Should I avoid using my ugly mug in future music videos?

@TheHorse (220105)
Walnut Creek, California
November 3, 2023 10:31pm CST
In this music video, I actually let listeners hear my voice and watch my fingers as I play. It is my least watched music video so far . Should I have let the great @Vandana7 work her magic on this song? I do not know, I stand by the tune itself. I like doing solo guitar stuff. I invite your suggestions. What could have made this more appealing?
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12 responses
@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
4 Nov 23
I noticed that I had already liked and left a comment. I would not change this video, the music is beautiful.
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@vandana7 (100535)
• India
4 Nov 23
I am not disputing the music part of it. It is the background...horrifying. He seems to be sitting in some dungeon or those ancient British prisons ...seriously....I tried to talk him out of that...but does he listen.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
4 Nov 23
@vandana7 I have to agree that it's very, vry dark.
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@vandana7 (100535)
• India
4 Nov 23
@LadyDuck And congested. Men simply don't have the aesthetic sense...sigh.
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@LindaOHio (181321)
• United States
4 Nov 23
I enjoy watching you play; but maybe the pictures would have been better? I don't know. Have a wonderful day.
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@vandana7 (100535)
• India
4 Nov 23
What I told him. What I told him. Does he listen? Even in the latest video, he is not allowing me to do things my way. Pony needs to be tied inverted to ceiling fan and the fan needs to run at full speed. That is what I want to do with him.
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Nov 23
On the next one we'll have our fun kitty slides. The music is solid. I hope it's a big hit. Heh.
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@LindaOHio (181321)
• United States
4 Nov 23
@vandana7 lol Poor Pony. It's a good thing you're not here in the States!
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@BarBaraPrz (47620)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Nov 23
"I stand my the tune itself I like doing solo guitar stuff. " Care to rephrase that so it makes sense? Nice tune.
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@BarBaraPrz (47620)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Nov 23
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Nov 23
Sigh. I corrected the typppppooooo.
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Nov 23
@BarBaraPrz I am a perfectionist.
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@vandana7 (100535)
• India
4 Nov 23
Let me change the video... let there be slides to show the images that mind brings up....let us see how many people will appreciate it...
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@vandana7 (100535)
• India
4 Nov 23
@TheHorse Pixabay guys are good photographers. They have great cameras. Don't re-record...sigh. We will use the audio and come up with another video ...Vanny's version. We will see how far that one goes.
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@jstory07 (139782)
• Roseburg, Oregon
4 Nov 23
That is a good idea to change the video.
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Nov 23
We could do a separate video with slides. Heck, maybe I've even let Vanny chose them, as long as they're not from Pixaboy. Really, I should record some more solo guitar stuff. But Mike is not that interested in recording me right now.
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• Northampton, England
4 Nov 23
Country music then yes
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Nov 23
Can you elaborate?
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Nov 23
@thedevilinme Now that sounds life fun.
• Northampton, England
5 Nov 23
@TheHorse tip your hat low and smoke one up
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@MarieCoyle (38563)
4 Nov 23
You DO know how to play that guitar, don't you? I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your music. Since there is absolutely nothing wrong with the way your face looks, show it off...show your expressions as you play, in your eyes and features it tells others a lot about the way you feel about your music.
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@vandana7 (100535)
• India
4 Nov 23
Oh ...I had no issue with him showing his prowess .... but the background is so dark...for such a beautiful music piece which resonates with freshness and beautiful grounds flowers trees maybe a stream...that kinda image is conjured up. He could have kept the music same, and gone to different locations recorded himself with different backgrounds....like scenery ...it would have been a great video.
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Nov 23
The video quality was up to Mike. I had no say in that.
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@MarieCoyle (38563)
4 Nov 23
@vandana7 Yes, background and such does matter. However I usually listen and barely watch the videos, because I am often driving, etc. and can't. It's the music and the feelings in it and how it affects me that decides it for me, if that makes sense.
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@jstory07 (139782)
• Roseburg, Oregon
4 Nov 23
You are good as a solo guitar player.
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@vandana7 (100535)
• India
4 Nov 23
I liked his composition too considering that it is an original composition. Quite refreshing music....the issue is....the imagery that mind comes up with is different from what is being shown by him. Dungeon...
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Nov 23
Thanks. I think solo finger style is my favorite kind of guitar to play.
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Nov 23
@vandana7 That would be a good tune for our image magic. Lots of pine trees and mountain scenes and stuff like that.
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@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Nov 23
The video is great just as it is. What ugly mug? I certainly didn't see any. Perhaps just a little more direct lighting if possible,
@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
7 Nov 23
nice song. I finally subscribed to your channel. I wouldn't change it.
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Nov 23
Well dang! What took you so long? I'm a legend in my own mind!
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Nov 23
I think it is fine as it is. It's difficult to know sometimes why one thing get more recognition than another.
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Nov 23
It is "different" from the rest, as is the piano video. Maybe it's just the "randomness factor."
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@porwest (92463)
• United States
5 Nov 23
I have always thought this was one of your best videos for the live action, the intimacy of it, the story behind it. I definitely think you should do many more like this one.
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@vandana7 (100535)
• India
5 Nov 23
He is a good composer....but the room ruins it for me and most of the YouTubers who want visual pleasure plus music...or whatever. The darkness of the room would send me away.
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Nov 23
I would like to record some more simple solo guitar stuff.
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@porwest (92463)
• United States
5 Nov 23
@TheHorse I think that would be awesome. Even to just grab your guitar, fire up the iPhone or whatever you use, and just go. I guess, to make Vanny happy, maybe turn on some lights. But I'd LOVE to see more of that. Wish I could get you to get that DAW and interface I told you about. But that's for another day.
@bangdil (52)
• Indonesia
5 Nov 23
I really like the photo. It's a really nice view. I want to watch the video.