Ana Vidović: preference

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…— and it’s maybe a substitute. Or does it enhance the demand to see you in concert? Or do you prefer people watch you on YouTube? Over the years, I found that people like to see and to hear. Of course, YouTube is amazing. Everything is on there. I remember 2005 was the year that I played one of my first concerts in the States, and that’s where YouTube was just starting out, and they put up that video on YouTube, and it’s amazing what happened since then. I thought I’ll focus on live performing, I’ll just go out there. I’ll maybe release one video a year because I still want the people to come to the concerts, come to the live performance. I don’t want them to just be at home and look at the video. I still want to have that connection with my live audience. Maybe it’s not good to do too much, not to have too many videos, not to have too many recordings because you still want the audience to come and see you in person, so you have to find a way to balance that. Recording was never my priority. Also, honestly, I don’t really enjoy recording in a studio that much. Again, I prefer to be live in front of the audience. There’s nothing quite like it. I’m not saying no to recording completely, of course. I think we just live in a different time when the videos are perhaps more appealing to the listeners. Because classical guitarists also like to watch the hands, and they like to see what the right hand is doing, what the left hand is doing. The visual, and of course, the audience is equally important. I hope that answers you. Yes. If you ever were to do an explicitly crossover album, what would it be? As you know, classical charts are often dominated by crossover albums.…

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