YouTube Stars!

We love to bring you YouTube Music Videos that you may not have seen. Many of the videos we present here feature a person in their room singing a current pop or country song while they play it on guitar or keyboards. The following four videos are different. One is filmed in a shower; one is in Spanish; one covers a song from 50 years ago; one is a quirky original song about an imaginary boyfriend! All the videos are awesome in their own way. Not exactly what we usually post here, but different, in a good way!



We start off with Miss Marlee Goldman on the marrrrxx channel, who teamed up with her friend to film their version of the LeviBeamish All I Ever Wanted shower dance. Marlee lipsyncs and dances to this cool techno tune by Basshunter, sped up for added fun! This takes place in a shower, just like in the original. Intense flashing lights add a dance club atmosphere - maybe I should insert an Epileptic Seizure Warning here... Rather than reading this, just watch the video; and get up and dance!





Okay, while you're up and dancing, click PLAY on this video! It's an upbeat Spanish song titled Mujer Latina, and the sisters who sing it are doing a cool synchronized dance as well! Try to copy their awesome dance moves! Jessica and Jennifer (who also plays bass) sing and dance while their band plays the music - live at the Six Flags Fiesta Texas Show. See their rockstuff345 channel for more excellent songs of all genres!





Here's a song by SayakaAlessandra that was a hit for Brian Hyland 50 years ago. This novelty song about a new style of bathing suit reached #1 on the Billboard charts and sold almost a million copies in the summer of 1960. Beautiful Sayaka lives in Italy and is half Japanese and half Sicilian. She loves older pop and rock tunes; watch her covers of Elvis songs and this uptempo dance tune by Connie Francis.

Here comes that Bikini song... Sing along if you know the words - and get up and do The Twist!





DylanPatrello is the musically talented sister of YouTubeStar DaxFlame. This original song exudes dreamy vibes with colorful lyrics and the stylish video completes the package. Read what Dylan says about herself on her profile, watch the video, then visit her site!

Dylan Patrello's music invents a whole new genre: Quirky Pop! Dylan's originals are refreshing, honest, and sure to get stuck in your head! At 22 years old, Dylan earned her Songwriting Degree at Berklee College of music, has written and recorded over 140 songs. She has also self-recorded, produced, and released an album on iTunes, Started her own Custom Songwriting Business site, and is currently co-leading the Reunion Songwriting Group in Boston, Ma.

To have a song custom written by Dylan Patrello visit
http://www.letmewriteyoursong.com/

Labels: Daxflame, DylanPatrello, marrrrxx, rockstuff345, sayakaalessandra

posted by KennyCrane at 6/06/2010 02:01:00 AM 0 Comments

Here are 4 NON-music videos that were just uploaded to YouTube this month, April 2010. I tend to mention a lot of music videos here, so this time I'll leave the music genre and show you a vlogger, an artist, an uncomfortable yet funny human and a non-supine feline.

But first, The News!

I like many kinds of music, including Goth. Sadly, this week we lost the frontman singer for the legendary Goth band, Type O Negatvie, Peter Steele. Read an MTV news story here, and then watch Black Number 1 by clicking the pic at the left. RIP Peter!


In happier music news, YouTube featured 4 music videos last week as part of their "Musicians Wanted" program and one was an original song by acoustickatie24. Katie posted the song last summer and it did okay, getting several thousand views. Thanks to being featured, it now has 1.2 Million views! Congrats, Katie! Click the pic to see this nice guitar ballad.


Our Welsh friend Angharad John, known here as Darahgna, is back after a long absence to tell us about her participation in a great event, the Race for Life, which raises money for Cancer research. Donate if you can; I did! Click the pic for details and see this video for an update on Angharad's fundraising. Also watch this video by KelseyOfficial about another cause called "A Day Without Shoes" - check it out too!

