The booming world of Youtube is becoming a cultural phenomenon. Over the past 10 years, the vast platform has grown significantly since it was first established in 2005 by founders Chad Hurley, Steven Chen, and Jawed Karimin. Its content coversĀ a wide range of topics and advice on those topics, offering tips in addition to the […]
Video Saved the Radio Star: How YouTube Pulled Off What MTV Couldn’t
In 1981, MTV revealed their very first music video, the ironically titled “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. In that single moment, the age of visual media exploded and radio began its decline into obsolescence. To this day, most of what you’ll find playing on radio is the same recycled Top 40 hits […]
Here’s How to Easily Create GIFs from YouTube Videos
GIFs are the greatest thing on the internet next to free porn and memes. For some, GIF creation comes easy; for others, we rely on GIF creating services. When it comes to creating GIFs out of videos, it’s a whole other story if you don’t have the source file. Thankfully, one website allows aspiring GIF […]
New YouTube Subscription Service Might Block Independent Music
The next phase in YouTube’s growth is near, and it could spell doom not only for the popular video platform, but for independent artists. YouTube is entertaining a subscription-based service, rumored to be called the “YouTube Music Pass,” that will offer ad-free videos and downloadable songs to subscribers. However, the company will only feature videos […]
[Video] Pharrell Talks New Album, ‘Girls’ with Zane Lowe
Pharrell has a knack for finding his way into the news cycle for all the right reasons. The baby-faced 40-year-old super-producer announced earlier this week that he had a new album expected, unveiling the title that was as simple as his epic day-long video for “Happy”. It’s no great revelation that Pharrell likely lives one […]
[Video] Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar & More Perform at 2014 NBA All Star Game
Ever since Michael Jordan retired and the new breed of superstar was established in the NBA (a la Allen Iverson, Dwight Howard), the NBA All-Star game has been much more performance than true sporting event since Tracy McGrady threw himself an alley-oop off the backboard in-game, and this weekend’s jam-packed 2014 edition was no less […]
[Video] Childish Gambino: “I’d Die Without You” Live on BBC 1Xtra
Since dropping his latest album, Because The Internet, Childish Gambino has been everywhere, on seemingly every late night and morning talk show as he helps push the project. The other day, he stopped by BBC 1Xtra to do a live rendition of P.M. Dawn’s song, “I’d Die Without You”, giving it his own flair in […]
YouTube Music Awards… Interesting
The inaugural YouTube Music Awards (YMA) took place Sunday night in New York City. The website-sponsored music awards show, touted as a celebration of the do it yourself content environment Youtube helped to foster. It was billed as the crowning moment of years worth of artists that have taken things into their own hands to […]