I have a RUclips channel but I film indoors so it's easy. I tried filming a round of golf the other day and OMG it's so hard. I now have a bigger appreciation for golf channels.
I just started my channel. It is overwhelming. I feel like I'm wearing 12 hats, but I am slowly learning. I'm blessed to have a sweet golf simulator, and I love golf. Good luck bud.
Re the intro music I think it's one of the best sounding intros of all the golf RUclipsrs. Great sounding and the graphics are very professional looking. Well worth the tenner a month.
Gary awesome video!!! Thank you for the help. Just starting out with my golfing channel. Just as a hobby right now. I am making a big leap of faith and committing 100% to chasing my dream. I am in the middle of selling my current business so I can fully comment to my channel. Without people like you I would be so lost. Thank you again and if you ever get to the states and in what I think is the best golfing state Florida contact me and I would love to play a round with you and learn more.
As a subscriber who has enjoyed watching your development (introduced through James’ channel) I’ve really enjoyed seeing your video content grow and improve. I know you’ve questioned in the past if this was worth your while and I am, personally, so glad you’ve continued. The rawness, accents, slang etc are part of what make your content authentic (and not part of a paid endorsement). Please keep doing what you’re doing.
Nice little tour through west Yorkshire there buddy. Used to live not far from the Blacksmiths Arms, wish I still did tbh. 😂 I've found the best way to shoot videos is a gimbal, with a little flexi tripod attached. Keeps the image stable while walking, you can wrap the legs round trees or golf carts,and you can flick between forward and rear facing shots with ease. When we get back into it, this is the set up I'll opt for, plus better audio. It's so important.
I have been watching your golf channel from the beginning. At first it was all about keeping golf alive during a very bad time we were all going through. What a great job you did. Rules with joule’s and your walks around the golf course talking about golf was spot on. Your approach to golf then and now was positive fresh and very much on point. Off the back of watching your channel I have picked up many golf tips and made changes to my game that has helped improve my game. Thanks 😊 Congratulations on your success. Cheers ⛳️🏌️♂️
The best content is definitely honest and down to earth stuff which you have in spades gaz. You are great when you have someone to bounce off, especially the ones with jadzia. Don’t lose the accent! You do a great job and I don’t see the channel doing anything other than growing.
Good luck guys! Don’t waste any of your content, no matter how bad you might think it is, when you’re new, you can get away with it, and people love to see the raw content, and your improvements month by month 👍🏼
@@garymartingolf Yeah we are going for a comedy angle. We are all very competitive but only started playing golf last year so we are terrible. But we love it all the same! I’ll keep an eye for more videos you post. Thanks
I think that you've improved beyond words compared to when you started. Some of the titles you initially had were difficult to understand what the vlog was even about. You seemed to have nailed that now!
Congratulations on 12 months, and thanks very much for all the effort Gary. Please don't change the style too much though - I suspect that the majority of your subscribers appreciate it for what it is, and in my view you have one of the best contents out there for golfers like myself. Cheers.
This was a great video for me, I started recording vlogs about 6 months ago and have just got my logo finished. The music side was really interesting and I have been using a phone for recording. Hoping to get my social media platforms up and running in a week or so and then the channel launched in May. It's been great seeing you start and where you've got to now, keep it up Gaz
Great vid, think this vid works in a more general sense too, I'm a designer and am always so scared of posting if things aren't perfect, but this has made me feel a bit more comfortable about just getting things out into the world!
congrats on your first year on YT. I have really enjoyed your company, help and advice. You and Matt Fryer have helped me drop to 16 from 24 over the last 12 months. Thank you keep up the brilliant work Gaz. Can I just say like most 'working class' blokes you are your own biggest critic, go a bit easier on yourself be critical not harsh!! I love the accent but as my ex Divisional Officer told me when I was in the Navy, as he could not understand the speed I spoke and my 'Geordie' accent: slow down and enunciate, then slow down a little more. You don't lose your accent but if you slow down people from Surrey may be able to understand a Northern accent lol
Great Video Gaz and a true insight into the world of RUclips. As you know from when I came on the channel I was interested in maybe setting up my own channel so it's great to hear some of the essentials needed to do just that 👍
Some good points. Nowadays you can get such great quality 4K footage just from mobiles. I too also have a small cheap tripod off amazon (with a small Bluetooth button that starts/stops the video) which I can attach to the top of my trolley and record my swing out on course. Top tip - I close the tripod legs together and slot it down into my umbrella holder set vertically. Works great, and you can still push your trolley round with the camera on there.
