Maddi Jane " The Next Superstar Diva "

Maddi Jane is another really young rising star. It’s crazy, with all this young talent the demographic on the radio is gonna be below the age of 17!.

However, I hope most of the people I post on here never make it mainstream.
Is that selfish? Well, I take that back, I want them to go mainstream-just with their own label!
That way they can make their own music and what they’re passionate about.

Maddi Jane (born ca. 1998) is a singer known for her cover performances on YouTube. She is a songwriter, a recording artist that posts original songs and covers songs to. She so far has covered Paramore, Fly Leaf, Avril Lavigne, Adele, Jessie J. and soon to be more. She sings rock and pop mainly. She lives and sings in Chicago, IL. As of June 3, 2011, she was ranked fourth on Billboard's "Uncharted" list of artists. She appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 12, 2010. She sang Breakeven by the Script.

Maddi Jane writes songs, but has not yet posted one of these on YouTube.

Maddi Jane - Mine Lyrics

You were in college working part time waitin’ tables
Left a small town, never looked back
I was a flight risk with a fear of fallin’
Wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts

I say "Can you believe it?
As we’re lying on the couch?"
The moment I can see it.
Yes, yes, I can see it now.

Do you remember, we were sitting there by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time.
You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter.
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.

Flash forward and we’re taking on the world together,
And there’s a drawer of my things at your place.
You learn my secrets and you figure out why I’m guarded,
You say we’ll never make my parents’ mistakes.

But we got bills to pay,
We got nothing figured out,
When it was hard to take,
Yes, yes, this is what I thought about.

Do you remember, we were sitting there, by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.

Do you remember all the city lights on the water?
You saw me start to believe for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.

Oh, oh, oh

And I remember that fight
Two-thirty AM
As everything was slipping right out of our hands
I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street
Braced myself for the "Goodbye"
‘cause that’s all I’ve ever known
Then you took me by surprise
You said, "I’ll never leave you alone."

You said, "I remember how we felt sitting by the water
And every time I look at you, it’s like the first time
I fell in love with a careless man’s careful daughter
She is the best thing that’s ever been mine."

Hold on, make it last
Hold on, never turn back

You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.
(Hold on) Do you believe it?
(Hold on) Gonna make it now.
(Hold on) I can see it,
(Yes, yes) I can see it now.

Maddi Jane - Again (Flyleaf) Lyrics

I love the way that your heart breaks
With every injustice and deadly fate
Praying it all will be new
And living like it all depends on you

Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again
And only surrender will help you now
I love you please see and believe again

Love that you're never satisfied
With face value wisdom and happy lies
You take what they say and go back and cry
You're so close to me that you nearly died

Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again
And only surrender will help you now
I love you please see and believe again

They don't have to understand you
Be still
Wait and know I understand you
Be still
Be still
Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again
And only surrender will help you now
The floodgates are breaking and pouring out

Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again
Right where I want you to be again
I love you please see and believe again

Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again
Right where I want you to be again
See and believe!

Maddi Jane - Price Tag lyrics

Seems like everybody's got a price
I wonder how they sleep at night
When the sale comes first,
And the truth comes second

Just stop for a minute and smile
Why is everybody so serious?
Acting so damn mysterious
Put the shades on your eyes
And your heels so high that
You can't even have a good time

Everybody look to the left
Everybody look to the right
Can you feel that(yeah)
We'll pay them with love tonight

Chorus:
It's not about the money,money,money
We don't need your money,money,money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag
Ain't about the (uh) cha-ching cha-ching
Ain't about the (yeah) ba-bling ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

We need to take it back in time,
When music made us all unite
And it wasn't low blows and video...
Am I the only one getting tired?
Why is everybody so obsessed
Money can't buy us happiness

Can we all slow down and enjoy right now
Guarantee we'll be feeling alright
Everybody look to the left
Everybody look to the right
Can you feel that(yeah)
We'll pay them with love tonight

Chorus:
It's not about the money,money,money
We don't need your money,money,money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag
Ain't about the(uh) cha-ching cha-ching
Ain't about the(yeah) ba-bling ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag

Everybody look to the left
Everybody look to the right
Can you feel that
Can you feel that ohhh......
Everybody look to the left
Everybody look to the right
Can you feel that (yeah)
We'll pay them with love tonight

It's not about the money,money,money
We don't need your money,money,money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag
Ain't about the(uh)cha-ching cha-ching
Ain't about thr(yeah) ba-bling ba-bling
Wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag
Ohhhh,,,oh
oh,forget about the price tag

Oohh,,oh-oh-oh
Dururururtdutdurum
Yeah!
Dadadadudup durup
Forget about the price tag

Top 10 Covers on Youtube

My Top 10 Favorite Covers in YouTube

I've already talked about the bottom-up approach of YouTube and how it is empowering individuals all over the world. YouTube has become a global platform where people can freely express and one thing that his has significantly influenced is the music industry. So many skilled and talented individuals are given an opportunity to share their talents to the world through YouTube. Anyone with a simple camera can just share to the world and the whole world is surely watching.

