Really Useful Tips For New Steemit Musicians - Get The Quality You Deserve
ALWAYS INCLUDE AN ALTERNATIVE YOUTUBE VIDEO WHEN UPLOADING TO DTUBE OR DLIVE!!
Unfortunately, some visitors to your post will struggle to get them to play and will soon get annoyed and run, never to be seen again! By including a YouTube video, you will always have that peace of mind that your hard work WILL get noticed and in return, keep those listeners engaged in your future uploads.
Now before we get into the tech side of things and all the geeky coolness, let me start by saying YOU can succeed here, and beyond the Blockchain with your mobile phone videos etc, but, as technology moves on, more and more of us expect a certain level of quality when engaging in online media, right?
Here's a video I uploaded to my YouTube channel 9 years ago using my then (can't remember) Smartphone. It got 11,000 views and was frankly, of pretty poor quality compared to today's high standards. It was obviously interesting to those that engaged with it though, and the subject matter is pretty cool as you can see. A simple sound demonstration of my then, 1960s/70s Vintage Laney Super group guitar amp. It was a rare find, and I couldn't wait to get it home and show it off to the like minded guitar gear heads online. It worked! An absolute fluke of a video. But, that is the only one that has, and let's be honest here, 11k views in 2018 isn't really that impressive, is it?
The Open Mic Weeks rolled by and I was in my songwriting element. Creating my heartfelt poetic stories accompanied by my guitar, and engaging more and more within the Steemit community, but, there was still something missing! THE SOUND QUALITY!
This is what I was using with my home Porta-Studio to record ALL of my tracks that are on Dsound, SoundClound and Choon and it was my weapon of choice when researching how to get some good quality sound with my videos! They're within the reach of nearly all of us, and in your countries, will possibly be cheaper than my British Pound.
We all have those random boxes of bit and bobs at home!
So, I researched further into cameras and the best way I could capture my performances for Open Mic - YouTube - Dtube and Dlive videos that I wanted to create. I browsed around for a few nights and came across a nice little 1080p webcam from good ole' Amazon Which is brilliant for the Sale price of £20.69 & FREE Delivery in the UK. I now use it on EVERY video I make and am really happy with this great little camera.
Next was how I'd connect all this together and get it in sync for my videos. I downloaded a program that is very popular amongst online creators called OBS
It seemed very complicated when I first started using it but was in fact, pretty straight forward for what I wanted to capture. Sure, it does all kinds of amazing stuff but I'm a musician and producer and am much more at home with sound recording techniques rather than video editing.
I hope you found this post interesting and in some way helpful with all of your recording needs. It's a really basic set of tips to get you up and running and gaining some more exposure with your quality recordings! One important thing to remember is - You Can't Polish a Shit - That means, No matter how good your gear is, YOUR content is THE MOST important thing you can be sure of. If you are lucky enough to have quality content, audio and visual, you'll no doubt attract attention and in time, your equipment will have paid for itself.
Darren
You can find my music at the following places!
Check out my music on CHOON
awesome musical videos....thanks for sharing
Thanks for dropping by and checking out my post!
I hope it was of interest to you.
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Thanks for taking the time to read my post and for you upvote! I hope this set of tips will help other musicians on the platform.
I wish I could give you more than just planktonupvote 'cause I think tutorials of any topic are pretty important. And I appreciate the fact that people are willing to share their knowledge at the risk of giving it away for free.
But hey, someday I will be a big plankton, and I'll come back and hit you with a $0.02 jackpot! :D
Good camera to record video
It's a great HD camera for the money!
These are some really cool and helpful ideas. With so many people starting to produce musical content for the steemit platform, this can be a great guide for people.
Cheers Teach! It's the educator in me that wants to help my fellow music creators!
I hope it helps them with their musical Steemit journey!
Cheers for the support!