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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

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Have a Happy Halloween, then VOTE!

Hello YouTube friends! This weekend is Halloween. We have two Halloween videos for you. One shows Halloween Costumes and the other shows how to do Halloween makeup.

Tuesday is Election Day in the US. Be a good citizen and VOTE! Speaking of voting -There is a contest going on for a sweet blogging job, and I'll show you two videos from among my subscribers who would like your vote so they can get the gig!

TiffanyJoAllen is a talented YouTube musician who has done many popular videos of cover songs. Watch her latest videos: The Man Who Can't Be Moved and Misery. We have written about her several times, see our posts about Tiffany Jo, here.

In this video, we follow Tiffany around as she browses through a costume shop! At the end, Tiffany tries on 5 costumes and asks us to pick the one that she should wear on Halloween. I picked the butterfly outfit. :-) Enjoy this cute and funny video!

MissChievous is Julia from Switzerland, an attractive and talented woman who does popular Makeup tutorials. With over 240 Thousand subscribers, MissChievous is number 168 on this week's Top 200 Chart, up 4 from last week!

In this video, Julia makes herself up to be an Angel. Click here for "Pictures and list of all products used and nailpolish I'm wearing on my website". Check out Julia's channel for more Halloween videos!

Friend and supporter of YouTubeStars, master videomaker SamProof is in a contest to get a job blogging about happy things! Sam wants your vote! Watch this very funny and creative video as Sam tells you about the contest. Click here to vote for Sam!

Sam is always working on several funny, creative and cool projects at once. Check out his website!

Madefromgrapes is Champagne, from California. She is also entered into the happy blogging job contest. Champagne is a talented and funny skitmaker who did a great job in the Kia contest and now she wants your vote for the blogger job. Click here to vote for Champagne!

Labels: contest, Halloween, Madefromgrapes, MissChievous, samproof, TiffanyJoAllen, vote

Monday, June 21, 2010

YouTube Five Years

As part of YouTube's Five Year celebration, YouTube created a new channel named FiveYear. Today we will see videos from some of the early YouTubeStars as they talk about their years on YouTube.

But first, The News!

We have our WINNERS!

Thanks to everyone who entered OUR CONTEST to win a copy of Mike Lombard's latest release, "Songs For A New Day"! We had 21 comments on our interview with Mike, and each commenter was entered in the contest. The contest ended Midnight Eastern time on June 20th. Here are the two winners: Danielaf555 and leenybella - Congrats to both of you!

Now, here are stories from some original YouTubeStars!

Lonelygirl15

Jessica Rose played the part of Bree on the Lonelygirl15 channel. Originally, people thought she was just another vlogger making videos in her room and uploading them to YouTube. Soon it was revealed that there was a small production company behind the channel. LG15 became the Most Subscribed YouTube channel on the Top 100 Weekly Chart of September 18, 2006. Geriatric1927 had been number one. Before that, Brookers and FilthyWhore spent time at the top spot.

Read more about LonelyGirl15.

Subscriber History for Lonelygirl15.

Original YouTube Profile information:
THANKS for all the nice comments! :) What can I say? Hmmm. My friend Daniel helped me set up this account and he helps me out with the videos (he's kinda a computer genius). I'm homeschooled so I guess that makes me a freak. Not! I don't care about a lot of the same things people talk about on YouTube but I'm trying to learn :) I do know about lots of random things (since I read ALOT)... so if you want to talk about quantum physics I just read "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman?" He's a complete nutjob but BRILLIANT! What else... uh okay I also know a lot about photography. I LOVE Dan Eldon. He was this war photographer who took tons of pictures of Africa and was killed by an angry mob when he was only 23. Crazy huh? I'd like to be like him someday (except for the dying part :). So anyways I'm on here a lot so talk to you soon!

Geriatric1927

Peter Oakley is known on YouTube as Geriatric1927. He was 79 when he first uploaded to YouTube. His charming style soon won over the community and he became the Most Subscribed member in the fall of 2006. Peter is affectionately known as "The Internet Grandad."

Read more about Geriatric1927.

Subscriber History for Geriatric1927.

Original YouTube Profile information:
I am a widower living alone in the county in the middle of England Uk. My life has been very varied but my love of motorcycles has remained with me all of my life (no I don't have piercings or tattoos).I am a bit of a recluse I suppose as partying and such do not appeal. I have a degree in fine art which I got at the age of 60+ so have interests there.Blues music is essential to my well being and have been addicted since a child. I have a background in mechanical engineering. I guess that's enough. Ask me if you want to know more.

Renetto

Paul Robinett is Renetto on YouTube. He started out in mid 2006 by doing "Renetto Reviews" videos. These were a series of funny commentaries on videos made by popular YouTubers, notably the highly subscribed LittleLoca. Paul used a goofy voice which was reminiscent of Bill Murry's "CaddyShack" character. We wore black thick-framed glasses, donned iPod earphones and stuck a toothpick in his upper lip to look like the part he was playing. Eventually he dropped the act and made many different kinds of videos, from comedy to vlogging to lifestreaming to community boosting. Paul still vlogs and can also be found on his site, Vloggerheads.

