Videos - Part 2

I've come back to this idea again with another take or angle on it.
My thought being that lots of people love seeing behind the senses. Why else would they put out takes, bloopers, and gag reels on movie DVDs and an extra? Everyone loves to see what happens when they are making that movie.

So this thought falls into that idea loosely. Why not video record a rehearsal and share some of it? why not share a little of your usual day to day with every fan of yours? Its easy enough to do now a days with all the gadgets and how connected everyone is with the Internet. You can easily set up a computer or a lap top or a digital camera or two for some interesting views. Just get ready in your rehearsal space and hit record.

Once you have a bunch of stuff caught on cam put it together as a few short videos and share. You would be very surprised at how many people will stop and watch. using a couple of cameras you can splice together back and forth to ad some interest as well. If your jam session runs real long your can easily make a few videos out of it.
This is one more way to connect with fans and friends. It give a great behind the sense look at what you do. Often it helps make your fans a little more passionate about your music. It also helps drive them to your live shows, because they have seen you putting in the time and they often can't wait to be standing stage side to see you first hand.

You could even kick this idea up a notch or two. There are many online streaming services now. Set up a time and a date and stream live for an hour or so. You can set it up as a free viewing for your fans. You could also offer the free viewing of a live stream to anyone who joins your mailing list or fan club. Or you could go even deeper into it and set up one of your live shows for streaming so the far away fans can get an idea of your live show as well. it could again be a free thing to your fans, or you could also set it up as a payed streaming event with one of the many web sites that are starting to offer this service.
Yo could end up making a few extra bucks from a live performance.

As far as streaming live, I have yet to try it out. I know there are a bunch of sites offering this now and they should be easy to find. I would look at the different options to find one that is going to work best. As well finding out what you might need to do this and what any costs might be.
I will be looking into this a little deeper to see what is offered on line for this and what costs there might be.
Let me know if you have tried this out. Did it work well? How was your experiance with setting it up? What would you recommend for doing a live stream? Tips and pointers?
Or have you watched your favorite band live on line either putting on a show or in rehearsal?
Would love to hear your thoughts on this.

Keep on Rockin'!
Cheers