How I make these videos (Rael's unscripted waffle)

A short un-scripted explanation of how I make these prog documentaries.
Before they're all wiped by the copyright bots!
Seriously, if you have anything you like repeatedly watching, I suggest downloading it using a KZbin ripping site - here is a good one:
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[@progessiverockstories]

A little bit of impromptu fun here to explain some of how I make these videos. I forgot to mention that some people very, very close to the bands (friends, family, management and people involved in the actual production of the albums) have contacted me over the last year to say how much they enjoyed the videos, and like YOUR comments, this all means a lot to me. Hope you enjoy this short 'home-made' video until the next real (rael) one.

[@gmellett902]

I’m probably speaking for many folks here.. I subscribe to 70 ish KZbin channels and nothing excites me more than when I see a video from you in my subscription queue.

[@progessiverockstories]

Wow! cheers mate.

[@Itsjustjess352]

There just aren’t any other channels (at least that I’ve seen) with music documentaries that are anywhere near the same quality as Rael’s. Can’t wait for more Genesis! :)

[@oiramsq73]

Speaking strictly for myself - when your videos appear on my YT dashboard it is a good day. Like a bolt from beyond telling me to take a time out and rediscover something that I’ve been listening to for many, many years. I love them. And yes - it would be an incredibly surreal feeling to go to the mailbox and pull out something written in the “Duke” font. As if the album and the story of the album just took a weird turn into the present and you’re part of it. Well, actually, you ARE part of it now.

[@coldteasounds]

I generally get the idea that the work you put into these videos is totally appreciated by your followers. Personally, I listen to a lot of music documentaries and your presentation, delivery and the general feel is more often than not, better than professionally released stuff. Keep on, keeping on. And thanks.

[@TheChadTI]

You're a great artist man.God bless🙏

[@progessiverockstories]

You seem to be an assured gentleman, and one not to be trifled with. Thank you Sir.

[@farmboypresents9977]

I agree. You do awesome work, about my fave bands from my youth. Thanks. Hope they all stay up.

[@sunkenindeaf]

Dear Mr Rymill, wish you all safe, all well. Waving from Istanbul. _PS -- Hurra for Audacity and Shotcut._

[@johnmiller3689]

Your videos are amazing, love the Genesis content!

[@philgallagher1]

Hey Rael! I love these videos and hope you can keep them up and growing! I have a special playlist I've made up so hopefully if the worst happens, I've got copies of them! I save your vid of a particular album and then follow it with the full album. Then I can watch you explain all about how it was made then listen to the album again with "new ears!" It really enhances the enjoyment of the album! It's also great to hear a fellow Scouser providing a background to some of my favourite music! It takes me right back to the 70's and early 80's when we could actually afford to buy tickets to see these bands! (Unlike today when it costs hundreds of pounds to see bands in a field where you are half a mile from the stage!!) Keep up the good work, sir! I'm looking forward to seeing where you take us next!

[@progessiverockstories]

It's a pleasure to make them mate. Another one is in the works as we speak! Check back in a month.

[@git606]

Thank you for doing these videos, amazing amount of information which was new to me despite being a fan for over 40 years. The time and effort you put into them really shows and is so appreciated. I hope you can continue and hope the channel grows so that maybe you could do this full time 🤞

[@martijnvaassen]

You're gonna be so happy with the generative fill feature in the current Photoshop Beta version. Love your videos!!!

[@progessiverockstories]

Just looked at it. I agree, it's incredible, but for me, it would mean (1) I have no challenge and (2) I'd miss the art aspect of it. Pushing pixels around on a screen manually and making decisions about it is like ART for me. It's very relaxing. I'll take my old version of Paintshop Pro that I use to my grave!

[@bladerunner925]

unbelievable amount of work that goes into these vids. A true labour of love. Chapeau.

[@audiotomb]

your album studies are absolutely brilliant! A true labor of love. Thank you so much!!! I drop everything to watch these. I have lived in the times of these albums and yet you bring something key that is not well know to the topic - brilliant! The lost Yes Revolver and Tormato lps were stellar

[@TonyAMO]

This is so great! This is some perfect inspiration for anyone who wants to delve into making video essays about prog rock! Thank you for this!

[@Originalspruce]

I have enjoyed all your videos and now I have seen behind the scenes I am really impressed with your dedication and attention to detail. Especially working with some relatively basic applications. Top marks to you!

