The bonus for this experiment is I get to use the pomodoro music YouTube videos to help me focus, especially during writing sessions.
An overview of the steps to creating videos for a pomodoro music channel on YouTube.
This is still very much a work in progress though I switched focus onto other things.
Here’s a summary of what I have done and tried so far.
How:
What are the action steps?
- Re-learning the use of (free) editing software
- Source for suitable royalty-free music
- Source for suitable royalty-free images or videos
- Research what’s most popular.
Can I build a workflow system to do this?
The post-production pipeline is always key to quickly push out content instead of fumbling what to do next.
The workflow:
- Create 2 video countdown timers overlay – focus period and break time.
- Find the suitable music – of ideal length and melody (at least I have to like it enough! 🙂
- Source for loop-able videos: finding videos to fill 30-60mins.
Not critical, but I think good visuals allow me to use it as a nice background. Nothing too distracting but pretty enough to get in the flow. - Assemble them with some biorhythm in mind –
Start: ease the listener in with a nice melody that can be associated with a ‘let’s go’ and positive start.
Within the duration: know when to bring up the ‘highs’ usually when one may feel tired, or their energy dipping. A more energetic piece can help perk one up.
Final segment: have a different pacing, as signal that it’s the end of the session. - Ensure transitions between clips are smooth, all music clips are the right volume and mixed well.
- Export the right format and upload to Youtube.
- Create thumbnails and Youtube description text and tags.
- Publish and share.
Go back, if you missed Part 1, and look out for Part 3: list of resources and more lessons.
For those curious:
Here’s the channel minuteur music. You can help by adding to the subscribers count and watch hours!If you use a pomodoro timer, try a minuteur music video and let me know what you think! Every bit helps!! 🙂