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what's up everyone my name is Cracka Lack. Welcome back to Cracka Lack TV in
today's video I'm going to tell you guys why you should be vlogging whether
you're a music producer a rapper videographer photographer studio
engineer just as a creative in general why you should be vlogging and all of
the benefits that you can get from vlogging and documenting your journey so
I've been vlogging for over eight years I've done over 100 vlogs it's really
cool to be able to go back and watch my journey because I've done a good job at
documenting it over the years and one of the compliments that I get the most is
my work ethic can people see my work ethic because I do a good job at
vlogging and documenting my journey if you're new to the channel make sure you
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this right here one of the main benefits is you need as much content as you can
and vlogging is the easiest way to do that let's say you're artists and you
know that tomorrow you're going to the studio to work on some music like bring
people along with you while you're going to the studio getting ready to share
your thoughts what you're thinking about you're excited to do the song you can
get your fans more hype about your music by showing them the making of people
people are infatuated in love watching the making of the becoming on the
process like for example we all know Oprah Winfrey Michael Jordan LeBron
James how cool would it be if we could go back in time and let's say they did
vlog and document their journey and you can watch then become who they are known
for it today the power to go back and watch that happen is
and another benefit let's say you're a videographer out there bringing more to
the table for your artist whenever I'm shooting a music video nine times out of
10 I'm gonna have a behind the scenes camera going where I bring my audience
along with the whole process of shooting a music video the behind the scenes that
what they want to see what goes into shooting a music video
sorry I do that and then for the customer they're getting more out of the
deal because not only are they getting a music video but they're also featured in
a behind the scenes video where they can gain fans from people seeing them there
as well personality is also another big thing
and people want to get to know you they don't want to just listen to your music
they don't want to just see you make beats or watch your shoot videos by
vlogging you get to open up it bring people into your life and let them get
to know you and get that deeper connection to who you are and establish
that relationship another benefit of showing people that you're making moves
let's say you're going out of town to visit some family members but at some
point while you're out of town you do something music related you do some sort
of video work you make a beat out there you go to a studio you record a song you
do something that's somewhat productive towards your music career you turn that
whole trip into a vlog what's up everyone we're going out to
California bring people along with you and then show them that behind the
scenes music thing that you accomplished while you're out there it's good for
building your credibility I have hundreds of vlogs that show me working
and doing what I do one of the keys when you are vlogging is think about what do
you want to show people that it is that you do for myself I own businesses I
make beats I shoot videos daughter so in my ideal vlog at some point it'll it'll
bring people into my life but they can kind of see more in depth of all the
different things that I do if you're funny by watching your vlogs you can
show people I killed this dude's funniest I used to just like the music
he made and I was kind of a fan once I started watching his vlogs I found out
that he was funny as and I with him way more some people might only know me
for soothing music videos but now by showing them my vlogs they're saying
like oh I thought he only shot music videos now see that he owns a CD
duplication company the studio he makes beats he does all
these other things and they wouldn't know I do all these other things if I
didn't turn the camera around and document it think about how popular
reality TV shows are whenever I hear people say man that my life is crazy I
wish I had my own TV show the first thing I think of is use
YouTube as the platform and document your life that can make your journey use
your cell phone use the camera if you can get to that but in the beginning
just use your phone and document your life like you're in charge of creating
your own TV show and that's through the vlog your blog is your TV show even if
you think your life is boring there's someone out there that finds what you do
entertaining with me when I started vlogging I was doing full-time behind
the scenes stuff I was the guy that was recording and mixing the songs I was the
guy behind the scenes making the beats I was the guy behind the camera shooting
the videos and I really wanted to put the spotlight on the behind the scenes
stuff not just the person in the spot like the artist so I wanted to show
people my process I wanted to show people that I can do all these things
behind the scenes and then teach them along the way so that's when I started
vlogging what makes me the most proud and happy is and it's documented you can
go back and watch me awkward as hell eight years ago talking to the camera
like this and doing this somewhere in the men could be really
coming into Who I am today and you see it all happen on camera you see the
beginning you see the the equipment I'm using the shoot videos you see what my
studio looked like back then and then you see what it looks like now a lot of
times people try to they're so worried on like looking cool and looking looking
like you already made it but I really think people appreciate the fact when
you're more relatable when you're so on your come up like if you can see the
setup where in my basement and it looks like over here there's stories behind
every one but this is this is pretty cool looking and with my CD duplication
company I could never saw her behind the same process and make it out to be this
million dollar huge warehouse corporation but it's literally me and my
home running these machines and I've documented that process so far so next
when I have a warehouse or I have or have multiple employees doing this and I
include that in the vlog it's there to see the growth you can see the process
of like oh man I remember watching him where he was individually carrying every
single box in and out of the post office and now look there's the post office
going to the warehouse picking up the boxes and taking them as I was talking
about being relatable a lot of you out there
producers videographers I know that we're usually the the behind-the-scenes
people where we don't like the pop out and show our face and have that charisma
personality to entertain an audience and talk to the camera let me tell you I'm
just like you in the beginning anytime a camera was on while I did was just do
this and I kept it short and sweet and so what's up this cracker leg I don't
have nothing to say just watch you know but I fought through it and it helped me
with my own like communication skills how I talk to customers today and a lot
of that was established on camera from vlogging so as you continue to blog
you'll keep getting better at understanding what makes a good vlog
what makes the video entertaining to the people watching it and then over time
you'll realize how fun it can be not achieve the vlogs more so for fun
all the goofy moments behind-the-scenes shooting videos when we're driving out
of town hit studios make beats whatever it is
the vlog is more of the fun price now the the goofy the fuck up stuff we're on
my tutorial isn't teaching videos trying to be more serious and professional the
vlogs is just showcasing you and just have fun with it as far as equipment the
most common thing that I hear over and over and over again is yeah man I'm
gonna save up for this camera then I'm gonna start a vlog and it's like no
start with your phone I want to say that about my first 15 vlogs were all done on
the cell phone all the time and as you progress and continue to grow then in
the future yes you can always invest in a camera a nice mic and the equipment
like that but in the beginning just use your phone get used to documenting so
often when I talk to people about documenting their journey is man I got a
lot of things going on but I always forget it like it slips my mind to pull
out my phone and show people what's going on but that's draws people in and
then it builds that hype that anticipation and that buzz and that
momentum that you have going on as far as worrying about what kind of editing
software in the beginning just go to google and search free video editing
software if you don't have a computer free video editing software for phone
iPhone Android whatever you have then get some sort of video editing software
and just know your first vlog is not gonna be your best vlog and you'll
continue to grow and get better over time the most important part is
documenting your journey so don't leave our moments that are happening one bonus
tip while you're editing your videos it's tomorrow as much of the fat as you
can and by that I mean those kind of boring long drawn-out moments when you
just cut those and keep it like action-packed like honor the highlights
that's what's gonna make your videos more entertaining to keep people
watching and not get bored throughout it but again you'll get better at this all
the time as long as you continue to vlog let's say your artists you ever show
coming up you need to document that your videographer you video shoots coming up
so people that's just shows on these videos it's gonna draw more eyes in and
give you more content to post producers whatever you have
going on you're working on new beats don't be afraid to show your face be
true to yourself be genuine you guys the next video that I'm going to post it's
gonna be six vlogging hacks in under six minutes once that's out it's gonna be on
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