Well done on the 1st year, you've covered a lot of topics not just golf related that will have helped people. I think the intro and music gives you am identity so I would keep that. Good luck for the next year keep it up
Great video…. Thinking about starting to do golf content and my journey to maybe winning a comp at my club that I’m a member at. Any advice on first videos?
Just sharing who you’re, your current hcp, where you play and your mission. Even if it’s just 60 seconds. Share it on your social platforms, and then let the comments guide you to the next video
Great insight video. I think you striped the fairway right down the center and hit all the important points. Nice to see the lavalier microphone clipped to your windbreaker. When shooting my RUclips videos I find I often speak slowly as I'm thinking about what I'm saying so I will speed them up a little bit when necessary/possible without it showing/being obvious in the video. 😆
Point 1: Love the intro, since you need to pay for the music service, maybe get your money’s worth and add some music or sound effects inside the videos. Point 2: The accent is awesome. Half the fun is trying to decipher some of the local sayings. Point 3: Love that you are trying different things to find your niche.
Thanks Dom, you’re right, I really should try to include more music. This is great feedback on the accent, this opinion is shared by others in the comments, and it’s something I didn’t know 👌🏼 Thanks
Great video and love the honesty. For me music for golf related content doesn't add much. I see so many people who don't quite get the volume levels right and have switched off historically if that's the case. Keep up the good work Gary
I have a decent Mac, so I shot my back 9 with my phone in 4K 24 with the Mics connected to the phone so it’s perfect. Then I edit in 1080 so I can crop.
Keep at it Gaz, you're improving all the time. As for your accent is fine, as long as you don't start including old Yorkshire like gradely, or tha knows,ya big apporth 😁😁
I've been here from the start Gaz and your content has improved and I enjoy the variety especially rules with Jules. I would like you to do some more instruction videos, your one on hitting hybrids was excellent so for me, long irons would be a good next video, it's an area i think many golfers struggle. The quality of image and sound have improved so carry on mate 👍👍🏌️🏌️
I think you have done a great job from scratch. My tip would be drive faster, Reginald Molehusband was holding up a lot a traffic ! Second tip ditch the music subscription and You, James and Jules record your own song, instead of straight down the middle, it could be left, right, bogey bogey. More stuff in 2022 and beyond.
Thanks so much for the info. Myself and my mate where thinking of starting one in next two months or so. We just started middle of last year at range and going to join a club this week hopefully. We where thinking of calling it the Two Handicappers. As we both would be starting off 18 handicaps and goals to get too ten. Anyways is that name liable to be classed as discrimination by RUclips. Liked and subscribed.
Good luck with your channel. Enjoy the process of making content, and share it across as many platforms and through as many friends groups as possible. All the best 👌🏼
I would have to agree. I get better footage with my iPhone. I shot my first video with a DJI action camera, and DJI mics but I recorded the back 9 with my phone. I’m not going to use anything else.
Your mics should pair up with your phone okay. I always film in 1080 30 too, helps speed up editing. 1080 60 is awful, unless your computer is tremendous.
Your accent was a problem when I first started watching your vlogs, but I have gotten better at understanding or you have gotten better. I watch a lot of BBC content so your vlog has helped me watching those shows. You would probably have trouble with my Texas accent!
Videography, photography etc is similar to golf equipment really. You can buy the best of everything but if you don't know how to get the best out of it then it's a waste. Learn how to do the basics first and then add little bits extra as you get better. It's so easy to fall into the marketing trap in any hobby you start.