[@ClubCommonSense]

That's amazing the level of effort you put into your work. It certainly takes documentary making to a new level. This is not unlike how Ken Burns introduced the Ken Burns Effect. Now we know the behind the scenes magic of the Rael-Effect.

[@PeteGenesis]

Many thanks for mentioning me, Rael. Thanks for sharing the whole process how to make your documentary video. That is a lot of work that needs so much passion. Looking forward to seeing your next documentary. Best wishes.

[@JunkyardDong]

I love your videos! Thank you so much for the work you put into them!

[@craigfazekas3923]

Dong Work For Yuda ? Give me uh water, HTO... 🚬😎👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn2YpqaKqtl9nbc

[@trilingual6725]

Your videos are tremendous! Thank you so much for what you have been doing!!

[@paulvallandigham6701]

Thank you for creating these videos! I first discovered Genesis in the late 1970's when a friend put Wind & Wuthering on his turntable and I was captivated from the very beginning until the end. I appreciate all the research and artwork/photo work you do. Please keep doing them!

[@stephenhuggins4710]

Brilliant. Really enjoy your fantastic documentaries. Please keep up the excellent work.

[@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849]

This was great to get some insight into your process. I've been a freelance audio post editor for over 10 years and taught myself digital audio under similar circumstances...in my free time by trial & error and internet research stemming from personal projects about the bands I love. You have a knack for documentary storytelling and I look forward to everything you produce in the future!

[@patrickjmorgan]

Most of the pictures, I don’t see or study. It’s the storyline I listen to. Always good and educational. Thanks! The word soon gets around, I’m not surprised the number of views as you tell stories with bits in that people don’t know - even old sods like me who were around in the days when these vinyls were purchased!

[@meowcula]

Really appreciate what you do. I especially like how you isolate one instrument and it was neat to see how you did that.

[@bernabepagani2608]

Es un gran trabajo, hombre. Todo suena muy inglés y a la vez, ya sabes, aquí estoy en Uruguay escuchando esto. Amo la música progresiva, tengo 61... o sea, hace casi 50 que la escucho. Esto es muy creativo y es increíble que hables de una especie de "disco alternativo" pues lo pensé enseguida, en una casa de playa en unas vacaciones. De hecho me hice tracks cortando y pegando MP3. Es genial. Gracias!!

[@ottmarsoulier7432]

Sheer brilliance Rael. Thank you so much ❤

[@raymondregis6219]

Very impressive work. Been a Genesis fan since 76. Thanks.

[@abaf209]

Your videos really helped getting into plenty of prog band, thank you very much !

[@brynstocker2647]

You are a legend Sir ! I’ve received so much knowledge and entertainment from your hard work. Thank you so very much !!

[@sspbrazil]

Your vídeos are fantastic man, please don’t stop making them. I’m a film/video editor, so I can clearly see how much time you put into these videos.

[@JCM-LedZeppelin-Stories]

You inspired me to make documentaries here on YT! Cheers to you sir!

[@sonnymitchell1113]

This was so cool! I can’t wait for you to do foxtrot!

[@amydefalco3730]

Your vids are brilliant. I hope they get to stay up for a bit. Sorta the thing that I would do if I had the time (and access to the stuff you've found!).

[@Mishkacat123]

This was great to see - and to know how much work you put in - very grateful to you. All of your videos are so good and well made and bring to life the works of these artists. It is a shame the "robots" pull this stuff in the name of money. I do hope you continue to keep us ageing proggers entertained. Many thanks to you - although you should have left your address visible - I could have sent a case of wine!!

[@antitheist2000]

Rael you do a fantastic job and I and my friends love the docs you do 😊😊

[@sitacula]

Your exquisite channel make me weep for the perfection and Quality of your videos

[@progessiverockstories]

Gracias por sus amables palabras

[@joeydeezer]

Sorry to be such a yes man (pun very much intended), but it is nice to see how the process comes together. Your hard work does not go unnoticed. Would love to see a Q&A so we can find out more about how this came to be and learn more about the creator.