Thanks to everyone who regularly visits our YouTube Top 100 Weekly Chart! Now we expanded it into a Top 200 Chart. You'll be able to see who fell off the bottom of the Top 100 and who is climbing their way up to soon debut on the Top 100. Check it out; click the pic. You'll see that ShaneDawsonTV moved up to #3 while Smosh slipped to #4. Realannoyingorange is up 2 to #34. Daneboe is up 5 to #53. Hotforwords dropped 3 spots to #58 but she did hit 300 Million Total Video Views this week, congrats Marina! New on the chart this week is TheFineBros at #97 - and that sexy Minxy punk rock woman who speaks Japanese and wears a cat ears headband, MissHannahMinx at #193. Click her pic to watch "How To Make Minxy Choices" - its cute and funny!

Okay, now let's watch some NON-Music Videos!


Hayley G Hoover has always been one of the best vloggers on YouTube. Lately, Hayley has morphed from a quicky teen to a young lady aglow with love for her boyfriend and fellow YouTuber, Mike Lombardo ("Your soon-to-be favorite geeky piano rocker"). The high quality vlogs continue to flow almost as impressively as the words appealingly appear on Hayley's blog. If you watch Hayley, you're only getting half the insight and entertainment. You simply must also read her blog! This creative young lady is wonderful in front of the camera but she really shines behind a quill; I will emplore you one more time, read her blog, now! Or at least after you watch this satirical guide to How To Be a Great YouTuber!





You enjoy paintings with your eyes, yes? Generally true, but watch artist Alice from AlicesPalette and experience her psychedelic art with all your senses! The colors are groovy and remind me of a 60s light show. The textures of her thick brush strokes invite you to reach out and feel the paint, as thick and thin layers lie one upon another, or flow together and apart. Rich shades of color evoke tastes and fragrances of fresh fruit, the kind of mouth watering images used by produce marketers in the Spring. The orchestrated soundtrack Alice chose is fanciful and fits the visuals, especially in the middle as the pace becomes frantic. But being a huge 60s music fan, if I was the sound engineer on this project, I may have been inclined to use something like "Journey to the Center of the Mind" as backing track. But that's just me. Watch this wash of chromaticity, then see the other 5 videos by talented artist AlicesPalette.





Goofy, uncomfortable and hilarious! Exactly what one would expect from a motion picture conceived of, produced, directed and starring YouTubeStar DaxFlame. DaxFlame heads out "Wheast" to capture an outlaw with a partner when tragedy strikes. "Oh my Gosh! Killed him. I was just beginning to like you, partner!" But Dax struggles on, revealing that "Some men are measured by the size of their heart, others by size of their fist. I am of the latter group!" You crack me up, Mister Patrello!





I happen to like cats; I think they're cool. They really don't need you, unless they're hungry. Then they'll annoy the heck out of you in the middle of the night until you get up and add kibbles to their bowl. If they could stand upright like us humans, they might be able to use their front legs and fore paws to open the bag and pour out their own food. Check out this feline, I bet HE could do that!

Highest Rated Comment: fatherprime - some cats seem to think they are human. i bet he plays GTA also. 22 Thumbs UP.

Labels: AlicesPalette, cat, Darahgna, Daxflame, hayleyghoover, hotforwords, KelseyOfficial, MissHannahMinx, shanedawsontv

posted by KennyCrane at 4/19/2010 03:04:00 AM 0 Comments

This is part 21 in our continuing series, Cinema du jour, the movie of the day. In this episode we'll see a video on Videomaking Advice, watch a Japanese Love Story, hear a cool song and find out about some YouTube News.

First, let's have a look at this week's YouTube Top 100 Weekly Chart. Daxflame continues to climb the chart. This week, he is at Number 44, up 8 from last week. Also, EclecticAsylumArt, the fabulous artist we mentioned here moved up 16, to number 69. EclecticAsylumArt just painted Daxflame using Hershey's Chocolate Syrup! See it here. New on the chart at number 95 is Tommy Chong from the comedy duo Cheech and Chong. He just created his channel, CitizenChong, a few weeks ago. Check it out - but don't do drugs!!!

One more point, then on to the videos. I mentioned in this post that Daxflame's sister is making videos on YouTube as well. She is closing her laladylalyn account and will now be uploading to her DylanPatrello channel. She is a pretty good singer/songwriter; go subscribe!


