Nevershoutnever "Clone"? Not So Much.

A few posts ago I wrote about one of my favorite artists--Nevershoutnever. Another one of my favorite artists, Stephen Jerzak, is often compared to Christofer Drew, whether it be his looks of his music. I suppose I could see it, well, hear it, vocally, but not so much in the looks department. Anyway, Jerzak is also one of those musicians who has their own youtube channel, and frequently posts on it. Recently, Jerzak has been going crazy, in a good way, with the posting, including updates, covers on different songs and new songs off of his upcoming album "My Uke Has A Crush on You". Both "uke-coustic" songs I've listened to various times and both have grown on me, though I'm not sure if it's the song or the fact that I have a weakness of ukulele songs. Only 18 years old, Jerzak has come so far from a town in Wisconsin to wear he is now. I got the amazing opportunity to see him perform live at "Bamboozle" as well as meet him and actually have a conversation with him. Here's just a few of of my favorite songs, originals and covers, by Mr. Stephen Jerzak, take a listen!

Pretty Pretty Girl



You Are My Sunshine



Cute



King

Happy Birthday, Youtube!

Wow, It feels like I haven't blogged in quite some time! Anyway, today is a very special day, as if it was not too obvious in my title, today is youtube's fifth birthday! When I discovered that youtube has only been around for five years, I was quite shocked. It seems as though the website has been around for much longer, and has accomplished quite a lot in only five years.
Since I know you're so anxious to know this, here's a quick history of this wonderful website:
Youtube was first discovered by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. Within the next year, youtube became one of the fastest growing websites on the internet. In November 2006, YouTube was bought by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion, and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google, getting more then one billion views a day.



For youtube's "birthday", other than users making "Happy Birthday!" videos, youtube is doing something that I think is a really interesting and fun idea. It's called "My Youtube Story", and it is a project for youtube's fifth anniversary that features users from all over the world describing their youtube journey and how this website has changed, effected and/or shaped their life.
If you have not seen it already, click here for the main channel for youtube's birthday, "Five Year", and be sure to wish Youtube a happy birthday!

This Had To Be Blogged About.

While scrolling through my newsfeed on twitter last night, I came across a tweet from MissAlissa15, along with a youtube link. Being my normal youtube-obsessed self, I had no other choice but to clink on the link. I thought it was going to be one of Alissa's vlogs or some other pointless video, but when I saw what it was, I couldn't believe my eyes, er, ears.
What I saw, was this:

Greyson Michael Chance, or "Greyson97", a sixth grader, sang his amazing take on "Paparazzi", by Lady Gaga at a school festival. While his timing might be a bit off, I was and still am amazed by his talent instrumentally as well as vocally. I still can not believe that a voice like that came out of an 11 year old. He has this amazing natural vibratto as well as an amazing range, not to mention the whole thing looked completely effortless. Up until about five minutes ago, I thought that I was the only person who knew about this kid--not exactly. His video has over 1.5 MILLION hits and counting, along with the fact that Ellen Degeneres has already booked him to be on her show this Thursday. Oh yea, did I mention that he also composes and writes the lyrics to his own songs? For an 11 year old, this kid is pretty phenomenal! I'd prefer him over Justin Bieber any day.

Gatherings, Gatherings And More Gatherings!

Crazy as it may sound, Youtube actually has more to it then just the videos--well, at least for me it does. After I became scarily obsessed with youtubers such as MissAlissa15, Diabetikdillon and Adorian Deck, I looked for ways that I could actually meet them. Turns out, it isn't as hard as tracking down as a celebrity. You see, Youtube has these magical things called Youtube Gatherings. What is a gathering you might ask? Well lucky for you, because if you couldn't tell by the title, this entry is about gatherings!
A Youtube gathering is a big, or sometimes small event, hosted by one or more youtubers; youtubers and their fans get together and just hang out. If it's a small gathering hosted by one youtuber, it will most likely be posted on their twitter page and will be pretty short notice. It won't be anything big, just a few hours walking around or going somewhere like a mall or the park. However, if it is a big gathering, it will be hosted by a few 'tubers. most likely have a collab video made about it, and will be planned pretty far in advance.
One of the main gatherings that is hosted every year by Adorian Deck and MissAlissa15 is the North West Youtube Gathering (NWYTGT), a two day event, in Portland, Oregon. Youtubers and fans from all over to meet and hang out with their freinds and fans, such as Codysshort, Wannabealoserr, Jeyyounit11, etc. Everybody stays in the same hotel, walks around Portland, and just gets to know each other.
The most well known "gathering" so to speak, is "Vidcon". Vidcon is a much larger event in California, where youtube stars such as Shane Dawson and iJustine can be seen. Since so many people go to this event, it is not as much of a gathering, because you do not get to meet all of the youtubers, as well as the fact that it is much more expensive, and consists of daily schedules such as lectures and workshops.
If this entry or blog in general has happened to inspire you, watch below for more information of NWYTG 2010:

Just A Little Shoutout

Earlier this week I did a little post on Nevershoutnever's Christofer Drew, and I will admit, I did get a little bit off topic. This post isn't going to be anything formal, but it is more of a normal one, I suppose.
MissAlissa15, a former member of Awwjam, is another one of my favorite 'tuber's. A 17 year old ginger, yes she does have a soul, from Oregon has been on Youtube for three years now, constantly making new video's. Whether it's a vlog, a music video or just a quick update, she never fails to entertain me. Her video's seem to be getting better and better each time, and I think that it is really great to see a youtuber who has not been changed because of her new popularity. Alissa also is very close with her fans, from answering all of their questions on "formspring" to going live on BlogTv about once a week. I don't want to seem like a total suck-up, but I do want to show you guys a few of my favorite video's of hers:

"alissa."



"Baby"



This one is one of my favorites because it also features another one of my favorite youtbuers, Rachel, aka "wannabealoserr".

"Snisuoc"


Even thoughthis is one of her videos on Awwjam, I still thought it was really cool.
While it may look like she is just blowing bubbles and tossing confetti up in the air, and made everything backwards, she actually had to memorize Vampire Weekend's song "Cousins" backwards so she could lip sync to it!

My Newest Obsession

This week, I think I'm going to switch things up a bit. As you have probably noticed, all of my blogs have mainly been about different youtuber's and their channels, but this week, I want to share one of my newest obsessions-- Nevershoutnever!.
Although I liked some of his music before, my collection on itunes was very limited. This weekend, however, I was lucky enough to go to "Bamboozle", a two day concert, and was able to witness one of the greatest preformance's of my life.
If you are not familiar with Nevershoutnever!, he is a 19 year old from Missouri, named Christofer Drew Ingle. I do not think that there is a song by Ingle that I have not come to love. In fact, his music was the first to give me chills up my spine, and have me so emotionally connected with all of his songs.
Surprisingly enough, this blog does relate to youtube, although I was stretching it a bit before. One of Nevershout's recently popular sogs "Can't Stand It" on his newest album "What is Love?" released their music video a few weeks ago. Being as obsessed as I am, I watched every video on his youtube channel, and came across this one. Although this song does not really "speak to me", it is just so catchy and every time I listen to it, I always end up with a smile on my face by the time the song is done.
Though this is not what I necessarily imagined (for the most part) the music video to be like, I just think that it is so cute, and so much fun to watch.



To view Nevershoutnever's official youtube page, click here.

Jeydon Wale: A Youtube Legend or Yesterday's News?

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A few months ago, before I was a crazed youtube fan, a friend showed my a video of a popular youtbuer, "Jeyyounit11", aka, Jeydon Wale. You could say that this video was what started my love for youtube. At first, I was absolutely obsessed with Wale, watching every one of his videos, reading all of his tweets and craving more and more. When Wale joined Awwjam, that is when things started to go down hill.
In its prime, the channel was great, everyone uploaded videos, and the majority of them were hilarious. . From time to time, he would not post his weekly video on Awwjam, and a month or so later, he started not posting anything on to that channel at all. Other then that, Wale barely uploads any videos to his own channel anymore. He has made a few here and there, but not nearly as many as he used to, nor as funny or entertaining.
So, I think to say that Jeydon Wale is a "youtube legend" as well as an astounding youtuber is no longer accurate. While, yes, he does have a large amount of subscribers, the majority of them are fangirls who only like him for his looks. Wale is also keeping a great deal of very important secrets from his fans, and if he really wants to stay true to his fans, I think that he should have them revealed.
Alright, I think that this has been enough bashing on for one day.

