What they don't tell you in these little feel-good videos though is this: If you're doing it like Andrew, you've made it as a *TH-camr*, not as a producer, artist or musician. People like him are so quick to pretend those are all the same things, when they're totally not. People know him first and foremost as a likeable TH-camr who happens to make music production videos, but that doesn't necessarily mean they really know his music, let alone him having "made it" as an artist. To each their own, i'm just saying if you but your eggs into the YT basket, your daily schedule will consist mostly of recording videos, scripting, editing etc, but not making music at the same amount. You might become a successful TH-camr, but not necessarily a successful artist. These are 2 different things, at least most of the time.
The model where music is secondary to the content that comes first. It's a winning formula but doesn't allow to achieve mastery in one or few genres. Its jack of all trades and its business first
"why i suck peckers at the ma5on lodge instead of talk about the 63 year continuing west papuan genocide 1.8 million americans are 100% oblivious about because it's their gold mining corp" huh everyone hey be sure to forge teverythni gi wrote and never ever mention west papua or you'll be in the big ol doo doo
Your post reminded me that a few years ago he was complaining about how his life was a living hell because of trying to constantly come up with ideas for videos, editing, music gear reviews, TH-cam algorithm, etc . He said he was going to cut back on TH-cam videos. I would like to his true metal give up TH-cam and only focus on making music.
For me its more that every video is an ad... Like this videos thought process was NOT "this story could make a good YT video" But "How could i promote my book? Mabye i could pick a story to read from the book to promote it disguised as intertainment"
@sleepingstate1978 Won't be shaking my boat. I reckon he does interesting stuff but can't stand him for some reason. I usually go along pretty smooth w people, so, go figure.
Dude, he's the epitome of a spoiled privileged packaged up in the most artificial "charming" perona to make you feel he's your friend. I don't even give a fuck that he's talented. His talent isn't inspiring.
I had similar situation as Andrew (not related to youtube though) so I gave up my previous job for a higher salary job but I didn't know there is so much stress and salary difference doesn't pay off for the stress! Your health is the most important thing and is the most expensive - no money will buy you your health back so don't chase higher salary, instead, chase for low stress job. Some though are lucky and get higher salary with low stress - I wasn't that lucky...
Because it’s all about the money. But I think his passion might be to make it on his own trough his art. I know some artists who are like that, they want to get as much succes/popularity trough their art because it makes them feel validated.
"why would youtube do that?" it's all about the ad eyeballs. yes, they could push whatever old faff they wanted through their algorithm, but if it doesn't hit a minimum level of quality, it will not retain viewers, and YT loses the eyeballs. I think it was a Dr Mix / Anthony Marinelli interview where they mentioned if you got to a certain subscriber level, YT assigned you a direct contact and gave you access to YT studio space with equipment and staff support for shooting (and possibly editing) videos. It sounds nice, but isn't altruistic in the slightest. (and here I am "engaging" in the comments offering my eyeballs to YT where the lion's share of my premium money goes to YT, not Weaver...)
Nothing of this is altruistic anyway. Which includes Andrew and his little sign of speech, pretending he's only in it to empower fellow musicians and such. Yeah, right.
Yeah. Something doesn’t add up here. Either he turned it down for other reasons than he says like the fact it’s shit pay on SF or it was a 100k potential income based on commissions and possible bonus. Something smells fishy.
this was just his long a** commercial for a book. I never learned much from him or his videos. Even the ones where he is trying to teach me something. He's always pushing click bait btw.
yet his videos ar eihghly visible, and mine aren't neither are the west papuan independence fighters cepstral transform fft(log10(fft())) they never (notice how he never dropped the shti on how to make a HSS speaker, jus tfreaked out about it... "turning ound into a laser" th eamp section needs replacing, the chip is a dud)
I feel like in two years from now, we'll find out that he or his wife's family was rich, similar to how we discovered that Bill Gates was offered a McDonald's franchise by his folks if he finished college, or that Elon Musk's dad owned a diamond mine in South Africa. All I wanted to do since I was a kid was make music. However, my parents wouldn't even buy me new guitar strings for my $25.00 (1982 money) thrift store used guitar. If someone offered me $100,000 to make music full time, damn right I would quit my job. Instead, I ended up in IT for a school district, too tired to make music when I get home. Well, we know he wasn't ever poor. This isn't the decision poor people make.
I am poor and make dumb decisions like that all the time. Although I but turned 30 am noticing a shift in my priorities. I don’t think you have to come from money to do what he did. I personally had a crazy belief in myself mixed with the feeling of invincibility so often present in youth.
Oh absolutely, this guy comes from upper middle class. You can’t hide 18+ years of mannerisms. I will say though that even money can’t buy success. You need money AND connections. I grew up poor but now I make 315k in a low cost of living state and there’s no way I can buy myself music fame. I didn’t grow up with a well connected high status upbringing or marry into one, which is what you need to “make it” in a lot of cases. 95% of our favorite artists had help from mommy and daddy who’re already “in”.
