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YouTube can be one of the best promotional tools for independent musicians. It is a site that contains some of the highest traffic on the internet, and in itself, is one of the largest search engines. All of the biggest names in music have already been taking advantage of the site by placing their videos in the spotlight. The independent musician should also try to take advantage of YouTube, and this article will tell you how.

There are many ways to come up with entertaining and effective music videos to promote your work, even if you don’t have any video skills yourself. The first thing you should do is download a free video editing program. It doesn’t have to be anything special, just something that can handle basic editing functions. You will need to do the editing yourself if you don’t want to spend a lot of money.

One good way to make a music video is to lay down your song and then find old film clips that can go over it. There are several sites on the web that can provide you with public domain video clips, and these can be used to make whole videos by their selves.

One key to making a video out of old film clips is to make sure that the visuals work with the song in some way. Try to find a theme that fits the music and keep it consistent, or, if the song is pretty crazy, having a bunch of random clips might make it work.

Another even easier, but not quite as effective method is to record the music visualization that most music programs can put to your song. If you can record this, you will at least have something that can be used to promote your music online.

YouTube music videos can be made cheaply in a variety of different ways. Don’t skip out on promoting your music just because you are not a video expert.

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