[@darwinrgv]

Rael, the result of your work is spectacular. You once replied to my comment with more details about how you extracted audio from 5.1 DVDs. Thanks to you I was able to extract the multitracks of several legendary albums (such as the entire Genesis discography, the first ELP albums, Free Hand and Gentle Giant's Octopus). I would like to help you in some way - because your work is amazing! If any of those albums I mentioned are on your roadmap for upcoming videos, I can gladly send you the audio multitracks of the DVDs! Mainly as a way of saying thank you and to contribute to your channel! Thanks again for everything.

[@progessiverockstories]

Can you email me directly? [e-mail]

[@sergioreyes5111]

Thanks for sharing your work and your techniques

[@sulaimanaldousari9859]

It’s time for new genesis album documentary , it’s been almost a year since the last one Much appreciated

[@Itsjustjess352]

I have my fingers & toes crossed for Foxtrot!! 🤞🏼💕 🎶

[@bvankalker]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing these insights. Love the Pink Floyd documentaries! 👍🏽🤓 Keep it up. 🙌🏽

[@theyak7912]

Hi Rael, I certainly love your videos along with everyone else who is leaving these fabulous comments for you! We all support your great work! I can vouch that it does take a lot of time and effort to produce a single upload, and unfortunately there is no avenue for renumeration without some support from subscribers when ‘original music’ has been used in an upload. I’ve bought you a ‘Coffee’. Cheers mate. Tom.

[@progessiverockstories]

Cheers Bruce!, I'll be sure to check out your channel and I suspect others lurking here will. G'day.🦘

[@craigfazekas3923]

Thanks for doing this- insightful !! Suggestion for ya.... Quadrophenia deep dive. Backround on Townshend's writing, the Mod movement, the album, the tour & related stories, the movie, actors, director, the soundtrack album, how Moon's death affected the production of the movie, everything Quad. I think you'd do it serious justice & it would catch 🔥 among rock fans & Who fans. Any prog fan loves & respects The Who.... Can't wait for your next entry/upload, chief ❣ 🚬😎👍

[@progessiverockstories]

It would be great in terms of the story and imagery, I agree. 🎯

[@blakely555]

You’re doing the Lord’s work mate. Cheers.

[@jamesrmore]

Yes to the non-prog musicians you showed. We clearly have similar tastes and each would be an amazing story. Learned to play keys in a band due to the Doors. So if you need key clips, 😅. Just went on a Manassas discovery based on love of CSN&Y and seeing Stephen Stills perform 10 feet from me. Sly must be a phenomenal story being highly skilled performer going back to 1969 at Woodstock. Already foreshadowing funk etc. Best wishes! Love your work and your use of shareware. Peace ✌️

[@KatamariHypno]

Great video, quite informative. Completely unrelated but I feel like you'd enjoy Yezda Urfa's "Boris". Yes-inspired prog record. I just figured I'd share it because it feels like something you'd enjoy.

[@petemeyers5342]

Love your videos! Keep it up.

[@Doug_Piranha]

Thanks from all of us for the great videos you make. Nice also to hear (in the Selling England video) that you're such a massive Beatles fan (... but who isn't, when I come to think of it ;-). I've love a lot of music, but at the top it must be Beatles, Genesis and Prefab Sprout ... and Bach and Beethoven of course ... and Return To Forever. I wish someone could make videos as good and magical as yours about them. Skål!

[@progessiverockstories]

Cheers! - Glad you enjoy the videos. The next should be out in about a month.

[@redstrat1234]

Excellent work sir

[@haydenarlington8256]

Go right ahead with making videos about non-prog albums, I would love to see one on Houses of The Holy.

[@khaz606]

Wow! You put in the work. Thanks for your efforts. You can always redo the one’s you’re not happy with and put the old one on private. I’ve been remastering some old videos, as you learn as you go along. It's more for myself to be honest. I think you should retitle this video so that other music doc channels can search how to make great one’s. The sound on some music and audio channels are awful. You're great sonically or visually.

[@minormajor11]

When I see Audacity and Shotcut program, I'm just like "Ahh.... we're on the same page"

[@TheAlbumReviewGuy]

Hi. Great video -super interesting and very informative. Thanks for this. All the best. Dave ✅✅

[@FranciscoEdgar-xc9fx]

I personally shared key extracts of your W&W vidéo to à band member you speak very nicely of..hopefully hello check out your vidéos. They are GREAT! I know a lot about the band read books, met some membres ( 4 of the 5..) but I learned a lot with you. Thanks !

[@johnmichaelrichards]

Thank you.

