Five Don'ts For Youtube Dance Cover Artist

 If anyone who has sent me dances to look at know that I will give my positives first then my negatives of the dance you sent me. You know the game of youtube Dance cover artist is political it is about song selection, picking out outfits knowing the right people, that kind of thing and then there is practice and practice and perform but there is a lot of things that are outside of that realm. There are so many dancers and models that I refuse to be around and will not follow because they have ruined my desire of wanting to talk to them or even working with them for that matter because of their lets say etiquette. If you are a good dancer and you want to start to perform more on youtube here are some don'ts for you. If you are a good dancer then you are really doing the dos this is just don'ts I have seen Dancers become Guilty of.

1. Male Bashing

  When I was younger we had the coolest Korean Dance Game at our local movie theater the dancers were mostly young skinny teens and all male. I danced many times with female dancers with the Japanese influenced more DDR games but here this competition at the movie theater was mostly males. I will tell many females about my experience with male dancers and here in the United States the females will act all shocked. It is common to see Japanese and Australian Male dancers but here in the United States it is mostly female dominated and you have to sometime weed through the ones who are legitimate dancers and the ones who want to be pole dancers for a strip club. It is hard to determine if there are female dancers who refuse to work with male dancers or the other way around but I can tell you there are dancers I am afraid to even comment on their videos or talk to because I have seen them rip a hole in a Man just for giving them a compliment. It seems they will then go off on a tangient sometimes on tumblr or facebook on how men are bad or all men just want to fall in love with them. Now that I am older stuff like that kind of slides off of me but the guy her age does not see it that way you might have insulted what could be your biggest fan. There is a time to comment and there is time to be quiet. I am not perfect but I may not be in that position to build a bigger fan base either. Men Fans are just important as the female ones. Just read what men say if it is good say thank you if it is bad just delete it do not respond with how all men are evil because you might end up secluding your fan base.

2. Revealing The Mystery too soon.

 It is only number two and I am already on an important one. If you have only recorded two dances. I do not think it is time to show everyone your interest,your room, your little brother your Mom and Dad and the place you work. Remember why people loved Jaws the Movie was because they did not show the shark at the beginning. You had to stay and finally see the shark. You need to do the same thing. I know many of you are right now going to your fish tank but that is not what I am talking about. People might be liking you because they have a perception of you. The point is you got their attention do not ruin the surprise until you feel you need to for instance when you are losing viewers. A great gimmick would be a dancer who keeps a mask on and dance and tells no one about her Identity. I would love a popular dancer to develop two different Identities and see which one gets more views the Dancer who is open or the dark and mysterious one. The point is if you tell everyone everything there is no need for them to tune in next week. Tell them a little bit by little bit then slowly reveal who you are. I always say leave them wanting More and More.

3. Talking too Much

Oh I know why this is number three now because of number two. I notice my favorite dancers did not talk that much or they will shoot a dance video then maybe after 10 vidoes or so they would talk. When I first started watching Dancers like Danielle,Sarah, Rebekah, or even Julia It was dancing then eventually they started talking. Why? Because people asked them to. I do not remember this hate fest that we had started a couple years ago. I think you young ones need to take a lesson. Dance and eventually talk when you are asked to talk. I think the biggest weakness of dancers is more gossip and less dancing. You are a dancer Dance for goodness sake. Now some of you have become more bloggers and Vloggers good for you but I think we need to get back to the basic of just dancing.