Great video - enjoy content. Defo don’t need any music, the content speaks for itself. Btw - does this mean the CL final is coming out soon? Was beginning to think I may have missed it…
Google Canva (thumbnails) Epidemic sounds (livened music) not essential, don’t have to use music, but if you do, it has to be licensed or RUclips will de monetise you, it gets picked up straight away. Shot tracer pro (MacBook or windows) Microphones - saramonic sounds blink 500 (essential to stop wind noise) about £160 these days
Thanks Gary, Away from golf , I have a pilot channel coming together, ( watersports ex professional, participating > the coaching later in life) But completely at a loss how to start, always using the Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) laws in life.
On the subject of using music, it's not the use of it that gripes me but where and when it's used! Haven't noticed any misplaced tunes in your vids though Gaz👍. Oh, and it's not "burt" it's " but"! 😂
8200 minutes watch time a month with approx 5 adverts in each video (3 vids a week), I know this because that’s what I do . I have 11.5 subs, but that’s irrelevant, you can earn money once over 1000.
I thought about creating a golf youtube channel...just for me. But man, video editing takes hours...which takes away from my golf time! So no youtube channel for me...I would rather spend the time enjoying golf!
I don’t think I’m going to start a channel with this ugly mug! I do agree with you Gaz! Your videos have been even better since the swap to the iPhone. And we don’t here you crying out my arm my arm is tired lol Keep up the good work! I think the mics work to good. You hear the guest breathing way to much during the matches lol
Do these lavender mics smell nice :) , Lavalier my friend, not lavender. The capabilities of a recent iphone have improved to the extent that unless you have someone else present doing the filming with a dedicated camera it is always going to be the better option. Sound is always the hard one as you are filming outdoors and balancing unwanted noise, wind etc, with enough wanted noise to make it sound good . I use a zoom H2 portable audio recorder ( new model is the H4N ) when producing my own content which is sports related although then I have to synchronise audio and video in post which takes longer. That content by the way is not related to the account this comment is posted from, just in case anyone thinks I'm looking for free advertising. Keep being yourself, fake personalities are not pleasant viewing. - Mark
I like the music if its mellow. Golf like music guitars are usually good. Heavy or rap doesn't get it for me but you aren't doing this just for me. I love the accent. I'm a yank.
Ah horsesh*t !! Part of the fun is figuring out what the h#ll your sayin… comin from the U.S. keep it 💯 brother, I don’t want a watered down version of any of you guys !!! 🏌️♂️
I have a RUclips channel but I film indoors so it's easy. I tried filming a round of golf the other day and OMG it's so hard. I now have a bigger appreciation for golf channels.
I just started my channel. It is overwhelming. I feel like I'm wearing 12 hats, but I am slowly learning. I'm blessed to have a sweet golf simulator, and I love golf. Good luck bud.
It’s slow but rewarding to share your golf journey. Enjoy the process ⛳️
Thank you for the insight. This has saved me a good bit of funds and time. This is what a community is all about. Helping others. Cheers
Thanks. Good luck with the channel 👌🏼
From a person who has bought and sold far 2 many clubs from eBay over the years i love your vids with Sam. Everyone loves a deal
Thanks Michael, they’ll certainly be more of them to come 👌🏼
Re the intro music I think it's one of the best sounding intros of all the golf RUclipsrs. Great sounding and the graphics are very professional looking. Well worth the tenner a month.
Gary awesome video!!! Thank you for the help. Just starting out with my golfing channel. Just as a hobby right now. I am making a big leap of faith and committing 100% to chasing my dream. I am in the middle of selling my current business so I can fully comment to my channel. Without people like you I would be so lost. Thank you again and if you ever get to the states and in what I think is the best golfing state Florida contact me and I would love to play a round with you and learn more.
There’s a very good chance I’ll be in Florida at some point with the Orlando golf show. Can you add me on social media, thanks bud
@@garymartingolf Absolutely!!! Following on Facebook and IG. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you again
As a subscriber who has enjoyed watching your development (introduced through James’ channel) I’ve really enjoyed seeing your video content grow and improve. I know you’ve questioned in the past if this was worth your while and I am, personally, so glad you’ve continued. The rawness, accents, slang etc are part of what make your content authentic (and not part of a paid endorsement). Please keep doing what you’re doing.
