internet stardom

this post is written because I believe zee avi should be more exposed to Malaysians. who is zee avi u ask? zee avi is a 23 years old huge talent with a jazzy voice who have just recently released her full self-titled debut album on May 19, 2009.

so, what's so special about her? zee avi or her real name Izyan Alirahman was more famous in youtube as Kokokaina. this Malaysian teenager was born in Miri, Sarawak before she moved to Kuala Lumpur at the age of 12. she became famous and her talent was realized all thanks to youtube and unasked, she shot to fame in the US, and has cut an excellent record. her story is what we call internet fairytale.

originally, zee posted a video of her first song on youtube for a friend to watch. right after her friend had watched it, she wanted to delete the video. instead, her friend manage to convinced her to leave the video up and she soon received a lot of positive comments. this then inspires her to put more videos ofe her in youtube.

the day before her 22nd birthday, zee posted a video intended to be her last video. by the time she checked her email, she received almost 3,000 email and one of them was from Ian Montone,who had been shown the youtube clip by Raconteurs’ drummer, Patrick Keeler. Keeler wanted Montone to get in touch with zee and offer to release her music on the Monotone Label. Before she knew it zee was on a plane to L.A. to record her debut with producer Robert Carranza at Brushfire’s Solar Powered Plastic Plant. and now, she's on a tour around US!

here are some links
www.zeeavi.com

www.youtube.com/kokokaina