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Christmas 2011 - another new Christmas Video Posted TODAY!!
So excited that Christmas is just 33 days away! THAT'S RIGHT!! 33 Days until CHRISTMAS 2011!!
I have started adding new Christmas Videos on You Tube for Christmas 2011 and you can see the last clip from my Is It Christmas Yet? CD posted here on the Sax Player's Blog, down a post. I edited my version of Christmas Time Is Here to feature the Soprano Sax and really like the way that video turned out!
The NEW Christmas Sax Video just posted is from my Christmas the Hymns CD - Traditional Christmas Carols - Instrumentals featuring the Sax and Flute! This clip features What Child Is This and Away in the Manger - both Traditional Instrumental Christmas Carols. The video footage is Christmas Pictures of a beautiful manger scene taken by myself. The video was also produced and created by me, just last night.
I hope you enjoy - What Child Is This and Away in the Manger - Greg Vail - Christmas the Hymns CD
A-Vail_Able at -
AMAZON
iTunes
CDBaby
I have started adding new Christmas Videos on You Tube for Christmas 2011 and you can see the last clip from my Is It Christmas Yet? CD posted here on the Sax Player's Blog, down a post. I edited my version of Christmas Time Is Here to feature the Soprano Sax and really like the way that video turned out!
The NEW Christmas Sax Video just posted is from my Christmas the Hymns CD - Traditional Christmas Carols - Instrumentals featuring the Sax and Flute! This clip features What Child Is This and Away in the Manger - both Traditional Instrumental Christmas Carols. The video footage is Christmas Pictures of a beautiful manger scene taken by myself. The video was also produced and created by me, just last night.
I hope you enjoy - What Child Is This and Away in the Manger - Greg Vail - Christmas the Hymns CD
A-Vail_Able at -
AMAZON
iTunes
CDBaby
Christmas Video JUST ADDED - Christmas Time Is Here!!!
It is that time of year! Getting colder even in Southern California. We even had rain last week and grey skies for a few days. 8)
Leaves are falling, green and brown are on the increase as the cold rolls in and the fall hits the south land. I love this time of year. Thanksgiving is around the corner and then - CHRISTMAS IS HERE!!!
This Christmas I am working earlier than ever on prep for the season. I even finished my first NEW CHRISTMAS VIDEO yesterday! I am amazed! I always seem to post them too late, or really early for next Christmas 8)
So - here is the new Christmas Video on You Tube -
Greg Vail featured on Soprano Saxophone
Is It Christmas Yet? CD on Greg Vail Music
The song - my favorite - Christmas Time Is Here.......
Merry Christmas 2011!!!
Leaves are falling, green and brown are on the increase as the cold rolls in and the fall hits the south land. I love this time of year. Thanksgiving is around the corner and then - CHRISTMAS IS HERE!!!
This Christmas I am working earlier than ever on prep for the season. I even finished my first NEW CHRISTMAS VIDEO yesterday! I am amazed! I always seem to post them too late, or really early for next Christmas 8)
So - here is the new Christmas Video on You Tube -
Greg Vail featured on Soprano Saxophone
Is It Christmas Yet? CD on Greg Vail Music
The song - my favorite - Christmas Time Is Here.......
Merry Christmas 2011!!!
NEW SAX VIDEO on You Tube!
It has been too long! Life has been crazy! Work is slow and more time is spent trying to find work all the time. Life goes on, but many of the simple pleasures have been reduced this past year.
My You Tube videos are always doing great online, yet nothing new has been posted in a long time. I finally got some time set aside and produced a new clip of a favorite track off my Smooth Jazz Classics CD by Grover Washington Jr.
Please enjoy and share if you would like - Make Me a Memory - Just in time for the Holidays!! Life, at least the good parts are the memories we make everyday - and those magic moments weave together to display a tapestry of love, family, friends and special times!
I love the title - Make Me a Memory!!
Greg Vail on Soprano Saxophones - Make Me a Memory
My You Tube videos are always doing great online, yet nothing new has been posted in a long time. I finally got some time set aside and produced a new clip of a favorite track off my Smooth Jazz Classics CD by Grover Washington Jr.
Please enjoy and share if you would like - Make Me a Memory - Just in time for the Holidays!! Life, at least the good parts are the memories we make everyday - and those magic moments weave together to display a tapestry of love, family, friends and special times!
I love the title - Make Me a Memory!!
