Watch me practice guitar in this 14-minute long guitar jam stamina workout video. Pre-recorded the original backing track to use in the video so that I don’t have to worry about adding the rhythm guitar parts later which might delay the completion of this video because that part of the process is very prone to overthinking for me. I was so eager to start, and finish, making this video that I tried my best not to overthink my backing track ideas. So I went with the first thing that came to mind doing my best to compose my own chord progressions and rhythms without limiting myself as much as possible to just go ahead and get to the fun part which is shooting the video and sharing it with you guys as quick as possible.
You’ll see the parts where I run out of ideas, commit mistakes, hit a wrong note, miss a beat, and was running a bit tired in this long uncut jam. Feel free to spot them and share your thoughts in the comments below. I felt tired after several takes for testing the camera lens focus. I even risked doing a few full jam video takes which I unfortunately found that the lens focus did not come out at least good enough making the video not very usable. Why 14 minutes? That’s because the camera I’m using only shoots video for 15 minutes at a time. With each new take, 40 seconds is spent pressing the space bar on my PC keyboard to start the backing track playback and record the guitar into a track in my DAW (via USB, the amp is my audio interface). I’ve set a 4-bar metronome count-in before the intro kicks in. Then, I sit down in front of the camera, check the camera monitor to see if I’m well lit, check the focus again, and grab my Tele from the guitar stand.
This was the final take which I think is where I got the lens focus right for you guys. The focus turned out fine in the few last takes when I started using a measuring tape to dial in the correct distance of me and the guitar from the camera lens. Doing estimates doesn’t seem to work in getting a sharp enough focus. I found out that it’s both a pain and a fun learning exercise unless you’ve done this a lot and are well prepared. At least now I know what is the sure and fastest way to get the camera lens focus right.
I hope you enjoy watching this and let me know in the comments if you have questions and whether I should do more videos similar to this one.
Thank you in advance for watching this video of me simply practicing guitar which I usually can’t find time to do. When an idea hits I just go straight to record, mix, overdub more parts, and master the track. So, doing it this way makes it a happy guitar practice event that is worth doing than the usual boring practice session I do when I find the time. Besides, the camera is a high ticket item that is not being used much since I bought it for the purpose of making videos. It’s just right to put it into good use and see how fun it actually is to record serious video for sharing with you guys on YouTube.
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