YouTube Stars!

Four unrelated videos for you all to view. Two from old time YouTubers and two from newer members...


Michelle Waugh is a talented 15 year old singer / songwriter. She sings and plays guitar in almost 50 uploaded videos. Most are covers but she also has some great originals. Listen to this cool song and also watch the excellent one I chose as this week's Featured Video over at our YouTube Top 100 Weekly Chart.





Kelsey Robinson is 17 years old and she loves music. She is a very good singer who makes music videos along with the occasional vlog like this one that I really enjoyed. She even made a very nice short comedy sketch about an incident in her math class. Also watch Kelsey's latest video from 2/25/2010 where she sings and plays piano on her nice original song called "Tanner", which starts at 1:34 after Kelsey catches us up on what she's been doing.





Paul Robinett has been uploading videos to his Renetto channel for 4 years as of March 5th. We have written about his insightful and entertaining videos many times over the years. Paul even joined up with vlogger Tom (tlg847) to make their own video site for vloggers called VloggerHeads. Check it out, its a thriving community that has been around since the summer of 2008. I wrote about its early days, here. Watch this short thought provoking blog about life and what drives us.





When I first came to YouTube 5 years ago, I was looking for Goth videos. I found two homemade videos that I liked (this one and this one) and then I started coming back to YouTube regularly. I soon found LittleLoca who was among the Most Subscribed at the time. We all later found out that this was a character played by Stevie Ryan. Stevie also created the "TheRealParis" channel and that is where this fun Goth music video is posted. Enjoy!

Labels: KelseyOfficial, LittleLoca, MichelleWMusic, renetto, Stevie Ryan

posted by KennyCrane at 3/04/2010 04:10:00 AM 0 Comments

Time to watch a few more videos! This time, we'll learn about becoming an internet millionaire, see surfing sheep, watch a flute concert, and check in with Jane!

But first, the News. The L.A. Times reported this week that LittleLoca (Stevie Ryan) has been signed as one of four hosts of the new CW reality series "Online Nation," making her one of the few YouTube stars to land a paid TV gig. Congrats, LittleLoca!!!

In other news, the 2BuxMall is moving along well in Beta testing. Soon, videomakers will have a new way to promote themselves and things they might have for sale.

There's still not a whole lot of movement on the Top 100 Weekly Chart, but I predict that this summer, we'll see some new rising YouTubeStars!

If you're a musician, or just want your videos to play in the highest quality possible, join LiveVideo and upload your videos there. Sure, you already upload to YouTube, but why not get even more exposure by uploading to LiveVideo too!!! Click the blue "Less Tube. More You!" picture at the top of the left column to go to LiveVideo, now!


Joe Castillo - Movie Extra Extraordinaire

Here's another creative and funny video from MysteryGuitarMan. It's really two videos in one. Joe talks about his movie career but there's mention of the Next Internet Millionaire. What's that all about? It's a new reality show and MGM wants to be on it. So go vote for him at The Next Internet Millionaire!!! To learn more about becoming an Internet Millionaire, please visit this website:








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


The Lambs Are Back

What's cuter than baby Lambs? Not much! Okay, so they aren't surfing; they're running around Becxie's green fields in Wales. But Becky chose WipeOut, that 60s surf classic, as the soundtrack for this cute movie - a fun song for a fun film. Watch it with the whole family!


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

Telemann Flute Fantasie in b minor

It's not all guitar and piano playing musicians on YouTube. There are flute players too. Among the best is ninaflute. Nina Perlove has performed as a flutist throughout the United States and Europe, and teaches at Northern Kentucky University. Listen to this excellent classical flute performance!


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


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JaneMcwhir is a teenage girl who lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Canada. She has been making videos on YouTube for over a year now. In her words, "she is a weird, Quirky Teenage Girl" but her fans have made her one of the most popular vloggers in the history of YouTube. Jane has over 6000 subscribers and was in the Top 100 most subscribed earlier in her career. Watch this video, in which she recommends some songs to listen to, and commenters recommend songs to her. Then check out others from her 54 video collection. You'll like what you see!


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

Labels: 2BuxMall, becxie, janemcwhir, lamb, LittleLoca, LiveVideo, MGM, MysteryGuitarMan, ninaflute

posted by KennyCrane at 5/21/2007 03:02:00 AM 1 Comments

Tonight, I was watching a movie on TV called "Waxworks". While watching this 1988 horror-comedy, I noticed that one of the stars was Deborah Foreman, the co-star, along with Nicolas Cage, of 1983's "Valley Girl". I was a big fan of the movie because I saw it on cable shortly after I returned from California on an enjoyable business trip. It reminded me of the good times I had in the LA area. Also, the music in the film is pretty cool. My three faves are the theme song "Girls Like Me" by the Bonnie Hayes Combo, "The Fanatic" by Felony, and "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" by The Flirts. I began to wonder where Debby Foreman is now and I found out, from her website, that she is teaching yoga at UCLA. Good for her!

What about the YouTubeStars of the past? Do you still follow their videos? Here's a chance to catch up with some of the big names from the earlier days of YouTube.

Loca's new Movie!

LittleLoca has been making movies on YouTube for almost a year now. She never really went away but she has been involved in other projects lately. One big thing in her world has been a half hour movie that she stars in! Check it out at http://www.bullfighterscafe.com/Loca/ticket.html. In early May, it will be one year since Stevie Ryan brought her LittleLoca to YouTube and she is still going strong!


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

NOW IT CAN BE TOLD....THE SECRET IS OUT

Last summer, a 79 year old UK gentleman named Peter made a few videos for YouTube. Within a week, he was featured and began a lightning fast climb to the top of the Most Subscribed chart. We first wrote about Geriatric1927 in that first week. Peter is still in the top 10 (number 9) on the YouTube Top 100 Weekly Chart this week and people still love his videos. Even though he has been offered quite a lot of publicity from newspapers, radio and television - Peter prefers to keep a low profile. But he recently had the opportunity to work with the Zimmers, a group of over-60 people who got together and made a cover of The Who's "My Generation". Watch this video, then check out the song on the Zimmers Myspace page!


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

Communication Terminated

What could that title mean? It's the latest video from Lonelygirl15. I first noticed LG15 last summer when she first began to become controversial. I had seen her first few videos and she seemed like a lot of other teens who blog on YT. But it was her "My Parents Suck" video released on July 4th that really got her noticed. Read all about that video, here. LG15 is still the Most Subscribed YouTube channel and no one is even close. Her channel continues to put out a few vids each week and the story continues. But are we near the end? Watch the video and then read the comments!


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

Labels: Deborah Foreman, Geriatric1927, Jessica Rose, LittleLoca, Lonelygirl15, Nicolas Cage, Peter Oakley, Stevie Ryan, Valley Girl, YouTube, YouTubeStars

posted by KennyCrane at 4/10/2007 12:31:00 AM 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