Well, I require your help.
A bunch of ya keep telling me to do more video blogs, but here's the thing - YouTube is "all up in my grill" as they (who?!) say.
Since I post music on each of the videos, I get in a bit o' trouble. This is because I have no rights to the songs, though I tell myself I own the rights to everything that was ever created. Ever. YouTube sends me emails that say "You'd better watch those songs yer posting! They don't belong to you, we can take that shit down!"
And sometimes they don't let me publish at ALL if certain songs are featured. Those emails are more like, "Silly bitch, you know that Gordon Lightfoot's record label would raise hell if you put him in a video about what your dog thinks of circumcision. And Black Sabbath would rather piss on your clips about dating than be in 'em. We're shuttin' ya down!" (note: My recollection of these emails from YouTube may be slightly hazy. One can't be too sure.)
So... I need different music. I need an intro. I need filler. I need stuff 'n junk 'n things, or my days of video bloggin' will be done. Yes, I can hear the collective sighs of relief. Too bad. I'm gonna keep posting them, I just need ideas and assistance.
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| Me & Ziggy Stardust (pictured) aren't quite ready. We're learning. |
Tell yer friends. Use the force.
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Compose some terrible midi intro yourself, or do it in Mario Paint! It'd be the (nerdy) best.
Ooh, I like that idea.
Will you sing it?
Heh. Sing what?!
use Vimeo. they don't have any checks for music. I mean, it's in their guidelines to have permission, but as far as I know, there's no content screening that kills your videos if you do.
or.
http://freemusicarchive.org/
or.
http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos
or.
yeah, just sing it like terrible karaoke.
If I do that, I prefer to call it awesometerribleKrisaoke.
Krisaoke is an acquired taste.
Two things for you:
ONE: Do you blog on a Mac or a PC? If you have a Mac, you have Garageband and you could make some music for your vlogs pretty easily. Or I could send you a bunch of beats I made that way for my vlogs.
TWO: I could give you access to the Harth Records archive - http://harthrecords.bandcamp.com there are tons of albums with music in a huge range of styles.
The other thing to do is reach out to local and lesser-known acts you like and ask them if you can use their music. You're pretty popular so most people would probably be very happy to let you use their music if you give them a plug at the end or in the description. Then all of a sudden on top of bieng a vlogger, you're a go-to expert on hot undiscovered music!
Yep, that's what I'm doing... hoping to use some of my friends' tunes. I just figured this is a more public way to let people know I'm lookin'! ;)
I like the idea of you doing it.
My Band Rocks HQ has a wide variety of sounds to choose from, Kris. What do you have in mind?
We'll discuss, mister! :)
More videos soon, yeah?
At some point, yep.
Or you could get Masuka to do all your intros for you since that's what he does for a living.... just sayin'
Let's test that, Masuka.
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