If you haven't seen it yet, just watch 16-year-old Sean Quigley's video:
As a result of the amazing interest in the video, the high school student in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, (note the red "Canada" gloves in the video) has now been on the major Canadian TV and radio networks and has been receiving attention from around the world. As articles in USA Today and on CTV News can attest, he now has an agent and is in fact selling copies of his song online.
This interview on CTV News back on December 2nd gives a bit of the background:
Of course, at that time, the number of views was still only in the thousands. Now, as I'm writing this post, the number of views is closing in on 1.4 million... and I'd expect it to probably go even higher.
What I find so cool about this all is that Sean Quigley did all of this himself with the help of a few friends.
He shot it all using a basic DSLR camera. He recorded all the instruments and vocals into a computer. He did the editing/post-production - I don't know using what software but there are many inexpensive choices.
No fancy commercial production houses. No extra producers.
Just a talented individual able to make use of tools he had available.
He didn't need to ask permission of anyone to upload the video.
He just did.
It's awesome to see... and he and his family and friends certainly have a good bit to be proud of... I'm looking forward to seeing what he'll do next!
And I'm looking forward to the continued creativity to come out of all the people in this world with the easy access to tools... and an open Internet on which to publish their work...
P.S. Those interested in following what is next for Sean Quigley can follow him on Twitter or on Facebook.
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