We are the new MTV. By “we” i’m not referring to YouTube but rather each one of us creating our own music videos. I stumbled this morning into the world of TiK ToK lip dubs and it’s awesome (Tik ToK = incredibly popular song by Ke$ha).
Awesome for fans (viewers): As a video viewer i get to have a communal experience w/ other Ke$ha fans – their enthusiasm is contagious and gives me more emotional reference points for the song. And that’s what music is all about – how it makes you feel.
Awesome for fans (video creators): “Hi Ke$ha, i want to use your song in my video – how much will this cost?” That phone call could never take place but via YouTube ContentID we’ve essentially created a microlicensing platform. The video creator uses a song they like, then our ID technology identifies the song for the music label and allows them to take it down or monetize it via ads or “click to buy this song” links.
Awesome for artists: These girls are identifying and projecting themselves with Ke$ha – i gotta believe as an artist you’d be incredibly charged to connect w/ you audience in this intimate a way. Proof? Ke$ha has favorited dozens of these on her own channel.
Awesome for labels: They get fans creating and popularizing hundreds of free commercials for their artist, watched by millions of people. And accompanied by an ad or a solicitation to buy this song.
Awesome.
Hey, I would like to be able to search google easier. And I like googles search engine a lot better than yahoo. After I get a search results page, either I am going to click on a link or go to the next page. It gets old having to navigate my mouse down to the tiny buttons at the bottom of the screen to go to the next page. I was wondering if it was possible to make the whole white part of the screen a button to go to the next page. A huge invisible button. It would have to be a double clicker, because the first thing that I do is click on the white space to use the side scroller on my laptop. This would greatly help everyone zip along and click on more Google adds. I am not trying to get any money out of this, I am in the Army and not allowed to. But, I got a few other ideas…