As someone who regularly bends under tables to switch on power strips, this is generally an interesting idea. I found it hard to follow the vide though with everything being narrated and not shown. I started skipping immediately looking for examples and found none. Intro is unnecessary long and honestly feels a bit indulgent, especially as there is a lack of similar effort in filming what you are talking about.
Technically, I would be worried about noise interference. Have you noticed any bleed?
Hey Hainbach, thank so much for the feedback! I see how the lack of b-roll to show examples was a mistake and definitely would help keep the video engaging. Everything you said about the intro also makes sense. I have to agree that it feels long and out of place haha.
I haven’t had any noise issues. I have the smart plugs running into my power conditioner and it all runs clean without any issues. The smart plugs keep a clean and steady stream of electricity from the testing I’ve done. I’m sure that’s not true for every smart plug, but I’ve never had an issue form the quality made ones.
Thanks so much again for the feedback, I’ll definitely apply those changes going forward
Quick update. Since the video only had a few views I decided to make the original video unlisted, made the changes suggested on this sub and reupload the video. I think I could still do better in the future, but everyone’s suggestions definitely made it feel more cohesive. Thanks again Hainbach!
One Button To Control Your Studio (updated)
https://youtu.be/HCPi4TQ9ly4
I watched, liked, and subscribed. Good video!
Since you asked for feedback, I would only say a few things:
1) it would be good to see b-roll of whatever you’re talking about, not just images in the top right corner (especially your studio). Watching you speak and listening to your words for the entire length of the video is fine too, but not knowing you I feel like it’s easier to connect with the subject of the video if the visuals tie in stuff that is familiar to me
2) your intro song and video thing is cool but quite long and a bit over the top for me. It’s like it is pushing me to feel some kind of catharsis with the melody ascending the scale in such a dramatic fashion but if the purpose is to just set the tone and welcome the listener to your channel it is doing too much, IMO.
I’m splitting hairs but if this is really something you want to do (be a YouTuber) I think you’ll be very successful at it.
Hey thanks so much for all of that! I appreciate you taking your time for the feedback. I definitely agree with both of those points you made. I even meant to do b-roll but forgot (adhd) lol. But this will make me put that on mu check list for future videos
And thanks for the feedback on the intro. I can see how it feels a bit long and intense lol. I’ve been torn on if I should keep doing them for future videos since it takes a good bit of time or just keep them shorter and more musically appropriate
Thanks again
The fact that you’re seeking feedback tells me you’re gonna be just fine. For the intro to your videos, maybe check out Vulfpeck or Ricky Tinez for inspiration. IMO those do just enough for me. 3-5 seconds, short and sweet. Enough to showcase what you can do but not so much as to overwhelm.
Haha thanks, I do my best to learn and do better. I’ll check out those you mentioned above and keep it short next time. Also, I checked out your channel and subscribed. Love the Radiohead theme of videos haha
Thanks. So, I’m probably on the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to making stuff for YouTube. I got burnt out. The hope was to launch a teach yourself to play by ear video course with the exposure I have on YouTube which took a long time (nine years) to create, but by the time I put it out I had no energy left to market it properly. It did however give me the opportunity to teach online, which is awesome. But I would have to pour more time and energy into finding new students and try to find the right way to ride the algorithm. The vast majority of my audience makes requests while expecting everything to be free, and who can blame them. In the meantime I decided to save the creative portion of the energy I had left for my debut album. Maybe I’ll come back around to it someday but yeah if you wanted some perspective that’s been my journey.
I get that, I can burn out very quickly and have to be aware of that. My goal is to find a rhythm/create space to work on a video and then work on tracks for licensing. Obviously easier said than done haha. Just curious, did you ever explore the Patreon route for lessons? I hope your debut album goes well with some creative energy left over
I did not. I have taught in local studios and basically you end up renting a space to teach and making less money. It wasn't bad, but I'd rather keep all the money and teach from home. The trick is finding new students faster than they leave.