He does a good job at influencing people buying gear that will be obsolete within 6 monts, but name me one n°1 album he made that stuck with us like glue?
neat. I saw this vid, it was interesting. Seems like the way to go if you have the wherewithal but it depends on so many factors. I might cop his book just to support. He's invaluable to the online music making community imo. His theory video has probably helped tons of people who never were able to take lessons or were lucky enough to go to a music program in grade school. Selling a book is a solid way to make money, your bits are funny but come off a little odd, to me at least. Anyways, solid reaction video. Keep on keeping on.
huang is good for tinkering and hobby level learning. if you want to really learn producer patreons are a BILLION times better and way more worth “supporting” lol as if huang is struggling with money. lets be honest
When I started watching TH-cam music production videos he was one top of the search, it took months to find a decent channel but when I found Benn Jordan & Venus Theory the better channels started being pushed on me, now I only watch them, you and SumnSumnSumnHTK
I don’t understand why people get upset about it. Like yes, it’s effectively an ad for his book. But is the story good? Yes. Is the takeaway lesson good? Potentially. So yah, he’s doing what he needs to do to make a living and maintain his lifestyle, yet is still able to do it in a way that makes for somewhat decent content in the form of a story. Like just because someone is trying to sell you a product, doesn’t mean it’s a bad interaction. I love a good sales pitch or a clever TV ad. In this case, I love a good story 🤷🏻♂️
Upset? That's a strong word for "cringe. Eye roll. Can't even finish watching Weaver's reaction video to this" He's just a self absorbed narcissist who really doesn't bring as much to the table as he'd like you think. Benn Jordan, Venus Theory and Weaver bring so much more to the table, as the content is way more important than this contrived persona. He's like a more intelligent version of Busy Work Beats. Fuck, even Ave brings so much more because he raw and funny AF, even if people hate on his oppions.
it's because my buddys in west papua are amazing musicians and they're getting genocided by you. we could talk about that, but i got banned even though i'm like one of the worlds' most amazing vst developers. try and think about it. it's what you can see. there's stuff you can't see also.
mad, best thing to do is what make you happy, less money but more music hell yeah. personally not fussed about "making it" more exploring sound and if someone like som shi on the way thats cool. 2days a week of slave then 5days on music lets get it. perfect the craft.
I watched this video, and I notice that he says "salary plus bonuses" and then it's just "salary" thereafter. TH-cam wasn't offering to pay him 100,000 dollars per year, they were offering him a job that paid a small amount of money and that he *might* make more if the people he works with have some success. That is, it was a commission sales job. He wants us to believe that his determination and wisdom in personal choices drove his success. He wants us to believe that his skill at what he does will make people this much money. He wants us to buy his book so we can have the same kind of success. Success of course, isn't just about process; if it were, everyone would be successful. He doesn't talk about the mistakes and missteps he made along the way, the hours he worked and still works, and the luck involved. And he will never, ever say that what works for Andrew Huang won't necessarily work for other people. He keeps throwing out as many large numbers and business related words as possible to reinforce the idea that you *must* *buy* *his* *book*. He's Tony Robbins with smaller teeth and less jawline.
I don’t think he’s saying that this book WILL give success, nor do I think he says this book will make you successful like him. It comes across as, if you’re interested in my perspective on how I got here, I made this book that throws in my 2 cents and can gain a thing or 2 about it. Also, I don’t know if he has never mentioned any of his mistakes, but he definitely has mentioned his struggles, and the book will probably give insight to his perspective. A formula that has aided to where he is now. Not sure why you’re making it seem like he’s scamming when he isn’t making outlandish claims or promises from what I can tell.
@@damousx6860 You are certainly welcome to draw whatever inferences you like from my comment, just as I'm welcome to draw whatever inferences I like from his video. Perhaps I've become overly sensitive having way to much experience with people who mislead, dance around what they're saying, use language unrelated to the topic to set a mood, and outright connive. Just to be clear, my words are my opinion, and I appreciate you providing a counter viewpoint. This is the foundation of good discussion. I can see that you wouldn't understand why I wrote what I did, as I didn't provide any motivation for it. I don't think the genesis of the ideas I wrote was (or is) needed, but if you'd like some additional clarification, please let me know.
Im looking at these comments smh....i make music shitty music but i enjoy it...2.35mil subscribers, multiple placements, brand endorsements, collaborations etc. etc. Id say whatever success model he is using is working...salute!
@@AAllinsonNN I know, but the comments section is amplifying an irrational resentment and mischaracterization of Andrew that I honestly find offensive.
So people preordering a product they haven’t interacted with tells a manufacturer it’s high quality? No… Preordering tells them there is a demand for the product based entirely on reputation of the person selling it.
I dont like most of the classically trained ‘prodigy’ musician youtubers, its just like hanging out with classical musicians in real life. So much talent but any real creativity is dampened by their rigid way of thinking and desperate need to be seen as special.
As a classical composer I get what you are saying however I am forced to hang out with them. After a while I got used to it and most of them are Allright.
Andrew Huang does. Spotify lists over 30 albums. Some of his music are really nice, but I have not really fired up Spotify just to listen to some new Andrew Huang.
That's the thing with these TH-cam "music producers" - everyone knows them for being a TH-camr, but most people couldn't care less for their music. Being a successful TH-camr doesn't mean you're a successful music artist.
Ayy Weaver you could do a whole other video on that subject. Guy has successfully copied VladTV set and a tweet from 2017 to create a book promo video. I’ve not got a drum set or a big white couch (jbp) but I can put a table full of drinks together 🎥😅
That’s such a TH-camr thing to say “I can’t see myself doing that or this” why not? If you say you can’t do something. You’ve already set yourself up for failure.
