Mainly I just cut the video into rough shape then find a song the right length and fine-trim to tase, inspiration usually comes along sooner or later. Like this…
I'd never in a million years thought of using that song, originally I soundtracked it with Brass Monkey by the Beastie Boys, which wasn't quite the same 🙂 Not that it's an amazing vid, but I was pleased with how it came out, and as soon as I dropped the song onto it, it was just right.
I've managed to use a few of the ones I really wanted to, Mogwai Fear Satan despite being enormously long got into one, Roll On by the Living End into another, and I finally managed to shoehorn Mountain Song by Jane's Addiction into a Fort William video. Though I had to use the Sepultura cover to make it fit the vid.
Then again, I got fed up of endless dance, rap and nu metal motorbike vids so I developed a taste for slightly different soundtracks…
And it's a bit of an easy one but it's only a matter of time til I do something with Mountains by Biffy Clyro… The session version not the Guns N Roses-esque album version though.