Leaning towards videos
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:36 pmI have only made a few videos with my Canon A 620, and none of them were supposed to be keepers. The first was a camera test to see if it worked. I was going to delete it because I was paying more attention to the monitor than to my playing, but a rocker friend wanted it. I let him have it, and it ended up on You Tube, full of flaws and all. (Don't think twice it's all right)
The second was taken while I was warming up for a jam. Not what I wanted since I was just trying out some chops, and I left some really good ones out, but I thought it was good enough to post on You tube. (Windy & Warm)
In this I discovered something, Video recording your practicing can be a really great tool towards perfecting a song. Even better than just recording the audio. It gives you a chance to look at what you are doing in third person so to speak. You get to see what others see for the first time.
I am finding that it is a fresh view of everything I play. And when I try something new, as I always try to do until I have everything in the song that I want in there, I can trash the cheesy licks & build on the good chops. I usually go on auto pilot when I am jamming. You guys know what I mean. I get out of the way and let my soul take over. It knows how to get into a groove far better that I do. So I just lay back and try to keep up.
Now, I can see some of those auto-chops and I can learn the good ones. Learning is far more fun with video. Just thought I would suggest it to anyone who has a camera and hasn't tried that before.
It is a real inspiration when you actually get something down good enough to share. Perhaps rare, but satisfying, at least in my case. It's a lot of fun being the teacher and the student at the same time. It is such a help that I thought I should say something about it.
Besides all the rest of the benefits, it keeps you from making some really ugly guitar faces that you have no idea your making when you're doing the difficult chops.
The second was taken while I was warming up for a jam. Not what I wanted since I was just trying out some chops, and I left some really good ones out, but I thought it was good enough to post on You tube. (Windy & Warm)
In this I discovered something, Video recording your practicing can be a really great tool towards perfecting a song. Even better than just recording the audio. It gives you a chance to look at what you are doing in third person so to speak. You get to see what others see for the first time.
I am finding that it is a fresh view of everything I play. And when I try something new, as I always try to do until I have everything in the song that I want in there, I can trash the cheesy licks & build on the good chops. I usually go on auto pilot when I am jamming. You guys know what I mean. I get out of the way and let my soul take over. It knows how to get into a groove far better that I do. So I just lay back and try to keep up.
Now, I can see some of those auto-chops and I can learn the good ones. Learning is far more fun with video. Just thought I would suggest it to anyone who has a camera and hasn't tried that before.
It is a real inspiration when you actually get something down good enough to share. Perhaps rare, but satisfying, at least in my case. It's a lot of fun being the teacher and the student at the same time. It is such a help that I thought I should say something about it.
Besides all the rest of the benefits, it keeps you from making some really ugly guitar faces that you have no idea your making when you're doing the difficult chops.