Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Megan Nicole
Megan Nicole
In today’s world, there are so many talented singers, beautiful artists, and personalities that can effortlessly grab your attention. It is rare, however, to find all three of these attributes in one person. Over the past year, Megan Nicole, an incredibly talented 17-year-old singer/songwriter, has proven to the world that she has all of these remarkable qualities and more. Not only has she been taking YouTube by storm with her beautiful smile, but her unique vocals and positive attitude bring a fresh energy to today’s music scene.
Megan’s love of music started in the fourth grade when she sang “Somewhere over the Rainbow” for a talent show. This sparked the musical passion in Megan that has led her to become the successful musician she is today. She impresses her viewers with her powerful vocals, and she charms them with her gifted guitar and piano playing. Upon meeting Megan, it is quite obvious that her musical talents aren’t her only notable qualities: in addition to her talent and beauty, she is exceptionally humble and sweet. Megan spends her free time volunteering for youth, working for charities, and replying to her fan mail, constantly thanking everyone for their support.
A mere nine months ago, Megan debuted on YouTube with 5,000 views, gaining so much popularity in a short period that she now has over 40 million views. Through her live shows, YouTube videos and her TV appearances, Megan has developed an all-ages fan base that spans the globe and has resulted in over 200,000 “likes” on her Facebook fan page. Recently, Megan began recording original music in Los Angeles with legendary producers Tom Mgrdichian (Earth, Wind & Fire, Adam Sandler) and Chris Cox (Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Hilary Duff, Paula Abdul). Megan’s first music video was shot under the direction of YouTube phenomenon, Kurt Schneider, and is slated to be released in July.
The future is looking very bright for Megan and she hopes that you will continue to join and share in her experiences on what is certain to be a memorable journey!
B-e-a-utiful- Megan Nicole (Original Song)
Who Says-Selena Gomez- Megan Nicole and Tiffany Alvord cover
How To Love - Lil Wayne (cover) Megan Nicole
The Lazy Song-Bruno Mars (cover) Megan Nicole
Skyscraper - Demi Lovato (cover) Megan Nicole and Boyce Avenue
Katy Perry - Firework (Cover) Megan Nicole
Forget You- Cee Lo Green (cover) Megan Nicole and Jason Chen
enjoy!!!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Tiffany Alvord
You may want to get to know seventeen-year-old Tiffany Alvord, because she is destined to be the next huge hit in the music industry. She is one of the few artists on youtube that is quickly gaining well-deserved fame. Tiffany has over 100,000+ youtube subscribers, her most watched video, a cover of Demi Lovato’s This is Me, has collected over 2,000,000 views. Tiffany is a starlet who is captivating the attention of thousands and thousands, and maybe even millions of viewers on sites like youtube and myspace. While, all of this is truly exciting and incredible, what sets Tiffany apart from the rest of the crowd is her ability to write and compose her own music. Tiffany is a beautiful singer-songwriter who through youtube and myspace has been able to share her songwriting talents with the world. With cute catchy love tunes like, “I Wanted to Say…” or songs about following your dreams such as, “My Dream” Tiffany’s songwriting talents are in the same vein as Corinne Bailey Rae. Tiffany’s lighthearted music will have you clapping, tapping your toes, and singing along to the tune. Also, with being highly skilled in piano and guitar one might wonder where in the world a talent like this developed. The answer to that question is quite simple, it developed from a young girl who has always dreamed of becoming a true musician in today’s world. Tiffany Alvord’s dream continues to shine through like the sun on a cloudy day as each day brings something new.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Sam Tsui
Sam Tsui
Samuel "Sam" Tsui (born May 2, 1989) is an American musician and Internet celebrity who rose to fame on YouTube. He is best known for covering and performing songs by popular artists, as well as original medleys and mashups. Tsui graduated from Yale University in 2011.
Background
According to his profile on The Duke's Men of Yale's official website, Tsui is from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Tsui grew up a street away from Kurt Schneider, his producer and accompanist, with whom he attended Wissahickon High School. Tsui attended Yale University, where he was a member of Davenport College and The Duke's Men of Yale, an all-male a cappella group. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a major in classical Greek in 2011. In an interview on March 5th, he claims to be on Facebook.