Greg Vail on Soprano Saxophones - Make Me a Memory
You Tube 2 million follow up
I get lots of email and questions about getting viewed on You Tube - I have articles, information and helps on my Sax Video Site - Sax Video TV
The site has Video Players with my music set up by instrument and by musical styles. It also has articles I have written about things I have learned studying YOU TUBE!
I mention videos that I have not posted - they have been posted by other people on their channels on You Tube. I wanted to post a player so you can see some - ONLY 11 HOURS of play time if you want to put it on early and let it roll all day!!
There are 130+ clips here - many other clips have been posted and taken down over the past few years. I wish I had kept a list and accounting to give y'all a sense of how big You Tube can make a little sax player!
ENJOY
YOU TUBE LANDMARK - 2 MILLION VIEWS!
YOU TUBE LANDMARK -
2 MILLION VIEWS!
WOW - I still can't believe - with all the BS from You Tube - we still hit 2 million views on my main channel - gvSAXBOY!I have over 50 videos up - pretty basic - with my music - featuring the sax - live and CD recordings - over the past few years performances and projects! I am so glad people are watching them and the music is spreading thru the web.
A few of my business friends have asked the uncomfortable question about how much money that means I have made from all those views. The answer is nothing. I don't have a business guys heart I guess. I just get excited knowing the music is getting heard and appreciated! I would love to have a little money coming in but You Tube is complicated when it comes to the business and music - so we do what we can do!
The day came earlier in the week - I announced it on Face Book and never made it over here to shout it out. I have been fighting a flu and have not been able to keep op on much this past few days.... Happy to say I feel a lot better today and totally thank my GF for making healthy food and pampering me into health! God is good - I really hope I am over this and back to my game!
SO - You Tube has been a trip as of late, but the views keep coming and 2 Million is gonna be hard to beat for a while. I have seen weekly new You Tube Videos from fan channels on You Tube and posted a few of those last BLOG post. Here are the latest Fan Clips posted.....
REMINDER - my 2 MILLION VIEWS ONLY accounts for MY Channel - I have 140 clips up from other You Tube fan pages and some have been huge - some small. I would guess at least another million views have come from these clips since a few have gone into deep 100's of thousands - some have been taken down.... It is impossible to really know anymore - just saying....
NEW You Tube CLIPS to listen to Greg -
NEW CLIPS ARE COMING FROM GREG - I just got sick and could not get to them. I also have an entire summer of pictures to address - FLICKr will be jammed for a bit soon!
Thanks for dropping by and celebrating with me!
Greg Vail - Sax - gvSAXBOY
You Tube and NEW VIDEO Posts
YOU TUBE SAX VIDEOS
The big You Tube News is - WE ARE GOING TO HIT 2 MILLION VIEWS next week!! We are talking 2 MILLION video views on my personal channel - gvSAXBOY - a music channel with no gimmicks - just simple music videos.
If you are a You Tube content provider, you will understand how huge that is. Sure some people get 2 million views of a kid laughing or cat playing piano, but we are talking real basic music clips of just simple, quality saxophone for YouTube! I love that! AND love you people for watching, commenting, subscribing and sharing clips all over the web! THANK YOU!!!!
This 2 MILLION MARK does not include my other channel, the over 140 videos now online and taken down over the years of my music, or the many sites that steal You Tube Content. These views are in the millions also! I have tried to add these up or estimate and it is to dang hard! The main thing I focus on is the clips I have posted to my channel and this is what we celebrate!
Here are a few clips from other channels I really like. A few a little bit racy but really beautiful and better quality than I can produce from my little office. I try hard, but know I am no video expert!
ENJOY - Magnetiq - Greg Vail EWI - Crystal Silence - just posted
Just To See Her - Greg Vail Tenor Sax - From Emotion CD 2001
Another post a week earlier of Just To See Her - Greg Vail Tenor Sax
My most viewed to date video clip from my latest CD - Love's Gift - Greg Vail Tenor Sax
A Favorite Video Clip from my B Channel - Straight Saxes
Greg Vail main channel on You Tube is gvSAXBOY
My second - side channel is SAXBOYvid
Please check out my Video Site - Sax Video TV
Thanks for watching and for stopping in at the blog - so much going on with product videos, reviews, interviews, magazine article for Saxophone Journal, and - YOU TUBE!!
LOTS OF EXCITING GOING ON.........