Read more about Renetto.

Subscriber History for Renetto.

Original YouTube Profile information:
I am an Artist Inventor Musician Entrepreneuer. I like to say that I am "Self Unemployed". When you get to do the things that I do and make money doing them it's hard to call it "Work" or even think of them as a "Job".

Labels: contest, Geriatric1927, Lonelygirl15, Mike Lombardo, MikeLombardoMusic, renetto

Monday, June 07, 2010

Mike Lombardo Interview and CONTEST

[It is now 12:10 AM on Monday, June 21, 2010 and the Contest is Closed. Thanks to everyone who entered by commenting on this interview! You can still comment if you want, but the contest is over and we'll announce the 2 winners shortly... Here are the two winners: Danielaf555 and leenybella - Congrats to both of you!]

Here is another YouTubeStars interview of a talented and interesting YouTuber. This time, we have interviewed musician Mike Lombardo, who describes himself as a "geeky piano rocker." Mike's main channel is MikeLombardoMusic which has lots of great music videos including his most watched "Hey Molly" original song. Mike's other channel is jeffisold which has vlogs and live footage.

Mike is currently on tour in support of his newest release, the 2 CD "Songs For A New Day" - which you can WIN if you enter our contest - Rules are below the Interview. Tour dates can be found on Mike's website.

Mike is on DFTBA Records LLC, which is co-owned by YouTubers Hank Green from the vlogbrothers channel and Alan Lastufka whose channel is fallofautumndistro.

There is one final notable association between Mike and a well known YouTuber. Mike is dating popular vlogger HayleyGHoover. We have written about Hayley here on YouTubeStars four times over the last 2 and a half years. You can see her latest vlog in which she talks about dressing up as a sheep, here. Watch the delightful Sheep video (or is she a goat?), here. Finally, watch Mike on Hayley's channel, singing his charming original song, "Hey Molly" - renamed "Hey Hayley" for this performance.

Now, our interview with Mike Lombardo!

Mike!

Hi Mike! Tell us a little about yourself, please.

Well, I play the piano. I like grilled cheese and Halo and bad horror movies. I once tried to ride a shopping cart off my roof.

How long have you been singing, playing and writing music?

I've been playing basically since I was born. We have pictures of me playing at age 2 so I must have started before then. I'm not sure when I started writing. I started a band with some buddies in 8th or 9th grade so around then, probably. We weren't very good though.

Who are some of your favorite Musicians, both on and off YouTube?

I am a big fan of Coheed and Cambria, Toto, The Eagles, Paul and Storm, Paul McCartney, basically anyone who's on that virtuosic level of instrumental and compositional skill. Some of my favorite youtubers are Jack Conte ,my good friends Anna P , Dylan Galvin, and Sara Parsons, and the whole DFTBA crew as well. My favorite of the week is Dr. Noise.

How did you get started on YouTube?

I don't really remember. I used to have an account when I was in college and I just talked and did stupid things on it. That ended up getting deleted. In January 2008 I started posting some live clips and then original songs in the fall of that year. So I've had my current channel for almost 2 and a half years now. I just surprised myself by checking the day. January 1 2008. That seems like forever ago to me.

What do you think is the best video you have made so far?

That's a tough one. Most of the 'popular' ones are old and I'm not happy with them because I've improved since I made them. My favorite just to listen to is the 'That Will Be The Day' demo that I did, I think, because that song is hard to separate from its production. I think the percussion and the full band instrumentation really help the groove and so it was cool to put all the pieces together on that one when I was writing it.

How have your friends and family reacted to your music and your videos?

A lot of my friends from Berklee are focusing on the more traditional touring model and they really don't spend a lot of time on the internet in the way that I do, so they're not really in tune with the whole youtube community. Most of them either don't know I'm involved with it or don't understand how it all works, I suppose. Some of them are just getting into it now, which is cool. My best friend Sam still lives in my hometown and he always asks me how it's going but he doesn't spend a lot of time on youtube either. Most of the time he's either mixing sound for us or sitting in on drums for some local shows. So my internet world and my 'local' world are pretty separated at this point, and that's probably good.

Tell us about your time at Berklee.

Berklee is, as my friend Jesse likes to say, the four years that you suck. It's basically putting yourself in a situation where everyone else is better than you. Not just learning from teachers, but learning from students, and the players there are the best players in the world. It was really eye opening and I think it went a long way towards helping me find my individual sound. By far the most enriching thing was sitting in a songwriting class with lots of great songwriters and hearing how they handled the same assignments.

What has been your experience with the YouTube community in general and with other YouTube musicians?

It can be hard to get in touch with people just because of the sheer numbers that most of them have to deal with, but the people that I've been involved with have generally been really nice, gracious people. All the people involved with DFTBA are super cool and overall, the rest of the musicians and community that I have come in contact with have been very cool people.

How do you feel about "haters" on YouTube who leave rude comments?

