There's a surprising amount of talent agencies behind people on YT. I thought things were more grassroots than they are on until recently. Must just be past memories clouding my vision.
I recently started checking out Old School Runescape content on Youtube thanks to a friend's recommendations (There's a lot of entertaining quality content out there, especially if you have familiarity with the game) and recently I found out literally almost all the large, quality YTers in that space are handled by a single talent agency named Clover Talent.
Its weird how these agencies can capture so much of a market so quickly.
What really sucks shit about today's generation of entertainment is that it's every bit as manufactured and controlled as TV, but it comes with the illusion of choice and organic popularity since that's what the internet once provided.
I'll grant that the YouTube grind is brutal and without a talent agency they can absolutely fuck you in the ass without lube, so even if you initially had some organic success, once one of these agencies comes along and offers to "help" you it takes a lot of stones to turn them down. So I guess the social media industry is more like the music industry in that regard.
I mean if you start out just as a guy with a webcam getting approached by a talent agency with a pitch like "look at everyone we manage, we know how to take care of the things you don't want to do" is a pretty easy sell.
Oh, wow. I've been watching Settled and the Gielinor Games over the past year or so, and I noticed when watching Settled that he had a tremendous uptick in quality when he switched from his first UIM series (which wasn't that good, to be honest) to Swampletics. At the time, I thought that was just maturity. Now I wonder if that was when Clover Talent picked him up.
I mean, I still like his videos, but it's a shame that he has a talent agency presumably breathing down his neck, and everyone else's.
I would assume talent agencies wouldn't go for unproven people, usually you have to get something viral first. For Settled, it seems they signed him on in November 2021, just a month before the series ended.
Okay, that's a bit better; there's not nearly as big a shift between Swampletics and McTile, so that's some reassurance that he's making the kind of videos he really does want to make.
Explains why a dopey slob like asmon with basic bitch videos suddenly pops up everywhere. I'm sure these companies have special deals to promote their guys over organic content.
There's a surprising amount of talent agencies behind people on YT. I thought things were more grassroots than they are on until recently. Must just be past memories clouding my vision.
I recently started checking out Old School Runescape content on Youtube thanks to a friend's recommendations (There's a lot of entertaining quality content out there, especially if you have familiarity with the game) and recently I found out literally almost all the large, quality YTers in that space are handled by a single talent agency named Clover Talent.
Its weird how these agencies can capture so much of a market so quickly.
What really sucks shit about today's generation of entertainment is that it's every bit as manufactured and controlled as TV, but it comes with the illusion of choice and organic popularity since that's what the internet once provided.
I'll grant that the YouTube grind is brutal and without a talent agency they can absolutely fuck you in the ass without lube, so even if you initially had some organic success, once one of these agencies comes along and offers to "help" you it takes a lot of stones to turn them down. So I guess the social media industry is more like the music industry in that regard.
So just like democracy?
Exactly
I mean if you start out just as a guy with a webcam getting approached by a talent agency with a pitch like "look at everyone we manage, we know how to take care of the things you don't want to do" is a pretty easy sell.
Oh, wow. I've been watching Settled and the Gielinor Games over the past year or so, and I noticed when watching Settled that he had a tremendous uptick in quality when he switched from his first UIM series (which wasn't that good, to be honest) to Swampletics. At the time, I thought that was just maturity. Now I wonder if that was when Clover Talent picked him up.
I mean, I still like his videos, but it's a shame that he has a talent agency presumably breathing down his neck, and everyone else's.
I would assume talent agencies wouldn't go for unproven people, usually you have to get something viral first. For Settled, it seems they signed him on in November 2021, just a month before the series ended.
Okay, that's a bit better; there's not nearly as big a shift between Swampletics and McTile, so that's some reassurance that he's making the kind of videos he really does want to make.
That is indeed reassuring. He's probably my favorite in that niche space, I really enjoyed McTile and kinda made me sad when it was over.
Explains why a dopey slob like asmon with basic bitch videos suddenly pops up everywhere. I'm sure these companies have special deals to promote their guys over organic content.
In fairness to Asmon, I'm sure a large portion of his audience finds him to be very relatable.