$100k per year total compensation in the Bay Area is nothing, even 8-10 years ago. Plus, moving from Canada to the US is crazy, especially given that he has a child now.
This video of his seems a lot more based and real that I've seen for ages. As much as I'm don't follow him that closely, he has def done and tried a tonne of things some good, some shocking, some like wtf... Lol. But anyways I wonder if it comes as an Audio book read by ???
I would have taken the job and saved up even more money for a whole year... THEN take time off to focus on my shit xD This guy has no concept of the word "Struggle"
I agree. It's typical shallow TH-camr wording, pretending to be meaningful as if this was helping for some great cause or something. Often they say "It helps the channel" to avoid more accurately saying "It helps me in getting more money".
google/youtube was hiring bussy-boy gatekeepers... weird they offered a job @ 40k subs, what year was this? $100k not that great for a family living in cali, but its an 'in' with google that could have led to a bigger job
Like that you ended it by saying "I do respect Andrew" - he is very corny and this particular video is a hilarious humble brag, but i have learnt plenty of interesting and useful stuff from his channel and he strikes me as a positive sort of dude.
@Weaver Beats 2 - Man, I like you, and you come across pretty smart often, but ..."a vehicle to sell your stuff" ... most TH-camrs don't get started on TH-cam knowing if they are going to be successful or not ... so at most, there might be a wish like someday that might be a possibility, and you should know this, which means, no one is doing what you claim them to be doing. And TH-cam is one of the largest platforms on the Internet. What do you want people to do, NOT USE the platform to market themselves because Weaver Beats thinks they're using everyone? Man, c'mon ... that's strike 1 ... 2 more strikes, and I am going to start calling out on your occasional sketchy logic. Be the cool guy that I think you are. No point in you doing this if you end up doing the same shit you call people out on. LMAO. I do not like this Andrew guy but, I still think it's pretty cool he made it this far and, I hope you get to this point as well someday. I mean, it's not fair for you to work hard at what you do on TH-cam, but Andrew can't work hard and reap any benefits? C'mon duuuuuuude .... strike 1 Weaver .... strike 1 ....
Nawh, he’s right. Much of it is a vehicle to sell you stuff. They’re certainly allowed to make their money and do their thing. But content is king. And if your content is just elaborate marketing or falsifying a community to drive engagement and sales, then it’s a massive disservice. Every relatively interesting AH video I’ve tried watching, just seems to be another “look at this thing you can buy” wrapped up in a cliche story or subpar musical endeavor.
@@AAllinsonNNmassive disservice... Like he the only one... He's an easy target. Do you consider how much time it takes to edit a video and put some lights on, sync the audio, efx and all that? If they are spending more time doing videos than music, it says a lot. Yeah content is king because you need to be chewing on something everyday everytime. Because of it, videos aren't densely packed so to stretch it out throughout several videos and never run out of ideas. How many channels started with techniques and ended with product placements and reviews? It's not about music anymore, it's either about ethics, gear or sales.
@Francisco12G He’s allowed to have his opinion. If he doesn’t want to watch cliche videos that feel more like product placements than good content then that’s his prerogative. No one has to watch anyone’s content just because their life is hard or some shit. At the end of the day we want to watch the content that we like. I’m not on TH-cam to support someone, TH-camrs aren’t my friends and most of them aren’t charity cases either. If I want to do charity I can do that trough other, better channels.
@@hansmemling2311 Exactly my thoughts, i don't like either. i share a lot of what he said. And i'm not against sharing your opinion as it's good being critic. Either way it felt like biased hate towards something or someone you don't like from the start, especially on a video that already has that connotation.Would be much more surprising different opinions on the subject. Exactly, we watch what we like and i favor sharing your opinion and much prefer reading comments that are your own conclusions without even regarding the opinions shared in the video. I'm not here to support monetarily anyone either. TH-cam is a platform, you use it as you like. If now you can make money with it, people are gonna get their money. It's not personal, it's business. His channel kept changing in terms of content and i was never a big fan since it always felt watered down and some videos i didn't even bother to open. it's the target public marketing thing. You have to recognize that a lot of channels now copy exactly what he does and that is probably what can be consider "massive disservice". I blame the others more than him, since he was like this from start albeit a bit less, while others changed to adapt. You knew what you were getting if you think about it. It isn't really massive disservice, but it just feels like it because of the exposition the channel has and that's why is such an easy target and also one that you should probably not even bother with due to the already mentioned reasons including the ones of @phryge2468 . With that said, why bother really? The channel is so big because it appeals to the general public. Content is king but youtube content is cannon fodder unless you can take something from it. Take only the good stuff, be passionate and critic but forget the hate. Massive disservice is this collective attitude on the platform but easily dismissive if you just take what you want and need.