Smart ways to gain YouTube subscribers - Part 1: The Basics

Castaa (Jon from San Francisco) has recently made a detailed video on ways to gain subscribers. He talks about 4 things that you can do to insure that your videos are interesting enough for viewers to subscribe to your channel. One point he makes is that you should check out what popular videomakers are doing, and suggests that you check out the YouTube Top 100 Weekly Chart for that purpose. Thanks for the mention, Jon! Be sure to check out Jon's 30 other videos, including a 2 part documentary on "The Meaning of Life"


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.


Love Story Ending -My Heart is Broken, No!!-

This is the cutest video!!! Watch Lucymisser, a young Japanese woman, talk about a man she admired from afar at school. She likes him but there is no way that they can ever get together. Is Lucy okay with that? Yeah! This video has 350 thousand views - make sure you watch it too!

Embedding disabled by request, watch it on YouTube.


Green Onions

This very cool song was a hit in the early 60s by Booker T and the MGs. Watch and listen as it is covered by ontrashakotra, a man from Georgia named J David B. He played all the parts in this song and even edited together video of himself playing the guitar, keyboards and bass! Check it out and get up and dance!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.


YouTube Staff Picked Me! =)

Did you know that YouTube has a Blog on their site? Every week, the editors pick their favorite videos of the week - kind of like what I do! This week, editor Joe picked a video by faintstarlite, a young woman named Esther from the UK who I had just recently found and subscribed to. She is attractive and has a great smile! Check it out in this video, then watch some more - she has 85 videos uploaded so far!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.


Please read our last Cinema du jour 20 - Music, Skit, Quotes - it's here! That post mentions Rockstar122083, UndiscoveredJulie, MysteryGuitarMan and U2bianSynic.

Labels: Castaa, Chong, Daxflame, DylanPatrello, EclecticAsylumArt, faintstarlite, Lucymisser, ontrashakotra, Tommy

posted by KennyCrane at 4/02/2007 01:31:00 AM 1 Comments

A few weeks ago, I did a post on four talented singer/songwriters who make music videos on YouTube, often accompanying themselves on Guitar. I wrote about videos by Creativefisher, stealurface1976, KrisShred and PeriUrban in that post. This time, I'll tell you about two more talented singer/strummers. I'll also show a music video made for a song by one of my all time favorite bands - The Ramones! I'll close with a rap video that everyone is talking about!

First, a word about last post's featured videomaker, Daxflame. There has been speculation that Dax - or Bernice - is a member of the Patrello family from Texas. His uncle has done some work in Improv and his sister Dylan has a YouTube channel of her own: lalaDylalan. Check out her first video in which she sings the classic song, Summertime. I think you can see the family resemblance! It has also been said that some of Dylan's college girlfriends are responding to some Daxflame videos. Is HayleyDontDoIt one of Dylan's friends? I have no idea! But she has made a few good responses to Dax, so check her out. Also, in Dax news, Dax has entered EclecticAsylumArt's "Strike a Pose" contest. EclecticAsylumArt is an amazing painter/sketch artist who has made pictures of several YouTubers, check out his channel!

This Just IN - Breaking YouTube News!

According to a story from the AP found on Yahoo.com:

[YouTube] announced Monday that it will hold the first YouTube Video Awards to recognize the best-user created videos of 2006. The awards will be handed out in seven categories: most creative, most inspirational, best series, best comedy,musician of the year, best commentary and "most adorable video ever."

YouTube community members can vote on their favorites, here, beginning Monday (3/19) and concluding on Friday (3/23). Winners will be announced March 25. This looks like fun!



Seasons

A recent addition to the list of talented YouTubers who sing and play the guitar, logana13 is a 22 year old college student named Polly who lives in the UK. She has a great smile and shows her love of music in her videos. She just joined YouTube about a month ago, but she already has 6 entertaining videos on her channel. Let's have a look at a song she wrote in a short period of time. It's a catchy tune and Polly performs it with joy and enthusiasm!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Greensleeves on fingerstyle acoustic guitar

Here's a delightful video from bsondahl. Brad Sondahl is a 53 year old man from Idaho who has been uploading loads of guitar/banjo vids over the last year. In this one, we hear Brad play the old Celtic melody that was transformed into a Christmas carol in the late 1800s - "What Child is This?" I've always loved this song and I thank DeepInTheWoods for pointing me to this and all of Brad's videos.