4. Acting Unapproachable

When you reach the level of more subscribers. Your inbox and your Private Messages are going to be full it is not that important to answer them one by one. Eventually you might need help but until then your job has become the job of entertaining. Take a deep breath and look at all them the best you can and remember youtube is very seasonal. In the Summer you might film but you might not get the views right then and there. In the winter the views will mount up and so do the comments so you need to be prepared. The best advice is not to complain in public online. This just adds insult to injury .It might make people who like to comment or ask for help not to comment at all.It makes you sound like the drama queen who complains about having three people who asked her out to the prom while the girl next to you has no one to ask her out is sad and maybe she was looking forward to sending you a comment and making her day would be your reply, now the shy girl is afraid to comment because you told everyone you were too busy. Oh you poor baby you have more comments then you can handle in your life it must be horrible.The best thing is to answer as many as you can and keep your mouth shut on how many you get. The most impressive thing is getting a comment reply from a dancer who has over 1000 comments in one day and even though it might be later when you get that reply. That impresses me. One girl I will not embarrass her would get that. I saw her get 1,000 comments and she would go through and answer them all like a trooper she was maybe that is why she just got back from competing in Japan again

5.Preaching Politics

 Finally we get to the biggest problem with today's modern entertainment. We have secluded different fans and it is a shame. You are new in this business whether you like it or not you are an Entertainer and you are a young one and last thing anyone wants to see is your political or religious views as a 14 year old or even a 12 year old. Do a little growing first.There is nothing wrong with being funny or cynical you want to entertain but think about this, you have a fan base and access to the world that could be of all different colors or religions and spouting out something they do not want to hear is not what they came here for. They came to watch you dance or maybe sing.  I have said if someone ask maybe tell them but if they do not ask do not be so bold that you would tell a diverse group that you wish them to die. That is silly. I have seen this time and time again. Make a few videos get a little taller and when the time comes maybe in an interview in Rolling Stones then maybe say something. In other words develop a large fan base before losing one.

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Should J-pop Dancers and Lolita Fashion Enthusiast boycott Conventions that do not want them?

 I am of course talking about conventions as in Anime and science fiction you know that kind of thing. I remember a young lady telling me she was trying to start a Lolita fashion panel and she was sent the most awful reply as though the conventions did not want anything regarding Lolita fashion at a convention when she arrived she found out they had already a panel they told her that is why they refused the panel which is a better explanation than being rude . I am used to young girls creating drama but this is an older young lady who I would consider a woman in all aspects. I have been there many times having fun filming dancers in the hallways and watching little girls with big curious eyes enjoying the show we were not purposely putting on. I looked at almost 30 or 40 kids surround our girls dancing and thinking why don't they get it? Why cannot they see these kids want this the kids get excited when Anime voice Kiddo puts on a show at Kawa Kon.

                                                                                 It seems like the conventions are selling a Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber to a crowd who like Hatsune Miku and kyary pamyu pamyu. Why is it hard for some cons to get this? These science fiction convention are coming around to be 30 years old which means some of these adults were kids when they went to a Science fiction convention and now they have kids of their own who they liked to share this experience with. I can say that there is no greater experience for a young girl child than to have a mock J-pop idol on stage or a nice J-pop dance panel to teach them a new dance. It is like having a living doll perform or teach you a dance I used to think males were the problems but that is not the case I have actually seen the males more receptive than the older females. I think maybe it could be the competition because the older ones who are looking for boys are jealous of the cute girls it could be I do not know I am not a Psychologist. Now you conventions that have learned this good for you but you conventions that seem to hate the thought that children attend your conventions need to learn that children are numbers just as much as adults. First I am going to talk to Anime and Science Fiction conventions on why cater to the J-pop crowd and Lolita fashion crowd and then I am going to talk J-pop dance cover artist and Lolita fashion enthusiast about what you can do.

Why should we let the J-pop Idol and Lolita fashion people have a place at a convention?

 First of all we know that is hard to put an event like an anime convention and science fiction convention together. If you are one of the ones that was there from the beginning of the popularity of science fiction and Anime conventions you have seen  your numbers when they have grown in the past but have you noticed maybe a decline last year ? It might be that every time you get on the net you see another convention opening in your area you are thinking at the time what the heck can I do to get more people in? I have to recomend J-pop dancers or looking  into the most popular youtube ones and find out how you can get them there or even might try to get a local J-pop group or put on a Lolita Fashion show. Stay ahead of that competition. You bring in the young ladies you bring in the young boys simple as that. They better bring their wallets is what you are thinking. If you have to resort in getting a bigger name start charging a small fee and you might be surprised on who will pay or give that Music Artist a free table to sell stuff. The truth is you are dealing with a new generation of girls who have gone from Hetalia to Attack of the Titans to Elsa in Frozen,. These are young ladies who have never experienced what it was like to wear cute and fluffy dresses and this kind of fascinates them a bit.

