It’s fun to see the growth of my YouTube page. Just a couple of years ago, I was close to losing the entire thing. A hacker transferred all my info and changed the recovery phone number. I was at risk at losing hundreds of videos, and thousands of hours of work. I can’t tell you how stressful that was. It took hours, days, and dozens of emails working with Youtube through their TWITTER page, which seemed so strange. I was very lucky to recover it, and hope to never have that concern again.

My channel is www.youtube.com/roxxboise. I started it as a way for bands who played for us at work to have a place to share and monetize their songs. Later, it evolved into covering music conferences like NAMM, Treefort, Flipside Fest, Bumbershoot, some short films, product reviews, and even a few karaoke songs.

Want to see the MOST viewed video on this page?

Curtis Stigers performed the theme to “Sons of Anarchy.” About 500 people per month watch this, commenting on what country they are from as fans of SOA. Catch his performance soon with Boise Phil.

These are the stats as of today :

Your channel has gotten 4,450,540 views so far

4.5M Total views for the selected date range, region and other filters.

148.1K Estimated total hours of viewing time of your content from your audience.

Subscribers

+3.1K

I’d love to see more subscribers just for fun. I don’t monetize my channel, but just love the history it provides. The best thing I ever heard a friend say to me, was “If I’m stuck in a hospital bed dying, I want to watch all the music videos on your channel to relive so many shows I’ve been to.”

Coming in at number 2, is an artist whose voice stood out in my mind. I stopped by 3 years ago to catch a quick performance from Tyler Childers at The Record Exchange. They’ve been extremely kind in sharing their raw audio files with me so I can make remixes for these videos. I only grabbed a few videos as I didn’t want him to be uncomfortable, but I’m so thankful to have captured THIS Pink Floyd cover. As far as I know, it’s not yet on an album. People lose their minds when they hear his version. I was all goosebumps while hearing it, it felt like something magical was happening. Now he’s got a sold out show next year at Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater. With his new song, “In Your Love,” this Kentucky artist is climbing right to the top. While I doubt we’ll see him at The Record Exchange again, I will never take this moment for granted.

It really pleases me that my “Guitar Faces of NAMM” video is number 3. With 158,000 views, people like to like it, talk about “hot chicks” instead of how well they’re playing, or argue that not every instrument is a guitar. The NAMM Show is in January in Anaheim. You should go.

It’s really sad to have lost a couple of amazing songwriters who are no longer with us. These are artists our PD’s have interviewed, shared handshakes with, taken photos with. They have signed our wall of autographs, all that remains of their legacy in our building.

I also mix the sessions for our sister station, 100.3 The X. Sadly, we didn’t have video at the time of The Scott Weiland appearance, but I did get audio and remix it. That version is played on both of our stations from time to time. Scott was really out of it during the performance, and sadly passed away not long after that.

On a lighter note, the most recent session was really fun. The Struts came in to do a couple of acoustic tracks. They were all very stylish. The singer was adorable, with 3″ heeled boots, and a tiny Coco Chanel purse.

I wouldn’t know where to begin on saying what my favorite session was. I love doing sessions off-site, hauling gear and figuring out how to make it work. Catching up with Ani DiFranco backstage at The Revolution Center was really special for me. Ed Sheeran at The Record Exchange was pretty unbelievable. Botanical Garden sessions were my favorites, following Brandi Carlile around (remember when she used to come to Boise?) A session there once with Josh Ritter was golden. Suzanne Vega at The VAC was really cool, and she signed my dumpster guitar.

Finally, this performance from Nickel Creek was a favorite because it was fairly stressful for me, and I wasn’t going to miss it for anything. I went out the The Garden on my own, schlepping gear like microphones, stands, cameras across the field to get to The Cottage on a deadline. They were in a hurry, so I set up my digital recorder, did a quick interview, and they performed songs around one of those cool bluegrass mics. At one point I thought I was being stealth, and duct taped a small camera onto a mic stand near me so I could get another view. I saw Sarah Watkins catch me doing it, but she never said a word!

Hope you can enjoy these experiences as much as I have. Find more of ’em HERE.