Two minutes!
One minute before we go!
Maybe change up the song at the last second?
- Here's a good tip...
Today we're deep in the desert at Vasquez Rocks.
We're using YouTube's mobile eye to stream a concert from out here.
It's a unique idea people will want to watch.
Beautiful location, check. Great band, check.
It makes today a 'can't miss' experience.
We've always been able to do what we do anywhere we want.
It's solar powered and mobile.
We can pull up and do a recorded concert...
a full studio production. Now we can do that live.
We have an amazing crew supporting us but what's awesome about this technology
is that all you need is your cellphone and a good Internet connection
and you can make awesome live content wherever you are.
This is going to be amazing!
We're in the middle of nowhere, so we need to make sure we have signal.
- Very important. - That would suck!
The key to a production like this is rehearsals,
getting everything dialled in...
Test, test, test.
We're at the mercy of technology, so hopefully everything goes smoothly.
Let's go over the sound test.
To get the best sound for this, we're getting 6 channels
mixing them down into 1 feed
and placing it on a smartphone with an adapter.
- How did that sound? - Great! Ready for camera.
This is the movement from the sign to the position.
We'll do this all right now. You'll walk to your guitars, plug in
and I'll get into position. Then you just go for it.
Boom, that was rad!
Wherever you are, you always need to test your connection
to make sure it can handle a live stream.
Since there's no coverage out here, we need to use a hotspot.
We'll do this test unlisted so we can check that the stream
uploaded and processed to the channel.
The band's ready, we've rehearsed, the sound's good...
Because we're about to go live, we'll have to pick the title and thumbnail.
As we discussed earlier, for the thumbnail we'll just keep that sign
that teases the performance, just for when it's actually live.
Then you can replace it with a still with a nice camera.
- Two minutes! - Thumbnail looks good!
- We're going live... - Action!
We're Honey County, here at Jam In The Van,
using YouTube Live to stream from the middle of nowhere.
(Music: Honey County – 99 Bottles)
(Cheering)
I'll be honest, I didn't think it'd sound this good.
I was very skeptical.
This technology will allow us to do a lot with a little.
We're Honey County and you just watched our YouTube
live stream with Jam In The Van.