Hey folks - this has gotta be a quickie since I am running like crazy since returning home from South Dakota on Monday. The conference, Worship concert and 5 weekend services were awesome this past week in Sioux Falls! My Celebrate Church family is growing and changing! I LOVE THEM SO!
AWESOME WEEK LAST WEEK!
SO - Home to an opportunity for a cover page article with the Saxophone Journal!! Very excited and so NOT READY for this. Took pictures last night after my gig and posted them on FACE BOOK - all my pages have the link (OR here - http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150333806127633.339512.28666412632&type=3 )
GO LOOK and VOTE - I need to send this package out fast and have a horrible time picking pics of ME!
Thanks!!
YAMAHA DAY TODAY!
Heading off to play thru some new prototypes and necks! I LOVE GEAR!! I LOVE YAMAHA! A Yamaha gear day is soooo fun!!
Then I will be taping for a Yamaha product video for a new keyboard with Tony Windle - a few tracks I am told..... Always fun taping live music....
I am also awaiting a shipment of saxophones from WWBW for video taping reviews - Love LOve LOVE when boxes full of saxophones show up at my doorstep!!!
GOTTA Run now but had to share some of the crazy for this week!!
Love and hugs to all!
See Wedding plan post and Conan o'Brian news below - always more down the page!!
ONE MORE THING!!!
HAHAHAA!
You Tube VIEWS for my main gvSAXBOY channel WILL HIT 2 MILLIONS Next week!!!
2 MILLION VIEWS on MY CHANNEL - This is not to mention my side channel, and the 138 videos with views on OTHER PEOPLES CHANNELS with my music!!
FEELING TRULY BLESSED!!
1 more - My wedding ring arrived Tuesday and it is AMAZING!! So excited to be getting married to this AMAZING WOMAN! February - come quickly!
Gotta run....................
Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society - SCAM?
Who is the Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society??
Nobody really knows......
The "Society" has been attacking videos on You Tube for months now, claiming Copyright infringement and placing adds on these pages for the profit of someone - but the question is who??
I have been searching this "organizations" name on GOOGLE for a while now. Today's search in quotes gave me 14 pages of returns that ask the question, "Who are they?" or simply vent and call them bad words.
The weirdest thing was finding a page on Face Book that claims to be Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society.
On the INFO page it states the following -
How weird is that??
The page was created and has never again been commented or posted on by the owner. I first felt like the "Organization" now has proof it is a scam and enlisted friends on Face Book to report the page as a Scam. Face Book never responded to the many reports - like I expected anything more from Face Book, but oddly enough, others continue to post anger with no response.
As I watched NOTHING happen, I began calling it out as a fraud page with no response other than others finding the page because they too had been reported on You Tube. I did finally have discourse with a dude that referred us to a video that GOOGLE mentioned the "Organization" and it looks as if another possible answer is, GOOGLE set it up to cover their butts in case outside policing was deemed necessary, they could say, "WE have already been collecting funds."
Where does this sit today??
I searched all thru GOOGLE again and found NO ORGANIZATION called Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society!
THEY DON'T EXIST
I don't know whether the Face Book page is owned by a teen jokester or kid criminal that masterminded a way to scam copyright claims and generate money from the fear factor surrounding that topic in 2011. It is obvious that Guilty until proven Innocent is the call in this new century. I sure wish the claims process include and validation to claims before money making ads were forced on peoples pages.
Since the majority of people just get scared and mad, the process toward an answer is very slow.
IF Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society is a real entity, you would be able to find them online with contact information. IT DOES NOT EXIST! I have searched many times and found nothing.
IN FACT - there are videos with NO music at all and public domain classical music that have been tagged as well as individuals personal compositions! The question asked by some is if this is a bot driven reporting.....
RECAP
Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society
Nothing online to validate the claim they exist
No answers found at all
1000's of angry people
We need answers guys.....
The Face Book page provides none! There is a link to a WEBSITE but it is a hidden, tinyURL and I would never click that!
IF THEY EXIST - You could see them or any proof they exist.
I hate the fact that the web allows people the ability to be faceless cowards....
Nobody really knows......
The "Society" has been attacking videos on You Tube for months now, claiming Copyright infringement and placing adds on these pages for the profit of someone - but the question is who??
I have been searching this "organizations" name on GOOGLE for a while now. Today's search in quotes gave me 14 pages of returns that ask the question, "Who are they?" or simply vent and call them bad words.
The weirdest thing was finding a page on Face Book that claims to be Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society.