Nice little tour through west Yorkshire there buddy. Used to live not far from the Blacksmiths Arms, wish I still did tbh. 😂
I've found the best way to shoot videos is a gimbal, with a little flexi tripod attached. Keeps the image stable while walking, you can wrap the legs round trees or golf carts,and you can flick between forward and rear facing shots with ease.
When we get back into it, this is the set up I'll opt for, plus better audio. It's so important.
I have been watching your golf channel from the beginning. At first it was all about keeping golf alive during a very bad time we were all going through. What a great job you did. Rules with joule’s and your walks around the golf course talking about golf was spot on.
Your approach to golf then and now was positive fresh and very much on point. Off the back of watching your channel I have picked up many golf tips and made changes to my game that has helped improve my game. Thanks 😊
Congratulations on your success.
Cheers ⛳️🏌️♂️
Gary your content and quality has really progressed since the beginning, thank you for your work.
The best content is definitely honest and down to earth stuff which you have in spades gaz. You are great when you have someone to bounce off, especially the ones with jadzia. Don’t lose the accent! You do a great job and I don’t see the channel doing anything other than growing.
Great video with some great advice! We are a group of mates from Ireland that just started a golf RUclips.
Good luck guys! Don’t waste any of your content, no matter how bad you might think it is, when you’re new, you can get away with it, and people love to see the raw content, and your improvements month by month 👍🏼
@@garymartingolf Yeah we are going for a comedy angle. We are all very competitive but only started playing golf last year so we are terrible. But we love it all the same! I’ll keep an eye for more videos you post. Thanks
You’ve done great. The series on Taheed was fantastic.
Thanks 👌🏼
I think that you've improved beyond words compared to when you started. Some of the titles you initially had were difficult to understand what the vlog was even about. You seemed to have nailed that now!
Thanx GM!! Really good stuff. Have thought about it but I am just an OK golfer with a lot of interests. Maybe someday!!
Cracking video Gaz and every video has been amazing and I look forward to watching everyone
Congratulations on 12 months, and thanks very much for all the effort Gary. Please don't change the style too much though - I suspect that the majority of your subscribers appreciate it for what it is, and in my view you have one of the best contents out there for golfers like myself. Cheers.
This was a great video for me, I started recording vlogs about 6 months ago and have just got my logo finished. The music side was really interesting and I have been using a phone for recording.
Hoping to get my social media platforms up and running in a week or so and then the channel launched in May.
It's been great seeing you start and where you've got to now, keep it up Gaz
Great vid, think this vid works in a more general sense too, I'm a designer and am always so scared of posting if things aren't perfect, but this has made me feel a bit more comfortable about just getting things out into the world!
congrats on your first year on YT. I have really enjoyed your company, help and advice. You and Matt Fryer have helped me drop to 16 from 24 over the last 12 months. Thank you keep up the brilliant work Gaz. Can I just say like most 'working class' blokes you are your own biggest critic, go a bit easier on yourself be critical not harsh!! I love the accent but as my ex Divisional Officer told me when I was in the Navy, as he could not understand the speed I spoke and my 'Geordie' accent: slow down and enunciate, then slow down a little more. You don't lose your accent but if you slow down people from Surrey may be able to understand a Northern accent lol
Thanks John, also, that’s great feedback and something I will try to focus on 👌🏼👌🏼 thanks for all your support.
Great Video Gaz and a true insight into the world of RUclips. As you know from when I came on the channel I was interested in maybe setting up my own channel so it's great to hear some of the essentials needed to do just that 👍
Great tips mate 👍, I can’t make RUclips videos because I have a strong Scottish accent so I would need subtitles 😂.
