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Current Rewards (Current Music) iOS App Review

by Kyle BurbankApr 15, 2024

Some time ago, Instagram introduced me to an app called Current Rewards — also known as Current Music (and not to be confused with the neobanking app Current). For a time, I got pretty into it and even purchased the Mode Phone, which took the Current Rewards concept to a...

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What I Learned From Making YouTube Shorts for 30 Days in a Row

by Kyle BurbankJun 21, 2023

Last fall, I wrote about my experience making my very first YouTube Short. After crafting those initial few Shorts, I largely gave up on the format for whatever reason. But, when fellow creator Jeff Rose suggested a 30 Day Shorts Challenge, I decided to take him up on the idea....

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A Look at the YouTube Creator Music Platform for Song Licensing

by Kyle BurbankFeb 16, 2023

Have you ever posted a YouTube video and then looked at your dashboard to discover that your content had been claimed due to a song you used? In some cases, these situations could mean that the copyright holder of a song you used would suddenly get part (or all) of...

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Envato Elements Review: How Does the Stock Asset Option Stack Up?

by Kyle BurbankFeb 2, 2023

A few years ago, I discovered that incorporating stock footage into my YouTube videos made my job as video editor much easier while also adding more energy to my finished product. When I first started with stock video, I had a subscription to what was then known as Videoblocks and...

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YouTube Shorts: Creating My First Short and What I Learned

by Kyle BurbankOct 27, 2022

Over the course of the five years that I've been publishing content on YouTube, the platform has seen a number of changes. Yet, what is perhaps the biggest update to the site arrived stateside last year with the introduction of YouTube Shorts. Even more recently, the offering made headlines (including...

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Stock Video Footage: Pros, Cons, and Options for YouTube Creators

by Kyle BurbankJul 13, 2022 3

This may shock you, but not everything you see on YouTube is 100% produced by the creator uploading the video ;)  Instead, in some cases, they may be using what's called "stock footage" to accompany their talking head clips or voiceover. So where do these creators find such clips —...