I am sure, even though I did not do the math, that taking $100k jobs in CA would not be a smart move in you're making $50k in Canada. Even though they offered to move you, the cost of living alone would leave you actually making around $70k , plus taxes ,etc. Here in NYC, the costs are so high that they have estimated that $100k is actually around $40k...It also sounds like the wanted Andrew to influence who makes more YT money alongside the algorithm...I'm a DJ with a HUGE collection of CDs/records, and even with some of the older TH-camrs, I have NO music from them they released. Some of these bozos create fake beefs, and talk smack ONLY online, pretending. They know full well they will not have that same energy in person...
i find these "i made a descion that everyone called me crazy for NOW IM RICH". for just 9.99 i will tell you! I'm that selfless. just believe in yourself is great but I'm not a fan of this type of shitt. if you aren't the 10-20% that might make it doing this cuz your not that good, arent that lucky, get injured or car broke down. then you are now broke with no job and a brutal self-doubt and depression. also youtube didn't offer him 100k. that offered him a commission job sales thing in a place that costs like way more so 100k would be pretty bad, which if he was good could make kinda ok money. this is clickbait to sell us a self-help book. how many self-help books are honestly better than a 10 minute youtube video going over it. these ideas are so well known. like the is 10000 books telling you this stuff. I'm sure the were no ghost writers on this
He sounds like he is pretending to be gay, he turned down 100 grand to work for youtube full time in order to work for youtube full time, because, integrity, and he made more money, even though it wasn't about the money. Sounds like unprovoked russian agression to me, does not quite make sense. I reckon he is paid by youtube and this is the hero story but it is all a lie to suck you in and get you to want to be like him, yeah, i am going to work full time for youtube without pay, i wanna be like andrew
his nickname is literally massive hater if you have a problem gtfo lmao, he just calls ppl out on their bullshit, andrew huang is one of the most disingenuous producer channels constantly selling shit to his audience and it’s never enough for his pockets i guess. he puts off this positive attitude but it just comes off fake, personally i can’t even watch him
Andrew's model doesn't work for third-world countries (I guess I can consider myself as a citizen of one), so it's cool to live in so-called First World 🥲
How I turned down money: here's my book, buy my book 😂
What they don't tell you in these little feel-good videos though is this: If you're doing it like Andrew, you've made it as a *TH-camr*, not as a producer, artist or musician. People like him are so quick to pretend those are all the same things, when they're totally not. People know him first and foremost as a likeable TH-camr who happens to make music production videos, but that doesn't necessarily mean they really know his music, let alone him having "made it" as an artist. To each their own, i'm just saying if you but your eggs into the YT basket, your daily schedule will consist mostly of recording videos, scripting, editing etc, but not making music at the same amount. You might become a successful TH-camr, but not necessarily a successful artist. These are 2 different things, at least most of the time.
The model where music is secondary to the content that comes first. It's a winning formula but doesn't allow to achieve mastery in one or few genres. Its jack of all trades and its business first
my sentiments exactly..I mentioned that during one of the MPC ' beefs' when a REAL producer with plaques on the wall shut some TH-camrs up..
"why i suck peckers at the ma5on lodge instead of talk about the 63 year continuing west papuan genocide 1.8 million americans are 100% oblivious about because it's their gold mining corp" huh everyone hey be sure to forge teverythni gi wrote and never ever mention west papua or you'll be in the big ol doo doo
"music... definitely not for addressing society's concerns..." do you guys have a clue who i am
Your post reminded me that a few years ago he was complaining about how his life was a living hell because of trying to constantly come up with ideas for videos, editing, music gear reviews, TH-cam algorithm, etc . He said he was going to cut back on TH-cam videos.
I would like to his true metal give up TH-cam and only focus on making music.
Narcissistic behavior level just turned up another notch. I’m so full of myself so I wrote a book to tell u how great I am
AH is talented, but I cannot watch his vids… it’s all about him and how much he loves himself.
Same.
For me its more that every video is an ad...
Like this videos thought process was NOT "this story could make a good YT video"
But
"How could i promote my book? Mabye i could pick a story to read from the book to promote it disguised as intertainment"
He'll be charging to make comments under his videos next year
@sleepingstate1978 Won't be shaking my boat. I reckon he does interesting stuff but can't stand him for some reason. I usually go along pretty smooth w people, so, go figure.
Dude, he's the epitome of a spoiled privileged packaged up in the most artificial "charming" perona to make you feel he's your friend. I don't even give a fuck that he's talented. His talent isn't inspiring.
Crazy that we hit a time in our society where you can write a book on your TH-cam career. Guess TH-cam being around for 18 years is a moment.
I had similar situation as Andrew (not related to youtube though) so I gave up my previous job for a higher salary job but I didn't know there is so much stress and salary difference doesn't pay off for the stress! Your health is the most important thing and is the most expensive - no money will buy you your health back so don't chase higher salary, instead, chase for low stress job. Some though are lucky and get higher salary with low stress - I wasn't that lucky...
How can he say it’s not about the money then 2 seconds later he’s talking about “growing my revenue”
Because it’s all about the money. But I think his passion might be to make it on his own trough his art. I know some artists who are like that, they want to get as much succes/popularity trough their art because it makes them feel validated.
TH-cam also makes money from ads, if they help channels grow, they make more ad money. Rising tide raises all ships
They have the power to make any channel grow
"why would youtube do that?" it's all about the ad eyeballs. yes, they could push whatever old faff they wanted through their algorithm, but if it doesn't hit a minimum level of quality, it will not retain viewers, and YT loses the eyeballs.
