Tips to shoot better acoustic videos

As a musician, the time will come that you will want to show your talent to the world, and these days there's nothing more simple. With the proliferation and inclusiveness of Youtube, Vimeo and many more, there's no excuse to present you music to the world accompanied by videos.

As a Boca Raton Vocal Coach one of what I consider among my responsibilities, is to help my students promote their talent. Video and photography are also my passion, so here are some tips to make your own videos.

1. DEVELOP AN IDEA - Have a story, make sketches/storyboards, make sure you have a beginning, a plot and an end

3. CAMERA - Borrow a DSLR camera from a friend, shoot with a grand angular lens if possible or shoot with a cool phone

4. USE A TRIPOD, TABLE, STAND ETC, etc, handholding won't cut it unless your video is Bourne Identity style

5. DON'T RECORD THE AUDIO WITH THE CAMERA - Recording to an external devise will allow you to make some simple edits to your mix, like killing reverb all the way to tuning

6. USE A CLAP - To synch audio to video and to synch multi-camera for the more sophisticated

7. EXPEND TIME IN THE EDITION - Color correct, edit with precision, I can't stress enough how important is to take your time editing, there are plenty of free applications to do it, Davinci for color correcting, Premiere Pro (not free) or Final Cut. Easy to use, very entertaining.

8. PUBLISH IN MORE THAN ONE CHANNEL - Youtube is the obvious one, but Vimeo, Tumblr, Facebook are also a lick away

9. SHARE AND ASK FOR MORE SHARES

Of course this is a very broad summary to what shooting a video involves, however, there are plenty of in depth tutorials on the subject on Youtube, go ahead, get curious.

No more for now, remember, make sure you pick a Boca Raton Vocal Coach who cares about your musical career and get's involved with your journey.

What makes a difference between someone who sings and a Singer?

There are so many people who can sing that it makes me think that singing is a natural ability we all possess without even taking singing lessons. However, then the question comes alive, why are some great at it while others are their audience? Well, I have come up with a separation that could probably explain some of that craziness.

There are the ones who can sing, which as I mentioned are all of us blessed with the ability to make sound. There are the ones with talent, which are people who venture to sing for others beyond their car or their shower. There are the singers, who are the ones who go beyond singing for others to do it on a stage, next to an instrument (usually a karaoke stage) without not having even a vocal coach. And there are the professional vocalists who are the ones who want to do something with their ability to sing, worry about their stage presence, take care of their voice and make out of their voices their business.

There is something all of them have in common (beyond being able to speak and sing). They all need vocal training. There's nothing that can beat the great improvement that comes from training your voice. Wether if you want to be the replacement of Freddy Mercury, or just sing actually pleasant lullabys so your baby stops screaming to you.... to shut up, vocal coaching can come handy for not only singers but also a wide range of people including politicians, personal trainers, radio personalities and even busy moms.