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How to Make More Money from YouTube: host a video contest where fans use YOUR songs
With CD Baby’s sync licensing program, you earn money whenever your music is used on YouTube. So, one of the obvious ways to boost your YouTube income is to get … Continue reading
The DIY Musician’s Complete Guide to YouTube
How to create and promote compelling music videos your fans will want to share. As you might recall, “YouTube” was the topic of the month for August here at the … Continue reading
Stream Your Whole Album with One Video Using YouTube Annotations
The band Strangeletter recently hit us up with a YouTube idea we thought was worth sharing. They edited a 51-minute video that paired their entire album’s music with different still … Continue reading
Merton: Interactivity in Music Videos on a Budget
If Merton of PianoChatImprovs teaches us anything (besides the fact that oil comes from “dinosaur poop”), it’s that you don’t need a big budget to make catchy viral videos. You … Continue reading
Capturing Live Concert Footage: Let Your Fans Do the Work
Chances are good that 80% of the people in the crowd at your next show will have video cameras with them. Of course, I mean the video cameras in their … Continue reading
12 Kinds of Videos to Promote Your Music
[Take your YouTube presence to the next level with Illustrated Sound. Click HERE.] You don’t have to have a giant budget or be as visually brilliant as Michel Gondry. Affordable video … Continue reading
Making Music Videos on the Cheap
NewRockstarPhilosophy.com posted an interesting summary of a panel discussion they attended at SXSW this year regarding music videos. In an age where nearly everyone CAN create some sort of video … Continue reading
Lights, Camera, Facebook
The most popular social media site is now the 2nd most popular video site. On the CD Baby DIY Musician Podcast, we’ve never shied away from an opportunity to discuss … Continue reading
Video Content Made Easier
OK. So maybe you don’t have the video production budget of Lady GaGa, the visual genius of Michel Gondry, or a cast of thousands. But you can still make compelling … Continue reading