Thursday, September 18, 2014

Music: The universal inspiration
Music has always mattered to me, heck music has mattered to a whole lot of people, from Beethoven to Bob Dylan, as well as the fact that music has shaped cultures and people’s lives throughout the world. Music is a universal language and art that can be loved and appreciated from anyone and bring people together from anywhere around some sweet tones and melodies.

Music has greatly shaped my life in both big and small ways, from being in orchestra throughout high school, too preforming music at shows, music has introduced me to many different people and experiences that I probably wouldn't have had without it. A world without music isn't even possible for me to imagine as I have music almost 24/7 as it fills me with joy as it changes the normal day to day into an experience, with millions of people’s interpretations of life making up the sound track of mine.  Whether I will be listening to music in the car or jamming out with my friends, music always has something to give me and in turn I can create music to give to everyone else.
Overall music has been the one hobby of mine that has made the biggest impact in my life and is the one that I am the most passionate about. Music will be a part of my life indefinitely as it continues to entrances me in all of its lows and highs, and all of its beautiful and emotional tones. 

Friday, September 5, 2014

YouTube has been an outlet for many up and coming artist can show their talents and skills, but as time goes on its becoming more difficult for people to get into the YouTube community and be successful. The Creator of this video, Ross O'Donovan, discusses this issue thoroughly from a personal perspective. Ross is considered a YouTube celebrity, well known for his appearance on the gaming channel "Game Grumps", he also has a strong passion for animation that he post on his personal channel RubberNinja.

 This love animation is what created this video whereas Ross discusses his concern for the future of animation on YouTube and the intended audience for this video was for the YouTube community on a whole to be able to address the issue, that animation and other types of videos, that have longer production cycles, cannot be sustained in the current YouTube system. 

This issue will have a huge impact if not properly address as it squelches the potential of new artist of any type to make a name for themselves through means such as YouTube. Ross uses his position as a YouTube celebrity to give himself legitimacy as well as bring up factual information to back up his claims, the strong driving force behind this video though is Ross’s personal perspective on the issue as the viewer can understand why this matters so much to him and that he honestly wants change to better the community and help people.


Overall this video shows how someone can use the internet to start the discussion of what needs to change and how to convey a message that is both simple, efficient, and told in a way to keep people watching until the end and actually want to make a change themselves.