This has been an instructive thread. Recently I've posted a few short pieces on youtube (edward18121) but haven't mentioned this to anyone but a few friends. Initially, I thought my motivation for doing this would be to get some constructive critical commentary, especially since I don't have a teacher yet. But now I think my primary motivation is 1): simply to let friends see me playing (before I develop the confidence to play for them live), 2): 'force' myself to work on something enough to play through it in front of a microphone, dealing with the nervousness that even just that incurs, and, most importantly 3): try to learn from the experience some things I can do to improve my playing.
Youtube is a wonderful resource. I'm grateful to those who post - I can learn much from their videos. And I'm now grateful for the opportunity to post and learn from that experience. Comments or not, learning occurs, I believe. Ned -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
