Its amazing to think of how technology changes everything. With YouTube anything crazy that you do that is caught on tape will be viewed over and over... and email forwarded around the globe 25 times in the blink of an eye. I can only imagine what crazy antics of my past will resurface on youtube after I blow up. I just hope I have all of my clothes on... lol
But did you ever think you could get a record deal through YouTube? There is this girl from Holland who was doing covers of popular songs, taping herself with a webcam, posting it to youtube and created a following. Even I had been forwarded her youtube clips a few months back. And now months later... she is a signed artist with Justin Timberlake's new label and has already worked with Kelly Rowland. Isn't that crazy?
Her name is Esmee Denters, here is my favorite clip of hers, you can check her and judge for yourself. I dig the quality of her voice. And she has great control. If she can expand her higher range, she can really do well for herself. I wish her luck.
Here is another clip with a guest background vocalist and pianist...
And with the success of YouTube, there are imitators like Daily Motion, and the x-rated sites like xtube. I just saw a daily motion clip today that I love. I saw the Color Purple a while back when I took my ex for a birthday gift. I had absolutely no intention of going back to see it. It was a fantastic show, but brings back bad memories... boo. I heard Fantasia was in it now. And after seeing her do her own Fantasia Barrino Story... I was DOUBLY not pressed to see it again. She was as Whack as a Jherri curl in 2007 in that.
But then I saw her sing, "I'm Here", live at the Tony Awards in this Daily Motion Clip, and I HAVE to go back and see it while she is in it. Some people may not dig her sometimes 'screaming' style of singing... but for some songs, it just works. And this is one of those situations. She gave me chills singing this because she is clearly feeling this song as she sings it, and she makes me feel it. I can so see her relating to the character of Celie, and being able to bring life to that character in a different way than LaChanze would have. And with such an integral character, its almost a whole new play. I would have never thought to go see it again if I had not seen this clip. I would buy this on an album... love this performance, and without sites like YouTube or Daily Motion, I would never have seen it.
I love the age we live in. I can't wait to see how things will change in the next ten years. In the meantime, I am working on my Youtube karaoke clips... lol
Fantasia is an amazing singer. She did the damn thing with that performance.
Posted by: Nikki | June 14, 2007 at 08:45 AM