I think it was a Dr Mix / Anthony Marinelli interview where they mentioned if you got to a certain subscriber level, YT assigned you a direct contact and gave you access to YT studio space with equipment and staff support for shooting (and possibly editing) videos. It sounds nice, but isn't altruistic in the slightest.
(and here I am "engaging" in the comments offering my eyeballs to YT where the lion's share of my premium money goes to YT, not Weaver...)
@@poofygoof that's true, can't disagree there
Nothing of this is altruistic anyway. Which includes Andrew and his little sign of speech, pretending he's only in it to empower fellow musicians and such. Yeah, right.
Id buy the Weaver Beats Analog Warmth Coloring book (with included engagement corner)
$100K in San Francisco? That wasn't enough to survive in SF even 25 years ago. Smart move to turn that down for a ton of reasons. . .
Yeah. Something doesn’t add up here. Either he turned it down for other reasons than he says like the fact it’s shit pay on SF or it was a 100k potential income based on commissions and possible bonus. Something smells fishy.
He’s so Canadian. $100k a year in California/San Francisco is essentially $50k in Canada 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, YT didn't really offer him a good deal. It was a lateral move at best.
never ever ever would i move to San Francisco
Does the book have a resizable UI tho?
this was just his long a** commercial for a book. I never learned much from him or his videos. Even the ones where he is trying to teach me something. He's always pushing click bait btw.
yet his videos ar eihghly visible, and mine aren't neither are the west papuan independence fighters
cepstral transform fft(log10(fft())) they never (notice how he never dropped the shti on how to make a HSS speaker, jus tfreaked out about it... "turning ound into a laser" th eamp section needs replacing, the chip is a dud)
I feel like in two years from now, we'll find out that he or his wife's family was rich, similar to how we discovered that Bill Gates was offered a McDonald's franchise by his folks if he finished college, or that Elon Musk's dad owned a diamond mine in South Africa.
All I wanted to do since I was a kid was make music. However, my parents wouldn't even buy me new guitar strings for my $25.00 (1982 money) thrift store used guitar. If someone offered me $100,000 to make music full time, damn right I would quit my job. Instead, I ended up in IT for a school district, too tired to make music when I get home.
Well, we know he wasn't ever poor. This isn't the decision poor people make.
I am poor and make dumb decisions like that all the time. Although I but turned 30 am noticing a shift in my priorities. I don’t think you have to come from money to do what he did. I personally had a crazy belief in myself mixed with the feeling of invincibility so often present in youth.
* just turned 30
Oh absolutely, this guy comes from upper middle class. You can’t hide 18+ years of mannerisms. I will say though that even money can’t buy success. You need money AND connections. I grew up poor but now I make 315k in a low cost of living state and there’s no way I can buy myself music fame. I didn’t grow up with a well connected high status upbringing or marry into one, which is what you need to “make it” in a lot of cases. 95% of our favorite artists had help from mommy and daddy who’re already “in”.
@@based_circuit even if he wasn't uperclass which he clearly is he definitely has been around them long enough.
Bet on yourself. Grind harder. Don't take a day job. Buy my book
He does a good job at influencing people buying gear that will be obsolete within 6 monts, but name me one n°1 album he made that stuck with us like glue?
im sure someone appreciates their art the same way someone probably appreciates ur art fam
If gear becomes obsolete after 6 months. That's a user problem and a skill issue.
neat. I saw this vid, it was interesting. Seems like the way to go if you have the wherewithal but it depends on so many factors. I might cop his book just to support. He's invaluable to the online music making community imo. His theory video has probably helped tons of people who never were able to take lessons or were lucky enough to go to a music program in grade school. Selling a book is a solid way to make money, your bits are funny but come off a little odd, to me at least. Anyways, solid reaction video. Keep on keeping on.
Agreed. Weaver makes trash beats honestly and he makes his living being a hater.
huang is good for tinkering and hobby level learning. if you want to really learn producer patreons are a BILLION times better and way more worth “supporting” lol as if huang is struggling with money. lets be honest
Never heard of huang tbh what are his production accolades or is he another BWB
When I started watching TH-cam music production videos he was one top of the search, it took months to find a decent channel but when I found Benn Jordan & Venus Theory the better channels started being pushed on me, now I only watch them, you and SumnSumnSumnHTK
how are andrew's vids bad?
If "reading is for nerds," then get the audiobook. 💁🏿♀️
50k in Canada probably was worth more than 100k in San Fran, though. Rent alone has to be a nightmare.
i cut back on all non-essential spending too, no movies, no eating or ordering out, no haircuts, unfortunately all the money i save i spend on weed.
I don’t understand why people get upset about it. Like yes, it’s effectively an ad for his book. But is the story good? Yes. Is the takeaway lesson good? Potentially. So yah, he’s doing what he needs to do to make a living and maintain his lifestyle, yet is still able to do it in a way that makes for somewhat decent content in the form of a story. Like just because someone is trying to sell you a product, doesn’t mean it’s a bad interaction. I love a good sales pitch or a clever TV ad. In this case, I love a good story 🤷🏻♂️
Did u watch the video bro 😭
Upset? That's a strong word for "cringe. Eye roll. Can't even finish watching Weaver's reaction video to this" He's just a self absorbed narcissist who really doesn't bring as much to the table as he'd like you think. Benn Jordan, Venus Theory and Weaver bring so much more to the table, as the content is way more important than this contrived persona. He's like a more intelligent version of Busy Work Beats. Fuck, even Ave brings so much more because he raw and funny AF, even if people hate on his oppions.