It's just ignorance. No one who has ever worked hard to practice and master an instrument or a song would ever say something insulting about someone else posting music. I think it comes from people who can't play or don't want to put in the time to learn and are jealous of those who have made the commitment. In addition to the rudeness, it's also idiotic: If you don't like what you're hearing, stop listening to it and go listen to something different. Only a moron would continue to take the time to listen to the entire thing, log in, type up and leave a mean comment. It's probably a great way to get in trouble with YouTube, though. Most youtube musicians have very loyal followers and anyone leaving rude comments will probably get flagged a bunch of times by the musician's fans. Now, there are some commenters who will say "I appreciate the skill involved but it's not my style" or otherwise respectfully indicate that they didn't like it. That's fine, and I don't want to speak for others, but personally I welcome the comment. Nothing wrong with not liking someone's music, but that is absolutely no reason to say mean things about them. A lot of my friends are involved in styles of music that I personally don't enjoy listening to, but that doesn't mean they don't work hard on it, or that they are talented and skilled. It just means it's not my personal taste. Some people have trouble distinguishing between "You suck and have no talent" and "I do not like this type of music." I don't like Brad Paisley's music but he's an incredibly talented dude and it would be a mistake to say "Brad Paisley sucks." I made a vlog about that a while back on my second channel because I think it's something that we can all be guilty of sometimes and I wanted to encourage people to be mindful of it.

What else do you like to do in your free time, besides music and making videos?

I really enjoy a good video game, although I just haven't had time lately. Over the summer, I played a ton of Left4Dead with my friends from home, and I'm really into stuff like Max Payne and Mirror's Edge. I tend to really gravitate towards innovative, artsy games rather than some of the more mainstream stuff like Counter-Strike or Quake. Halo is probably one of my favorites of all time. I don't own any consoles, so I just play on my PC. I'm also in the process of watching all of The X Files episodes. I'm currently on season 4. Besides that, I try to spend a lot of time outside - Sam and I love going out in the woods and practicing target shooting and just walking around. It's nice because I have to spend so much time sitting on the computer that getting outside and running around with Sam and being loud is a nice change of pace.

Please tell us about your upcoming tour.

Well I feel that the most important aspect of my music is the live show, rather than the recordings. I kind of think of the recordings as a tool to make sure people are familiar with the songs when they see us at shows. Some artists have to tour to support their album; I put out albums to support my tour. It's what I look forward to most. This summer, we're going to Indianapolis, Chicago, Philly, NYC, and I have a few upstate NY stops scattered around. It's only a 2 week tour but we're looking forward to it. Exact dates are on my site , and our opening act for this tour is our good friend Zarni DeWet. She's a friend from Berklee and she's a totally awesome pianist and songwriter. We're also catching up with a few of my other college friends for various stops along the way, so I'm pretty exited to play with them again. I went through a lot of extra trouble to make sure all the shows are All-Ages, so if anyone is around, please come out, see us, and bring some friends :)

Tell us about your latest album, "Songs For A new Day."

It's a big one for us. It's 2 discs and a movie and we spend a year putting it together. It's by far our best recording performance to date, and I think we've really raised the bar for ourselves. The second disc is a bonus CD. When we were recording our first record, "The Fordham Sessions," back in early '09, we were kind of squeezing it in between final exams and shows with other groups, so we didn't really have the time, budget, or resources to do everything we wanted to do with it. We figured, since we were in the studio anyway, it would be cool to go back and revisit the tunes from the Fordham Sessions and try to record them as they were originally intended. It's not just re-mastered, it's re-recorded, everything, from scratch. Fans of the first album will notice an enormous improvement in the performance and sound quality, and new fans will be able to check out some of our older material. And it was a lot of fun for us to do, as well, so I'm glad we got to do it. There was also a song that we originally cut from the first release of The Fordham Sessions because it just wasn't working with the layout of the record. We revisited that song and got together a good recording of it, and we've included it as a bonus track. I don't believe we've ever performed it, so I think it's brand new to most of the fans. So that's 21 tracks on 2 CD's in total, and also when you order the physical through DFTBA, you can download a 23-minute making-of video that shows the various steps of us recording the album. I think a lot of people don't realize how much work and how many people have to come together to create a CD with one person's name on the front, so we wanted to show a little bit of that.

What is your relationship with DFTBA records?

I've had a great relationship with them. Obviously they don't operate like a traditional label, and so it's much more of a symbiotic relationship. Alan Lastufka, one of the co-founders, is a great extra set of ears for new ideas, and he really likes my writing and ML3's sound so it's great to be working with people who care about the music and are excited to work on it. Obviously, financial interests are unavoidable because Alan and I both do what we do for a living, not just as a hobby, so you've got to be careful of the decisions you're making so you can feed yourself, but I think Alan knows the words to our songs better than I do, so we know he's making decisions about what's best for the music and for the artists, and not just how to "make a ton of money." If money is really that important to you, do not go into the field of professional music. ;)

How did you first approach DFTBA, and any advice for other YouTube musicians looking for a label?

DFTBA is pretty unique amongst indie labels. To my knowledge there's nothing else around that handles things the same way. One thing that they do have in common with most indie labels is they do not accept unsolicited submissions. That means you can't approach them about being signed. If they want to work with you, they'll come to you. Alan wrote a blog entry about it here. People interested should read the article, but the basic idea is a record deal won't make you more successful. It just means you make your payments to someone else and you have to go to the post office less. If you don't build a following on your own, a label will not work with you.