On the INFO page it states the following -
Basic Information
| Founded | 2005 |
|---|---|
| About | You get the pleasure of posting videos We get the pleasure of making money from your videos It's a win-win situation  |
| Company Overview | We
are the Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society. In other words, we
are a society that collects rights from the publishing of music onto
sites like YouTube. |
|---|---|
| Mission | Our
mission is to file copyright claims so that ads will be placed onto
certain videos, and we will be able to make money off of them. We do
not seek to have anyone's videos blocked in certain countries or
disabled altogether, all we are trying to do is make a bit of money.
That's not so bad, is it? |
| Products | A
wide variety of people post videos containing content that belongs to
our organization. We didn't make the music ourselves, but nonetheless
we can still make money from it. |
How weird is that??
The page was created and has never again been commented or posted on by the owner. I first felt like the "Organization" now has proof it is a scam and enlisted friends on Face Book to report the page as a Scam. Face Book never responded to the many reports - like I expected anything more from Face Book, but oddly enough, others continue to post anger with no response.
As I watched NOTHING happen, I began calling it out as a fraud page with no response other than others finding the page because they too had been reported on You Tube. I did finally have discourse with a dude that referred us to a video that GOOGLE mentioned the "Organization" and it looks as if another possible answer is, GOOGLE set it up to cover their butts in case outside policing was deemed necessary, they could say, "WE have already been collecting funds."
Where does this sit today??
I searched all thru GOOGLE again and found NO ORGANIZATION called Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society!
THEY DON'T EXIST
I don't know whether the Face Book page is owned by a teen jokester or kid criminal that masterminded a way to scam copyright claims and generate money from the fear factor surrounding that topic in 2011. It is obvious that Guilty until proven Innocent is the call in this new century. I sure wish the claims process include and validation to claims before money making ads were forced on peoples pages.
Since the majority of people just get scared and mad, the process toward an answer is very slow.
IF Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society is a real entity, you would be able to find them online with contact information. IT DOES NOT EXIST! I have searched many times and found nothing.
IN FACT - there are videos with NO music at all and public domain classical music that have been tagged as well as individuals personal compositions! The question asked by some is if this is a bot driven reporting.....
RECAP
Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society
Nothing online to validate the claim they exist
No answers found at all
1000's of angry people
We need answers guys.....
The Face Book page provides none! There is a link to a WEBSITE but it is a hidden, tinyURL and I would never click that!
IF THEY EXIST - You could see them or any proof they exist.
I hate the fact that the web allows people the ability to be faceless cowards....
Taxes are done - back to work and weddings to plan!
In my last post I mentioned the tax difficulty I had to endure for 2010 tax filing. I am DONE! So excited to be done. The bill should get covered and I am soooo excited about that too! Thanks to my dear Michele for helping make this the first tax season in decades that went really good - considering!
With taxes done I am back in the groove and running 100 miles an hour. I had a major announcement over the past few days I want to share here. I am getting married!! I am so excited to be able to say those words - words I was convinced I could and would NEVER SAY AGAIN! I think the change in my attitude about relationships over the past few months speaks volumes to the quality of my betrothed.
Michele and I posted it on Face Book and had hundreds of amazing supportive comments, and a few were really surprised! We are having so much fun letting the cat out of the bag! The date is set for February 11th; very close to Valentines Day and a year from our first date so it has already been out anniversary every month since.
The announcement came on the heels of a ring, which had been a major decision since gold prices are screaming and jewelry is at all time highs. We found a great setting that we loved and got it sized down to dinky size and on her finger on Thursday! The fun began and we have been running with it ever since!
SO, we have a ring, have a honeymoon booked in paradise, started pre-marital counseling with the pastors doing the ceremony, and have begun clothing, food, flowers, and room location research to book the event and make it happen.
MY REQUEST - Dear friends - I have worked in the wedding industry for YEARS yet somehow have very little as far as leads in booking great, inexpensive friends for the many parts that make up a wedding. My favorite catering friend just moved out of state, my cousin will hook up an amazing cake, but I need referrals for everything. We have very little money but I want to do a traditional, larger wedding for my baby that has never really had a real one.
I am very excited and will be following up on anything you guys might suggest. We need flowers, video, pictures, music for ceremony and reception, church, hall, suits, food and serving, and anything else I might not be remembering right now.
