When I made the decision to create my own website and incorporate music from my YouTube channel, I faced a lot of new challenges. The greatest hurdle was how to create a sustainable set up that I could manage on my own for recording my songs. I tried several different methods including using a wireless microphone & small amp to try to get a simple live recording of a song where the piano didn’t overpower my vocals. However, I found that the videos turned out grainy because I had to set the camera too far away to get a full room sound.
Last week, I accidentally found the answer, and I’m so excited! I did one take of the song with the camera facing me. The picture was good but the piano was still overpowering. Then I tried something I’ve never done. I set up the camera right next to me, and introduced the song. Then I turned the camera to face our big window while I played the song. I discovered that the camera microphone was right next to me and picked up my voice at a good balance between vocals and piano! So when I brought both takes into my video editor (I use Wondershare Filmora), I found I could mix the video I liked with the sound from the second recording in a couple of spots where the two takes matched pretty well.
This discovery led me to the knowledge that I can simplify this process by using 2 cameras (our Osmo camera and my iPhone) at the same time, positioned where I did the first and second take last week. I won’t have to work so hard to match them up, because they will be essentially the same recording from 2 different angles! I finally feel I have a way to reach my goal of logging the songs I have written through the years on my YouTube channel for whoever might appreciate them. I think I have about 30 songs to go, and a few unfinished ones that may percolate to the place of recording before I feel like I have fulfilled this dream that has been in the making for over 20 years.
If you have about 3 minutes, please check out my song, “HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS,” and let me know what you think!
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