Here are some of my favorite covers on YouTube. Many of them are actually real celebrities now and are making their own original songs and are becoming very successful through music. I don't necessarily like all the other songs they make but these ones are some of those that I actually liked.

Gabrielle Aplin

This is such a lovely rendition to Bob Dylan's classic "The Times They Are A Changin". I love how she changed the melody a bit and gave it her own flavor. I just love what she does with the notes. Without being disrespectful, I hope, I actually like this more than the original one. I just love the mood especially that it's being sang by a girl with such an amazing and unique tone and style of singing.

Christina Grimmie

This one's not even a cover but it's the video of her the I like. I'm not even so fond of the songs that she likes to cover but hey she's really awesome and it's proven in this video. She's actually quite a big celebrity now getting millions of views and collaborating with other YouTube artists. You can check her songs out if you want but really her passion and movement for dubstep is just so lovely. I love how she dances outside of the norm and doesn't care and just rides the music. It's just something unique in a girl, in my opinion. We actually have the same kinds of dance steps and I find that so amusing.

Maddi Jane

I actually randomly watched this while shopping in S&R. It was showing one of their display TVs. And I actually love it so much more than the original. And this again shows how young talented people can have exposure and opportunities because of YouTube and the internet. The access to equipment for music and video production is so much easier and cheaper now. Anyone can make a professional looking music video with good quality recorded songs and just upload it to YouTube just like this young girl.

This girl is also super popular already. Not as popular as Justin Bieber (but keep in mind that even he was discovered through YouTube).

Kate McGil and Co.

For this cover of The Only Exception by Paramore, it's a combination of different artists from different countries. It's just an amazing expression of freedom of assembly, of communication, and of collaboration, all made possible by the internet.

Plus, some of them are actually pretty hot. All their voices are so lovely, by the way. Imagine, these people from different parts of the world can easily collaborate now. I am really amazed by it just as I am amazed by this cover.

Sungha Jung

Okay, this kid is not human. His guitar skills are just so out of this world. Also a very popular celebrity now because of YouTube. I am really doubting if he's human. He's probably some sort of artificial intelligence project of Korea.

This is seriously one of my favorite guitar covers. It's amazing what he does, really. This is the kind of talent or genius that's really undeniable. This is what we usually refer to as "gifted".

Evan Duffy

I really love this song and his cover of it is really spot on. It really shows the magical talent of his ears to translate music. Perfect pitch, some people call it. He has a bunch of other Skrillex covers as well like Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites that includes the drop! The thing is though, I love this chill version of with you friends (long drive).

It also exposes how beautifully organized and arranged Skrillex's music is and when I go back to listening to the original version, I actually get to appreciate it more.

Viktoriya Yermolyeva

Speaking of hardcore perfect pitch, this girl just covered System of a Down! Imagine, that. I can't even put in words how complex it is and how she was able to pull it off. Even the heavy parts are so spot-on. This is just raw and amazing talent. You should even check out her other covers as well!

Audrey Couch

This is one of my favorite covers of Matisyahu ever. You should also check out her other covers. They're all just so amazing. She has such a wonderful voice, I really love how she made Matisyahu's One Day more mellow and again that mild soothing sound of a girl singing. It does add a lot to the depth of the song, in my opinion.

Markv86

I don't even know their names. I just found them while searching for covers of Sigur Ros and their cover is absolutely stunning. It's so chill and relaxing. It would really be nice to jam Sigur Ros or any other sort of ambient/chill post-rock.

This cover, the sound, it just has so much imagery. It's so visual and stimulating.


Cobaingel

This is one of my all-time favorites. I just love how she translated Foo Fighter's song Walking After You to piano. It's sounds so elegant and once again shows the song in a different perspective, showing complexity and sophistication that many might not appreciate or notice. With piano, it's just pure notes, it's almost like hearing the song in its purest form.