My last update on my YouTube journey thus far was back in May 2019. We’re into into January 2021 after a very odd year in 2020. I thought it good to do a YouTube Progress Update as at December 2020. Important Numbers A YouTube channel gets paid a small amount of money whenever an ad...
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YouTube Progress Update – May 2019
My last update on my YouTube journey thus far was back in September 2018. So I thought it about time I posted a further progress update. Important Numbers If you watch YouTube, then you’ll be familiar with the adverts that play before, during and/or after some of the videos you watch. This happens when a...
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First Paid YouTube Advert
One element of creating Tommy’s Piano Corner is – even so late in life – to try to migrate my remaining working life into something more musical. Clearly, I’ve left it a little late to aim to be a concert pianist (and, in any event, I was never at a level to aspire to be...
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First Facebook Advert for Tommy’s Piano Corner on YouTube
An old friend once said to me (quoting – or so he said – Henry Ford) that, if you’re doing well, you can afford to advertise, if you’re not doing well, you can’t afford not to. I’ve searched for this quotation and from what I can see it doesn’t actually exist – however, it’s not...
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What’s happened in 2 years …
It has been almost 2 years since I first set up this blog (April, 2016) … intending to add to it regularly. I have to admit that I have been somewhat sporadic in my additions (just 12 posts in 2 years), but I will try to do better! Blog wise, I’ve branched out into a...
First Steps
I suppose I should start with how I first wanted to play the piano. I would say that I come from a reasonably musical family. My earliest musical recollection is of playing the recorder at Junior or even Infant school. Brought up in the good tradition of the Salvation Army, I started playing brass instruments from...
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Getting back to the Piano
From being about 10 years old to my early twenties, I was a very keen pianist. Not necessarily a very good one when compared to some of these fantastic kids you see playing, but acceptable all the same. For reasons I’ll probably go into later, I ended up abandoning the piano and pretty much didn’t...
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