Robert over The Truth About Guns posts up about the crappy tunage used to accompany shooting videos. I wholeheartedly concur.
In fact, my last shooting video (that was oh so very long ago) was an effort to break that tide, but ultimately failed. I now make sure I turn off the sound before clicking on any shooting video that may have music over the top.
If you’re going to make a shooting video, put some decent music in it. I’ve listened to enough music to know that “tough guys” don’t listen to or post “tough” music. If the video is good enough, and I’m not talking about the production values, then we’ll all know just how tough you are with out, as Robert calls it, the “thrashchainspeedrottweilermetal”.
And if you’re worried about either the band/record co. complaining about the song being in the video and/or the video’s host yanking it, don’t be a wuss. Either use a host that ignores record label requests, like I did, or be prepared to change the music and repost it.
One of these damn days, bands/record co’s will figure out that the only bad publicity is no publicity.