Pomplamoose: Making a living on Youtube

I'm kinda floored by the comments on the story on NPR. Even if you don't like'em, they're managing to pull off something not everyone can. I've enjoyed Pomplamoose for a while now. Glad to see they're doing well.<p>Then again, I guess it's just as shocking that I'm still surprised by the vitriolic tone of commenters on the internet.

Here's a cover of Earth Wind &#38; Fire's "September", I think it's some of their best work<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycnv87N_BU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycnv87N_BU</a>

This could change the music-game for good. With youtube already being an important player for any kind of music consumation, they would tap gigantic potential if they find a way to establish this program with a large number of bands. The more content they get, the more the major labels are forced to consider the same actions for their big performers. Youtube gets paid...

Sorta OT: Pomplamoose Shreds: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKD07BYcreg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKD07BYcreg</a> They're talented, but the description cracks me up..

I am pretty sure I heard her sing mister sandman on a Toyota commercial last night via food network. If so that's real success.

I love their stuff. I do kinda wish they sold physical CDs—I would get one for my dad in a heartbeat. This is probably my favorite of their tracks: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9KMgg7T_sg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9KMgg7T_sg</a>

"I guess I kinda don't like how there's such a pedestal for music culture and especially for band culture," he says. "It just feels fake; it feels like smoke and mirrors. I feel like music doesn't have to be like that. It can be something that's very normal and very accessible."<p>Man this quote from the Pomplamoose guy really does a good job of making a spot-on observation while managing to diss his own band.<p>He's right IMO. The music and music culture of my generation is self-centered, and pompous (see hipsters). But I still enjoy it. I think by making music that's "very normal and very accessible" you wind up in the land of vanilla like Pomplamoose.

I guess I shouldn't be as shocked as I am that a major NPR anchor and interviewer, Linda Wertheimer, seems to consider it a huge novelty for a record release to be digital-only.

Another example: Andrew Garcia (I believe that's his name) he is in American Idol a former youtuber (American Idol force people to delete previous-show-promotion e.g. youtube videos).