What does DFTBA do to promote you, and what percentage of sales do they take?

They handle the distribution of my music. That means I write, record, produce, and mix it. Alan masters it (basically making sure the volumes are uniform so you don't have to keep turning up and down your volume knob when listening.) Then they get the CD printed and boxes and when people order it, they mail it out. Basically all the things that I find annoying. This is not the role of a traditional label. Currently their standard contract is 60% of the income goes back to the artist, but that can differ per contract / per artist.

What is the Mike Lombardo Trio (ML3)?

ML3 is basically the group that I record with and sometimes perform with. It's my 'full band.' My drummer, Andy Rumschlag, plays on all the recordings and all the albums, and he's with me on tours. He plays a huge role in planning and logistics, and contributes an enormous amount to our songs, arrangements, and production. I might even say he's a co-producer of the album. Andy's input is a big part of the Mike Lombardo sound. Our bassist Ellen Angelico is actually a country guitarist by trade, but she was a good friend of mine before I got a group together and she agreed to play bass for a few shows. We all loved it and so she stayed. Ellen's an incredibly busy girl so she is very rarely available to tour with us, and she chooses a lower level of involvement in the 'band' decisions, but she plays all the bass tracks on the albums. She's written most of the bass material, as well. Anything that I didn't specifically write into the song, she's come up with on her own. That groovy little fill in the pre-chorus of "Caroline," for example. That's an idea that she brought to the table and we built into the song. When Ellen can't join us for tours, we have had a few different bassists play with us. This upcoming tour, we'll be joined by Alex Smith, another friend of ours from Berklee.The problem with the name 'ML3' became more obvious as we were releasing more stuff. Sometimes we wouldn't have Ellen with us. Do we still bill it as ML3? or Mike Lombardo? And I also realized if everything was released under one name, we could double down on promotion instead of promoting 2 different brands, having 2 different iTunes listings, etc. So while we still refer to our live show as ML3, everything is legally cataloged under 'Mike Lombardo' just so everything is in one place.

What other projects are you working on?

Ooh, lots of stuff. I'm planning collabs with RockstarRaquel, MimsieSky, Tom Milsom, Luke Conard, and a few others that I'm not going to mention yet. I'm also writing for my next album, I'm one of the head admins at the DFTBA forums, I run a musical networking community and podcast with Jeff MacDougall, and lots of other stuff in the works that's too early to talk about ;)

What do you think of that fabulous YouTube vlogger and writer, Hayley G. Hoover?

I think she needs to stop resting on her laurels and make some new videos. I mean, seriously, I want to be entertained.

What are your plans for the future?

I'll be moving within the next year or so, to the midwest. Andy and I are going to try to start a live music venue. I can't afford to do that, yet, so once this tour gets wrapped up, basically lying low and saving up to move.

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Here's an awesome acapella tune with Mike singing all the parts. After the song, Mike talks about the tour stops and the new release, "Songs For A New Day." Read on to see how YOU can win a copy of this 2-CD set!

Mike's band is in a contest to open for John Mayer in his Scranton, PA show. Help Mike out by voting for his song, "Abby Never" on the OurStage Judge page. Watch this video and Mike will tell you all about it!

Leave a comment below for a chance to WIN this 2-CD set!

We will pick two people who comment on this interview at random and send them a free copy of "Songs For A New Day." The contest begins today, Monday June 7th 2010 and ends midnight Sunday June 20th 2010 Eastern Time.

Here are the rest of the rules: Comment on this interview here at YouTubeStars using the comment link you will see below, and please include your YouTube channel name at the end of the comment. Do NOT put any links in your comment. Comments containing links will not be approved. Multiple comments are okay but only one will count as an entry. Two commentors will be chosen at random after the contest ends and will be notified with a Personal Message (PM) at YouTube stating that they have won this contest. Winners must reply to the PM with their mailing address within one week. If a winner does not reply, a new winner will be chosen at random.

So tell us what you think about this interview and what you think of Mike and his music. Two of you will win a copy of Mike's new release!

Comment below! Good Luck!

Labels: contest, hayleyghoover, interview, Mike Lombardo, MikeLombardoMusic

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Contest News

Here is a follow-up on two of the contests I recently told you all about. After we hear the exciting results from the contestants, I'll tell you all about a new YouTube contest!

Last week I told you about AllisonBrustofski making the Finals of the New York Songwriters Circle Young Songwriter contest. After performing live last night, Ali WON the Young Songwriters Award! Congrats, Ali!!! Here's what she posted on her YouTube profile:

Wow, what an amazing night! 2009 Young Songwriter Award winner!
I JUST POSTED A FEW PICTURES ON MY MYSPACE FROM LAST NIGHT!!
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ALLISONBRUSTOFSKI - CLICK ON 'PICS' UNDER MY PICTURE:)
Thank you so much for all of the great comments and congratulations!
The winners are now posted at the New York Songwriters Circle site - http://www.songwriters-circle.com - and you can hear "Rewind" (it's song #6!) and all of the other amazing artists in their music player!
Lots more exciting stuff to show and tell soon!