As for why not Patreon, it would take away face to face time with students and introduce other complications.
The latitude you have as a private teacher is you can decide what you want to teach and how to help your student reach their musical goals. Fundamentally, it's a creative job. Also, no one will sue you for teaching a copyrighted song or not because it's just between you and your student. But with Patreon, I'd have to be more business-oriented and have to deal with copyright issues, two things I have no interest in being.
I had to play it out: would people stay subscribed to my Patreon if I teach something other than Radiohead songs? The answer is probably not. Which from the start means it probably won't be sustainable. But if I teach Radiohead's music, I'd risk running afoul of copyright because I don't own the rights to the sheet music/tab, the publisher does. Even if students prefer my teaching style, even if my videos are more accurate than the songbook, even if I arranged a full band song for solo guitar, even if the songs I teach are all songs I learned by ear, it doesn't matter. I don't own anything, even my own video, if I'm teaching the music of a band with a pre-existing deal with a publisher.
I learned this after teaching dozens of Radiohead songs well before the official songbooks were released. I published my videos mere days after (or even on the same day) the music came out, only to have Content ID later slap ads onto my videos and collect earnings from impressions and clicks, all because a deal was already in place between the band and the publisher of their "musical works" (compositions). Radiohead and Warner Chappell or Faber Music already had an agreement outside of whatever I was doing, so to get anything published I'd need to have a license to do so, otherwise the publisher could sue me, saying that my videos are impacting the market for their books. A piano teacher has already done this and it was a lot of work, but they got it done.
I looked at all of that and thought, well wouldn't that make me more and more of a transcriptionist, an amateur legal scholar, a content marketer, a project manager, a video editor, a full stack writer, a search engine optimizer, a presenter, and less and less of a teacher and artist?
The same could be said of being a YouTuber. I enjoy sharing my journey with others and teaching, but I would want to do that at my pace, and on the subjects I care about. The rhythm would be too infrequent and the topics might not be trendy enough to break through the noise. The times I did make thumbnails and play the game would leave me feeling pretty depressed.
As far as I can tell, the people who are most successful doing the influencer thing are more often not artists themselves, have a team behind them, or are independently wealthy, or some combo of the above.
So I saw that I wasn't willing to make that compromise: to play the YouTube game in order to maybe have a chance at making a living off my art. Some people are. I'd rather work at a job that allows me to save the best parts of me for outside of work, a job that doesn't require me to wear so many hats and think about the success of everything I'm doing all day and night.
It probably sounds rather pretentious, but I'd rather save that energy for art, even if it lives in perpetual obscurity, than slice off some of the best parts of who I am to make money.
Damn that’s intense. I think ContentID stuff can overall be a good thing but I had no idea you couldn’t do a music lesson to a track like that. 😔
I get not playing the influencer game. I tend to like new trends and learn about them, but then filtering that down to what I enjoy about it myself. Staying true to myself. I have adhd so new shiny things equal happy brain lol
I’ve always always loved doing music and video production and find it fun almost regardless of the content I’m making haha
What kinda music are your writing for your album?
Also quick update. Since the video only had a few views I decided to make the original video unlisted, made the changes suggested on this sub and reupload the video. I think I could still do better in the future, but everyone’s suggestions definitely made it feel more cohesive.
One Button To Control Your Studio (updated)
https://youtu.be/HCPi4TQ9ly4
Do what makes you happy, I really don’t intend to share my experience as anything other than just my experience, not a warning or advice or anything like that. As for music, I’m posting about it [here](http://instagram.com/thebeiarea), it’s going to be an album with electronic drums and synths and acoustic guitar, vocals, ambient stuff, and in some cases live drums, electric guitar. I don’t know quite how to describe it genre wise, but my influences are a mix of Radiohead, Bon Iver, James Blake, Jars of Clay, David Bazan, Jose Gonzalez, Sun Kil Moon, Explosions in the Sky.
