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First youtube attempts

Posted:
Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:45 pm
by captainvideo
I got a new digital camera around Christmas and I wanted to see if it could capture my new 6122-1959. Unfortunately it doesn't pick up the sound so well. But here's two videos anyway. I've been playing guitar for awhile now but it's been the past month that I've just decided to finally learn how to do this thumbpicking thing. I turned 30 this week and I feel like it was just yesterday when I was in Jr. High when I started playing rock guitar. The thumpick still feels a little ackward and I think it shows. But I'm open to suggestions.
Colonel Bogey March
http://youtu.be/qPIyhD0ZHJoMercy Mercy Mercy
http://youtu.be/tixYGxxIWtk
Re: First youtube attempts

Posted:
Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:58 pm
by craigdobbins
You're doing fine, captain.
Craig
Re: First youtube attempts

Posted:
Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:10 pm
by Mike Nye
I duuno . . . pretty UGLY ! ! !
Re: First youtube attempts

Posted:
Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:09 pm
by Eddie Estes
You're doing fine. Just stick with it.
Video recording is hard for me because
I keep going back and redoing it.
You will get the hang of the thumbpick.
You will generally find a supportive crew here.
Eddie
Re: First youtube attempts

Posted:
Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:16 pm
by GaryL
I agree you're doing fine with the thumb and your fingers are doing great too. Keep it up.
Thanks,
GaryL
Re: First youtube attempts

Posted:
Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:27 am
by Nils
You're doing fine. Training your thumb to operate a thumbpick is not easy, at least it wasn't for me. Actually I'm still working on it after two years. You're young, you'll learn quickly. You're off to a great start.
Nils
Btw, I'm no great shakes at any of this but I use a $40 Logitech web cam for video, for sound I go from my amp to a small mixer & from there to the mic input on my confuser. My pickin' still sounds mediocre (because it is) but the sound quality is decent. KOP
Re: First youtube attempts

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:13 pm
by Vidar Lund
That´s not bad at all, especially if you´re not used to a thumb pick. As for the sound, get a stereo microphone and connect it to the "in" socket of your camera and place it in front of your amp. I suppose a new camera will have either an "in" or a dedicated mike socket. I bought the Canon MD 110 digital video camera a few years ago because it had the external mike option. Other cameras only had the onboard mike, and that wasn´t good enough. You may also connect the camera´s "in" socket to your amp´s "out" socket with a suitable cable.