This would not have happened without you guys and I can not thank you enough for voting and for ALL of your support! You guys ROCK!
xoxo Ali

Ali had created her own contest to help publicize her participation in this contest. She asked me to help judge the competition and here is her video announcing the contest results:

Last week we also told you about TiffanyJoAllen entering the Yahoo Yodel Contest. She competed for video views against hundreds of other entrants and made the finals by being in the three most watched videos in the U.S. Then in the Finals, she WON by a large margin! If you go to the Yahoo homepage and click the Exclamation Point in the Yahoo logo, you'll hear Tiffany Jo's yodel! Here's what Tiffany Jo said in the video description announcing her win, shown below:

http://yodelstudio.yahoo.com/us/
The Yahoo Yodeling Contest is over and thanks to ALL of you I won!
Thank you so much for voting for me.
I really appreciate your support.
Love,
Tiffany xo

Here is the latest video from Tiffany Jo, just released today. It's an excellent cover of the popular Kings Of Leon song, "Use Somebody." Tiffany Jo is being filmed by a local News crew as she sings this tune. Here is the description and the video.

Kings of Leon, Use Somebody is one of my favorite songs. I hope you like my version of Use Somebody by Kings of Leon. This video was recorded during a segment of my interview with Lou Raguse, an anchor from a Fox News network affiliate. If you like my music, please subscribe and don't forget to Favorite and Share it with your friends!
Thank You!
Love,
Tiffany Jo

Here's a brand new contest from an American 21-year-old college student living in Tokyo, Japan. Her YouTube channel is MissHannahMinx. She likes to wear animal headgear and speak Japanese while vlogging from her room. She also likes punk and metal music, and stuffed animals! Hannah says she loves to promote vloggers, and we at YouTubeStars love to promote vloggers and musicians and all kinds of YouTubers, so we're helping Hannah promote vloggers and her contest! Here is the video description followed by the video itself. Good luck to the contest entrants!

Contest just to say thank you to everyone for all the success of this channel so far. ^_^

The guidelines of the contest are also loose and can be broken. Overall I want you to just have fun and be creative. I also love to promote people who are new to vlogging, so this contest is also just an excuse to do that.

Ellthebag inspired it: http://www.youtube.com/user/ELLtheBAG

Labels: AllisonBrustofski, contest, MissHannahMinx, TiffanyJoAllen

Sunday, November 08, 2009

AllisonBrustofski in Songwriters Contest

Our friend AllisonBrustofski recently put out a video to let us know that she is a Top 3 Finalist in the New York Songwriters Circle Young Songwriter contest.

Ali entered her original song, "Rewind," in this contest that helped launch the career of Kate Voegele in 2006. Ali hopes to win this contest, which would be a step forward in her own singing career. Voting ends tonight at midnight, so please vote NOW!

Help Ali win this contest! It's easy to vote for Ali! Just register at the Fashion Fantasy Game as a Fashion Designer or Store Owner (looks like a fun site!) Then click where it says "Vote Here! 2009 NYSC Young Songwriter Award" and click Vote under Ali's picture.

Here is the video Ali made on YouTube to talk about the contest. Good luck, Ali!!!

Description:
♥♥♥ VOTE FOR ALI! ♥♥♥
Hey guys, I need your help! VOTING ENDS SOON! My original song "Rewind" was selected by a panel of judges from the prestigious New York Songwriters Circle to be one of the top 3 finalists in their 2009 Young Songwriters Contest!
This means so much to my career and here's how you can help!

1. GO TO http://www.fashionfantasygame.com
2. REGISTER (click on "Not yet a member? under SIGN IN, then follow the prompts)!
3. Once you are registered, CLICK ON "CONTESTS" IN THE MENU BAR!
4. VOTE FOR ALI!
You can only vote once, but you can listen to my new song as often as you'd like! For more info on the contest, please visit and support the New York Songwriters Circle at http://www.songwriters-circle.com
PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW! VOTING ENDS ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AT 11:59PM EDT AND EVERY VOTE COUNTS! Thank you so much for your support! I have the very best subscribers on all of YouTube!! xoxo Ali

Labels: AllisonBrustofski, contest, songwriter, vote

Friday, November 06, 2009

TiffanyJoAllen in Yahoo Yodel Contest

(After you read about this contest, be sure to read the Update at the end of this post!)

Our friend TiffanyJoAllen put out a video today to let us know about her entry in the Yahoo YodelStudio Contest.

According to the rules, anyone can make a video up to 90 seconds in length of them performing the Yahoo Yodel, that famous brand audio clip often heard in Yahoo commercials - "Ya hooOOOooo!" The three videos from each of the US, UK and India that have the most views will compete for more views, resulting in one winning video from each country. Winning videos will appear on the Yahoo homepage, bringing lots of exposure!

Tiffany Jo made an amazing 9 second yodel ending in the Yahoo yodel, and she is doing very well in the contest. You can see how close to the most viewed video she is, at this contest page.

For those who do not know, Tiffany Jo is an award winning Yodeler who has been yodeling since she was just a little girl! Watch this video and you'll see her yodeling talent!

