musical.ly

Musical.ly is a worldwide known app that is popular for creating 15-second music videos. You can save these photos to your camera roll and share with the Musical.ly community. You may also share through different platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Vine. Since music is a common interest to most people in different countries, thus the application became a worldwide hit. You can record videos of yourself or do it together with friends in a group. You may also do some lip syncing. Within just seconds you will have a fun music video without even having any video editing background.

The application is basically simple and easy to use. It will not take long before you acquaint and familiarize yourself with it. The ideas on how to create a more exciting and interesting videos may require time and practice, but with continuous use, you will absolutely get to shoot more fun and creative music videos using it. Also, this is not just a simple application for music videos since it also has a social side to it. You may add your other social media accounts on your profile so people could follow you. There is also a community page where you can explore the different videos shared by the other users. The application provides as well some options for you to follow your favorite users so you can easily check out new videos if there have a new one or vice versa. All accounts are public by default, which means when you post a video, anyone can see it, and anyone can become a follower. Most accounts are public however if you wish to change your account to private, you may do so in the settings. Only approved followers can see your creations, with a private account.

Musical.ly is ridiculously rich in great features. In making videos, there are a lot of songs to choose from, or you can just add and use your own music to it. Other users may also use your music that was used on your videos. It also allows collaboration with other users, and its duet feature would let you create a video with your friends who are physically with you and also those that are in other locations. There are also several special effects to choose from when creating a music video like fast and time lapse.

The users of the application refer themselves as “musers,” the combination of words musically and user. The goal for many users or “musers” is to have a featured video. These videos are chosen by the app and appear on the Featured Feed. These chosen videos garner more likes and fans. It works by selecting snippets of popular songs and recording yourself or yourselves if you are in a group, singing, lip-syncing or dancing. You may also skip the music part and instead perform 15-second comedy skits, depending on your preference. Once you finish recording, you can do some editing by adding effects or filters and share them on musical.ly as well as other popular social networks. You can share videos anywhere to grow your fan base. The application encourages its users to post on major social networks such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Vine.

BEST TIPS

DON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY THE LEARNING CURVE.

It is very intimidating once you look back on your previous videos and see how bad it was. Jumping into the application with zero knowledge and experience is not easy to take, so never be discouraged. Just enjoy the process and have fun trying new stuff.

IF YOU WANT TO DANCE, INVEST IN A TRIPOD.

Usually you will have difficulty holding the phone because you are dancing but if you have a stand to set it up, it will significantly help since your hands is free to move and makes dancing easier for you. Make sure to practice and rehearse your dance step but most importantly have fun with the beat. Learning the rhythm is essential whether you are dancing or simply lip syncing.

MAKE YOUR VIDeos WITH PROPS.

If you want to catch more attention then start using props. The props will enhance the audiovisual quality and it will give other flavor to your videos.

FANS LOVE OVER-THE-TOP FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.

The most important tips would be use good lighting, exaggerated facial expressions, and cool angles to make your Musical.ly videos look really cool.

DON’T DO IT BY YOUR SELF

You can film Musical.ly with your friends when you're all together but the hand-dandy duet feature of the app allows you to make a duet with your friends or any “muser” from another location in the universe just like that. Choose the video you want to perform, once you are on the video tap on the three small dots on the right hand side.

EDIT YOUR VIDEOS

If you want to add cool effects to your videos, you might need to download another application which is perfect for creating tons of visually stunning videos for your musical.ly account. Video Star is the perfect app you need, After you make the video on Video Star, save it to your library by clicking the "Sent to Camera Roll" button. Once you open your Musical.ly account, you may upload the video from your camera roll and share it.

CUT IT OUT

Filming a video to a full song needs patients and creativity but most of all it needs lot of effort. Luckily, you can shorten how much of the song you want to include on the video with just a little nifty edit.

Once you are ready to shoot your video, press the "pick music" button, then a page will pop up with loads of music you can choose from. After you pick a song from the play list, you can start lip syncing along, and to shorten the song, tap the scissors icon in the top right hand corner to cut. You are be able to pick where you want to start and stop the song and proceed with filming it.

YOUR BEDROOM MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST SPOT TO FILM.

Where you shoot is one of the most significant factors in making stand-out videos. Discovering an awesome location to shoot is important, it has to be in a lively and colorful environment. A unique and a rare spot just for your own video would be very nice.

VIRAL CHALLENGES ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND.

Using trending hashtags and songs gives you the chance to have more users discover your fledgling profile. It was a very popular trend. If you don’t have many fans yet, try doing trending challenge or any of the new popular trends. Before you knew it, you’re already on top of everyone.

IT’S OKay TO BE A PERFECTIONIST.

You can delete the previous videos that you had. If you think it’s that bad, then don't feel like you have to live with your videos forever. You can view your videos from time to time so you may know which part needs more improvement or the part which is excellently done. You can always re take your videos if you want, there’s always for improvements.

COMEDY VIDEOS CAN GIVE YOU A SECRET BOOST.

Different types of videos have different advantages. You may get more likes when you post songs, however you my get featured more with your comedy videos.

YOUR PROFILE CAN RISE PRETTY QUICKLY IF YOU STAY CONSISTENT.

You can always post new videos so make the most of it. It is ideal to post at least two videos a day.

POST DURING THE MAGIC MUSICAL.LY HOURS.

Timing really counts. Figure out the time when most people are commonly active on Musical.ly thus more people will probably see your videos.

JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOVE A VIDEO DOESN'T MEAN YOUR FANS WON'T.

You may have posted a video that you feel so bad, it may be the most cringe-y video you ever made but wonderfully turn out to be your most magical videos as well since for some odd reason you might be featured. You can never tell, so never judge your videos but rather post it anyhow.

PUT AUTHENTICITY ABOVE ALL ELSE.

Representation on your real-life hobbies and preferences in the videos you make may attract more fans with similar interests. Simply be yourself. Choose songs that suits you the best. Focus on the area that you enjoy, if ever you enjoy comedy then do some comedy videos. Make sure you are at ease and comfortable with your content and be creative.

FILM VIDeoS ON THE FLY — YOUR FANS WILL GO CRAZY.

Try to work freely and spontaneously to your feed as much possible.

KNOW YOUR LYRICS

The worst thing you can do is duplicate everyone else. Do something original, you should really think outside the box and try your best to do something unique instead of what everyone else is doing. Make sure your video is unique and interesting.