more critical reflection and discussion. I haven't watched Rick Beato's response yet, so I'm interested to see what I think about it. In the meantime, thanks again for sharing your views.
Best regards,
Tom