From Monster: YouTube meets Rock Star
July 29th, 2008I realize I’m dating myself (again) but I thought it was very cool that somebody from half way across the world could get a job as a replacement lead singer for an iconic 80’s band through YouTube. The Monster Blog tells the story of how Journey found Arnel Pinedas, which is similar to the Mark Wahlberg 2001 film Rock Star (not worth the Netflix rental) only without Jennifer Aniston.
Some good points on self promotion and some nice links at the bottom make it worth a read.
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