How to Edit Music to Your Video for Impact

Step-by-step tutorial and tips for editing your music for maximum impact in your video. Featuring FCP X but useful for all editing systems. Featuring music by Artlist.io. Learn filmmaking from me! myfilm.school/edit-music
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Very helpful to us composers as well to get insight on how editors are using music. :)

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Music adds life and drama to your clips. "Hit marks" help a lot. Thank you teacher for this video.

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This is a great tip and very useful to understand how to edit music. Thanks Brandon!

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Nice video! I think picking the right music is often the hardest part of editing, especially if done after hours of editing. So an additional tip is to pick the music before editing, or at least having an idea in your head about tempo and theme.

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