Content Writer for Blog, Cross-Cultural Music Teacher, Video Editor

Hello, my name is Brian Campbell! I grew up in four different countries, moving between the USA and West Africa, and love using my creative skills to explore diversity and cross-cultural interactions. I am currently teaching music in Cameroon, Central Africa.

While my career has been in music education for the last 5 years, I have been developing my writing and video-editing skills in the last few years. I spent a year writing for MusicStrive.com, and started a YouTube channel this last year documenting my travels in Cameroon. I learned to write engaging, audience-focused content as I wrote my music curriculum -- I have written every single lesson that I've ever taught. I taught myself how to edit videos on LightWorks, and intentionally set new goals with every video I make to improve new skills.

My favorite video is one I made about camping in the Congo Basin rainforest and eating a cobra for supper (not planned ... we ran into it by accident!) Eastern Cameroon is very difficult to visit, and therefore the experience was extremely rare. It reached over 500 views, which was very encouraging as a beginner YouTuber. Through the video, I learned how to summarize a 3-day experience into 20 minutes, in a way that was engaging and insightful. Additionally, I taught myself to do basic 2D animations for a portion of it. Through my series of videos, I've improved my skills in music choice, carefully-paced editing, script-writing, and video processing.

My background in multi-cultural interactions has made me a unique asset in every team I've worked with. I am naturally passionate about sharing human stories and perspectives, in a desire to appreciate our world and global neighbors more fully. As a child, I was evacuated twice from Cote d'Ivoire, and speak French. Rather than taking these experiences for granted, I have used them to relate to others and drive my curiosity for exploring the world.

While my video editing and content writing aren't as developed as my education skill set, I am a very hard worker with a strong work ethic. My dream would be to make a YouTube channel that explores Christian missions in various cultural contexts. To achieve that dream, I would love contributing to a YouTube channel to help others and develop the necessary skills to become a professional content creator and business owner. I am determined to be a lifelong learner, and am willing to put in the work to improve my editing and writing skills.

My full resume can be sent via email, upon request.

Here are some links to my articles and videos:
My rain forest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4aiPfHC1o&t=25s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcA-U5vgCcw&t=10s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqv5VuBvnM

https://musicstrive.com/best-guitar-theory-books/
https://musicstrive.com/baroque-vs-classical-music/
https://musicstrive.blog/grunge-vs-punk/