Videoing yourself

Bill Duncan · Post by **Bill Duncan** » 11 Oct 2022 9:15 am

My 13 year old daughter videoed me the other day. She rarely comes up to my studio and I like her company but the video I can do without. I don't mind recordings, but the facial expressions I make while playing are not meant for video. Also, the wrinkles and white beard are terrible too.

I may put up a sign "no phones allowed" in my studio.

Gil James · Post by **Gil James** » 11 Oct 2022 10:26 am

Hah! I'm sure it's not as bad as you think Bill. I'm pretty self conscious myself about videos. My wife was always doing that while I was practicing, until I turned the tables on her when she was. Solved that. We get videoed from other folks while we perform in public,but that's uncontrollable and doesn't bother either one of us at all.Im sure youve noticed, most of the self videos you see out there only show the hands and guitar. It's the music that counts!

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 11 Oct 2022 11:09 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgd9hitEAE

Dave Hopping · Post by **Dave Hopping** » 11 Oct 2022 1:42 pm

I can't be video'd. The cam instantly breaks beyond saving!

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 11 Oct 2022 2:39 pm

yes I've made it a rule to crop my face out of any videos I make, for the benefit of the viewer $:\$

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 11 Oct 2022 2:51 pm

Pretty rare that I get my mug in any of the videos I do... I figure if most steel players are ANYTHING like me, it's my hands and feet they're interested in. Hence the over the shoulder POV shot where the frets and pedals I'm on are visible... Most everything beyond that seem to me to be a distraction.

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 11 Oct 2022 6:56 pm

Get a lovely model to stand next to your steel and nobody will notice the playing. That's how the Hollywood folks handle it. Lol

Jerry Horch · Post by **Jerry Horch** » 12 Oct 2022 6:38 am

Everybody always told me to "smile"...I have an inherited German jaw..I call it..just like my dad...frick & frack...known as the ol frowning b**** face....it's how my teeth align with jaw fully closed...but back to the subject..Can't bare to look at vids..let alone hear them...but hey...we love our music ,playing,it's what's in your heart that counts...

Carl Williams · Post by **Carl Williams** » 12 Oct 2022 2:57 pm

Well, some of us have a great face for radio…

. The Big E and Jeff Newman seemed to always have a smile and almost laughing while playing the daylights out of the instrument…having fun

. On the other hand/face, if you’ve been told you look like you’re either hurt in’, constipated, or look like a baboon drinking vinegar….that could dampen your spirits of being on video!

Bill Duncan · Post by **Bill Duncan** » 12 Oct 2022 3:30 pm

Carl Williams wrote:Well, some of us have a great face for radio…. The Big E and Jeff Newman seemed to always have a smile and almost laughing while playing the daylights out of the instrument…having fun . On the other hand/face, if you’ve been told you look like you’re either hurt in’, constipated, or look like a baboon drinking vinegar….that could dampen your spirits of being on video! [/quote

I have more the constipated look.

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