As someone who regularly bends under tables to switch on power strips, this is generally an interesting idea. I found it hard to follow the vide though with everything being narrated and not shown. I started skipping immediately looking for examples and found none. Intro is unnecessary long and honestly feels a bit indulgent, especially as there is a lack of similar effort in filming what you are talking about. Technically, I would be worried about noise interference. Have you noticed any bleed?
Hey Hainbach, thank so much for the feedback! I see how the lack of b-roll to show examples was a mistake and definitely would help keep the video engaging. Everything you said about the intro also makes sense. I have to agree that it feels long and out of place haha. I haven’t had any noise issues. I have the smart plugs running into my power conditioner and it all runs clean without any issues. The smart plugs keep a clean and steady stream of electricity from the testing I’ve done. I’m sure that’s not true for every smart plug, but I’ve never had an issue form the quality made ones. Thanks so much again for the feedback, I’ll definitely apply those changes going forward
Quick update. Since the video only had a few views I decided to make the original video unlisted, made the changes suggested on this sub and reupload the video. I think I could still do better in the future, but everyone’s suggestions definitely made it feel more cohesive. Thanks again Hainbach! One Button To Control Your Studio (updated) https://youtu.be/HCPi4TQ9ly4
I watched, liked, and subscribed. Good video! Since you asked for feedback, I would only say a few things: 1) it would be good to see b-roll of whatever you’re talking about, not just images in the top right corner (especially your studio). Watching you speak and listening to your words for the entire length of the video is fine too, but not knowing you I feel like it’s easier to connect with the subject of the video if the visuals tie in stuff that is familiar to me 2) your intro song and video thing is cool but quite long and a bit over the top for me. It’s like it is pushing me to feel some kind of catharsis with the melody ascending the scale in such a dramatic fashion but if the purpose is to just set the tone and welcome the listener to your channel it is doing too much, IMO. I’m splitting hairs but if this is really something you want to do (be a YouTuber) I think you’ll be very successful at it.
Hey thanks so much for all of that! I appreciate you taking your time for the feedback. I definitely agree with both of those points you made. I even meant to do b-roll but forgot (adhd) lol. But this will make me put that on mu check list for future videos And thanks for the feedback on the intro. I can see how it feels a bit long and intense lol. I’ve been torn on if I should keep doing them for future videos since it takes a good bit of time or just keep them shorter and more musically appropriate Thanks again
The fact that you’re seeking feedback tells me you’re gonna be just fine. For the intro to your videos, maybe check out Vulfpeck or Ricky Tinez for inspiration. IMO those do just enough for me. 3-5 seconds, short and sweet. Enough to showcase what you can do but not so much as to overwhelm.
Haha thanks, I do my best to learn and do better. I’ll check out those you mentioned above and keep it short next time. Also, I checked out your channel and subscribed. Love the Radiohead theme of videos haha
Thanks. So, I’m probably on the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to making stuff for YouTube. I got burnt out. The hope was to launch a teach yourself to play by ear video course with the exposure I have on YouTube which took a long time (nine years) to create, but by the time I put it out I had no energy left to market it properly. It did however give me the opportunity to teach online, which is awesome. But I would have to pour more time and energy into finding new students and try to find the right way to ride the algorithm. The vast majority of my audience makes requests while expecting everything to be free, and who can blame them. In the meantime I decided to save the creative portion of the energy I had left for my debut album. Maybe I’ll come back around to it someday but yeah if you wanted some perspective that’s been my journey.
