I hope the current recession hasn't messed up anyone's production plans! It's crazy out there! But, that's why this blog is here, to bolster your spirits and give you hope in an economy that has recently shut down the seemingly economically impervious-- Et tu, Circuit City!?!
Luckily, low and no budget videographers aren't hurting so much, since we didn't have much "cash money" to begin with, right?:)
But seriously, I'm not here to speak on the economy or Obama's truly inspiring and hopeful election to the Presidency-- Yes We Can!! I'm here to speak on low and no budget music video production in NYC.
That said, my participation in the recent CMJ Music Marathon 2008 was great! For a week, CMJ took over the NYU campus (talk about not needing to keep within a budget, have you been inside the multi million dollar Kimmel Center??), downtown Manhattan and Williamsburg. It was awesome-- something like 450 bands, mostly simultaneously, performing all over the City!The CMJ08 Panel on which I spoke, was entitled "Cost Effective Music Video Insurgence" and it went well! The music industry likes of Mike Marco, John Warden, Kevin Custer and Lou Smith sat with me and spoke to an early morning crowd. We covered how music video production has changed in the last 30 years. For example, it used to cost at least 500K to shoot a music video! How the world has changed! Now a music video is shot for a fraction of that cost and used as one of the more powerful promotions for a band!
I also want to mention that CMJ Panel Director Jimmy Landry organized all the panel discussions for the festival and did a fantastic job. Make sure to check out his label Audiostrike! Melissa Berlin also did a great job assisting Mr. Landry and coordinating all the panels!
Why Was CMJ So Cool?
The reason it was such a cool marathon, was that all these musicians, artists, producers and industry "heavy hitters" came together and talked. And the major word on the music industry is "what is going on in the music industry?"
I think Kevin Custer said it best when he said, "It's the Wild West out there." So, what that means for us low and no budget video artists is that now is the perfect time to get out there and shoot our projects! A free single these days, seems to be the way to drive band promotion and ticket sales. Oh, that and a good music video!
Next up, I'll finish part 2 of the Equipment list!
Keep Rockin'!
Gabriel Barbaro
Luckily, low and no budget videographers aren't hurting so much, since we didn't have much "cash money" to begin with, right?:)
But seriously, I'm not here to speak on the economy or Obama's truly inspiring and hopeful election to the Presidency-- Yes We Can!! I'm here to speak on low and no budget music video production in NYC.
That said, my participation in the recent CMJ Music Marathon 2008 was great! For a week, CMJ took over the NYU campus (talk about not needing to keep within a budget, have you been inside the multi million dollar Kimmel Center??), downtown Manhattan and Williamsburg. It was awesome-- something like 450 bands, mostly simultaneously, performing all over the City!The CMJ08 Panel on which I spoke, was entitled "Cost Effective Music Video Insurgence" and it went well! The music industry likes of Mike Marco, John Warden, Kevin Custer and Lou Smith sat with me and spoke to an early morning crowd. We covered how music video production has changed in the last 30 years. For example, it used to cost at least 500K to shoot a music video! How the world has changed! Now a music video is shot for a fraction of that cost and used as one of the more powerful promotions for a band!
I also want to mention that CMJ Panel Director Jimmy Landry organized all the panel discussions for the festival and did a fantastic job. Make sure to check out his label Audiostrike! Melissa Berlin also did a great job assisting Mr. Landry and coordinating all the panels!
Why Was CMJ So Cool?
The reason it was such a cool marathon, was that all these musicians, artists, producers and industry "heavy hitters" came together and talked. And the major word on the music industry is "what is going on in the music industry?"
I think Kevin Custer said it best when he said, "It's the Wild West out there." So, what that means for us low and no budget video artists is that now is the perfect time to get out there and shoot our projects! A free single these days, seems to be the way to drive band promotion and ticket sales. Oh, that and a good music video!
Next up, I'll finish part 2 of the Equipment list!
Keep Rockin'!
Gabriel Barbaro
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2 comments:
Great post! Look forward to reading part 2.
Gabriel, you are cute and I like you.
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