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TVGM
Mar 17, 2005

"It is not moral, it is not acceptable, and it is not sustainable that the top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent"

Yam Slacker
Thank you for this thread OP. I've been playing with the idea quitting my traditional job to do art in my basement and this thread is a gold mine of information I did not consider.

Do you have any advice / metric information for the channel name itself? Should a channel name be clear about the channel's niche / content, or does the thumbnail and content matter more?

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TVGM
Mar 17, 2005

"It is not moral, it is not acceptable, and it is not sustainable that the top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent"

Yam Slacker
Any resources for royalty-free music that can be used in the background for videos? The "royalty-free" music YouTube channels seem suspiciously rampant.

TVGM
Mar 17, 2005

"It is not moral, it is not acceptable, and it is not sustainable that the top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent"

Yam Slacker

Vizuyos posted:

The most widely used one I've seen in my circles is DOVA Syndrome, which lets you use music for basically anything (short of redistributing the music itself) free with basically no conditions attached at all. You used to have to credit them, but they don't even ask for that anymore.
https://dova-s.jp/EN/

If you'd prefer a more focused set, I use music from UTALive's Virtual Sounds Pack, which is free for streamers to use (with credit) for streams and videos.
https://utalive.pro/#viso

I've heard that these sites all provide royalty-free music for streamers as well, but haven't used any of them myself:
https://www.streemtunes.com/
https://streamtasticaltunes.com/
https://www.imunobeats.com/
https://backingtrack.gg/
https://streamwavesrecords.com/

Thank you so much!

TVGM
Mar 17, 2005

"It is not moral, it is not acceptable, and it is not sustainable that the top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent"

Yam Slacker
Thanks to this thread's advice, I launched a new channel today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CUaKWu65VY

I've been buying equipment and shooting my art projects with phone cameras for months, but I hunkered down and started actually editing a video last month. The editing process was incredibly time consuming to learn, but also very rewarding.

I initially had a 10+ minute version with voiceover explaining what I was doing and when I showed it to my editor friend they almost instantly stopped it and pointed out that my voice didn't sound natural because I was voicing it a sentence or paragraph at a time with no consistency. They also pointed out redundant footage that was hurting the pacing.

So I basically redid it and threw the idea of voiceover out the window, which was a huge relief. I also focused on quicker cuts to get the overall time down. It took way longer to finish, but I wanted a mostly-solid foundation to start from.

Thanks again for all your help!

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