How many times does it take you to get a good enough video for the public to view?
An infinite number.
I recently set up my camcorder to do just the same thing, working in my living room which lacks a door to close it off from the rest of the house. Put the camcorder on the table, pressed start, walked to the front of the camera, sat down on the couch and started playing. Chose a song I wrote, something I can play in my sleep, I've practiced it so often. Should be easy, right? one, maybe two takes and I'll have a YouTube hit!
Cat jumped onto the table in front of the camera.
Stopped playing. Removed the cat. Stopped the camcorder. Erased the file. Started over.
Cat (a different cat) jumped on the couch and tried to sit in my lap beside the uke. When that didn't get attention, she rubbed her face against the uke. And purred. And dug her claws into my thigh.
Stopped playing. Removed the cat. Stopped the camcorder. Erased the file. Started over.
The first cat decided she didn't like the second cat in the same room, so she returned and chased her. They started running around the living room, jumping on furniture, hissing and spitting, batting at one another, over the table, in front of the camcorder. My attention was distracted. My fingers slipped and stuttered. I swore.
Stopped playing. Removed the cats. Stopped the camcorder. Erased the file. Started over.
It was the dog's turn the next time. She wanted to see what all the fuss was about and if she could get in on it. Tail in front of the lense, wagging happily while she waited for me to pet her. She moved closer, into the frame, capturning an exquisite shot of a dog's butt for posterity.
Stopped playing. Removed the dog. Stopped the camcorder. Erased the file. Put the camcorder on a tripod. Started over.
Then the cats raced back into the room and the dog followed thinking it was play-time, a merry race of three animals. The cats managed to race between the tripod legs without hitting them. The dog wasn't so agile. The good news is that the camcorder didn't hit the ground. The video, however, looked like I was making Cloverfield in my home.
Stopped playing. Removed the cats and the dog. Stopped the camcorder. Erased the file. Started over.
Managed to get through a whole song without cats or dog. Listened to it on playback.. Sounded thin and plinky. Went upstairs, got my amp, brought it downstairs, plugged it in and tried again.
This time it was too loud and boomy. Twiddled with the effects settings, added a smidgeon of reverb, dropped the volume. tried again.
This scenario repeated itself several times over the course of the afternoon. Twiddle, tweak, try again. Sometimes I stopped because I missed a note, or didn't like the way it sounded while I was playing. Or the phone rang. Or the mailman came by and set the dog barking in the hallway. Or I forgot to take something off the table and my foreground was a mess of papers and empty tea cups. Or the cord crackled unexpectedly. Or I moved my lips too much while playing and looked like a demented old man muttering to himself while playing. Or the sun reflected off the uke finish and created white glare spots in the video. Sometimes I just messed up.
My wife came home after work and asked me what I'd done all day. I showed her a few of the outtakes and told her I was practicing.
I figure a hundred or so more takes and I'll have it right.