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How to make promo videos?

My band has been regularly gigging for a couple of years now. I’ve been trying to get some reasonable video of live performances to put on our FB page, and the only way I’ve done it till now has been to put a camera in a corner and press record, and then cut what comes out into individual songs. You can see the kind of thing on our page: www.facebook.com/wearemovingtargets. This is “OK” as at least potential bookers and punters can get an idea of what we sound like; but it’s not really any kind of professional presentation.

Does anyone have any experience of making a more sophisticated video, with actual cuts between different shots, over a song? I’m struggling with how to keep one audio track underneath and to ensure the video keeps in sync with the audio. I’ve been using apps to cut and paste stuff together, but the basic ones don’t have the exactness of editing accuracy needed, and before I look at spending cash on something more sophisticated I thought I’d throw it out there to see who’s had any experience that can help.
 
I’m sure there’s free video software that allows you to do this, but the only video work I’ve done involved syncing already cut video to a single audio track. You could setup an audio recorder by the mixing board to catch the sound of the band from one angle, then film from multiple angles. Using the time code from the video, you should be able to cut things together seamlessly and sync the audio so it lines up with each video clip flawlessly.

I’m sure there’s a YouTube tutorial for this kind of thing.
 
I’m sure there’s free video software that allows you to do this, but the only video work I’ve done involved syncing already cut video to a single audio track. You could setup an audio recorder by the mixing board to catch the sound of the band from one angle, then film from multiple angles. Using the time code from the video, you should be able to cut things together seamlessly and sync the audio so it lines up with each video clip flawlessly.

I’m sure there’s a YouTube tutorial for this kind of thing.
Great: thanks. Stupidly I hadn’t thought of YouTube!
 
Great: thanks. Stupidly I hadn’t thought of YouTube!
It’s alright, these things happen.

Essentially, you want to use one stationary sound source; if you were to use the audio from multiple video sources, you’d contend with differences in band volume, tone, and balance. A smart phone would work in a pinch, but a stereo audio recorder would be better. Whatever it is, centered to get an even stereo spread of the bands sound is preferred to being off to one side or the other of the stage. If you play venues that mic or take a DI from the whole band, you could use a recorder to take a stereo mix down direct from the board.

The video editing process is then whatever goes on for making a ‘regular’ music video, so hit up YouTube for ‘diy music video’ and other related how tos.
 
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