"[Updated] The Studio Sessions Best Practices - 15 YouTube Production Guides for Musicians"
The Studio Sessions: Best Practices - 15 YouTube Production Guides for Musicians
15 YouTube Video Ideas for Musicians
Richard Bennett
Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions
If you’re a musician who wants the world to hear your music, getting your music on YouTube is a must! By uploading your work onto the world’s most popular video platform, you talent has the potential to reach millions of listeners. Here are fifteen YouTube video ideas you can use to share your music.
Polish Your YouTube Music Videos with Filmora
Filmora features plentiful video and audio editing tools, which allows you to cut out unwanted clips, remove the background noise , change the video and audio speed. The tutorial below shows you how to create a split-screen video with fun with the split-screen presets in Filmora.
1. Live Performance
Raw talent that is unedited and uncut can make a huge impact on your audience. In the above video, William Singe and Alex Aiono perform a live mashup from beginning to end without stopping. This kind of all-in-one-take performance is even more impressive when it is flawless. If you’ve got what it takes to perform your music from beginning to end without stopping, try recording yourself doing a live performance.
2. Cover A Classic Song
Although you might gain a lot of views in the short-run by covering a popular song that is currently in the top charts, you may find that your views will drop significantly in a few years when the song loses its relevance in pop culture. On the other hand, classic songs are timeless and performing them may even pleasantly evoke nostalgia to many listeners. In the video above, Daniela Andrade and HanByul Kang beautifully cover the 1934 jazz classic “Stars Fell on Alabama.” Do you have any favorite old classics?
3. Cover a Popular Song With Your Own Lyrics
As mentioned above, covering a popular song that is currently in the top charts can bring in a lot of views. But since many people do just straight covers of songs, you’ll find yourself competing for views against many other musicians if you do the same. Creatively rewriting the lyrics of the song you choose to cover is one way you can set your cover apart from all the others out there. In the above video, the performer creatively sings a cover of MAGIC!’s “Rude” from the perspective of the father in the song.
4. Cover a Popular Song In a Different Genre
Another way to set your cover apart from all the other many covers out there is to change up the genre. Whether or not everyone likes the genre you choose, it’s still undoubtedly interesting to hear a familiar song in such a different way. Postmodern Jukebox transforms a lot of current songs into old genres of music. Check out their jazzy version of Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass.”
5. Show Your Musical Adaptability Through Many Genres
Professional musicians mostly adhere to fewer genres of music so that they don’t leave their listeners confused about who they are as a musician. This, at times, can get quite predictable and boring. Switching between multiple genres can be refreshingly interesting, especially if it’s many genres in one video. Rapper Mac Lethal explores 27 styles of rap in the above video.
6. Cover a Popular Song With a Musical Instrument (Or With Several If You Know How To Play More Than One)
If you cover a popular song with a musical instrument, you not only have the potential to gain many views from people searching up your song, but you also have the potential to gain many views from people searching up your instrument. In the above video, Lily Liu performs “See You Again” on her Zither/Guzheng.
7. Play Your Musical Instrument In a Unique Way
In much of the same way that performing a familiar song in a different genre can be refreshingly interesting, playing a familiar musical instrument in a different way can have the same effect. The above video is a YouTube classic video featuring Greg Pattillo playing his flute while simultaneously beatboxing.
8. Cover a Popular Song Using Odd (Non-Musical) Objects
Since music is a combination of notes, you can practically create music out of anything that has a pitch, which is everything that makes a sound. With the power of editing and pitch manipulation, you can create fascinating instrumental covers like Andrew Huang’s 99 Red Balloons.
9. Transform Non-Melodic Speech Into Music
There’s a lot you can do with music creation when you have access to software pitch manipulation. One of those things you can do is transform non-melodic speech into music. In the above video, many different clips of Donald Trump have been edited together to recreate Camila Cabello’s hit song “Havana.”
10. Produce a Remix
Most of the ideas we mention in this list have to do with taking something already existing and transforming it into something new. Similarly, a remix is a transformative musical piece. But rather than performing your music in a different and interesting way, remixing involves producing digital music using music production software. In the above video, C2C remixes Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition.”
11. Produce a Mashup
Unlike a medley where you perform one song and then move onto the next in a sequential manner, in a mashup you blend parts and fragments of songs together in a non-sequential manner, oftentimes overlapping parts that belong to different songs (vocals from one song over the instrumental of another song). In order to do this in a way that ends up not sounding like a jumbled mess, you need to make sure all the parts you’re mixing together are not only in the same tempo, but also in the same key. My mashups have been shared all over the world.
12. Make An Acapella Arrangement
Most songs on the radio have all kinds of different sounds going on that it can be difficult to just appreciate and enjoy the sound of the human voice. Acapella arrangements, on the other hand, attempt to recreate music with just the voice. Your own voice is a musical instrument that you can use in so many different ways to make all kinds of unique sounds. Mike Tompkins is someone who has made his mark on YouTube as an acapella musician.
13. Impersonate Celebrities
If you’re a musician who also happens to be good at doing impersonations of celebrities, recording yourself performing a song in different voices that others are familiar with can be a huge hit. In the above video, Yanina Chiesa performs a medley of songs featuring 15 different celebrity singers.
14. Music Tutorial
YouTube is the go-to place for many people who want to learn how to do something, including music. In the above video, Anna-Maria Hefele explains how polyphonic overtone singing works.