Help Tiffany Jo win this contest! It's so easy! Just watch this very short video. Every view helps increase her view count, and the video with the highest view count wins, so go watch! The contest ends in 3 days, so watch it now, then tell your friends to watch it too!

Here is the link:
http://yodelstudio.yahoo.com/us/gallery.php?id=14498

Here is the video Tiffany Jo made on YouTube to talk about the contest. Good luck, Tiffany Jo!!!

Description:
http://yodelstudio.yahoo.com/us/gallery.php?id=14498

All you have to do is view the video! THERE IS NO LIMIT TO HOW MANY TIMES YOU CAN VIEW IT! EACH VIEW HELPS!
Please, Please, Please *GASP* Please.
Thank you so much!
Love,
Tiffany Jo

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UPDATE 11/11/2009

Tiffany Jo Allen was in the Top 3 in the U.S. in video views and now is a Finalist in this contest! Vote in this last part of the contest by going here:

http://yodelstudio.yahoo.com/us/

Here is an update video from Tiffany Jo:

Good Luck and Best Wishes, Tiffany Jo!

Labels: contest, TiffanyJoAllen, Yahoo, yodel

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Contest For Cash! by TiffanyJoAllen

One of our Favorite YouTube musicians, TiffanyJoAllen, is doing a Contest! Make a Tiffany Jo Allen Fan Video response to this video and you could win $100! Read the description for more information. Make a video response, and vote too! Good Luck!

Visit Tiffany Jo's website at www.TiffanyJo.com.

Contest for Cash!

Made by: TiffanyJoAllen
Rating: 4.70
Views: 214
Comments: 17
Category: Music

Description:
Upload your Tiffany Jo Allen Fan Video as a video responce to this Contest for Cash video. All videos will be voted on. Contest ends Friday, August 29, 2008. You can vote every day but please one vote per video per day. First place wins $100 plus prizes including video being displayed at www.TiffanyJo.com! There will be 4 winners total.
Invite everyone to come and vote on your video! Video creators and voters have a chance to win!
Good Luck!
Contest rules may change at anytime per Youtube.

Labels: cash, contest, money, prize, TiffanyJoAllen, vote

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

We Support the Arts on YouTube

Back in February, YouTuber JackDanyells announced a contest to help promote Art and Writing on YouTube. In his video about the contest, "Do you support the arts on YouTube?", Jack asks the question, "Is there a place for art and writing in the digital revolution?" So far, there have been 353 video responses! Finalists in the contest are to be announced on May 9th. Links to official rules of the contest are in the description of the video. There are two $500 prizes up for grabs!

Here at YouTubeStars, we consider the entire range of videos posted on YouTube as works of art. We have supported YouTubers and their videos for TWO years now! In this post, we'll have a look and listen to two poets reading a sample of their work. We'll also watch two unique music videos - one is a classic hymn set to a classic rock song, the other is a collaboration/duet between two YouTubers.

First, some News! There is another popular contest going on, and several YouTubers are contestants. The TotalPopStar contest is in the Final stages. The winner gets a Record Contract and Prizes worth over $150,000! We have written about three of the top six Finalists in the past: bexboop878, jsanchezfan, and kristaheartzuz. Go to TotalPopStar and vote, NOW!

HotForWords says go to www.MyYTStats.com!

HotForWords says go to www.MyYTStats.com!

Last month, our new friend Marina (HotForWords, #33 this week!) appeared on The O'Reilly Factor with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News. They talked about the origin of five words that Bill likes to use on his show. I was very happy to hear him mention how many Total Video Views Marina has received on YouTube! He got that data from our Total Video Views widget, which appears front and center on the www.HotForWords.com website. Excellent appearance, Marina! And thanks, Bill O'Reilly for indirectly promoting our Total Video Views widget! As people like YOU add our widgets to their websites, we are adding their Testimonials to our website. Go see who is using our widgets!

Last time, we mentioned comedian Fred from jklproduction (#23 this week). He spun off his Fred character to its own channel on May 1st. He already has over 4o Thousand subscribers and entered the Top 100 Chart at number 83! Watch his Mayday video. It's so stupid, it's funny!

Now, here are four videos for you!

Charming Nikki, babyporriidge, made this entry for JackDanyells' contest. It's an amazing poem with great visuals. Here is the poem:

dear inspiration,

we have not kissed for days.

you disappear with the ease of the ghosts i pretend not to believe in, & you slip through the loopholes of my jargon & thought patterns, as if your only obligation is to slide through space.

the days were kinder then, & you taught me to speak with the diction of the skies. you taught me to write about charisma like a broken record where everything was muted against the infinite repeat of charm & of charm & of charm & of charm.

sometimes, in your absence, you take my clarity. sometimes, it's my sanity. always, you take a piece of me with you.

i have looked for you under tea-cups & between the lines of someone else's pride. it would help if you were not so nameless & not so faceless.

there is a place, much like you, where inertia & gravity do not apply.
i only have open arms for you & like my skin & my soul are territories already marked with your name, there is a place like a smooth canvas that waits for your calligraphy.

there will be a place for us here.

