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Digitour + Dave Days + DeStorm + Ricky Ficarelli + Alex Goot + Asher Monroe + Nice Peter + The Key of Awesome + WhatADayDerek

http://thedigitour.com/index.php/digitour-2012/

Dave Days, 19, is the #1 rocker on YouTube. Ever since he picked up his first guitar he's been writing music and working his creative mind. His music and abilities were unheard of in the world until the internet came along. By internet, I mean YouTube. Dave began posting videos of his music and other skits and gained over 200,000 subscribers and over 50,000,000 views in his first year. Now topping 1.5 million subscribers, Dave is often referred to as an entertainer, musician, comedian, and sometimes even as Miley Cyrus' boyfriend [wink]. He has been spotted numerous times wearing a green polo and white hat and he was also the first YouTuber to sign on to play DigiTour 2011.
http://www.davedays.com/blog/

DeStorm, a Baltimore City native, fell in love with entertainment at a very young age. With a passion for music and art, yet no professional training, he is both artistically gifted and extremely driven. DeStorm has over 1,000,000 subscribers and is currently the 12th ranked music channel on YouTube. "What's up World?"-DeStorm's catch phrase-can be heard at the start of every video. DeStorm often composes and performs covers of well known songs or creates content for major brands such as Pepsi, GE, Yahoo and Nintendo. Power also creates original content based upon subscribers' challenges and suggestions, like name dropping various movie titles. DeStormTV, DeStorm's second YouTube channel, is used primarily for blogging, motivational, and behind the scenes videos. As a former personal trainer and Olympic level triple jumper, he also gives fitness tips to the 200,000+ subscribers on this channel. DeStorm was one of the original DigiTour headliners performers in 2011.
http://www.facebook.com/destorm

Ricky Ficarelli, 18, stumbled upon his dad's drum set at an early age and it was love at first sight. He could soon play any instrument he picked up, including guitar, bass and keyboards. He has played in numerous bands since he was 12. Since moving to Los Angeles in early 2011, Teen Magazines around the country, including Bop and Tiger Beat and many others, have noted Ricky as the Teen Star to watch, as did Hollywood tastemaker Ryan Seacrest. He has been featured in the new Blink 182! documentary and recently played drums on The Disney Channel's "So Random" alongside Dave Days. Ricky is also a road hardened DigiTour veteran. He was invited to be one of only five YouTube Stars to do all twenty-five cities on the monumental DigiTour 2011 live tour.
http://rickyficarelli.tumblr.com/

Alex Goot is a young multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter based out of Poughkeepsie New York. In a few short years, Alex has become quite a force in independent music, rising to the top of both the YouTube and iTunes charts without the help of a label. Through his self-produced original, and cover material, Alex has managed to build a loyal organic fan base that is constantly eager for more. Recently Alex has embarked on a very successful first headlining tour, received an MTV O award for Best Fan Cover, and secured a spot in the coveted YouTube top 200. With a growing repertoire of both original and cover material, paired with a YouTube channel that's poised to grow faster than Bieber after that growth spurt, Alex is one of the artists to watch for in 2012.
http://gootmusic.com/

Asher Monroe is a golden-throated vocal powerhouse whose dark-eyed charm and lushly romantic songs, like the epic single "Like I Do," only add to his appeal. Already known as a versatile performer in the worlds of theater (national tours with Beauty and The Beast and The Sound of Music), films (the 2009 re-make of the Oscar-winning Fame), television (Parenthood, The Mentalist), and music (as former lead vocalist for pop-R&B vocal group V Factory), Monroe is now forging a name for himself as a solo artist, and he's off to an impressive start. When the video for "Like I Do" hit YouTube in November, it created a fan frenzy, racking up more than 1.5 million views, half of them within the first 24 hours alone.In 2008, he joined V Factory, which scored a Top 40 single, opened for such artists as Kelly Clarkson, Flo Rida, and MC Hammer, and even headlined a show in The Philippines for 20,000 people. After V Factory, Monroe decided to pursue an opportunity for a movie that had arisen. He was cast as Marco in Fame, which hit theaters in September 2009. "Not only was it my first feature and my first lead, but I got to sing, so it was an amazing opportunity," Monroe says. After the film came roles on NBC's Parenthood and CBS's The Mentalist.
http://www.youtube.com/ashermonroe

NicePeter is a self-described "Comic / Guitar Hero" specializing in original musical comedy via his popular YouTube channels (Nice Peter and Nice Peter Too). Peter's YouTube channels have over 300 million views and he is quickly approaching 1.75 million subscribers across 4 channels, making him one of the most popular and prominent personalities on the platform. Keeping everyone laughing with his two most popular series "Monday Vlog Show" and "Epic Rap Battles of History," Peter dedicates most of his time to producing only the best videos for his extremely supportive fans. When he's not making videos, Peter can usually be found wearing his signature yellow sunglasses and hanging out at Maker Studios, a collaborative media company in which he's proud to be a part of. Nice Peter and Epic Rap Battles of History have been featured in the Wall Street Journal and The Huffington Post, and Peter was recently crowned the King of Dot Comedy by G4 Network's Attack of the Show.
http://www.facebook.com/nicepeter

The Key of Awesome is a Musical comedy show spoofing celebrities, pop-culture, pop music, and the latest internet memes. The Key of Awesome features original songs and song parodies written and performed by Mark Douglas, and his wife Anastasia Douglas. The Key of Awesome currently has over 600 million hits on youtube. Their parody of Ke$ha's Tik Tok was the number two video of 2010 and surpassed the original in views.
http://www.youtube.com/thekeyofawesome

WhatADayDerek started off on YouTube doing behind the sense stuff for the popular channel called The Station. Occasionally he will pop up in one of the videos. He has a weekly live show every Sunday and Wednesday at 8pm central. Check him out there at www.stickam.com/whatadayderek.
http://www.whatadayderek.com/index.html

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