By now you probably have heard of Taylor Swift. You may have also heard of Stevie Nicks. If you were like me, you saw these two rock stars performing together last night on the Grammy's.
But who was that other guy performing with them on the banjo with the tattoos?
That was Butch Walker, a Youtube sensation. Apparently, Taylor Swift watched Butch Walker's cover of her hit song "You Belong With Me" and was blown away. That alone was enough for Taylor to offer Butch the gig of his lifetime--a performance with her and Stevie Nicks on the Grammy's.
Apparently Butch isn't a complete "nobody" in the music industry (with ties to Avril Lavigne, Pink, and Weezer), but a performance on the Grammy's must've been a dream come true for the aspiring musician.
Stories like these continue to blow my mind. It seems like this kind of thing--a "nobody" turning into a celebrity over night-- isn't even that rare anymore. The amount of mass communication that exists today is changing how everything works, sometimes making even the most absurd dreams materialize.
It's amazing to me that the connectivity of social networking sites and internet communities is so strong and makes the gaps between all humans so small that "anything" is more "possible" than it's ever been.
For more details and to see the video about the Taylor Swift/Butch Walker gig, check this article out
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