Pete Academy Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I've just read a post on Facebook by an old saxophonist band member of ours. He's bemoaning the crap quality videos that people film on phones at gigs and then posting them on Youtube, stressing that they are detrimental to the band and can actually put people off booking them. What do you think? We have quite a few of these on YouTube. Should we be grateful for the free publicity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I don't think the quality of the clip makes a lot of difference. Most people know bad quality when they hear/see it, and make allowances. The quality of the band is far more likely to make a difference and will shine through (good or bad) regardless of the clip quality... within reason of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I'd agree with the sax player. Some of the clips I've seen put up by the bands themselves have been appalling. I always carefully vet the stuff I put up. Having said that, there's nothing you can do to control it... it's the world we live in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 IME a friendly chat with the person who has posted the videos explaining your PoV can often get the desired result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1352563989' post='1864679'] IME a friendly chat with the person who has posted the videos explaining your PoV can often get the desired result. [/quote] Someone put a clip up of a song from one of our gigs recently. Unfortunately one of the band had a massive mind-blank and played the biggest clunker imaginable right at the start. I mailed the poster via YouTube asking them to crop the first ten seconds, and they obliged. Just as well 'cos it was a proper horror. ha ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Bands are performing entities. Unless they only 'perform' in a studio environment so they can control every little thing that is released then they have to accept the great unwashed public seeing and hearing their performances for themselves. Once upon a time those people would simply tell their mates how great/mediocre/crap the band was but these days they're able to record the sound and video instead and post it on the web. That's the world we live in. You can spend your time tracking down poor quality performance recordings and trying to get them removed or you could spend that time getting better at what you do so that any such recordings can only show you in a good light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurbs Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 or videos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Our guitarist puts them up on youtube. His quality control usually only extends to how good his guitar solo is on that particular song. I don't think the fact that the rest of the video is good or bad even registers in his tiny brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltyG565 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1352567330' post='1864737'] Our guitarist puts them up on youtube. His quality control usually only extends to how good his guitar solo is on that particular song. I don't think the fact that the rest of the video is good or bad even registers in his tiny brain. [/quote] hehehe! yeah, bad quality vids don't do a band any justice. Good quality vids don't either. Youtube has pretty terrible audio quality. I uploaded a couple of covers, and they don't sound as good as i was hearing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I think some are ok and many aren't. All it needs is careful consideration. But, yes, some videos do more harm than good,,,,, [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0shO4tv6vGs&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0shO4tv6vGs&feature=related[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2AeNjQiRLc[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 So, are we discussing crap quality videos, or crap quality bands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Bit of both I suspect, but mainly crap quality videos. YouTube is full of crap concert videos of top bands so what chance do lesser quality bands have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 If you already know the band, then you won't really care about the quality. If you are watching a band for the first time, the poor quality may put you off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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