[@nicodegallo7886]

Hi Rael, did u manage to archive any of Brady Arnold’s phase cancellation isolation stuff from TFTO or Relayer? I’m looking to try and preserve that stuff on KZbin, and maybe clean them up some more to try and get full clean instrument isolations. Thanks for your help, you are an inspiration!

[@progessiverockstories]

Sorry, no. Once I make the videos I just delete all of the parts I use - something I am starting to regret. I won't ask Brady if I were you. 👿

[@BudsRPGreview]

Keep on fighting the good fight Lee. BTW, did you know that The Musical Box are touring The Lamb for the last time? I was hoping we could go and see them at the Phil for one last time, but it looks like that's a no-no now.

[@nsgobbi]

Dear rael-nyc (I’d like to know your REAL name, no tricks..😂). No doubt you are from UK but if you are willing to reveal the city I’d also appreciate. I really do not remember how I step on your channel but like “Daily Doug” you together were the 2 best gems I carved from the internet in years. Your documentaries are BBC level if not better. I’m 65 and being a prog rock listener since my 11-12 (1969-70) I lived all the golden era of the genre, but the information we used to receive at those times, particularly from our local media (São Paulo, Brasil) weren’t the most comprehensive and accurate. Lucky me (and friends!) the “complete thruth” is now accessible. Thank you very much, long live to rael-nyc.

[@KazBodnar]

his name is Lee :)

[@progessiverockstories]

"On a par with the Daily Doug"... I'll accept that! Thanks for the accolade, I'm glad that you enjoy the videos. Best Wishes - Lee from... Liverpool! (Didn't the accent give it away?)

[@nsgobbi]

@@progessiverockstoriesThanks, man. Difficult for a native Portuguese-BR speaker to notice specific accents such yours, I mean, to identify the region, city, etc, although Scottish & Aussies are easy. I need to visit Liverpool😂👍🙏

[@korglanhoffer]

I love your indepth reviews! My burning question is: How and where do you get the raw video and audio snippets?

[@TrevorDennis100]

You mentioned cleaning up the images you use, and colourizing a lot of them. Do you use Photoshop for that? Photoshop's Neural Filters have both Restoration and Colorize functions, and they work remarkably well, and perhaps more importantly from your point of view, very quickly. This is Ai of course, or what Adobe call Sensei, and it is making the sort of work that people like myself do from decades of experience, available to everyone. I can tell you that your hard work is much appreciated. I have only just found your channel, and I am working my way though your entire catalog.

[@TrevorDennis100]

I made the above comment part way in to this video, and I am now hearing that you add background to change aspect ratio of some images. Photoshop's Ai now has something they call Generative Expand that automatically fills in the image when you add canvas. Unfortunately, I think if you have the cheap Photography Plan, it limits what they call Generative Credits, and you only get something like 100 goes per month.

[@progessiverockstories]

As you can probably tell, I'm an old-fashioned chap. I use a ten year-old version of Corel Paintshop Pro and a few on-line packages (My Heritage for the colouring and Wondershare for the sharpening) I am aware I could get the same results in less time but it would destroy the creative, problem-solving and artistic side of this thing that I enjoy... This thing is like 'art therapy' for me! The copyright bots will wipe it all sooner or later, so I'll enjoy the ride whist it lasts.

[@881881]

I would love to see a video about Genesis’ “Trespass” album.

[@progessiverockstories]

The closed you're probably getting is my Nursery Cryme video which touches on Trespass to a degree. However, part of me would love to do something with Genesis to Revelation and somehow re-make it without the strings and with acoustic guitars and Mellotron etc. Shame I can't actually play anything!

[@881881]

@@progessiverockstories yes I may be in the minority but I like “Revelation” Yes less strings,more Mellotron would be great but they didn’t have access to one so early in their career. Great work much appreciated.

[@poppydogz]

And there's me thinking you just copy/paste some one elses video's 😳 I'm loving your work so far and learned so much about my favorite bands (Genesis and Yes) who I have seen live many times.. Please cover Tormato when you get a minute🙏 Cheers 🍻 Btw I named my son 'Rael' 26 years ago... Thanks..

[@progessiverockstories]

Copying and pasting... I wish! "Rael" eh?! Nice one. I wanted 'Cabinessence' for my daughter but the wife vetoed it.

