Truth - New song and some questions

First, a link to my latest amazing creation. It's a bit more country sounding that I ended, but I'll just call it "Americana"

Truth


Now, other than the standard "How does everyone like my new song?" questions, I have another one:
What are people using for video work? I have some videos on YouTube of my and my guitar, but I'd like to experiment with something a little more complex than me singing into my camcorder. If anyone has suggestions for decent, but not super fancy/expensive, video software, I'd love to hear it!

I'll have to take a look at PowerDirector, $99 is about my upper range, thanks for the feedback! I definitely agree with needing someone behind the camera, though, that would be a HUGE help!

Thanks!

Thanks Wookiee! You know... there IS a little reverb in there, very subtle though. I tried several different settings, and everything seemed to add TOO much space, so I kept toning it down. I need to play around with the different 'verbs more, I think, to get a better feel for them.

Thanks Phil! I have some other songs which have more production to them, and one of them(called On You) came out really well. That said, the more time I spend thinking about what my upcoming CD should sound/feel like, the more I find I'm leaning to this basic, clean sound for the whole thing.

Very nice - I really like this one.

OK, the song sounds really good, nicely mixed and recorded, I do all my listening on cheap speakers (I have monitors but if it sounds good on these speakers, the mix is good)

As for the video, think outside the box, you don't need to be in it,  Have the guitar sitting on a porch, on a rocking chair and use this as a motif.  Then think about the lyrics and find images that fit the motif of the words.  People have got this video clip thin all wrong.

The video clip is a direct desendent of dali and bunuel un chien andalou (look this up), or if you like surrelisim (sorry can't be bothered with spell check), or if you like it's a dream.  So you could be repesented by the Guitar in the chair.  At the end of the song put the camera on a tripod and have you walking away into the distance, I know this is a bit corny but thats what I see when I hear the music.  it's late in the afternoon, the sun is just setting, dust,dogs.  I know all corny stuff but I think these images juxtaposed together would work.  And don't forget if you do want to put yourself into the video, once again put the camera on a tripod, sit in the rocking chair and film yourself mimining the song and juxtapose the empty rocking chair and you sitting on it.  Hopefully this has given you some food for thought.

COREL VideoStudio Pro x4 is only $50, it's a handy editor with some useful effects AND it burns DVD's, Blue Rays and publishes to YouTube...it's a really great deal and I've used many different expensive editing programs, x4 will do what you want.