Be Seen AS WELL AS Heard!

Putting video footage of yourself on the internet has become a thankfully easy task, and adding video to your website is an excellent way to make it stand out in a crowd. Here are some suggestions to make your video presence great:

Professional Music Videos: if you've spent time, energy, and money producing video, this is an excellent opportunity to show it off, and to represent your visual character as well as your sound.

Live Shows: having footage of your live performance is an excellent way to demonstrate your prowess in front of an audience. Try to make sure that the sound quality is as good as it can possibly be. In the same way that you want your audio to show you at your best, the same applies to video.

Montages: some artists are performers, teachers, studio musicians, composers, and more. Video is a good medium for quickly showing you in all your different roles, especially if you are promoting yourself as a multi-faceted artist.

2500 views and the value of video and Helloworld.

Today I received an email from a friend who introduced me to Helloworld a while back.
Apparently according to his words I'm a star - twice, and getting some excellent exposure in the comedy video competition and music video channels on their online TV station, making it to number 4 in the music section with over 2500 views in the last couple of months.
This is very encouraging and shows the value of creating video to combine with your music.


I did a comparison between Helloworld and Myspace and Youtube recently and discovered my music actually received more than 4 times more exposure on Helloworld than it did on Myspace and Youtube combined.
The other thing I noticed is that because it is a paid service, it seems to attract the kind of people who for some reason tend to value the content much more and there is more participation.
Perhaps this is the reason - friends telling more friends and so on...
(These are the kind of people who are also more likely to actually purchase something rather than a bunch of teenagers who are just surfing for something to entertain them).

Next post I'll share some helpful tips on how I went about actually creating a music video on an absolutely shoestring budget (I didn't even have a proper video camera!). and still get something decent enough to get high ratings.
Yes it can be done.

Promote your music with your own virtual TV station.

Want some powerful online tools for DIY promotion?
I have been experimenting with the Helloworld suite of products after opening an account last year and I have come to the conclusion that this is an amazing toolbox for any musician serious about promoting their music with streaming video.
I have recently posted material on their online TV station which is already generating a flow of good traffic and puts me in the running to win prizes and a spot on national TV.
Some musicians are also opting for broadcasting their live shows.
You can also podcast, videoblog and send streaming video via email which is guaranteed to get attention (and you can easily add video to your website - All the coding is done for you).
What I really love is the creativity I have with these tools and their ease of use.
While YouTube and Myspace have their place (I have used both) I think the old saying "You get what you pay for" is true.
For less than the price of a movie and burger per month I can have the same tools available to the big players which levels the playing field.
Move over commercial TV, the indies are coming....