Date: February 5, 2009
On January 19, when the MC of the service at Washington National Cathedral introduced Daniel Davis, he said: "This young man is a YouTube sensation!"
This caught my attention, and as soon as I was back with my laptop, I looked Davis up on YouTube. Sure enough, he had posted 3 different videos of himself playing the violin to contemporary hip-hop songs. The videos were simple: just him standing in front of what looks like a bedsheet hung on the wall as a background. Yet, the videos had received a lot of viewer traffic. Most of them had over 19.000 views. I read some of the comments, and they were overwhelmingly flattering. A lot of them talked about how inspirational his music was. In trying to find my angle, all this preliminary research was very helpful.
I have a phone interview set up with Daniel Davis for tomorrow, and I'll be talking to his parents on Saturday. One thing that I'm thankful for is that although Davis has gained some fame, he is still slightly under the radar. This means that I'm able to track him down with relative ease, rather than going through a lot of PR channels at record labels and such.
Above and below are a couple of Davis' videos from YouTube.
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