Some good points. Nowadays you can get such great quality 4K footage just from mobiles. I too also have a small cheap tripod off amazon (with a small Bluetooth button that starts/stops the video) which I can attach to the top of my trolley and record my swing out on course. Top tip - I close the tripod legs together and slot it down into my umbrella holder set vertically. Works great, and you can still push your trolley round with the camera on there.
Well done on the 1st year, you've covered a lot of topics not just golf related that will have helped people. I think the intro and music gives you am identity so I would keep that. Good luck for the next year keep it up
Hiya not sure where driving a blogging fits in with the Highway Code!
Great video…. Thinking about starting to do golf content and my journey to maybe winning a comp at my club that I’m a member at. Any advice on first videos?
Just sharing who you’re, your current hcp, where you play and your mission. Even if it’s just 60 seconds. Share it on your social platforms, and then let the comments guide you to the next video
Great insight video. I think you striped the fairway right down the center and hit all the important points. Nice to see the lavalier microphone clipped to your windbreaker.
When shooting my RUclips videos I find I often speak slowly as I'm thinking about what I'm saying so I will speed them up a little bit when necessary/possible without it showing/being obvious in the video. 😆
The introduction music doesn't blow my drums anymore. You're channel is getting better. Subtitles would help 😂
Is that the Gary Martin golf thing, or just having music in the introduction following the Gary Martin golf. Thanks
@@garymartingolf only joking about the subtitles. I love the straight Jon bull attitude to teaching golf, and taking money off James, bonus.
Point 1: Love the intro, since you need to pay for the music service, maybe get your money’s worth and add some music or sound effects inside the videos.
Point 2: The accent is awesome. Half the fun is trying to decipher some of the local sayings.
Point 3: Love that you are trying different things to find your niche.
Thanks Dom, you’re right, I really should try to include more music. This is great feedback on the accent, this opinion is shared by others in the comments, and it’s something I didn’t know 👌🏼 Thanks
Great video and love the honesty. For me music for golf related content doesn't add much. I see so many people who don't quite get the volume levels right and have switched off historically if that's the case. Keep up the good work Gary
Good honest video - did James teach you to have at least half of the video title in CAPITALS as we can't read words in lower case?
Yes 🤣🤣
Great video Gary, always look forward to your videos, keep up the good work 👍👏
I have a decent Mac, so I shot my back 9 with my phone in 4K 24 with the Mics connected to the phone so it’s perfect. Then I edit in 1080 so I can crop.
Keep at it Gaz, you're improving all the time. As for your accent is fine, as long as you don't start including old Yorkshire like gradely, or tha knows,ya big apporth 😁😁
I've been here from the start Gaz and your content has improved and I enjoy the variety especially rules with Jules. I would like you to do some more instruction videos, your one on hitting hybrids was excellent so for me, long irons would be a good next video, it's an area i think many golfers struggle. The quality of image and sound have improved so carry on mate 👍👍🏌️🏌️
I think you have done a great job from scratch. My tip would be drive faster, Reginald Molehusband was holding up a lot a traffic ! Second tip ditch the music subscription and You, James and Jules record your own song, instead of straight down the middle, it could be left, right, bogey bogey. More stuff in 2022 and beyond.
Ahaha 🤣
Thanks so much for the info. Myself and my mate where thinking of starting one in next two months or so. We just started middle of last year at range and going to join a club this week hopefully. We where thinking of calling it the Two Handicappers. As we both would be starting off 18 handicaps and goals to get too ten. Anyways is that name liable to be classed as discrimination by RUclips. Liked and subscribed.
I can’t see anyone having a problem with the name.
I found your experience helpful. Thanks 🤙🔥🇺🇸
Good luck with your channel. Enjoy the process of making content, and share it across as many platforms and through as many friends groups as possible. All the best 👌🏼
I would have to agree. I get better footage with my iPhone. I shot my first video with a DJI action camera, and DJI mics but I recorded the back 9 with my phone. I’m not going to use anything else.
Your mics should pair up with your phone okay. I always film in 1080 30 too, helps speed up editing. 1080 60 is awful, unless your computer is tremendous.
