MUSIC VIDEOS - 2023
RECORDED IN FALLOUT 76
VIDEOS
2023 saw more interesting editing and special effects evolving in some videos at a time when my building skills were also improving. I am very happy with some videos, while others still showed up my inexperience. Productions were at times getting quite complex, both in building and editing, gobbling up in the case of Clown Town about 150 hours for that one video, and while EDGE was a quick build, editing took maybe 50 hours. In total, 20 Fallout 76 music videos were made in 2023, and I have no idea how I ever found the time. It is a record I will not challenge, due to the increasing complexity of builds and edits, as well as increasing professional commitments outside of the Fallout 76 world.
Sometimes we hear songs that resonate more deeply than others. Sometimes they tell us their stories, and sometimes they help us to tell our own. When I first made showcase videos in Fallout 76, I was left cold by the music being a “filler” rather than a vital part of the experience. There was no point to the video other than record or share an achievement, no reason to go back to it. So when I heard some songs that spoke to my soul, I wanted to explore and share those messages and feelings. Fallout 76 was simply the avenue to do that. Since then, my music videos have stretched from at the one end creating a mood upon which to place a build, to being self-contained stories that use builds as no more than recording sets. Of course, there is plenty in-between too, with liberal use of mods and effects if they are helpful. Sometimes they are happy and fun, sometimes they have a more emotional edge, but either way I hope you enjoy watching them as much as I enjoy making them.
MUSIC IS HUMANITY
Music is a “whole-of-brain” emotional experience. Music has connected people before our ancestors were physically capable of spoken language, combining percussive rhythms with humming, chanting and movement for an engaging brain-and-body social experience. Quite literally, we evolved to engage with rhythmic movement and the flows of melody and volume. Even if some people find singing or dance clumsy, it is in our genes to be deeply engaged by music and rhythmic movement.
