Though it’s now the norm for every magazine and newspaper to have video content, that wasn’t always the case. Ten years ago, one needed a Flip phone (remember those?) or an actual camcorder to capture video on the fly and post it onto the internet. But then Canon decided to pack a bunch of video capturing functionality into their 7D and 5D DSLR cameras (the same cameras most magazines were using for stills) and the rest is, well, history.

I remember the exact moment when the Fretboard Journal decided to double down on video: It was 2009 and my wife...