When I started out making videos for my Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel, I received a comment that my videos might be improved by the addition of a musical sound track.
At the time, I was still trying to learn how to use my video editing software, but over the past few days I have been experimenting with adding a musical soundtrack to a couple of videos I have made. These give the background to a wargame that I fought over ten years ago as well as a battle report about that tabletop battle.
These two videos will be uploaded by the end of the week and I would appreciate helpful feedback.
I had hoped to use the soundtrack from THINGS TO COME on these two videos, but as I could not find a suitable electronic copy of the music, I ended up using MARS from Gustav Holst's Planet Suite instead. The details of the recording that I used are:
The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War played by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
If you are adding music you need to be careful that you do not get hit by a copyright take down notice. I think that the recording you have used dates from 2002, so is definitely not public domain. Of course, the typical reaction in such cases is demonetisation, which I guess won't worry you, but you really want to avoid accumulating any copyright "strikes" as YouTube can be very harsh to accounts it regards as repeat offenders,
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Mike Hall,
DeleteThanks very much for the warning.
According to YouTube, they have checked the copyright and tell me that 'The owner allows the content to be used on YouTube. The Content ID claim on your video doesn't affect your channel. This is not a copyright strike..' I assume, therefore, that I have not broken their rules.
However, if I ever want to monetise my channel - something that I have not considered doing - I may have to remove the soundtrack.
All the best,
Bob
And here's me thinking how nice there's no music - just a voice in the wilderness. BUT, if you absolutely MUST then do a search in YouTube for non-copyright music. There's rather a lot and some is very nice.
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Arthur
Arthur (Arthur),
DeleteThis - and the next video - are by way of an experiment. I must admit that I am not a fan of musical soundtracks on YouTube non-music videos.
I don't think that it is something that I will use much in the future, but learning how to do it was very useful.
All the best,
Bob
To me, musical sountracks on videos are like graphic backgrounds on pdfs or printed matter. They can add to the atmosphere, if they are kept as background and don't overwhelm to foreground material. Otherwise, best to leave it off, in my opinion. The other thing that sometimes annoys me is when the music is turned up when the person isn't talking, especially when I don't like the music anyway.
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched your video yet, so the "background" issue may not be a problem in your case (I assume you are wise enough to not fall into that trap), and I do enjoy classical music (Holst's Planets are always good), so the second point wouldn't apply. I just seem to encounter the non-background background all too often from other video-makers, so this is more of a vent about them, not you. ha!
Anyway, I hope you are doing as well as can be expected! Cheers
Fitz-Badger,
DeleteIn truth, I have yet to be convinced that musical soundtracks on YouTube videos are a good thing. In the case of the two videos I’ve created, using the soundtrack and picture captions rather than having me talk over the images I have used does work … but as far as I can judge, not to any great advantage.
All the best,
Bob
It can be good and fun to try things out, to see what works, what you like or don't like. I'm a big fan of lifelong learning, whether formal or informal.
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Fitz-Badger,
DeleteIt's very much a case of trial and error on my part. Personally, I prefer to try something rather than not before making a decision. In this case, I don't think that I will be using a music soundtrack very often on future videos.
All the best,
Bob