Mary Spender
Musician and guitar-focused YouTuber making videos about music and music technology.
- subscribers on YouTube
- 800K
- items cited
- 22
- sources read
- 15
YouTube setup
@MarySpenderEditing and post3Platforms6Everything else13
Editing and post
Editing software1
“And then I've got a main camera. And then I'm recording everything into Logic.”
View source at 0:23from July 2026
Recording software1
“Produce music in Ableton Live 12”
View sourcefrom May 2026
Creator tools1
- beehiiv
cited in 2 videosfirst cited August 2026
“My newsletters are sent via Beehiiv from: maryspender@mail.beehiiv.com”
Platforms
Hosting platforms5
- Nebula
cited in 6 videospositive about it

“So from next week onwards, unless unless something is very time-sensitive, videos will be going live on Patreon and Nebula uh a few days early, maybe a week early.”
- YouTube
cited in 2 videos

“I've been sharing some of that here on YouTube and the whole series is already over on Nebula if you want to see it.”
“Over the years, I uploaded my music through various distributors, originally CD Baby, then AWAL, and now I use DistroKid.”
View source at 2:35from June 2026“Over the years, I uploaded my music through various distributors, originally CD Baby, then AWAL, and now I use DistroKid.”
View source at 2:35from June 2026
- DistroKid1 video
Membership platforms1
- Patreon
cited in 4 videos

“*Join my Patreon Community For FREE* Behind-the-scenes thoughts, daily writing, experiments, and work-in-progress.”
Everything else
Other13
- Martin Custom OM-42 Acoustic Guitar
cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it
“If you followed my channel for a while, you'll know about my custom OM-42. It's the guitar I recorded Songbook Volumes 3 and 4 on. It's traveled the world with me, been out on tour, and become one of the most inspiring instruments I've ever played.”
- Black Mountain Capo
$64.95cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

“Look what I have. So, this is the world's first capo with a spring-loaded string pad by Black Mountain. It keeps your guitar in tune and eliminate string buzz.”
“Because at first, I moved over to YouTube Music because I already pay for YouTube Premium, and I just felt like that was the obvious choice.”
View source at 6:44from June 2026- YouTube Music
has reservations

“Because at first, I moved over to YouTube Music because I already pay for YouTube Premium, and I just felt like that was the obvious choice.”
View source at 6:44from June 2026
- Qobuz1 video
- 610 (preamp/channel strip)1 video
- Fender Stratocaster1 video
- Custom Martin Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar1 video
- Disc Makers1 video
- Two Rock amplifier1 video
- Tone Master Pro1 video
- Fender guitars1 video
- Pearl drum kit1 video
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