From Tubes to Waves

Earlier today, the Sons of Admirals song "Here Comes My Baby" was featured on a UK radio station for the first time ever. It  normally isn't news to me that a song is on the radio, but I thought this particular case was special. The Sons of Admirals is composed of four YouTubers (Alex, Charlie, Tom, and Ed) who decided to bring their musical talents together and create a work of their own. It was originally supposed to be a side project, but ended up turning into something bigger as a result of their combined online following. I think it's pretty awesome that four friends/musicians/youtubers could accomplish something like this.

I've been subscribed to Alex and Charlie for a while, and found Tom and Eddplant through them. Not that they're super popular or totally mainstream, but it's been pretty awesome watching their careers grow throughout the years. Last year, Alex and Charlie took part in a project called Chart Jackers, where they were trying to raise money for Children In Need by getting an original song to hit #1 on the UK charts. While they didn't accomplish this, they did manage to raise a good amount of cash for the charity and make it to #1 on the indie charts. I hope the Admirals continue to make music together and maybe and do a similar charity project in the future. It seems that by now the guys have had enough experience to know the power of the internet and that the power can be used for good. With enough new media and music industry knowledge, they can figure out how to get to No. 1 (or at least be very close to the top) if they wanted to.

In related news... ALL CAPS, a music duo that also came from ye ole' tube, managed to take the #1 spot in electronic albums on iTunes today for their album titled "lowercase". That's pretty awesome. (It's also kind of ironic because it's an acoustic album.)  I've also been subscribed to Luke and Krsitina on YouTube for a while, and they're both pretty rad. I watched them perform at ROFLCOPTOUR and VidCon 2010,  which were just loads of fun and gobs of awesome. It's obvious they genuinely enjoy what they do and they're proud of how far they've made it, especially since they used to only make music together for fun. With the launch of their new album, they also released two music videos: one about Pokemon and one about The Hunger Games. Both clever songs and videos, though I would have preferred the Pokemon song to be electronic. It would've suited the video a lot better.. Nonetheless, still good stuff. I wish them both the best of luck on their musical endeavors. If you get the chance, go check them out at the Triple Rainbow Awesome Tour.