Comments on: How YouTube can get you to Carnegie Hall

Contest organized by the Google video site and classical-music heavy-hitters encourages members to enter via video submission and yes, possibly win a trip to perform there.

[dascha1]

Ironically, reminds me of wedding music I wrote. Unfortunately my piece as it turned out unintentionally, required a performer, sans myself since I was getting married to my wife, to have a long finger span in order to effectively achieve the layered voices over two octaves and in chordal progression written for keyboard (piano (my minored instrument, organ). After realizing this (found no one talented with long fingers), I desperately called my professor at JMU (btw their marching band quality got them to Macy's, see YouTube) whereas 'luck' turned out had just broken his arm and couldn't play the piece. Jesh, my last straw! How did I resolve eventually? I simply played it and then programmed it on my computer using Orchestra parts. It sounded great!

Another bit of irony, I did the same thing again some time on only this time it was for someone else's wedding - the composer of Black Tie White Noise (hint, look in the UK).

Good luck with this piece everyone!

[Douglas_at_VidOpp]

There are hundreds of video contests around the internet with impressive cash and prizes. YouTube is not the only place to find them, they are also on xlntads.com, geniusrocket.com, ourstage.com, and take180.com. One great site that brings together all the video contests from around the internet is www.vidopp.com - but I am hardly impartial!

[criscarvis]

testing only -- please ignore