Behind The Scenes: The Making Of Four Different DIY Music Videos

Just because a DIY artist doesn't have the backing of a major label does not mean they aren't capable of producing a high-quality and engaging music video. Here we look at four such independent efforts and hear from the artists featured in each one.

Between CD Baby and Illustrated Sound (CD Baby’s new YouTube network), we hear from lots of artists who’re releasing cool-looking music videos.

I thought it’d be interesting every so often to share a handful of standouts along with comments from the artist or director about the video production, in hopes that it might inspire or inform your next music video project.

As you watch these, it’s worth remembering that just because you’re an independent/DIY musician, it doesn’t mean you can’t work with pros when it comes to any aspect of your video production: videography, editing, set design, etc.

So, let’s take a look. Below the embedded videos are comments from each of the artists about the shoot.

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“”The Best Fears of Our Lives” was a challenging and fun music video experience. A lot of teamwork, on the spot time management, and pre-production made it possible. Director Brian Petchers and I hashed out our concept in advance: we wanted to capture the nostalgia of being young and not having fears. To reference my personal childhood, we set the scene with locations in Orange County, New York that convey the tone of the area where I grew up.

With an ambitious two days to shoot, co-producer Regina Zaremba and I had to juggle a variety of tasks on the spot. This is where detailed pre-production really mattered, especially involving child actors and multiple locations. We did homework on the distance between each location, we decorated the bedroom with vintage band posters far in advance, and we had a lot of help from generous friends and family who could play extras or drive to grab missing props. It was surely a team effort, so special thanks to cinematographer Patrick Lawler, makeup artist Liz Maney, and the tireless rest of our crew. We are all so proud of the video.” — Dylan Owen

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