It's All About Me, Man: [ItsAllAboutMeMan] Bom Dia to all Waiters, Punk Rock Girls, and assorted friends and fellow travelers!

Thursday, April 03, 2008

[ItsAllAboutMeMan] Bom Dia to all Waiters, Punk Rock Girls, and assorted friends and fellow travelers!

Como vai sua tia?

I have to confess that I had ideas (big ideas) about how when those videos of the Waiters songs went up on YouTube, that they would be viewed hundreds and thousands of times… I was disappointed that after a fair amount of interest the first several days, the views slowed way down… while there was steady interest in some songs, others were hardly getting any views at all. While I am very proud of all these songs, and wish they all were getting lots of listens, I am not sad that Watermelon Sugar was slowly pulling away from the rest of the songs… but then something quite interesting started happening a week ago… the number of views for this song was going up faster and faster, and now it's been viewed 3 times as often as Christmas Lights, and 13 times as often as "Espresso Bars."

Song	total views today	total views one month ago
Watermelon Sugar	293	87
Christmas Lights (Luzes de Natal)	95	78
Back In The Day	70	58
Cast a Shadow	62	50
I Got Ideas	54	43
Take A Walk To The Smithfield	46	30
Plan 13 from Outer Space	42	30
The Ugly American	41	30
The Beach (originally 'Pôr dos sóis')	29	26
Teenage Punk Rocker In Love	29	22
Absence (originally 'Tata')	27	20
Indie Rock Royalty	26	17
A Nation of Espresso Bars	23	19

I don't know if it's one person obsessively viewing it over and over again (up to 13 times an hour) or if an influential person mentioned it on their blog or something, but it's just doing great, and I hope it continues! The momentum may eventually lead to all those rock star things I've always wanted – a private jet, a Ranch in Mogi das Cruzes (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2hPYEUWMp3Y), and all the microwave popcorn I can eat.

Today Watermelon Sugar became my 2^nd most watched vid, passing my instructional video, "How to Play Blues Guitar Like Blind Kiwi Fillmore" (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NirezTQT8Rw) which took a year to reach 287 views!

The only vid I have up that has more views is my video on the physics and metaphysics of spork use and misuse (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=v6BJLFDvrI0). It took a year to reach 523 views, so it will no doubt soon be passed, too.

I've put up a new vid by by my new band, The Mere Mortals, featuring my niece, Tara, age 8. This particular song is in my new Guitar Hero III (tm) inspired style. It's called "Pan Tara" (like Pantera, only spelled differently, and two words instead of one, but otherwise like that).

If you have time, check it out at: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w_q4O7UIPQM

I think you will agree that she seriously shreds.

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