Videos on Youtube

[PanzerFaust]

Doesn't seem like a lot of bands put videos up.........

What's everyone else think????

Is there a reason?? Pros??? Cons???

[MeYatch]

Its hard to get live videos with any decent quality. Its hard to format the videos for youtube. We have some up, but its kind of a pain, and can give people the wrong impression.

[PanzerFaust]

Cool......

So it's just that it hasn't been something you've really worried about much?????

I can see Pros and Cons to doing it but wanted to see what some others thought....

[MeYatch]

Its pretty low on the list of priorities, yeah.

If there's someone I know around, who's not busy, and there's a particular song I want a video of, I'll get them to take a video with my iphone. Its pretty impressive quality for a cell phone, but the audio is kind of meh, especially the low end.

I don't care enough about it to buy a decent camera, which would probably still sound like crap, so I'd have to get some kind of room mic that would hook up to it. I definitely don't care enough to sync the video with audio from the board.

[PanzerFaust]

Cool......

Thought there'd be some other reasons too...

[Jasaoke]

Yeah, it's just a real pain to get something that looks and sounds good enough. We've been trying to get some footage together for a promo kit, but it seems like getting something of quality without setting up an entire subsystem is near impossible. (Well, without paying for it... Go figure)

[PanzerFaust]

So what do you guys think of this video/audio quality???

http://youtu.be/5yLQ0ErUPqU

[kayla]

So what do you guys think of this video/audio quality???

nice!! great tune too!

[Jasaoke]

The video quality is great. What kind of camera was used?

I'm kind of an audio snob, when it comes to recording. I've never been satisfied with the way vocals sound through a PA, then recorded by something else. Then again, a direct feed from the board never seems quite right, either. The guitars sound fine, and frankly, the recording works well for a 2-man acoustic act. Keeping your instrumentation and arrangements simple lends itself to higher quality recording with ANY setup, and this does the job nicely.

[PanzerFaust]

Thanx man...

It was just Seans phone.......

Was just an impulse to record some video and see how it turned out........


I didn't think it was too bad all things considered and was curious why it doesn't seem many acts do it??

although many bar owners the first question is "Do you guys have a video I can watch"??

[StumbleFingers]

So what do you guys think of this video/audio quality???

http://youtu.be/5yLQ0ErUPqU

It looks good and sounds great. My reservation from a promotional standpoint is that it's still obviously a cell phone video. It's a tough, tough topic. How do you present yourself professionally without breaking the bank?

It would be cool to do something like this band's promotional video:

Guns 'n Roses tribute band

It looks like they shot a bunch of footage with one camera and edited it together to look like a more expensive production than it really is. You could create that with Windows Movie Maker (and a whole lot of patience). Obviously it looks impressive that they're playing in a stadium, but they don't really sound any better than bands we have around here.

[MeYatch]

Sounds decent for a phone recording. I'm sure you can hear it though, the vocals are kind of muffled, the guitars sound decent, but still kind of muffled. The more instruments you get in there the harder it is to sound good.

If you show the video to people that understand what single source live videos sound like, there's nothing wrong with them, but if a club owner or fan is only used to seeing the super produced videos that national acts put out, it could leave a bad taste in someone's mouth.

[MeYatch]

It would be cool to do something like this band's promotional video:

Guns 'n Roses tribute band

It looks like they shot a bunch of footage with one camera and edited it together to look like a more expensive production than it really is. You could create that with Windows Movie Maker (and a whole lot of patience). Obviously it looks impressive that they're playing in a stadium, but they don't really sound any better than bands we have around here.

The shots of the stadium during the football game are hilarious because I'm pretty sure they don't have anything to do with the band. Looks cool if you don't think about it though.

[Jasaoke]

Then you get into "quality" audio (multitrack), which has to be mated to the "quality" video (timecode), and on and on. I don't really feel like mixing down shows after the fact. Still trying to discover that magical way to get a decent live recording of a full band without hiring a mobile recording crew. The idea is to get various footage condensed into a 30-second "commercial" that can show your style, range, fan appreciation, in more than one venue...

We have this dream of getting a few webcams integrated into our setup, take along an extra laptop or drive and just capture everything from every show, but that would probably be overkill; nobody wants to pour through several whole shows...

[PanzerFaust]

Thanx for the comments......

Love to hear what others feel about this.......

What is overkill and what is too poor a quality to be embarrassed to show to people??

Seems to be one of the problems....

Also with playing 7, 8, 9 gigs a month who wants to do all the tedious after production??? haha...