Tuesday, 18 June 2013

WOTE (Walk off the Earth)

     WOTE first got recognition when they did their cover video of Gotye "Somebody that I Used To Know" with 5 people on one giutar. The band formed in 2006 in Burlington, Ontario Canada. The band came to their own fame withiut the help of record labels they started their carrer on YouTube like many other artists. The bands music is produced by a memeber of the band and mulit- instrumentalist Gianni Luminati. In December of 2012 the band released their first original song "Gang Of Rhythm" Their full length album R.E.V.O. was released on March 19th 2013. the band plays multiple instruments like
Gianni plays the Bass. Guitar, Ukelele, Banjo, Drums, Theremin, Beatbox, Xylaphone, Piano, Cajon, Cello And also sings.
Joel Cassidy plays Drums, Vocals, Bass. Organ, and Piano.
Ryan Marshall plays Guitar, bass, trumpet, piano, Harmonica and Vocals.
Sarah Blackwood plays Bass. Guitar, Ukelele, Banjo, Glockenspiel, Tambourine, Xylaphone, Piano and Vocals.
Mike Taylor or better known as the 'Beard Guy' plays Piano Organ, Vocals,Xylaphone,
Trumpet, Melodica, And Didgeridoo

Monday, 10 June 2013

Cobus Potgieter

   Cobus started playing the drums at the age of 16. He started posting videos in 2006. Cobus is sponsored by 5 companies a the moment, DW drums, Sabiam Cymbals, Samson Microphones, Promark Drumsticks, and Evans Drum Sticks. Cobus has 137 videos nd has 389, 606 subscribers as of April 19th 2013.

Mike Tompkins

      Mike tompkins was born in 1990 outside of London, Ontario, Canadaand grew up in Ilderton. He started his passion for music at the age of 8 when he started beatboxing. During Highschool Mike performed in a whole bunch of school music productions and graduated with music vocal award and continued in his music by going to post-secondary education at Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology. In 2008 he graduated from the school with a diploma in music. In 2010 Mike started releasing his own music over YouTube creating Capella music. His video of "Teenage Dream" and Just the Way You Are" combonation got over 2 million views in a little less than a month.

Thursday, 6 June 2013

Alex Goot

     Alex Goot who's real name is Alexander Gut born March 15th 1998. Alex launched his YouTube Channel Goot Music in 2007. His first video was a cover of him playing and singing "Dark Blue" by Jack Mannequin. after watching Pomplamoose doing their videos and how they duo layered their music he was inspired to change his style. As he rocorded original mussic and covers he has gotten himself to 38th most subsribed user on YouTube.

Dave Days

     Dave Days (Dave Joseph Colditz0 Born August 1991 on the 13th first became a YouTube sensation when he started uploading parodies of famous videos on his YouTube channel davedays. Dace first started to perue his carreer in music in middle school where he taught himself to operate video and audio equipment. Days became interested in YouTube when he was attending HighSchool and in @007 released his first video Chocolate Rain a pop-punk parody. After only a year he had 200, 000 subscribers and over 500 million views.

Tyler Ward

     Ward is and independant musician he's a songwriter, singer and a record producer. In Febuary of 2010 Tyler posted his cover of Michael Jacksons "We Are the World", he got 1.5 million hits and from then on his carreer has excelled. The biggest video that Ward has done is "Payphone", it more than 20 million views in January of 2013! Tyler has gotten over 300 million views on his channel and around 1, 000, 000 subsribers. Ward  likes to do collaborations with other YouTube artist to help them be heard like his brother Derek Ward who has featured in a lot of Tylers orriginal songs these originals can be found on iTunes.

Thursday, 30 May 2013

Kina Grannis

     Kin Grannis was born on August 4th in 1985. On November 14th of 2007 Grannis Created a YouTube account and posting videos of her songs online. Her first song "Message From Your Heart" was entered in the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest which got her a contract with Interscope Records. Her Videos on YouTube have gotten more than 99 million views which made her on of YouTube's most Popular Artists. In 2009 Grannis left the label Interscope Records to be an independent artist.