Hmmm, this thread is beginning to read like a Mark Steven Johnson book.
Firstly, all the singing is done by one guy (Sam) and the video has been edited to include each version. All the music in the background is arranged and performed also just by one person (his friend Kurt). Kurt does all the post production as well. The recording etc is done at their local college/;hall as these guys are still teenagers.
No X Factor, no America's got talent, no showbusiness money. These two youngsters have done all of this by themselves. No mugging grannies, no lager louts, no dole money, no sad story with some soppy tune going on in the background. Just honest hard graft.
Their three main perormances (of which I provided links to two) have attracted more than 25 million hits on Youtube in the last few months. Pretty good role models IMHO.
Three of the kids for whom I'm doing a birthday party gig for next week heard it on my PC today while we were going through playlist selection with the parents and loved it. They asked me to include it in the show.
You're absolutely right though, I'm delighted that we all have different interpretations of talent and I look forward to other DJ's also posting acts they suggest we should look out for in the future! Customers enjoy being introduced to music they would not have normally listened to elsewhere.
Music related? I think so.
...sorry wayne