TubeWrite: Dear Inspiration

Made by: babyporridge
Rating: 4.89
Views: 8782
Comments: 148
Category: Film & Animation

Talented Stefani, livingpassion, has been sharing her excellent poetry with the YouTube community for over a year now. She has 143 videos on YT! Here is the poem she recites in this video:

I love you

I wrote you a poem,
Comparing my love
To the dangerously enticing
Face of the fiery sun...

I called you my songbird--
Lamenting your silence
And seeking your song...
Wishing I had clipped your wings.

When I wept for you,
I spoke of storms
Wreaking havoc on my heart
And freezing my very soul.

Like the prophet,
Seeking a still, small voice in an earthquake,
In my pedantic, poetic rambling
I think I forgot to say,
Simply...

I love you.

A Simple Love Poem

Made by: livingpassion
Rating: 5.00
Views: 232
Comments: 20
Category: People & Blogs

Inspiring VioletKitty411 recently uploaded this uplifting video. She sings "Amazing Grace" to the music of "House of the Rising Sun" which was a hit for "The Animals" in the '60s. Enjoy this music video and be sure to check out more videos on the VioletKitty411 channel!

House of the Risen Son

Made by: VioletKitty411
Rating: 4.15
Views: 793
Comments: 97
Category: Music

Bridget Hermano teams up with Jennifer Newberry on this duet/collaboration video collage. Both ladies are beautiful and talented singers! You'll enjoy watching and listening to this one! Don't miss "No Air" towards the end - WOW!

Bridget & Jennifer Newberry Duet Collage

Made by: jennifernew21
Rating: 4.76
Views: 3947
Comments: 111
Category: Music

Labels: art, babyporridge, bexboop878, bri3jet, contest, fred, hotforwords, JenniferNew21, jsanchezfan, KristaHeartzuz, livingpassion, poem, violetkitty411, widget

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Happy Valentine's Day!

There are many videos on YouTube for and about Valentine's Day. Here's a link to a list of them. Find someone to love today and give them a hug, send them an email, IM them, or just leave a nice comment on one of their videos. We love all our readers; thanks for visiting YouTubeStars! :)

One piece of news, then we'll watch some videos. There is an interesting debut this week on the Weekly Top 100 Chart. No, I'm not talking about Barack Obama, although his BarackObamaDotCom channel did debut this week at number 86. I'm talking about MRirian, a young Japanese lady who often does very little in her videos - many times she doesn't even talk. Why is everyone watching and subscribing? Because Miss Magibon looks exactly like a real life Anime Character! She has huge eyes, a small pointed chin and an adorable smile. If you haven't seen her, follow the link above - or visit the Top 100 Chart and click on her, she's number 100 this week. See why she has over 23 Thousand subscribers and over One Million Profile views!

Now, here are a few videos that have nothing to do with Valentine's Day! Enjoy them anyway. :p

Who is Kina Grannis? Kina is a talented young singer/songwriter/guitarist who recently won a major contest with huge exposure! Here's the scoop from Kina's Profile:

Doritos Crash the SuperBowl WINNER!
www.twoweeksforkina.com
faqs:
- what ARE you??? half japanese :)
- what kind of guitar do you have? taylor 814-ce
- where are you from? orange county, ca
- how old are you? contrary to what you might think, i'm 22,
not 16 :)
- do you have any cds? yes, they can be purchased from
www.kinagrannis.com or on itunes!
- how can i contact you? *not* via youtube messaging,
preferably. it's gotten very backed up and it's hard for me to keep track of
messages on there. i do my best to respond, but it's difficult and slow. so this
is better: kina@kinagrannis.com
*OR* comment on my blog http://www.twoweeksforkina.com
/blog/index.html and i will try to respond in the next post!
if you're looking to buy some cds, you can find me on itunes
or order them from my website: http://www.kinagrannis.com

Who is Kina Grannis?

Made by: kinagrannis
Rating: 4.94
Views: 13110
Comments: 133
Category: Music

This video is a montage of clips from other videos, along with information about Kina and the Doritos Supper Bowl contest that she WON! Kina is beautiful but she is also smart and talented. Watch this video and meet Kina!

Gotta Digg

Made by: kinagrannis
Rating: 4.75
Views: 376739
Comments: 1065
Category: Music

This is such a catchy tune! Kina sings the verses and harmonizes with her two sisters on the chorus. Warning! This song will be stuck in your head. Listen anyway, it's great!

We have added this post to Digg.com! Please click this link and Digg this!!! Thanks!

The Mystery of Beauty

Made by: doctorcastille
Rating: 4.93
Views: 1053
Comments: 50
Category: Music

Okay, here's a video that has a little something to do with Valentine's Day. It's about beauty. Studies have shown that people are more likely to rate a face as beautiful if the person depicted has clear skin and symmetrical features. This is an indication to our subconscious brain that the person is healthy and would most likely be a good mate to raise a family with. If you use computer technology to morph together a bunch of real people's faces, you'll get an averaging of features which creates a composite with symmetrical features. People will most likely rate this composite as beautiful. Watch the video for more!