@@buckycore 🤨 I just can't relate to this level of brainrot.
it's because my buddys in west papua are amazing musicians and they're getting genocided by you. we could talk about that, but i got banned even though i'm like one of the worlds' most amazing vst developers.
try and think about it. it's what you can see. there's stuff you can't see also.
I needed this today 😭
Andrew Huang on VLADTV here to talk about how he knew Tupac and the events that led up to the incident at MGM
mad, best thing to do is what make you happy, less money but more music hell yeah. personally not fussed about "making it" more exploring sound and if someone like som shi on the way thats cool. 2days a week of slave then 5days on music lets get it. perfect the craft.
Who is living comfortably in San Francisco on 100k a year? I call BS 😂😂😂😂
Really appreciate the support so much appreciated that I don't even need 100000k
This is an interested perspective!
I watched this video, and I notice that he says "salary plus bonuses" and then it's just "salary" thereafter. TH-cam wasn't offering to pay him 100,000 dollars per year, they were offering him a job that paid a small amount of money and that he *might* make more if the people he works with have some success. That is, it was a commission sales job. He wants us to believe that his determination and wisdom in personal choices drove his success. He wants us to believe that his skill at what he does will make people this much money. He wants us to buy his book so we can have the same kind of success. Success of course, isn't just about process; if it were, everyone would be successful. He doesn't talk about the mistakes and missteps he made along the way, the hours he worked and still works, and the luck involved. And he will never, ever say that what works for Andrew Huang won't necessarily work for other people. He keeps throwing out as many large numbers and business related words as possible to reinforce the idea that you *must* *buy* *his* *book*. He's Tony Robbins with smaller teeth and less jawline.
I don’t think he’s saying that this book WILL give success, nor do I think he says this book will make you successful like him. It comes across as, if you’re interested in my perspective on how I got here, I made this book that throws in my 2 cents and can gain a thing or 2 about it. Also, I don’t know if he has never mentioned any of his mistakes, but he definitely has mentioned his struggles, and the book will probably give insight to his perspective. A formula that has aided to where he is now.
Not sure why you’re making it seem like he’s scamming when he isn’t making outlandish claims or promises from what I can tell.
@@damousx6860 You are certainly welcome to draw whatever inferences you like from my comment, just as I'm welcome to draw whatever inferences I like from his video. Perhaps I've become overly sensitive having way to much experience with people who mislead, dance around what they're saying, use language unrelated to the topic to set a mood, and outright connive. Just to be clear, my words are my opinion, and I appreciate you providing a counter viewpoint. This is the foundation of good discussion.
I can see that you wouldn't understand why I wrote what I did, as I didn't provide any motivation for it. I don't think the genesis of the ideas I wrote was (or is) needed, but if you'd like some additional clarification, please let me know.
Im looking at these comments smh....i make music shitty music but i enjoy it...2.35mil subscribers, multiple placements, brand endorsements, collaborations etc. etc. Id say whatever success model he is using is working...salute!
i'd say he has to sell that book and them sample packs after he turned down 100 k bucks...
youre killing me weaver. my bussy hurts now
Mullet Andrew Huang has motivational speaker energy. Bout to drop that 4 step plan to success.
it's more like "i just rooted my boyfriend in goat horns at the lodge" energy buddy
I'm so glad I watched the real video first, instead of steeping in this haters' circlejerk.
Kind of a stretch to call it a hater circle joke tbh
@@AAllinsonNN I know, but the comments section is amplifying an irrational resentment and mischaracterization of Andrew that I honestly find offensive.
So people preordering a product they haven’t interacted with tells a manufacturer it’s high quality?
No…
Preordering tells them there is a demand for the product based entirely on reputation of the person selling it.
He’s so full of shit it’s crazy.
I dont like most of the classically trained ‘prodigy’ musician youtubers, its just like hanging out with classical musicians in real life. So much talent but any real creativity is dampened by their rigid way of thinking and desperate need to be seen as special.
As a classical composer I get what you are saying however I am forced to hang out with them. After a while I got used to it and most of them are Allright.
Do any of these guys actually have a catalog of music
Andrew Huang does. Spotify lists over 30 albums. Some of his music are really nice, but I have not really fired up Spotify just to listen to some new Andrew Huang.
Yeah, he’s actually fairly prolific.
@@chrisegonmusic yeah. There are other synthfluencers that doesn't seem to be that productive.
@@needfortweed8734 that goes for music TH-cam in general.
That's the thing with these TH-cam "music producers" - everyone knows them for being a TH-camr, but most people couldn't care less for their music. Being a successful TH-camr doesn't mean you're a successful music artist.
Thank you.❤
Andrews humble brag is making me sick.... His positive vide drains me... It doesn't even seen real... His balding friend doesn't help matters....
Saying u got busy works beats to watch your kids is crazy 😭
I cut my own hair since the pandemic started. I went from an initial 5 hours to 30 min.
Ayy Weaver you could do a whole other video on that subject. Guy has successfully copied VladTV set and a tweet from 2017 to create a book promo video.