I thank you all in advance! My email is gvsaxboy@ gmail.com (without the space). We are working leads now but are really trying to watch expenses since she is marrying a musician.
Related and very much the same topic - My son Ben in getting married in January 12. So info will help with January and February plans!!
SO - back to work!! Catching up on articles for WWBW - Woodwind and Brasswind web site. Working hard on booking new gigs since the post summer slow down. AND Saving as much money as I can to cover big life expenses around the corner.
Example article on WWBW
Here is a funny one - Conan O'Brian listed my Greg Vail .com website on one of his posts for ghost towns online. I think my lack of calendar up dates made that happen - it was empty when he was on the site! Although it is a comedy page I thought he did great justice to the site with honesty and I post his comments here for you to see.
From Conan O'Brian's site-
"Saxophonist Greg Vail -
This site may not be pretty, but to Greg's credit, it's still pretty functional. Right when you get to the page, you're greeted by a smooth jazz beat and some sexy, sexy saxophone. Lovers, it could be smart to bookmark this page just in case you and your partner suddenly get in the mood and you need a lovemaking soundtrack at a moment's notice. Things could get awkward when one of Greg's many Christmas songs come up on the playlist, but I say weave it into the rug. The website includes a show calender section. While the calender may not list any shows, it does serve as a functional calender. So touche, Greg! [GregVail.com]"
Taxes are done - back to work and weddings to plan!
In my last post I mentioned the tax difficulty I had to endure for 2010 tax filing. I am DONE! So excited to be done. The bill should get covered and I am soooo excited about that too! Thanks to my dear Michele for helping make this the first tax season in decades that went really good - considering!
With taxes done I am back in the groove and running 100 miles an hour. I had a major announcement over the past few days I want to share here. I am getting married!! I am so excited to be able to say those words - words I was convinced I could and would NEVER SAY AGAIN! I think the change in my attitude about relationships over the past few months speaks volumes to the quality of my betrothed.
Michele and I posted it on Face Book and had hundreds of amazing supportive comments, and a few were really surprised! We are having so much fun letting the cat out of the bag! The date is set for February 11th; very close to Valentines Day and a year from our first date so it has already been out anniversary every month since.
The announcement came on the heels of a ring, which had been a major decision since gold prices are screaming and jewelry is at all time highs. We found a great setting that we loved and got it sized down to dinky size and on her finger on Thursday! The fun began and we have been running with it ever since!
SO, we have a ring, have a honeymoon booked in paradise, started pre-marital counseling with the pastors doing the ceremony, and have begun clothing, food, flowers, and room location research to book the event and make it happen.
MY REQUEST - Dear friends - I have worked in the wedding industry for YEARS yet somehow have very little as far as leads in booking great, inexpensive friends for the many parts that make up a wedding. My favorite catering friend just moved out of state, my cousin will hook up an amazing cake, but I need referrals for everything. We have very little money but I want to do a traditional, larger wedding for my baby that has never really had a real one.
I am very excited and will be following up on anything you guys might suggest. We need flowers, video, pictures, music for ceremony and reception, church, hall, suits, food and serving, and anything else I might not be remembering right now.
I thank you all in advance! My email is gvsaxboy@ gmail.com (without the space). We are working leads now but are really trying to watch expenses since she is marrying a musician.
Related and very much the same topic - My son Ben in getting married in January 12. So info will help with January and February plans!!
SO - back to work!! Catching up on articles for WWBW - Woodwind and Brasswind web site. Working hard on booking new gigs since the post summer slow down. AND Saving as much money as I can to cover big life expenses around the corner.
Example article on WWBW
Here is a funny one - Conan O'Brian listed my Greg Vail .com website on one of his posts for ghost towns online. I think my lack of calendar up dates made that happen - it was empty when he was on the site! Although it is a comedy page I thought he did great justice to the site with honesty and I post his comments here for you to see.
From Conan O'Brian's site-
"Saxophonist Greg Vail -
This site may not be pretty, but to Greg's credit, it's still pretty functional. Right when you get to the page, you're greeted by a smooth jazz beat and some sexy, sexy saxophone. Lovers, it could be smart to bookmark this page just in case you and your partner suddenly get in the mood and you need a lovemaking soundtrack at a moment's notice. Things could get awkward when one of Greg's many Christmas songs come up on the playlist, but I say weave it into the rug. The website includes a show calender section. While the calender may not list any shows, it does serve as a functional calender. So touche, Greg! [GregVail.com]"