 I hear some of you saying but kids cause problems look adults cause problems as well how many drunk men have you kicked out or perverted guys creeping on the sexy bikini clad anime character? You are always going to have problems with any group. You have rules enforce them. If it is an age problem then why not be more acceptive of Lolita fashion enthusiast most of them range over 18 well the ones I know. I know the name is bad but if people knew what Yaoi is they would have a hissy fit I actually seen that get more acceptance than the Lolita Fashion Enthusiast do . If the name is a problem change the name or find alternative ways to have an event either way be creative you will find it might work and you might like it. I know a lot of J-pop dance cover artist would gladly put on shows for young people. You have to remember what might be silly to you might be special to a young person. We do not live in a time of Star Wars, Robot Wars and Sailor Moon , we live in a time of Avatar,Attack Of The Titans and Frozen. The love you shared for Star Wars may be just as important to the Avatar fan. When you went to the convention and they had a local Heavy Metal band do a KISS cover and it was special that is how a young girl might feel watching  J-pop girls do a cover of PON Pon Pon, it is their anthem and they like it.

What could J-pop cover Artist do and lolita Fashion Enthusiast do?

 The first thing is be Thankful every time you open an event schedule at a local con and you see that there is something Lolita or J-pop related or even K-pop for that matter thank them for being acceptive write on their forum write on their facebook page say thank you tell them how some conventions are not so acceptive. When you go to the convention tell the staff there you are thankful they are having an event or panel or even concert. You might be surprised they love the feedback. Remember these are Anime conventions and Science fiction conventions not the J-pop Summit I know don't you wish it was? Then maybe start calling your local parks and recreation and see if maybe you can put on an event outside of the conventions I have seen venue rentals as low as 100$ a day that were big enough to hold concerts and even fashion shows the picture above is a public place you can rent for a day. You might have to be creative and call it a party but do what you have to. Imagine if you could get ten to twenty dancers you could film all day at a public place and maybe grow into bigger events find a local Dancer or Lolita Model and see if they will come as a guest or speaker. It really is not that hard but there are ways of getting things done outside conventions. Of course call local daycare centers and retirement homes and see if you could put on fashions shows or dancing shows. The old people might love the cute and fluffy dresses I know it is not the usual crowd you are used to but you will be surprised how many old ladies love the pictures of Lolita fashion Models. Do not be mad if they turn you down just explain you are an amateur model or dancer and you want to practice your art for free this will help you train better in the future. It is just an idea. It might work and it might not. Day care centers might get a kick of you dressing like a vocaloid and entertaining the kids a bit make cards up and do private parties invest in portable singing equipment.

Peavey has some decent PA speakers at good prices. Next you need to spread the message make DVDs of you performing in your garage or Bedroom or wherever give them to people at Anime conventions and everyone you know. You can get Recordable DVDS for as little as nothing now a days. You must Write your contact Info on The DVD. Finally if you feel that you have been looked over and the conventions are not interested at all in changing do not go to certain conventions that do not accept J-pop dance cover artist or Lolita Fashion Enthusiast and blog about it start marking cons that find what you do as not acceptable and move on blacklist them on your Dance forum blacklist them on your tumbler make it known that this is not a J-pop dance friendly or lolita fashion friendly convention. I have little spurts with some dancers in the past but on this I will join with anyone who is willing to make conventions know that are not willing to change that we are not going to their convention we respect them but this is not a place for us. It is that simple have fun.