It does not take me so long to decide what to write in this
blog post. I accidentally found this guy when I was exploring several
independent artists' YouTube channels. For musicians, passion is the most
powerful thing to create work. Agree? Passion drives you to create work.
Passion inspires you to do something. Without passion, how can you get things
done?
Jereme "Passion" Manongdo, a Filipino guy from San
Francisco, has proved this theory by letting his passion drives himself into
YouTube community. He is one of the unique artists who became the YouTube
sensation since 2006. His name already explains how much he has a strong
passion for music. This blog will be fulfilled with videos of Jeremy Passion
because I truly want you to feel his PASSION!
Who is he?
Jeremy Passion is a singer, songwriter, and producer from
San Francisco. He is known as one of the Internet Celebrities. Of course, he is
an independent artist who decided to use social networking, such as YouTube and
Twitter, to drive his passion to audiences. His music has a strong meaning for
his faith in God. He says, “The passion I had for music and the passion and
love I had for my Lord and Savior Jesus. Without him, I am nothing, and I’m
forever thankful for his love and his blessings.”
Jeremy Passsion first engaged the audiences of YouTube when he posted his
video covers such as NeYo’s, “So Sick”, and other famous artists. He currently
has 174,390 subscribers and generates more than 30 million viewers on his YouTube channel!
Here is one of his covers!
"So Beautiful (Soulchild Series)"
From Jereme Passion's YouTube Channel
What I love is that he has been using social media to
collaborate with his fans. In his popular video series, the “Twit-Book Medley”,
he let his fans request songs via Facebook and Twitter. He selected 8-10 songs
to sing as a medley and posted in on YouTube. As the result of this, his video
created buzz and generated more than 100,000 viewers! Here's the video!
"Twit-Book Medley"
Here's the thing! We all know that artists need fans to
support and encourage them. The question is how can you engage your fans?
Based on Jeremy Passion's strategy, he first asked fans to request songs.
Can you imagine how many request he received? Tons! That’s the way to engage
fans! Building connection, improving relationship and collaborating with your
fans help create BUZZ for you!
There are many ways to engage fans, especially when we
have a smart tool called "Social Media". You just need to be creative
and use it valuably. Jeremy Passion created his own way and that was a superb
example to learn!
Now, let's get back to his profile and let’s get to know him
more!
As you can hear from his sound, his music style is mostly
R&B and acoustic pop. His voice is not only telling the great feeling of
the song, but express his passion for music as well. He usually features with
other independent artists to make his music more appealing and to increase his
fan based. Here is one of the best!
"Paper Airplane": Jeremy Passion & Melissa Polinar
From Melissa Polinar's YouTube Channel
I tried to find the better version but seems like these are
the best I’ve found!
Not only the cover song that became success. Jeremy Passion produced and
released his first album in December 2011. It is now available on iTune and
Amazon! Here are some of his originals!
"Lemonade"
Jereme Passion
"This Ain't The Way"
Jereme Passion & Tori Kelly
From Jereme Passion's YouTube Channel
As long as you have passion, everything is possible!
It is
time to find your passion
and let it builds the great thing!
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Wow. I'm honestly speechless. I love this post about his passion for music and how he inquired request of his fans to help promote himself. This is very beneficial for me as an indie artist as well. Sometimes it can be very intimidating to take on the request of your listeners not being so sure what they're going to request of you. However, "Passion" did an awesome job on this. I must commend you as well for writing a post on this indie artist. I've never heard of him before and now i'm a fan! Great job on introducing him and making the connection of how he has used social media to help boost his appearance in the indie music industry. I'm inspired.
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