I’ve not got a drum set or a big white couch (jbp) but I can put a table full of drinks together 🎥😅
weaver beats saying fr fr is so funny side note: i love weaver beats
Who the HELL is Boozie??
That ENTIRE video by Andrew was an ad for the book
😂😂😂 bro this is the funniest I’ve seen weaver ever been. On point my dude 😂😂😂😭😭😭
5:18 because TH-cam gets a cut of the ad revenue.
100k salary in san francisco is not nearly enough to live comfortably.
Ironically he compares surpassing $100k eventually with his starting YT pay to make it look like a good decision
That’s such a TH-camr thing to say “I can’t see myself doing that or this” why not? If you say you can’t do something. You’ve already set yourself up for failure.
Knowing what you want, and staying focused on that is setting yourself up for failure?
You only have around 40 years to master 1 or 2 things. Stop wasting your time on shit because you can. Do what you're best at at.
Don’t laugh at his eyebrows you might have to shave yours 😂
$100k per year total compensation in the Bay Area is nothing, even 8-10 years ago. Plus, moving from Canada to the US is crazy, especially given that he has a child now.
100k in San Francisco has been poverty for almost 10 years...
This video of his seems a lot more based and real that I've seen for ages. As much as I'm don't follow him that closely, he has def done and tried a tonne of things some good, some shocking, some like wtf... Lol. But anyways I wonder if it comes as an Audio book read by ???
Yes, you can pre-order the audiobook.
I would have taken the job and saved up even more money for a whole year... THEN take time off to focus on my shit xD
This guy has no concept of the word "Struggle"
he calls his imaginary friend horus. da money bird
"It really helps out". I thought he had a career and then why do you need help?
I agree. It's typical shallow TH-camr wording, pretending to be meaningful as if this was helping for some great cause or something. Often they say "It helps the channel" to avoid more accurately saying "It helps me in getting more money".
Edited by Amazon book I presume xD
$100K in SF might get you a cardboard box under a bridge. And I can think of warmer places than SF in July/August.
So glad I quit smoking, because that's also the price of a carton of cigarettes in the Bay Area as well
plot twist: chatgpt wrote the book
google/youtube was hiring bussy-boy gatekeepers... weird they offered a job @ 40k subs, what year was this? $100k not that great for a family living in cali, but its an 'in' with google that could have led to a bigger job
Alternate title "Why make money from youtube when you could make money on youtube instead"
100k a year in SF is not very much tbh
boo-CEE
He just said it there but Weaver was focused on chat.
He got offered a ridiculous job to artificially inflate celebrity channels. Yuck.
the politics of dancing by re flex
"Reading is for nerds" "I agree" but of course you would
What? Boosie himself always said boosie the way you said it first lol.
A shining Shilling City in a hill... I'd move to Canada, before Cali...I don't believe I need a human poop map app on my phone for Canada, LOL..
It must be a shit merch if hemakes from it 30 times less than from youtube...
$100.000 in Cali? That's like $60.000 in KY. LOL Turning it down was wise.
Like that you ended it by saying "I do respect Andrew" - he is very corny and this particular video is a hilarious humble brag, but i have learnt plenty of interesting and useful stuff from his channel and he strikes me as a positive sort of dude.
Can't watch this guy... And I don't care about his story or book.
Andrew is good at making wack music.
Writing a book is weird for Andrew.
He really is the shill king.
@Weaver Beats 2 - Man, I like you, and you come across pretty smart often, but ..."a vehicle to sell your stuff" ... most TH-camrs don't get started on TH-cam knowing if they are going to be successful or not ... so at most, there might be a wish like someday that might be a possibility, and you should know this, which means, no one is doing what you claim them to be doing. And TH-cam is one of the largest platforms on the Internet. What do you want people to do, NOT USE the platform to market themselves because Weaver Beats thinks they're using everyone? Man, c'mon ... that's strike 1 ... 2 more strikes, and I am going to start calling out on your occasional sketchy logic. Be the cool guy that I think you are. No point in you doing this if you end up doing the same shit you call people out on. LMAO. I do not like this Andrew guy but, I still think it's pretty cool he made it this far and, I hope you get to this point as well someday. I mean, it's not fair for you to work hard at what you do on TH-cam, but Andrew can't work hard and reap any benefits? C'mon duuuuuuude .... strike 1 Weaver .... strike 1 ....
all andrew does is shill shit the average person can’t buy on his channel it’s super unrelatable
Nawh, he’s right. Much of it is a vehicle to sell you stuff.
They’re certainly allowed to make their money and do their thing.
But content is king. And if your content is just elaborate marketing or falsifying a community to drive engagement and sales, then it’s a massive disservice.
Every relatively interesting AH video I’ve tried watching, just seems to be another “look at this thing you can buy” wrapped up in a cliche story or subpar musical endeavor.
@@AAllinsonNNmassive disservice... Like he the only one... He's an easy target. Do you consider how much time it takes to edit a video and put some lights on, sync the audio, efx and all that? If they are spending more time doing videos than music, it says a lot. Yeah content is king because you need to be chewing on something everyday everytime. Because of it, videos aren't densely packed so to stretch it out throughout several videos and never run out of ideas. How many channels started with techniques and ended with product placements and reviews? It's not about music anymore, it's either about ethics, gear or sales.
