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Making Video Lessons

With the world currently living online, there is an increase of both free and paid services offering music lessons through the medium of video. This means that anyone can share their knowledge with the world. If you are a Singing Teacher from Norwich or a Piano Teacher from London, you can get your content out there.

Even with a modest setup,  you can create engaging visual lessons and build a following for your brand. So what do you need to get started?

  • A Good Camera - If you watch anyone sharing content on Youtube, the quality is very high. You'll definitely want to invest in a camera that shoots at a minimun of HD 1080 so that your videos hold their own.
  • Audio Recording Setup - Sure, cameras have microphones built in, but if you really want your videos to stand out you should look at some audio recording gear. You can purchase a good audio interface and microphone to connect to your computer or laptop to record the audio of your lesson. If you are an instrument teacher, it works well to have a dedicated signal from your instrument and one for your speaking parts.
  • Lights - Good lighting leads to good videos. You can get home lighting kits for a very small outlay. Check out the photography style ones with light boxes and diffusers.
  • Video/Audio Editing Software - There are plenty of low price and free workstation programs you can use to edit audio and video. This will be for chopping out any unwanted bits, tidying up clips, colour correction and syncing everything together.

Once you've got your little setup in place, its time to start thinking about what you want to acheive. Plan your teaching style, are you going to be formal or informal? What topics are you going to cover? Are you going to have some kind of theme or gag running through videos? Create the best content you can create and take your time, never rush anything. If you've never worked with video before, it can be really unusual to speak to a camera. Do a bunch of test shots to get used to that before you commit to a take you are going to put out for the public. You want to come across as naturally as you can so that the people watching feel they know you.