Doug Conrad joins the show to talk about making recruitment videos for your music program.

0:00:00 Tech Setups instead of introductions. Bottom line? Cable management.

00:03:45 Okay, now introductions…

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04:13:00 …then immediately back to what's going on in the world Apple

Apple Creator Studio

Macbook Neo

00:13:54 A Chromebook tangent

00:14:22 Connection issue and interstitial music

00:15:00 Back on Chromebooks

Apple Classroom

00:23:01 Doug's Recent Sessions

Midwest Shop Talk: The Art of Recruitment Videos

Mr Conrad's Music Room: 2025 Recruitment Video

00:41:00 Tools to make these videos. Often free, and easy to use!

Final Cut

Keynote - draw stuff, animate it!

iMovie (iPad or iPhone version)

CapCut

Davinci Resolve

Clipchamp

Wevideo

00:50:46 Which tools Doug actually used for the 2025 Recruitment Video

Shot on iPhone

Key points outlined on Doug's presentation PDF

importing and organizing media

moving clips around on the timeline

import and adjust audio

cropping videos and photos

speed adjustment

What you want it to look like, and work backwards

01:02:12 Wrap-Up

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