Get Paid for your Video-Lesson |
| Submit a video-lesson to GuitarCamera and get $40 - $60 USD per lesson, determined by video-(recording) and instruction quality. Plus you get free GC membership so that you can check out all of the GC video lessons. |
What is required from you:
• You must be an experienced musician - if you haven't been playing for years, you will probably not get admitted. • Your recordings must be of good audio and video quality. • All styles accepeted - rock, shred, country, jazz, blues, pop, metal etc. What a lesson should contain:
A lesson should contain a solo/riff/chorus/part of a song. We only
accept original material. Please do not send us copyright content. • Video - You need to record a "main video" which contains the music you are going to explain (minimum 20 seconds). You then need to break up the main video into small segments which you play separately, slowly. Example: a thirty second solo might be broken up into 10-30 licks. Make a separate video for each lick, where you play the lick up to tempo once, and slow once. • Audio - A backing track is required for every lesson. Best is if you can use the backing of your "main video". Otherwise, record a backing track which you think suits the lesson • Tabs - You need to tab everything in the lesson. Make a separate tab line for each video segment (Ie for each lick). Use font style "courrier". • Explanations - Preferably an explanation for each video segment. Ie what to think of when playing the lick + theory/Scale explanation How to choose a lesson topic?
The guideline here is simple - start with what you do best!If you are most comfortable with tapping - do some tapping lessons. Doesn't matter if we already have some tapping lessons at GC - there are so many different ways of doing it - and our online students want to know all of them. Example of lesson topics... Speedpicking, improvising over a twelve-bar-blues, jazz improvisation, sweep-picking, harmonics, using the lydian mode, writing riffs, improvising with legato, accompanying jazz standards, chord strumming for beginners, advanced funk scratching, harmonic minor modes, diminished arpeggio runs, etc. We hope you get the picture - the possiblities of lesson topics are endless. Again: Pick what you do best - and do a lesson with it! Another way of chosing a lesson topic: Have you written and recorded a solo/riff/song of your own? Explain it - and we have a perfect lesson topic! The material you chose doesn't have contain any specific technique - if you liked it, others will like it too! Lesson Specifications
• Videos: We currently accept all common formats - avi, wmv, mpg, mov. Send us a large file - and we will compress the video. If possible: add "GuitarCamera.com" in one of the corners of the video. To get good video quality you don't need an expensive camera, but you do need good light conditions. You need to send us a "main video" where you perform the
material - with a backing. Important: What you play first in the main
video will be viewable by anyone who visits the site - not only paying
members. Therefore it must be something cool and inspiring in order
to emmediately "grab" and inspire the stufent. You also need to provide so called "slow videos" where you break up the main material into small sections, playing both slow and fast. • Audio: Send us the mp3 file you used as a backing track - if possible, provide a slower version of it. If your software allows you to choose bitrate - 128 kbps is suitable for the mp3 file. • Tablature: A text document (you can use wordpad for this) - use the font Courrier. The tab needs to be broken up into sections that correspond exactly to the slow videos. • Text explanations: Say a few words about what scale/which notes you used for each lick. What the students should think of when working with your specific licks. What's the note value? (16th notes? triplets?) What's the time signature? What technical issues did you encounter - how did you solve them etc. Also, provide lesson introduction - write a paragraph or two about what the student will learn in this lesson (ie if the lesson is about tapping - explain a little what tapping is good for and which guitarists use the technique). This will be displayed on the first page of your lesson. Let us know exactly what equipment you used, and what your tone
settings were. Tips for getting admitted:
• Good lightning condition when filming is essential. Best is sun light - otherwise use as many lamps as possible to eliminate shadows on the fretboard. • For best quality, shoot the video as close as possible to your hand/hands. • Have a plain bakground, such as a blank wall. You can also strap up a blanket. • Experiment with angle and amount of light - until you have achieved best possible video quality. Get started!
Submit a sample video to webmaster@guitarcamera.com - please use a file transfer service such as www.rapidshare.com and www.yousendit.com - video files are usually to large to be sent as attachments. The sample video is for us to get an impression of... 1. Video quality 2. Audio quality 3. Your playing In other words - you don't need to send us tabs and instructions yet.
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