Producing Student Concerts for YouTube and Spotify

Everything you wanted to know about recording and mixing audio, and filming and editing video so you and your students can share their original compositions and performances with the world on YouTube and Spotify.

Join Duncan Ferguson as he demonstrates the process he uses to produce videos like the 'viral' Viva la Vida and Stairway to Heaven videos (across all social media these videos now have more than 4 million views). As your students work through this resource they will have all the knowledge and skills to record, mix and produce audio and video of their performances for distribution on YouTube and Spotify.

Topics covered:

• Processes for recording different ensembles such as rock bands, chamber music, choirs, school productions and orchestras
• Equipment required (that will fit within a school budget)
• Ideal mic placement for different instruments
• How to mix live and record at the same time
• In-depth mixing (note, it is recommended that students first complete the "Demystifying Mixing" resource before attemping this)
• How to video the gig with a variety of cameras
• Video editing using free software
• Which service is the best for getting your music onto Spotify
• How to create video optimised for YouTube.

Each chapter provides tasks your students can use to help embed the knowledge and skills they develop. This resource is suitable for a BYOD or classroom computer lab environment. All mixing of recorded tracks is demonstrated in Reaper, software that works on Mac & Windows and which students can use instantly in class without the need for serial numbers or codes.

This resource will be available in the second half of 2025.