When I was around 9 months old, my parents took me to a brunch at my grandfather’s country club, where I witnessed live music for the first time. The musician was a strolling violinist and, according to my parents, I sat up in the highchair, dropped my bottle from my mouth and was completely mesmerized. Everyone in the club was watching me watching him. From there, I sang at my sister’s baptism when I was 3 years old—I stood in front of 100 people, closed my eyes through the whole song and belted “You’re Still the One,” by Shania [ ...continue reading ]
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September 20, 2010, 8:33 am
Photo by Kerosene Photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinkerosene/3880628289/in/photostream/ There was a time when stars became famous based on talent—most of the time through word of mouth, or other times leveraging industry “contacts.” No doubt knowing people is still a good way to go if you wish to make your name as an entertainer of some sort. However, the world’s technology has evolved to the point that now even the youngest star wannabes are able to strut their stuff. Yes, dear readers, I’m talking about one of the world’s most known and used websites: YouTube! The power of the popular video site [ ...continue reading ]  Comments: Leave a comment July 12, 2010, 9:51 am
My family and I recently went on an amazing vacation—it was a cruise around the Mediterranean that began in Barcelona, Spain, and stopped in beautiful ports through Europe, including Naples, Rome, Florence/Pisa and the French Riviera. We left New York on Friday night on a “red eye” and arrived in Spain on Saturday morning. Barcelona was interesting, especially since it was our first European city, and it was my job to take photos, and do the conversion from euros to dollars—when we were there, the conversion rate was around 1.20 euros. We did a lot of shopping in [ ...continue reading ] Comments: 11 comments March 1, 2010, 2:34 pm
Teens are discovering fame left and right on YouTube these days. Justin Bieber is a perfect example. When his family was not unable to attend a singing competition that he performed in, he posted videos for them to watch on YouTube. Not only did Justin’s family watch—millions of teens, including me, did too. We watched the dreams of this Canadian boy from Stratford, Ontario, unfold. AJ Rafael, another major YouTube guilty pleasure of mine, attended the Berkley College of Music in Massachusetts for a year, ultimately deciding it was not for him. On his YouTube page, where you [ ...continue reading ] Comments: 2 comments |
 
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