jasode 4 days ago

>and make my videos interesting and where can I find royalty free music and clips.

reply to commenter akulbe: >Do you think using AI for text-to-speech lessens the value of the content?

You really don't need any music soundtracks or B-roll stock-footage clips to make compelling tech content. Another problem with music is that most content creators mix it too loud which is distracting and often drowns out the voiceover and makes words unintelligible.

E.g. this (relatively new) channel about computer hardware and programming uses no music and no B-roll cuts with a AI generated voice ("Dylan" voice from ElevenLabs) and yet the quality of content allowed it to amass ~275k subscribers in less than 18 months : https://www.youtube.com/@CoreDumpped/videos

An AI gen voice is not usually ideal but it will be accepted by audiences if the native accent makes the English pronunciation too difficult for viewers to understand -- and the insights from the content itself are high quality. The content creator in the above example is from Ecuador and he said his native English voice is not good.

Ben Krasnow's "Applied Science" is another successful channel without music and no stock footage clips: https://www.youtube.com/c/AppliedScience/videos

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slyall 3 days ago

Many people also watch videos speed up. So clear speech and no music is even more important to them.

If you content doesn't depend on visuals also consider releasing episodes as podcasts.