We leave in 9 days for our CBR Disney vacation. After watching Wolfs Dance Orlando about 10,000 times, I really want to do our own! PS, if you haven't seen this you need to go to youtube ad search "wolfs dance orlando". Its the most awesome vacation video ever in the history of youtube.
My problem is this....THEY STOLE MY SONG!!! Life is a Highway is my DD4's favorite song. It would have been the perfect song for us to do. But I feel as if the Wolfs own it, they truly do!
So I need to choose a song that is fun, fitting and that my daughter knows the words to already. I'm looking to you for inspiration!
My ideas so far are:
Hakuna Matata
I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
Send me on my Way (from the movie Matilda?)
DD knows a lot of the Disney songs, so please, give me ideas!!!!!!! I'm open to lots of different genres!
Thanks!
First of all, thanks for the 10,000 views! When we made the "Wolfs Dance Orlando", it was really just for us and our Facebook friends. The DIS gave it a huge response which I never really expected. But the most important thing is that WE liked the video, and it means a lot more to us than it does to anyone watching it on the internet. It's something I expect we'll show the grandkids someday (along with our Branson and Christmas videos).
In other words, it's YOURS and no one else's. So I'd use Life is a Highway if that's the one most likely to excite your daughter.
I've watched a LOT of these videos since we made ours, and I'd much rather watch happy people with elevator music than a bunch of sticks in the mud with better music.
Be sure to watch DisneyJen0504's video. She proved you don't need kids to make a very entertaining show. It's all about attitude and enthusiasm. (She also chose a great song, with a very simple chorus.)
As far as YouTube restrictions, YouTube has a major dispute with Warner Music Group (WMG). WMG is blocking all of their music automatically the moment you upload it, whether they own the music or just distributed it. So first, take your music and try uploading it to YouTube with a video blank, or just a photo. (Leave the setting on "private" presuming you don't want to share it with the world.) If it uploads, you're good to go.
If it gets rejected because of the "dispute with WMG" you have three choices.
1) pick a different song (obviously before you leave on vacation).
2) pick a different video site where WMG isn't being a jerk. (Vimeo, etc.)
3) dispute the infringement claim by claiming "fair use" and your video will work instantly. (It takes less than 5 minutes by filling out a form on YouTube.)
YouTube can't publicize (3), but they're more than happy for you to claim fair use. Videos which have claimed fair use have been left untouched for a couple of years now, because WMG would have to fight every video individually.
YouTube is not the bad guy, WMG is. They've been muting family movies, graduations, etc. There have even been families who have made video tributes of a child who died, and WMG blocked it. Evil if you ask me.
I can't wait to see what you end up doing. If you look under our video on YouTube, you'll see some video responses. You ought to check those out. (DisneyJen0504 posted hers there.) Feel free to send yours to me as a video response when you're done. Good luck!