A More Serious Entry

With tears streaming down my face, I sit and watch one of ghero46's recent videos. Ghero46, aka Jared, is one of my more recently discovered youtubers. Usually, his videos are comedic and entertaining, but this video, entitled "B.", is not. This is the type of video that I was talking about in one of my earlier posts, the kind that really makes you think as well as feel a variety of emotions. I would have to say that this is the most moving video on Youtube that I have ever seen, for I have never cried at one of them before, and I seldom cry at movies that you are "supposed" to.
When I clicked on the link to Jared's video from his twitter page a few weeks ago, I had no idea what I would be getting into. I was expecting to see Jared's smiling, happy face, but what I saw was the complete opposite. His eyes were red, like he had been crying (which he had) and the look on his face was that of total devastation and misery. Anyway, I don't want to give you a play-by-play of the video, because you really should go watch it, but I will tell you a little bit about it.
B. is a video about suicide.
Alright that was a little intense, but in short, it is about Jared mourning the loss of his friend who committed suicide a few years ago. Even though the two were not the best of friends, you could tell how much this has effected him. Jared then moves on to talk about how suicide is something that can effect and hurt so many people. He, apparently, had thoughts of suicide on various occasions and almost went through with it twice. That really shocked me. Even though I do not actually know Jared, for I only know Ghero46, I know that if he ever did something like that, and was gone forever, I certainly would have bawled my eyes out and feel things that I have never felt before. Jared wants to be a light in the dark for those people who are thinking or have thought about killing themselves, and make them laugh and smile and hopefully not go through with it or ever even think about it. Like I said, this video really just touched a part of me, moved me, and make me think an incredible amount about everything that I had just taken in.
I really hope this post has encouraged you to go watch Jared's video, as well as his other ones, and hopefully, he can be a light in the dark for you.

Always Good For A Laugh

While Youtube may have its daily vloggers and its collab channel's, it also has its funny, but cruel, classic videos. These videos are one of the reasons that Youtube is so famous. While, yes, some may be cruel and embarrassing, they are videos that you can watch over and over and they will never get old. Although there are a great deal of these video's, here are just a few that always keep me laughing:

"Scarlet Takes A Tumble"



Okay, I know that this one is bad, but it had to be up on this list. With over 12 million hits, it's one of the most classic, pointless videos on Youtube.


"Charlie Bit My Finger"



While this isn't one of my personal favorites, it is one of the most well known (182,686,512 views), as well as cutest videos on Youtube.

"Hey Jude"



Whether you've seen this video before, or you're seeing it for the first time, you've got to love this kid. He is definitely a rock star in the making.

"David After Dentist"



Although the original video has been private, this one is just as good. This kid is great, whether its "Is this real life?" or "I have two fingers", this video is always good for a laugh.

"Greatest Freakout Ever"



Out of all of these videos, this one is my personal favorite. To be honest, I think I've seen this video over 30 times--it just doesn't get old. The other "Greatest Freakout Ever" videos are all amazing, as well.

A Not-So-Happy Ending?

The video above shows one of my favorite youtubers--Adorian Deck. At only 16 years old, Deck has already become a well known name on Youtube, a member of Awwjam and is the creator of "OmgFacts" on twitter-- an account with over 550,000 followers. This entry, however, will not be about Adorian's success nor his other video's, just this video above.
A few months ago, Owl City was holding a "Vanilla Twilight" contest, in which you had to make a music video to one of Owl City's hit songs, "Vanilla Twilight"; Deck, being a huge Owl City fan, entered.
After hours upon hours of coming up with a unique idea, filming and editing, the youtuber finally posted this video, which was an instant hit. I, being an Owl City fan myself, adored the video. I don't think that I could ever have the ability, nor patience to create something such as this. The other thing that amazes me about the video is the editing and just the way that it was filmed in general. I've said it before, and I'll say it again-- this is exactly why I love Youtube as much as I do. It's such a great place where average people can be recognized for their talents and creativity.
Anyway, back to the story.
About a week or so later, Deck was in the top 10 for the contest, and had most of the votes--he had a straight shot at winning. Me, being the crazy fan girl that I am was beyond excited, but then I heard the next part of the story, which left me crushed. Adorian had tweeted as well as made a video stating that he was disqualified from the contest because no one from the contest was aware that he had nearly 30,000 followers and subscribers voting for him. While yes, I agree that he had an unfair advantage, it's just so hard to know that someone who had worked so hard and spent so much time on something had it all taken away in an instant.
Contrary to my title, this, in a way, does have a happy ending. While no, Adorian did not win the contest, he still received a few small prizes from Owl City, but most important, he had the help and support from his family, friends and fans, and stayed positive throughout the whole event.