Your accent was a problem when I first started watching your vlogs, but I have gotten better at understanding or you have gotten better. I watch a lot of BBC content so your vlog has helped me watching those shows. You would probably have trouble with my Texas accent!
Videography, photography etc is similar to golf equipment really. You can buy the best of everything but if you don't know how to get the best out of it then it's a waste. Learn how to do the basics first and then add little bits extra as you get better.
It's so easy to fall into the marketing trap in any hobby you start.
Great great point rob, didn’t think about it like that
Great insight Gary, keep up the good work 👍🏻👍🏻
Great video - enjoy content. Defo don’t need any music, the content speaks for itself. Btw - does this mean the CL final is coming out soon? Was beginning to think I may have missed it…
idioms and accents are fine when explained a couple times, when you get in a crowd or people it can be confusing
Using the local slang and accent makes it more interesting for me.
Can you put a link for the software you use. Can you use with android phone. And a link for those personal mics. Sound man
Google
Canva (thumbnails)
Epidemic sounds (livened music) not essential, don’t have to use music, but if you do, it has to be licensed or RUclips will de monetise you, it gets picked up straight away.
Shot tracer pro (MacBook or windows)
Microphones - saramonic sounds blink 500 (essential to stop wind noise) about £160 these days
I don’t use android, so I couldn’t answer for that. I use iPhone and MacBook
How do you go about getting sponsors ?
You’re asking the wrong person 😂 I’ve not got any lol
Thanks Gary, Away from golf , I have a pilot channel coming together,
( watersports ex professional, participating > the coaching later in life)
But completely at a loss how to start, always using the Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) laws in life.
Gaz you can get a grand fine using your phone while driving
On the subject of using music, it's not the use of it that gripes me but where and when it's used! Haven't noticed any misplaced tunes in your vids though Gaz👍.
Oh, and it's not "burt" it's " but"! 😂
Cheers for the vid and insight. Question, how many views / subscribers do you reckon you'd need to start making say £500 a month?
8200 minutes watch time a month with approx 5 adverts in each video (3 vids a week), I know this because that’s what I do .
I have 11.5 subs, but that’s irrelevant, you can earn money once over 1000.
Thanks for the info mate.
I’m starting and I will return myinsta360 x3 and just use my smart phone. Thank you. I’m not even sure an action cam is good for golf. Not much action
Ideally, get a phone that matches the devise you’re editing on , that way, you’ll find it easy transferring big files
Keep your hands on the wheel!
Keep up the good work though.
I thought about creating a golf youtube channel...just for me. But man, video editing takes hours...which takes away from my golf time! So no youtube channel for me...I would rather spend the time enjoying golf!
I don’t think I’m going to start a channel with this ugly mug! I do agree with you Gaz! Your videos have been even better since the swap to the iPhone. And we don’t here you crying out my arm my arm is tired lol
Keep up the good work! I think the mics work to good. You hear the guest breathing way to much during the matches lol
Do these lavender mics smell nice :) , Lavalier my friend, not lavender. The capabilities of a recent iphone have improved to the extent that unless you have someone else present doing the filming with a dedicated camera it is always going to be the better option. Sound is always the hard one as you are filming outdoors and balancing unwanted noise, wind etc, with enough wanted noise to make it sound good . I use a zoom H2 portable audio recorder ( new model is the H4N ) when producing my own content which is sports related although then I have to synchronise audio and video in post which takes longer. That content by the way is not related to the account this comment is posted from, just in case anyone thinks I'm looking for free advertising. Keep being yourself, fake personalities are not pleasant viewing. - Mark
I like the music if its mellow. Golf like music guitars are usually good. Heavy or rap doesn't get it for me but you aren't doing this just for me. I love the accent. I'm a yank.
Ah horsesh*t !! Part of the fun is figuring out what the h#ll your sayin… comin from the U.S. keep it 💯 brother, I don’t want a watered down version of any of you guys !!! 🏌️♂️
That’s great feedback. Thank you 👌🏼
Youve come on a lot but had great content from day one. Plus you vary it. No previews please and surely you don’t call that music 🤣🤣
You are way better than james