The Future Is Showing (song)

Made by: periurban
Rating: 4.68
Views: 387
Comments: 45
Category: Music

PeriUrban just keeps on making cool music videos! This one features Peri singinging his original song as he plays along on his acoustic guitar - but wait, there's more! Peri always sings and plays his guitar, but this time he added a very cool electric guitar track that adds a real rockin' kick to the tune. His singing is strong; it starts out mellow enough, but then Peri gets loud and raspy - driving home his point that the videomaking community is always changing as time goes by. Please keep checkng back here at YouTubeStars for the latest in what's going on in the YouTube community; thanks!

Labels: Anime, beauty, bowl, contest, Digg, doctorcastille, Doritos, kinagrannis, Magi, Magibon, MRirian, PeriUrban, super, superbowl

Friday, October 19, 2007

YouTube Contests

Many people make videos as a way to express themselves. Sometimes, a little competition can be a fun way to spark creativity. There are contests on YouTube, sponsored by both commercial interests and other YouTubers. You can find a list of YouTube Featured Contests here. In this post, I'll embed some videos made by members of the YouTube community who are holding contests. Watch the videos and enter some contests with your own video responses!

Win a Panasonic Camcorder!
from morfeene2

Here we are.....at the end of the road for a while....and what a Prize!

Get your motors running...competition ends Monday October 29th at 9pm.

You can respond as many times as you want, in whatever manner you want - comments, video responses, Private Messages - whatever you want to do.

The only rule is that I must be BENT DOUBLE and HURTING with laughter. I want to laugh until I cry. I want to laugh so hard that it hurts!

Give it to me folks! :-)

Steve

Tihara's Contest
from Tihara

What does love mean to you? It could be anything from a person, object, sport an overall feeling! The main goal of this video will be to see how people express their feelings about love...

The end result for this piece is a collaboration video that will play to the Rogue Traders Song "Falling In Love" but to make it happen I need your videos on what love is!

So a contest is also being run for those who put in some extra effort and send video responses! Contest ends November 3rd 2007!

Please only videos that are specified to this contest... I will remove all videos that are not for this contest im sorry but its not fair to others it clogs it all up =(

Strict Cop Sounds Off, Classic Car Contest from DIY Network
from DIYntwrk

Celebrity Rides: Burt Builds a Bandit on DIY Network showcases legend Burt Reynolds and the team who refurbish classic Pontiac Trans Am vehicles. Win a car restored on air by submitting a video to Heavy.com, but obey this cop's instructions!

Dare to be Cute Contest! For Big Kids lol
from Pippilly

copyright royalty free music by Theinternetguy.com

This could be Youtubes 1st Official "cute" contest. All entries will automatically be in the Youtubes Official "Cute Club" Your names will appear on my homepage. Prize(s) are still in the making : )
Ok, you Guys and Goyls, It's time to have some fun! Make a cute funny silly video, and most of all have fun, do it for your own amuzement and ours. Let's have a good laugh and see what we all come up with. so many creative and interesting minds out there. If your shy, now is your chance to be Dared to be CUTE! WOOT!!!

You can enter you cute vids here, but only new vids for this contest are elligible to win to be fair to the contestants. does that sound fair?

Contest closes November 1st and Winners will be announced shortly after that. Please state in your video what country you are from. Oh this is going to be SO much fun! Thanks in Advance you guys! Love yas!!! and Welcome my new subscibers hee hee

Can't wait for you all to give is a good LAFF!!!

You Tube lyrics CONTEST! Enter, Vote and Spread!!
from 1butterflykiss

Please Read! First let me say thank you ahead of time for all that enter this contest to be an inspiration.
The rules are simple and explained in the video.
If you would like help putting (legal) music to your poems, short stories etc, Please go here.
musicforyourvideos Its an Awesome channel! http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=musicforyourvideos
Click on the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICipE7NopwI
I encourage you to all subscribe to this channel. Its a great thing that they are doing with YT cracking down so hard on copyrighted music.
I thank musicforyourvideos for offering to help anyone entering!

Please, when you vote do so on this video so that I can keep track.

Note: As said in the video, this isn't the sole thing that will win the contests but VOTES will be considered!

I will run this contest until Oct. 30th so get your entries in and help me spread this. Its all about letting others know that they are not alone. We have all had trying times but we have the advantage of using our hardships to encourage others!
Entries so far are as follows:
1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ1mVun Pkds
AKA - montomaniac
2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4495DuO MNT8
AKA - RRCreamy
3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqJDgcP h0P4
AKA - Dad103
4.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kipCnxe 9oig
AKA - eligarf
5.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuJ5RBw xHdc
AKA - goneviral69
6.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUFRBRz 3xMQ
AKA - uniquEvery1You2
7.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oeyPT2 GT2M
AKA - uniquEvery1You2
8.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az4YvEu mHk4
AKA - Dad103
9.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2cQh0C T7l0
AKA - danbergam
10.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjCsyI FWT3c
AKA - josette54
PLEASE VOTE ON THIS PAGE!
Enter & Help Me Spread This Please! LETS Be an Inspiration to so many!!

Labels: contest, YouTube

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