Wednesday, November 14, 2012
It's Thanksgiving! It's Friday!
Its been a year and a half since Patrice Wilson and Ark Music Factory gave us the song and video, "Friday" - sung by 13 year old Rebecca Black. We all know the story of Friday, but if you somehow missed it, read our coverage here.
Patrice is back on the YouTube scene with a song that is very much a clone of Friday. This song is about Thanksgiving, but features a lot of the same lyrical and video styles from Friday. The video starts with an allusion to time. The lyrics are about time. They even contain the same triple we - "we we we". In Friday, it was, " we we we so excited" and now its "we we we we're gonna have a good time."
Both songs contain wholesome lyrics that do not rhyme (other than "school is out, I can shout") about having fun in groups. "Fun, fun, think about fun, you know what it is!" was in a verse in Friday, as well as "we're gonna have a ball today." It's Thanksgiving puts the fun right in the chorus, "oh oh oh, its Thanksgiving! We we we we're gonna have a good time!"
The mention of sequential time slots is another similarity. In Friday, we heard, "Yesterday was Thursday, today it is Friday..." Now we get a list of holidays and their container months, "December was Christmas, January was New Year, April was Easter, and the Fourth of July, but now it's Thanksgiving, oh oh oh it's Thanksgiving!"
Inside Edition with Deborah Norville said tonight that this is the worst song ever. Many agree and some do not. As of now, the video has 7 million views with 107 thousand dislikes and 13 thousand likes. Who knows how many of the dislikes are from people simply following the crowd and wanting to be part of the In Group that has predetermined that anything put out by Patrice Wilson is most likely terrible.
Have a listen and decide for yourself what you think of this song and video. Singer Nicole Westbrook, 12 years old 7th grader from Los Angeles, seems nice enough and has a pleasant enough voice. She seemed to enjoy filming the video, singing into a Turkey leg, and most likely will make some money on this project, as the song is already available on iTunes.
Also watch this interview with Nicole Westbrook from ABC News.
Labels: ARK Music Factory, Friday, Nicole Westbrook, Patrice Wilson, Rebecca Black, thanksgiving
posted by KennyCrane at
11/14/2012 08:08:00 PM
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Ark Music Factory Singing Contest
Ark Music Factory is having a contest! The winner will receive a song written by owner Patrice Wilson, the same man who wrote "Friday" for Rebecca Black. The winner will also get to record the song in an L.A. studio and make a music video. Entrants had to be between the ages of 10 and 17, and had to submit a YouTube video of themselves singing. The contest submission period was from July 22 to August 5. Over 100 singers entered the contest, and you can see their videos here.
It is now time for members of the Ark Music Factory to vote for their favorite contestant. You can sign up to be a Member of Ark, Here.
The rules of the contest are here. In the first round which ends in a few days, 40 contestants will be chosen to continue. Here are YouTube videos of some Ark Music Factory contestants that we really enjoyed!
Vote for Loren Ann Martin, HERE.
We chose Loren Ann Martin's video for her Original song, "All Figured Out" as This week's Featured Video on our Top 100 and Top 200 Charts. Loren is 14 and lives in Indiana. She has written two original songs; this one and "His Eyes." Loren is a very good singer and she can also act! Enjoy listening to her sing her catchy pop songs and check out these well made videos!
We have a NEW Featured Video every week on our YouTube Top 100 Chart. If you missed any of our Previously Featured Videos, you can still watch them here.
Check out our Top 100 and Top 200 Charts of the Most Subscribed YouTube Channels every week!
More Ark Music Contest videos that we like!
Vote for Laurie-Anne Palin, HERE.
Vote for Katiebelle Akin, HERE.
Vote for Jillian Rae, HERE.
Vote for Natasha Fisher, HERE.
Vote for Tiffany Sanchez, HERE.
Vote for Torrey Mercer, HERE.
Vote for Elizabeth Elias, HERE.
Each of these singers is following their dreams and we wish them all the best in the contest and in their music! We'll give you all an update on the Ark Contest in the coming weeks. Good luck to all the contestants!
Labels: ARK Music Factory, contest, Patrice Wilson, singer
posted by KennyCrane at
8/16/2011 05:13:00 AM
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