Collaborations between Tsui and Schneider began in high school with an electronic keyboard, primitive recording equipment, and GarageBand. Both attended Yale University, and there a musical partnership developed. They have produced videos ranging from covers and original medleys to the College Musical online series. As of February 2011, the YouTube channel "KurtHugoSchneider" has garnered over 260 million total views and a million subscribers. The most viewed video is Just a Dream, with more than forty million views. His videos have been described by Time as a combination of Glee and Attack of the Clones.In December 2010, Tsui made collaboration with fellow YouTube singer Christina Grimmie, singing Just A Dream. On February 3, 2011, Tsui was featured on Britney Spears' official website, along with his cover of Hold It Against Me. In March 2011, Untreed Reads Publishing, also mentioned Tsui, and lyrics from his song “Start Again”, in the book “Seeker” by Andy Frankham-Allen published in print format by Hirst Publishing, and in all digital formats. In November 2011, he had made a mashup base on two songs, "It Will Rain" by Bruno Mars, and "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele (singer), which have more than 450,000 views.
Tom Hanks mentioned Sam Tsui when he addressed the class of Yale 2011.
College Musical
Starting in 2009, Tsui and Schneider have produced a series of episodes of College Musical, a comedy web series parodying the High School Musical film series, with original songs composed by Schneider. Four episodes have been released, with Tsui playing the lead role of Cooper. Following the popularity of the series, it was announced that a film, currently in production, would be made based on the series.
Television appearances
In November 2009, Tsui appeared on The Bonnie Hunt Show where he was interviewed and performed Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". He also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 22, 2010 along with his producer, Kurt Schneider. The pair was interviewed, and Tsui performed a medley of Michael Jackson's songs. Tsui also appeared on ABC World News on October 28, 2009, singing The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There". In November 2009, Tsui appeared on It's On with Alexa Chung, singing Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" for the cast of American television series Glee. On December 2, 2010, Tsui gave an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and performed a mashup of Katy Perry's "Firework" and Bruno Mars' "Grenade" with Schneider.
The Sing-Off
Tsui is currently a Behind-The-Scenes host on NBC's acapella competition show, The Sing-Off Season 3. He has since gone on to record a "Judges Medley" consisting of Sara Bareilles' "Love Song", Ben Folds' "Gone" and Shawn Stockman's (Boyz II Men) "On Bended Knee" which is free to view on both NBC's website and Tsui's independent YouTube channel, TheSamTsui.
Pictures of Sam Tsui...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Megan and Liz
Megan and Liz (commonly stylized as Megan & Liz) are an American pop girl band composed of fraternal twin sisters, Megan and Liz Mace, from Edwardsburg, Michigan. They are both songwriters, and Megan additionally plays guitar.
The duo gained their popularity from the video-sharing website YouTube where they began posting their videos on 2007.
Early Life
Megan McKinley Mace and Elizabeth Morgan Mace were born on November 21, 1992 in Indiana. Megan is one minute older then Liz. Megan learned to play guitar in 2005 and plays in all but 18 of their videos.
Their first video on YouTube, titled "This Note", is a song they written by the twins at the age of 15. Their first cover is of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", made famous by Diana Ross. Their first song with live guitar accompaniment was "I Am One of Them" by Aly & AJ in 2008. Eighteen original songs have since appeared on YouTube (as of early September 2011).
Their YouTube channel currently has over 590,000 subscribers, over 9 million channel views, as well over 93 million video views total. They are the 33rd most subscribed music channel on YouTube The beginning
In October 2009, the duo appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show. They were told they would be video chatting to a producer about an appearance but in actuality, they ended up video chatting with Oprah while interviewing Taylor Swift. The twins met Taylor Swift at one of her concerts in Chicago a short while later.
In the summer of 2010 they met with The Summer Set, a boy band from Scottsdale, Arizona. Their cover of "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry with Brian Dales and Josh Gomez of the band was put on YouTube on August 3.
Megan & Liz met with the Plain White T's in early 2011 for a collaboration on their song Rhythm of Love. This cover was released on YouTube, with the studio version without the Plain White T’s being released on iTunes on January 27, 2011.
In 2011, they had a cameo in Justin Bieber's documentary movie, Never Say Never (the movie). One of their videos appeared in a fan montage during the movie.
They also appeared on one tour as an opening act for the band Boyce Avenue. Fellow YouTube artist, Tiffany Alvord, also appeared on this tour.
Here is their covers...
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