“Make Tribute Videos” Book Out Now!
“Make Tribute Videos” shows you how to make videos honoring friends, coworkers, family, and others to celebrate anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, retirements, and more. Nineteen chapters are devoted to the basic tools, techniques, and technology needed to make your first tribute video. Once you know how, you can create and show this video to an appreciative […]
Music Libraries for YouTubes or Tribute Videos
We’re taking our every once in a while look at music libraries for Tribute Video producers and documentarians. They all have strengths and weaknesses, from diversity of selection to economy of pricing. Let’s start. Envato Elements Envato Elements is an “all you can eat” plan for royalty free music, video, photos and illustrations. It’s catalog […]
ABC Royalty Free Library: Pay What You Want Special
How Often Should I Change the Music in My Video?
1When I feel Like It? 2When the previous music runs out? 3When the subject or mood changes? The answer is (3), WHEN THE SUBJECT OR MOOD CHANGES. What we’re describing is most appropriate for longer-length videos, where multiple concepts or subjects are being deployed. It’s bad enough that YouTube videos of almost ANY length uses […]
The Importance of Music to Your Tribute Video (Part 2)
In this part, we’ll actually break down a typical family “tribute” and look at the kinds of music we might use for each part of the project. Let’s look at a typical life story. What kind of music is appropriate? In this case, the subject is an 80 year old celebrating a milestone birthday. Introduction: […]
Choosing an On-Line Music Production Library
The Production music library is the backbone of the audio portion of the video production business. The better ones offer a lot of variety, originality, and a wide range of moods, tempos, and orchestration styles. They offer rock, jazz, movie-style music, r&b, acoustic, classical and more. Pricing varies, from “by the cut” to “all-you-can-eat” by subscription. […]
The Importance of Music in Video