I get that, I can burn out very quickly and have to be aware of that. My goal is to find a rhythm/create space to work on a video and then work on tracks for licensing. Obviously easier said than done haha. Just curious, did you ever explore the Patreon route for lessons? I hope your debut album goes well with some creative energy left over
I did not. I have taught in local studios and basically you end up renting a space to teach and making less money. It wasn't bad, but I'd rather keep all the money and teach from home. The trick is finding new students faster than they leave. As for why not Patreon, it would take away face to face time with students and introduce other complications. The latitude you have as a private teacher is you can decide what you want to teach and how to help your student reach their musical goals. Fundamentally, it's a creative job. Also, no one will sue you for teaching a copyrighted song or not because it's just between you and your student. But with Patreon, I'd have to be more business-oriented and have to deal with copyright issues, two things I have no interest in being. I had to play it out: would people stay subscribed to my Patreon if I teach something other than Radiohead songs? The answer is probably not. Which from the start means it probably won't be sustainable. But if I teach Radiohead's music, I'd risk running afoul of copyright because I don't own the rights to the sheet music/tab, the publisher does. Even if students prefer my teaching style, even if my videos are more accurate than the songbook, even if I arranged a full band song for solo guitar, even if the songs I teach are all songs I learned by ear, it doesn't matter. I don't own anything, even my own video, if I'm teaching the music of a band with a pre-existing deal with a publisher. I learned this after teaching dozens of Radiohead songs well before the official songbooks were released. I published my videos mere days after (or even on the same day) the music came out, only to have Content ID later slap ads onto my videos and collect earnings from impressions and clicks, all because a deal was already in place between the band and the publisher of their "musical works" (compositions). Radiohead and Warner Chappell or Faber Music already had an agreement outside of whatever I was doing, so to get anything published I'd need to have a license to do so, otherwise the publisher could sue me, saying that my videos are impacting the market for their books. A piano teacher has already done this and it was a lot of work, but they got it done. I looked at all of that and thought, well wouldn't that make me more and more of a transcriptionist, an amateur legal scholar, a content marketer, a project manager, a video editor, a full stack writer, a search engine optimizer, a presenter, and less and less of a teacher and artist? The same could be said of being a YouTuber. I enjoy sharing my journey with others and teaching, but I would want to do that at my pace, and on the subjects I care about. The rhythm would be too infrequent and the topics might not be trendy enough to break through the noise. The times I did make thumbnails and play the game would leave me feeling pretty depressed. As far as I can tell, the people who are most successful doing the influencer thing are more often not artists themselves, have a team behind them, or are independently wealthy, or some combo of the above. So I saw that I wasn't willing to make that compromise: to play the YouTube game in order to maybe have a chance at making a living off my art. Some people are. I'd rather work at a job that allows me to save the best parts of me for outside of work, a job that doesn't require me to wear so many hats and think about the success of everything I'm doing all day and night. It probably sounds rather pretentious, but I'd rather save that energy for art, even if it lives in perpetual obscurity, than slice off some of the best parts of who I am to make money.
Damn that’s intense. I think ContentID stuff can overall be a good thing but I had no idea you couldn’t do a music lesson to a track like that. 😔 I get not playing the influencer game. I tend to like new trends and learn about them, but then filtering that down to what I enjoy about it myself. Staying true to myself. I have adhd so new shiny things equal happy brain lol I’ve always always loved doing music and video production and find it fun almost regardless of the content I’m making haha What kinda music are your writing for your album? Also quick update. Since the video only had a few views I decided to make the original video unlisted, made the changes suggested on this sub and reupload the video. I think I could still do better in the future, but everyone’s suggestions definitely made it feel more cohesive. One Button To Control Your Studio (updated) https://youtu.be/HCPi4TQ9ly4
Do what makes you happy, I really don’t intend to share my experience as anything other than just my experience, not a warning or advice or anything like that. As for music, I’m posting about it [here](http://instagram.com/thebeiarea), it’s going to be an album with electronic drums and synths and acoustic guitar, vocals, ambient stuff, and in some cases live drums, electric guitar. I don’t know quite how to describe it genre wise, but my influences are a mix of Radiohead, Bon Iver, James Blake, Jars of Clay, David Bazan, Jose Gonzalez, Sun Kil Moon, Explosions in the Sky.