Yes, I am aware that this was a very corny blog.

Awwjam Says Goodbye?

Finally, the time has come where I can blog about what I have been waiting for-- youtubers, more specifically, "Awwjam". Awwjam is a collab channel made up of four youtubers, "Wannabealoserr" (Rachel), "AdorianDeck" (Adorian), "MissAlissa15" (Alissa) and "Jeyyounit11", (Jeydon), all of whom are pretty well known on youtube. If you aren't familiar with what a "collab channel" is, it basically is when a few youtubers get together and make a shared account, such as "g6a", "MyCollab" and "Let'sGoCollabin'". Usually the channel will consist of a topic video at the beginning of each week, stating what each member must discuss in their video, followed by each member's video as the week continues. Towards the end of the week, usually on Staurday or Sunday, a youtuber that is not part of the channel will guest on the show.
Alright, now that you've had your "Collab Channel 101", I can get to my point. Originally, this blog was going to be about how much I adore Awwjam as well as its members; their videos always keep me laughing and their individual channel's have led me to other youtuber's, which, basically, is how I became a youtube fanatic. However, I was more than disappointed when I went to Awwjam's channel to see what this week's topic would be, and was shocked to see nothing was there. Not only that, but two member's, Alissa and Jeydon, had yet to upload their video's from the previous week. Yes, I am aware that I sound like a crazy fangirl, but Awwjam has not once missed a topic video, and if there is no topic, the members can not make a video.
So here I am, sitting by my computer on a Thursday afternoon, and Awwjam still has not uploaded a video from last week. On any other Thursday, it would be quite normal for Awwjam not to have a video, seeing as Jeydon, the channel's most famous youtuber, has yet to put up a video in over a month, leaving his fangirls, which I am no longer one of, crushed.
Who knows, maybe this is not the end of Awwjam, maybe they're just taking a week off; I suppose that one can only hope. However, if this truly is the end, could they not have the courtesy to post a video explaining why the channel is over, and say goodbye? Maybe that's just me. If you were not bored to death by this blog, I applaud you, and my rant has come to an end.

Awwjam's Channel

Whoa- Hold Up.

In this article , Dr. Hamad Al-Majid discusses the purpose of youtube as well as his opinion of it. He starts things off by giving a brief introduction of how youtube was discovered, which was not so horrible. However, once Al-Majid gets to the real story, things go down hill, in my opinion, of course.
Al-Majid describes youtube as a website that is mainly filled with useless content, and a great deal of gossip. While yes, I do agree that youtube has been known for quite a few scandals, that is not how I view it at all. Al-Majid fails to mention what I think to be the most important aspect of this website--creativity. The reason that youtube is so magnificent is because there is nonstop entertainment and creativity that can be found. If one has an opinion on something, or has an idea or just something that they would like to say to the world, youtube is a place that they can share it. Some people, such as myself, enjoy youtube for watching different people's creativity, as well as their humor. There are many video's that just amaze me, such as this one. While yes, the video may be a bit silly, it still is absolutely incredible. The time and effort that it takes to do something like that can make one understand why a person would want the whole world to see their video's. If you have that talent, or humor or just the ability to entertain people in some way, it should not be hidden, but shared with the world.
Alright, I realize that I'm getting a bit off topic, but to sum things up, Al-Majid only recognizes the faults of youtube and does not once mention any other purpose other than the scandals and gossip that the website has caused,

Hey Hi Hello!

To start things off, I just want to give all of you bloggers a little introduction as to what this blog will be about.
Youtube.
Most might know youtube as a place to look up music videos, or pointless, comedic sketches. However, I have much more interest in this website then watching three year old breakdancers. I watch it like I watch television, craving a new video each week by different youtubers, and a new video daily from different collab channels. To cut to the chase, this blog will focus on different youtubers, collabs, and why youtube is such an amusing, addicting and inspiring website.