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

HEY! HO! LET'S GO!

I've been visiting YouTube for almost a year now, and I'm happy to say that I'm still finding new and interesting people to watch! Here's my newest find, and I'm her newest fan. =D I would like you to meet mememolly, a 17 year old woman who lives in Canada but is originally from the UK. Molly makes thoughtful and entertaining videos and looks great on camera! Here she is, trimming her "fringe" (bangs), followed by a music video she filmed and starred in, of "Judy is a Punk" from The Ramones first album. After only the first 4 seconds of this video, I knew I was going to subscribe to Molly - you should too!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Fast Food Freestyle

Here's a great video that went totally viral! It has way over 4 million views already and all the kids are talking about it at school. Two guys pull up to a MickyD's Drive-through and place their order in the form of a rap. Check it out - it's creative and funny!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Labels: Awards, bsondahl, Daxflame, Fast, Food, Freestyle, logana13, mememolly, Ramones, rap, Video, YouTube, YouTubeStars

posted by KennyCrane at 3/18/2007 11:19:00 PM 2 Comments

Here we go again! YouTube is experiencing another Real/Fake debate over Daxflame, an alleged 15 year old socially awkward young man who vblogs, often emotionally, sometimes in a dinner jacket. Daxflame, who claims that his real first name is Bernice, debuted this week in the Top 100 Weekly Chart at number 73 with 8798 subscribers! Dax just joined YouTube on January 2nd of this year and he already has uploaded 43 videos, most of them are what he calls "video diaries". Have a look at these four video diary episodes and decide for yourself - is this a socially awkward young man who sometimes has a fit, or is this a talented actor with writers and a crew? Is Dax real or is he following in the footsteps of Lonelygirl15, LittleLoca and the Emo Kids?


My First Video Diary Entry

In this first video, Daxflame introduces himself and talks about his real name, Bernice. Although he stumbles over his words, he does appear somewhat confident about himself. Look at the tags he chose for this video: diary video blog teenager boy human cool very handsome. The video has almost 60 thousand views and almost 200 comments including: "That was hilarious! I love it!", "You are so cute.", "ur a good actor man keep putting up them movies." and "GOD I WANNA PUNCH U IN THE FACE".


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Second Blog Entry: I will befriend Jacob.

In the second Daxflame video, we are introduced to the Jacob character. Jacob is featured in many of the early Dax vids. In the video description, Dax says that there's "a little bit of a plot twist in the last 6-7 seconds." In the video, Dax ends by saying that "you gotta take a risk sometimes." At the 21 second mark, Dax mentions that Jacob has a girlfriend. Now, some commenters have theorized that Dax is romantically interested in Jacob, but it's clear that Dax knows from the start that Jacob likes girls. So is this "risk" about trying to start a romantic relationship with Jacob, is it about making new friends in general, or is it about the risk of putting out a new show on YouTube?


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Third Video Diary Entry: I blew it!

Dax starts out this third episode calmly enough, but he comes completely unhinged by the end of the film. Is this a very strange comedy or a wierd but true tale of teenage awkwardness?


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Sixteenth video diary entry: The best Friday EVER!!!

Jumping ahead in the series, we'll end this look at the Dax man with a totally strange comedy/mania performance/episode. It's really two videos in one. It starts with Dax pouring Hershey's chocolate syrup on his face and ends with Dax stuffing lots of Orbit gum in his mouth. If you appreciate this kind of comedy, check out the rest of Daxflame's videos. You might want to start with the recent I bit my orthodontist's finger off!, or the one that YouTube recently featured and now has almost a half million views: Video diary entry 32: TAPE FACE!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Labels: actor, Bernice, comedy, Daxflame, Emo, fake, Jacob, kids, LittleLoca, Lonelygirl15, real, Sophia, strange, YouTubeStars

posted by KennyCrane at 3/12/2007 01:46:00 AM 16 Comments