[@poppydogz]

@@progessiverockstories I had to look up 'Cabinessence' and tbh I've never been a fan of the Beach Boys. I can understand your wife not being so keen though, it would have been a pain for your daughter having to spell that name to everyone she met 😂 it wasn't so bad for Rael.. Keep up the great work fella and a Happy New Year 🍻 Cheers..

[@Mel_ilm]

You are doing God's work. What about Peter Hammill's In Camera?

[@Mattenke]

Can't wait for you to tackle Aphrodite's Child's "666"! ❤️

[@progessiverockstories]

It'll be a long wait....

[@sazarod]

Love your work! You would Save a ton of time using stable diffusion outpainting to expand the images, I reckon. Saves hours of effort for me. Give me a shout if you want advice on how to get started.

[@progessiverockstories]

Hmmm, I like the look of that software and may give it a go. However, although it's time-consuming, I do enjoy the challenge of working out how to clean up / expand images. It's like art in that respect and very meditative. I will give it a go though - thanks.

[@sazarod]

​@@progessiverockstories I totally understand! Dalle-2 is another option, which is way easier to use than SD, with no installation required.

[@andydan3053]

Any chance of "for your pleasure" by roxy music?

[@HARRY-iq3ww]

If KZbin is like eBay, they'll likely let you continue for a while before taking any drastic action. I used to sell logo items on eBay and did quite well for a couple of years before I was tattled on. eBay then deleted a few of my 500 or so items with a fairly stern warning. I continued on without giving it too much thought but within a year (and with no warning) suddenly my account was locked. Food for thought. I love these tho and wish you the best.

[@progessiverockstories]

I'll just ride the train until it de-rails... or de-RAELS. I could do with another hobby actually, because this one takes up too much time!

[@ChrisAcheson]

The “Mashup” term or a disclaimer should be used rather than stamping it as authentic Genesis, for example. It’s like painting a copy of a Monet and signing it with a Monet signature. That’s a problem.

[@progessiverockstories]

Not quite. The copyright bots are just automatically scanning a waveform pattern, not reading the disclaimer. What Im doing is producing a doc on Monet and not being allowed to use his paintings in it, something that could still be educational, but not half as good.

[@Manouchetones]

They’re brilliant these vids mate. Would it not help if you put a link to the original music and a disclaimer in the description? That might keep them happy

[@progessiverockstories]

Try telling that to Robert Fripp!

[@melvynparkin5871]

Hello just a quick message I really enjoy your videos how long does it take to make one? bye for now

[@progessiverockstories]

About 2 months. A month doing the script and images then 2 weeks each for the soundtrack and the actual video editing.

[@melvynparkin5871]

@rael nyc Thanks for the message. Please keep the videos coming. One of my favorites is the making of Relayer by YES. A few of the bands I've seen live. I was at the first Relayer tour in 1975 at Queens Park Rangers football ground and Genisis Lamb tour, I think it was at Empire Pool around the same time, bye for now, Melvyn Parkin

[@YearsOfLeadPoisoning]

You should invest in some AI outpainting software. It's designed to do exactly what you're doing manually - expanding images beyond what actually exists. You'll save hours in editing!

[@progessiverockstories]

I'm looking into it, however, if it was all don eat the click of a button, I wouldn't have as much of a hobby and wouldn't be thinking as much.

[@YesBootleg]

Nice name (for the video) lol

[@Mandibil]

Your dialect reminds me of Jeff Lynne !!

[@daftfish99]

Isn’t Jeff from the Midlands? I think rael nyc is from the Liverpool area.

[@progessiverockstories]

@@daftfish99 Defo! But then Jeff Lynne hung around with the Beatles a lot!

[@beatlebarbie9288]

I'm wondering which video here, did You Tube delete?

[@progessiverockstories]

I show it in this video. It was an audio only upload. A reimagining of the Genesis Tresspas album, called 'The Sheperd'. Obviously my upload denies them the millions they would earn from royalties from it....😏

[@opensourceradionics]

You could use "stable diffusion a1111" for image enhancing. There is no shame in using some AI for doing at least polishing work.

[@1ArtieFufkin]

You sound like a scouser 👍

[@progessiverockstories]

Kick this ass... kick this ass for a man... come on enjoy

[@1ArtieFufkin]

@@progessiverockstories 😂😂😂