15. Make A Song So Bad, It Just Might Go Viral
Making music that’s so bad that it goes viral is not as easy as you might think. When it comes to bad quality material, there’s probably more of those on YouTube than there is good quality material. Your music will have to be extra bad in order to stand out among the competition. Rebecca Black’s “Friday” is a notable example of this last YouTube video idea.
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Also read:
- [New] Breakdown of Earnings How Much Does a Clicky Make for 2024
- [New] Choosing Streaming Giants Vimeo, YouTube, or DailyMotion, In 2024
- [Updated] Interactive Engagement Adding Emojis to Youtubes' Comments
- [Updated] Windows Movie Maker The Ultimate Guide to YouTube Video Production
- [Updated] The Path to YouTube Stardom Utilizing Sony Vegas for Professional Cuts
- [Updated] Tailor-Made Melodies Assembling Your Own YouTube Playlist
- [Updated] 2024 Approved ASMR Knowledge Beyond What You See
- Simplified Strategies for Muting or Disabling Youtube Channels (Computer/Mobile) for 2024
- [Updated] The Animator's Odyssey Crafting Your Own FX Realm
- [Updated] 2024 Approved Comedy Crusade YouTube's Hottest Laughter Leaders
- In 2024, Visualizing 2023 Social Media's Next Big Thing
- [Updated] 2024 Approved Expert Insights on Incorporating Hashtags for Game Streams
- [New] A Step-by-Step Guide How To Record, Save & Share YouTube Video for No Cost for 2024
- [Updated] 2024 Approved Charting Your Way to Frequent Payments From YouTube
- [New] Visionary Voices Celebrating Innovative Female Creators on YouTube
- [New] Detailed Guide YouTube's End Screens Explained for 2024
- [New] Unlock YouTube's Potential with Key Rank Tracker Software
- 2024 Approved YouTube Income 101 From Ideas to Earnings in Action
- [New] In 2024, Annual Roundup Top No-Money Video Editing Software Reviewed
- [Updated] In 2024, Affiliate Allies for Small Channels An Easy Approach
- [New] 2024 Approved Choosing the Best Cameras & Lenses for Vloggers
- [New] In 2024, Conquer the Blackened Canvas of YouTube
- [Updated] Easy Ways To Get Free Views on YouTube! Alternative Methods for 2024
- [Updated] Permanent Lockout of the Brief Content on YouTube
- [Updated] Captivate and Enchant Explore the Best Creative Reactions on YT for 2024
- [New] In 2024, Enriching Slides Video Incorporation From YouTube
- [New] Amplifying Your YouTube Presence Through Consistent Content Release for 2024
- In 2024, YouTube Introduction Design Made Simple and Inexpensive
- [Updated] Innovator in Visual Symphony Production
- [New] Essential iOS Video Editor Apps Top 10 Best to Know for 2024
- Unravel Time on Your Screen Fresh Perspectives to Watch YouTube Backwards for 2024
- [New] In 2024, Balancing Act Watching Multiple Videos on One Screen
- 2024 Approved YouTube's Latest Payment Regulations
- [Updated] Enhancing Viewers' Interest with Innovative Valorant Thumbnail Ideas for 2024
- Top Screener Solution For Flawless YouTube Content Creation for 2024
- [Updated] 2024 Approved Discover 8 Trustworthy Online Content Promoters
- [Updated] YouTube Expertise Pathway Choosing Between Standard Studio and Beta
- [New] 2024 Approved Bringing Text to Life A Guide to Dynamic Animation Methods
- Step-by-Step Guide to Custom YouTube Thumbnail Sizes for 2024
- [New] A Detailed Exploration YouTube's Visionary Suite for 2024
- Unlock the Secret of YouTube-to-GIF Conversion - Begin Here for 2024
- [New] 2024 Approved Enhance Creativity on a Budget Pick From These 8 Zero Price Edits
- 2024 Approved Superior 20 Anime Song Intros
- [New] Must-Know Facts for ASMR Enthusiasts
- Top 100 Earnest Creators Online
- [New] Optimizing Visual Engagement in Google Meet Sessions
- Case Study How to Grow on YouTube to Have Millions of Subs for 2024
- Updated In 2024, Best Narrator Voice Generators
- New 2024 Approved Universal Text-to-MP3 Converter for Windows, Mac, Android & iPhone Users
- [Updated] Explore 2023 Finding Out What You've Lately Watched on Fb
- Google+ Photo Frame Settings for 2024
- [Updated] Proven Winners The Top 5 Tools for Video Conference Recording for 2024
- A Comprehensive Guide to iPhone 15 Plus Blacklist Removal Tips and Tools | Dr.fone
- The Best 8 VPN Hardware Devices Reviewed On Oppo F25 Pro 5G | Dr.fone
- [Updated] In 2024, Best TikTok Downloader Convert to Professional Quality MP4 Format
- Zip Content to Captions How to Convert Files for Editors
- In 2024, Top 12 Prominent Samsung Galaxy S23 Tactical Edition Fingerprint Not Working Solutions
- [New] Quick Recap of Chromakey and Green Screen Processes
- Title: "[Updated] The Studio Sessions Best Practices - 15 YouTube Production Guides for Musicians"
- Author: Kenneth
- Created at : 2024-06-05 11:22:49
- Updated at : 2024-06-06 11:22:49
- Link: https://facebook-video-footage.techidaily.com/updated-the-studio-sessions-best-practices-15-youtube-production-guides-for-musicians/
- License: This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.