| Hi,
I was part of a TV special a few years ago performing a solo piece. The music was laid down in the studio weeks before they shot the video. Most of the time involved in doing this project was to do the video part of the shoot . . . which involved multi-camera shots with several different scenes and backgrounds, including the blue background that allows them to digitally insert a background behind you too.
I'd recommend that you consider doing the same!
Go into a decent studio and absolutely NAIL the music into a decent mic (I was recorded digitally on a Neuman U-87). This allows any overdubs the producer prefers and makes your performance flawless.
It also frees you to "perform" on the video with more charisma since you are not as worried about nailing the performance again.
However, it won't make the video shoot too much easier . . . for we shot multiple takes of each scene AND I was blowing my butt off on each take to assure that the music totally matched my playing . . . including the important part of totally looking like you are REALLY playing (which I WAS)!
BTW, I've done several live things too, including having the cameraman on a motorized boom moving in near my face during a live solo performance in front of about 15,000 (as a soloist during a Billy Graham Crusade). All I can tell you is to practice and perform as much as you can so that stage fright can become something that you can manage and rise above!
The more you do TV the easier it will become . . . just like everything else.
Hope this helps!
Sincerely,
Tom Turner
PS: With video lighting hot as you-know-what . . . if you can handle the heat in a chicken suit you are a better man than me. Good luck!!! :wink: |