Robert Safir

With the popularity of YouTube, Vimeo, MyspaceTV, and other video services, musicians are using the video format more than ever. Aimed at enthusiastic amateur musicians, this book guides readers through the process of making a music video and then getting it online. First, the book offers suggestions for choosing and recording a song appropriate for video. Then readers are guided through the basics of filming the video and the postproduction editing, music synchronization, and video formats optimized for online video. Finally, readers are guided through uploading the video to popular online music and social networking sites and driving viewers to their work.