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The latest creation from Pete K & L.GU.
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Disco mix this time
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Continuing the discussion from Post Your Mixes Links Here, Lets Hear Them:
a little promo mix i did for my next gig
Latest liveset, Melodic House this time. Love the genre!
Always nice to see your lights in action. Kudos to you how well you have that laser in control with SSW. Good music selection, too. Keep it up!
Only suggestion, your camera feed looks pretty low-res / compressed. I would slightly reduce the haze amount and add a faint ambient illumination, which should help your camera. The A5100 has a pretty old and limited APS-C censor. See if you can snatch a used fullframe somewhere. Panasonic Lumix S5 (Mk1) became dirt-cheap, but requires a different mount. Sony A7C (Mk1) is another option, as unlike the A7III it doesnât have that 30min record limit. Both would further enhance your footage.
Thanks for your feedback, I highly appreciate it!
Haze is a bitch lol, even the lowest timed setting overhazes the room with my hazer, so for my more recent recordings I do manual control which helps. I absolute understand your point.
I will look into adding that ambient lighting, I have some Philips Hue lying around if I recall correctly, that might work! I looked into the DSLR you recommended, but unfortunately I donât have the budget for that right now. I did add an overhead camera point though, using an old Android phone. Youâll see it show up in upcoming livesets.
Thanks again! 
Hey fellow YouTuber 
I followed your advice and added a bit of ambient lighting in my latest liveset. Feel free to give feedback!
Itâs subtle but I think it helps, also for the other camera viewpoints.
At some point I could try and use one of my phones for the main camera. I guess they have better sensors too?
Sensors are important, but lighting is the most important.
Btw, howâs the AI women in your thumbs working for clicks/views?
Bit off-topic, but ever since I started livestreaming my long form videoâs views dropped quite a bit. Due to livestreaming Iâm attracting a lot of subscribers, however, 95% of those are subscribing because they run into me in their shorts feed (I stream both horizontal/vertical). But that audience is NOT watching my long form videoâs at all. My theory is that itâs hurting the algorithm.
So⌠these AI women are somewhat of an attempt to see if the clickrate goes back up a bit. Well. so far it doesnât. but it doesnât harm either (itâs bad in both situations lol). However I did automate thumbnail creation with a lot of variables, which makes my âadministrationâ part of my YouTube channel less cumbersome.
Yeah it definitely is mostly off topic, and I couldnât help but ask. Thank you for taking the time to answer honestly as I am genuinely curious as to why I keep seeing similar across the music landscape.
From my perspective, marketing and brand building needs to answer one simple question: How does one stand out from a sea of sameness?
Example: If everyoneâs using AI generated imagery for their thumbs (music, youtube, etc.), then they all are part of that sea of sameness. This is trend following and trends donât last long.
To stand out, many people do things like:
- show skin
- acknowledge every single person on their live stream
- wear a costume, a light up mask, glasses or helmet
- build persona around oneâs facial hair
- play music in a non traditional setting (woods, outdoors, walking DJs, on bikes)
- rage bait posting (AKA âhot takesâ)
- live rap on streams
- recreate situations like âBoiler Roomâ or âElevator Musicâ
- the list goes on and on
So⌠since youâre trying to grow your channel & brand: I ask you (to ask yourself, not to answer here):
- How do you stand out from a sea of sameness?
- Since music is essentially free & mixing music is now easier than ever, why would listeners choose you over anyone else?
- Is the number of views most important or is the number of viewers who feel connected to your brand?
Hope some of this helps as you continue to grow PulzWave as a brand. Keep up the good work dude <3.
Yeah, the ambient light helps a bit!
And no, I would never use a tiny smartphone sensor as main camera. Even your A5100 will be far better. Just look at the attached comparison chart. Most modern smartphones still sit around 1/1.2â to 1/1.6â for the main sensor. Thatâs why they will always â â â â at lowlight and dynamic range, no matter the AI shenanigans they advertise.
In some of my Skarbase sets (yeah I really need to record fresh ones, but I am super busy at the moment) I also use an iPhone 14 as 3rd camera, and you can immediately notice how much worse the footage looks compared to the other two ones (S5Mk1/A7C2).
And yeah, as for that (AI) woman, I never liked the fact that nearly 80% of all DJ mixes on YouTube feature âsome random beautiful girlsâ to get more clicks. Maybe some viewers would also like to look at a handsome male, or a nice scenery, or the actual DJ in the thumbnail? Just kidding, but I would leave that away from a DJ mix thumbnailâŚ
@Reese why does s.u.c.k â â â â so much? 
APS-C should be more than enough to record DJ sets, it is very similar to the traditional super 35 film that is still widely used in Hollywood blockbusters.
Lighting is the most important thing imo.
It most certainly is, however lighting is still 
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I shot this video with a (now ancient) Canon 7D in 2012 along with a super cheap f 1.4 cine 35mm lens. The 7D has an APS-C sensor and it did really well in low light.
Buddy you got +100 points just for that Feint - Reprise music there .. DnB for life !
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