YouTube Live! Streams its First Event
3:00am – London Time
Youtube Live! is currently streaming its first event from San Francisco, CA. Amazing [idea]… I’m watching it right now. Check it out!
11:14am – London Time
YOUTUBE LIVE! JAPAN
There seems to be a lot of confusion about when YouTube Live! Japan was to be on, but as stated on the channel it would be on at 3pm Japanese Standard Time. It is now 8:50pm there, so I think they are just about wrapping up. You can watch the replay here. Acts to watch out for is BoA, IQ and Blue Man Group. I love BoA! A multilingual Korean singer-songwriter pop-star who can speak and sing in Japanese too. Here’s a video of Boa’s collaboration with M-flo (my favorite Japanese hip-hop group).
SET DESIGN
The set design in Japan is awesome.
RECAP ON YOUTUBE LIVE! SAN FRANCISCO
So just what did I think of last night’s YouTube Live! event?
The idea of having such an event is brilliant, but I say this with a disclaimer. I thought that the program was trying to do too much and I found it more like a party among YouTube maniacs in the process of trying to be a talent show. YouTube Live! can definitely be improved and the organizers should now keep their eyes and eyes open to the Blogosphere, even on YouTube itself. There will be some thumbs up reviews but for most part I think many people will slag off the program as leaning on the boring side and suggest improvements.
There were quite a few talented acts doing some amazing things. I particularly liked the B-boys, Parkour peops, cup stackers and the DJ for the event did some interesting mixes on the turntable and mixers. Some people were annoying; actually very annoying. It was clear that their fame is attributed to how much attention they feigned on YouTube. I’m beginning to think that an event like this could hurt some YouTube broadcasters who have had the good fortune of many viewers to their videos and have a strong subscriber base. When people are shown to be trying “too hard” in person, their appeal disappears. Fred was actually the least annoying one out of the chatterboxers.
I love the idea, YouTube should continue bringing YouTube stars together but I definitely think the program should be planned and executed differently.
For more information on YouTube Live!, here’s an AFP article about the event.
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