@Francisco12G He’s allowed to have his opinion. If he doesn’t want to watch cliche videos that feel more like product placements than good content then that’s his prerogative. No one has to watch anyone’s content just because their life is hard or some shit. At the end of the day we want to watch the content that we like. I’m not on TH-cam to support someone, TH-camrs aren’t my friends and most of them aren’t charity cases either. If I want to do charity I can do that trough other, better channels.
@@hansmemling2311 Exactly my thoughts, i don't like either. i share a lot of what he said. And i'm not against sharing your opinion as it's good being critic. Either way it felt like biased hate towards something or someone you don't like from the start, especially on a video that already has that connotation.Would be much more surprising different opinions on the subject. Exactly, we watch what we like and i favor sharing your opinion and much prefer reading comments that are your own conclusions without even regarding the opinions shared in the video. I'm not here to support monetarily anyone either. TH-cam is a platform, you use it as you like. If now you can make money with it, people are gonna get their money. It's not personal, it's business. His channel kept changing in terms of content and i was never a big fan since it always felt watered down and some videos i didn't even bother to open. it's the target public marketing thing. You have to recognize that a lot of channels now copy exactly what he does and that is probably what can be consider "massive disservice". I blame the others more than him, since he was like this from start albeit a bit less, while others changed to adapt. You knew what you were getting if you think about it. It isn't really massive disservice, but it just feels like it because of the exposition the channel has and that's why is such an easy target and also one that you should probably not even bother with due to the already mentioned reasons including the ones of @phryge2468 . With that said, why bother really? The channel is so big because it appeals to the general public. Content is king but youtube content is cannon fodder unless you can take something from it. Take only the good stuff, be passionate and critic but forget the hate. Massive disservice is this collective attitude on the platform but easily dismissive if you just take what you want and need.
Heavy Vlad vibes.
I cant with his ego
I am sure, even though I did not do the math, that taking $100k jobs in CA would not be a smart move in you're making $50k in Canada. Even though they offered to move you, the cost of living alone would leave you actually making around $70k , plus taxes ,etc. Here in NYC, the costs are so high that they have estimated that $100k is actually around $40k...It also sounds like the wanted Andrew to influence who makes more YT money alongside the algorithm...I'm a DJ with a HUGE collection of CDs/records, and even with some of the older TH-camrs, I have NO music from them they released. Some of these bozos create fake beefs, and talk smack ONLY online, pretending. They know full well they will not have that same energy in person...
They gave him this offer at 40k followers...??? Thats not even impressive 😭 hire pewdiepie or anyone else lmao
Reving up a j before I watch this mf 😏
i find these "i made a descion that everyone called me crazy for NOW IM RICH". for just 9.99 i will tell you! I'm that selfless. just believe in yourself is great but I'm not a fan of this type of shitt. if you aren't the 10-20% that might make it doing this cuz your not that good, arent that lucky, get injured or car broke down. then you are now broke with no job and a brutal self-doubt and depression.
also youtube didn't offer him 100k. that offered him a commission job sales thing in a place that costs like way more so 100k would be pretty bad, which if he was good could make kinda ok money. this is clickbait to sell us a self-help book. how many self-help books are honestly better than a 10 minute youtube video going over it. these ideas are so well known. like the is 10000 books telling you this stuff.
I'm sure the were no ghost writers on this
street hoodie AH is unnerving
Maybe produce wholesome and original content, you will get a lot bigger for the right reasons later too! :-)
I wasn’t aware humanity was still doing books
he's a billionaire 🤣
He sounds like he is pretending to be gay, he turned down 100 grand to work for youtube full time in order to work for youtube full time, because, integrity, and he made more money, even though it wasn't about the money. Sounds like unprovoked russian agression to me, does not quite make sense. I reckon he is paid by youtube and this is the hero story but it is all a lie to suck you in and get you to want to be like him, yeah, i am going to work full time for youtube without pay, i wanna be like andrew
wtf is "pretending to be gay," and why tf was that your first thought?
@@crnkmnky the voice, sounds like pretending to be gay
Andrew the type of guy that would send himself to an early grave if he wasn't allowed to make TH-cam videos. im sure he's a super stable dude
it's all about his eyebrows, kind of cringy weird to me...Or am i too old fashion ?
maybe this isn't a hot take but Andrews music is ASSSSSSS
first?
Yes!!! Congrats, bro! 😉👏
You come across as a super hater. Do you even make beats or just hate on actual producers?
his nickname is literally massive hater if you have a problem gtfo lmao, he just calls ppl out on their bullshit, andrew huang is one of the most disingenuous producer channels constantly selling shit to his audience and it’s never enough for his pockets i guess. he puts off this positive attitude but it just comes off fake, personally i can’t even watch him
That's MASSIVE hater to you bucko
🎯 Beaver makes music, but these days he mostly does _this_ shyt. Which I'm supposed to believe makes him a better person than Andrew?
A super hater is quite the stretch.
So is calling Andrew an “actual producer” lol
All his content is so sterile and soy : smart dude? For sure .....
PASS ! Cheers 🥂
Andrew's model doesn't work for third-world countries (I guess I can consider myself as a citizen of one), so it's cool to live in so-called First World 🥲