My last blog I want to bring up the YouTube craze that is sweeping the Internet. YouTube has opened the doors for several online celebrities, and also cause several uproars with companies on infringement problems. Who hasn't spent hours watching ridiculous videos on YouTube? I want to investigate how YouTube has extended reach for future musicians and creation of online celebrities. Before YouTube the only videos that were around were music videos and blog websites to watch funny videos. Now google anything you want and more than likely a YouTube video will appear. Focusing on musicians they now have the ability to start a craze that will allow them to get views and hopefully looks from talent agencies. Now artist have a new venue to perform for and it may help create a career for them. Take Alexis Jordan for example. She was on America's Got Talent and then her YouTube videos became viral. That then lead to her being signed by Jay-Z's label RocNation. Alexis Signed to RocNation .
Same goes for all new online celebrities. Several have had the opportunity to actually become famous because of the viral videos they have created. Look at Tosh.O he actually features some of the most ridiculous videos and invites those people in for redemptions. Also you can see various people getting a start by being featured on several talk shows such as Ellen. Then you have those who are making parodies of videos and getting many views off of that. My favorite group would be Songify and the hilarious musical flips they do.
So is this craze creating a new way for people to do outrageous things to become famous? I think people are starting to abuse YouTube in hopes to become famous and can cause several problems because some don't know what is right and wrong.
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