The two YouTube artists visited Winnipeg to perform at Driven, an after-market car performance show on July 13, Saturday. As an intern for the Filipino Journal, I had a chance to speak to them.
Andrew Garcia, Ron Cantiveros, Lora Quitane, and Joseph Vincent
(I asked Sally Tran to take our picture)
Andrew Garcia is a YouTube artist and an American Idol Season 9 finalist. After Idol, he continued making collaborations
with other YouTube artists. He is a member of YTF Legacy (Yesterday, Today,
Forever) with Ryan Higa, Chester See, Victor Kim, D-Trix, and JR Aquino.
What made you join American
Idol?
Before Idol, I did YouTube videos and the response was
really good. My cousin told me to try a bigger scale. I wasn’t sure because I
just wanted to do this for fun. He hit me up the night before the trials and
told me to audition for American Idol.
My friend was like, ‘Yeah, I’m going there tomorrow, do you wanna come with
me?’ and everything just worked out. I was like, ‘I had to do it.’ It’s like
there was a path provided for me. So I did and it worked out great. I got a
great deal of exposure and beautiful fans that keep supporting so I’m glad I
did it.
Any advice to those who want to pursue their dreams?
If you love it, just do it. You’ll always go through
something no matter what. As long as you have a little push and support, you
could go a long way.
Any tours or new projects you’re working on?
I’m doing a west coast tour with Travis Garland. YouTuber Josh
Golden and I are making the song that I sang [at the event]. Dumbfoundead and I
are talking about doing another collab. I also want to do another collab with
Joseph Vincent because I love him.
When is your Turbulence
album coming out?
I reached a speed bump with that. The producer that I was
working with was just swamped with his regular job. I’m not gonna take him away
from making money and make it out of his living so I told him to do what he
gotta do and I’ll figure out a way and now I’m working hard to get my album
out.
What can you say about Winnipeg fans?
Fans are cool. I love them. And there are so many women out
here. You guys
are so beautiful here, I mean, what is going on? Winnipeg, I
love you.
Joseph Vincent Encarnacion became popular from his YouTube
videos. He has gone a long way from posting videos in 2008. He still makes
videos in his bedroom; the difference is that his channel now has 350,000 plus
subscribers with over 50 million views on YouTube. His first album, Blue Skies, was released in October
2012.
Who inspired you to start singing?
My dad got me my guitar when I was 15. He was the one who
directed me to YouTube. He showed it to me and said, ‘If you wanna do this for
a living, it’s a start.’ So I said, ‘Yeah, maybe.’ I wasn’t sure because I just
got to college and I was trying to transition from high school to college at
that time. So I posted a couple of videos, got a good response, and I just kept
doing it for fun. And now, I’m in Winnipeg, playing a show.
How do you find the audience response?
It was awesome. I always get nervous before a show
regardless of how long I’ve been doing it. It’s my first time here in Winnipeg
and the fact that everyone was attentive, listening, and cheering was awesome.
You visited the Philippines in February for the Bayani Tour.
How was it?
Gawad Kalinga and Seafood City put the whole tour together
to bring Asian Americans back to the homeland. We grew up in America and we
kind of lose sight of where we come from and it was eye-opening for me. If my
parents didn’t move to America, my life would be insane. It would be so
different. It made me thankful for what I have and thankful for what they’re doing.
Did you try balut?
No. AJ (Rafael) did though. He’s like, ‘Come on, do it!’,
and I was like, ‘I can’t.’ I probably could eat the egg part, but the bird
part, I don’t know. Maybe. I was just nauseous that day. Next time. But I had
Jollibee—burger steak for days. It was delicious. And a lot of chicken tocino.
When is your next album coming out?
I’m working on a 5-song EP right now. I’m trying to think
about what to call the EP and just waiting for the right time to start going
into recording it—mostly pre-production stuff.
When are you coming back to Winnipeg?
I don’t know. When are you guys gonna have me back?
Visit Joseph Vincent's channel at youtube.com/user/hoorahjencar or visit his website at josephvincentmusic.com.
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