Famesource T-shirts!

Anthony drove down to my house this weekend for some hard work on Famesource. The temperature was about 75 degrees...and he was wearing a jacket?

I quickly brushed it off and began talking about our weekend agenda when I was interrupted. "Is it just me, or is it hot as hell in here?" Before I could respond, he unzipped his jacket to unveil the hip new FAMESOURCE T-SHIRT! (coming soon to our merchandise section) Users will be able to purchase these shirts with Famebucks, so start earning them and be ready for more "Fame-gear" heading your way.

TV Commercial - Help!?!?!

Now that Famesource has begun to gain some public awareness, its about that time for us to put together a TV commercial advertising what we have to offer. Although Anthony and I are prepared to get behind a camera and start shooting, we decided it was best to let our talented users submit their stuff...we are a user-generated website after all!

Here are some guidelines - the commercial needs to be about 10-seconds long. We ask that you try to incorporate our logo and slogan ("claim your fame!") at some point in the clip. Make it funny, make it quirky, act out a skit, show-off your animation skills, pretty much anything goes. We will be accepting submissions over the next few weeks. You can email what you come up with to famesource@gmail.com

What's in it for you? Well, if your clip is chosen we will throw a few famebucks your way (you can use those to bid on the Wall of Fame) and you will also be featured on Famesource.com - most importantly, your clip will be all over TV!

Here is our first user submission. Think you can do better? Lets see what you got!

Famesource Compared to MySpace

If any of you happen to live in the San Joaquin Valley (Fresno, Madera, Bakersfield, Fowler, Merced, etc.) and were watching NBC affiliate KSEE 24 at 10pm or 11pm, on Monday the 21st, there we were.

NBC did a segment on how people are finding fame and fortune online and they featured us...they compared us to MySpace! Sure we may have a fraction of their users, sure we may not be worth 10 billion dollars, sure we may not have Tom's connections, but you know what we do have...a Tv interview with NBC affiliate Ksee 24 in Fresno. Thats right. What are all those things in comparison huhhh? If you ask me. Nothing.

KNBC4 Raw News: Famesource.com

I got contacted last week by Mekahlo Medina who is a news anchor for KNBC here in Los Angeles. He invited me to come into the NBC studio for an interview about Famesource. You can see the interview above.

It was really cool meeting Mekahlo, and I felt that the interview went pretty well. We hope that this interview makes more people aware of the free services that Famesource.com has to offer aspiring and professional talent. Claim your fame!

Fame...TV?

Yea, you read it correctly...FameTV!

We are currently working on a deal that will give our "fame-hungry" users the chance to be on a user generated satellite TV channel! This is very exciting for us all because it's such an amazing way to gain exposure...and best of all, its going to be FREE for Famesource.com members!

How will it work? Very simple, you check a box on the Upload page that says you want to be on FameTV...we'll handle the rest. FameTV - coming soon!

New Feature: Promote on MySpace

Famesource.com is a free social community that connects aspiring artists and athletes with fans and provides tools to help members gain the exposure they deserve. Whether you have a talent you want to be famous for, or you're just a fan of talent, Famesource is the place for you. Click here to learn more.

We welcome all new visitors to the site and understand that you probably already have an account with MySpace....so we decided to launch a new feature that helps you promote Famesource profiles on MySpace!

We are proud to announce that we have launched our first MySpace promotion tool. We decided to keep it simple for now. To find this feature, simply click on the Promote button next to the profile pic of the talent you would like to support (it can be your own), and then click on the MySpace logo.

All you have to do is copy the code in the text box and paste it into your MySpace profile. The Famesource.com logo will now appear on your MySpace and anyone who clicks on it will be taken directly to that profile. Exciting stuff!

We also added code to send out a bulletin to your friends on MySpace, so check that out too!

Looking for your big break? Check out Famesource.com now!

U---C---L---A, UCLA FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

We made it into UCLA's Daily Bruin, from what we are told, the second highest circulated paper in LA!! Whoo Hoo for us!

It happened fast...really fast. About a half hour interview, and then BAM the next day we were on the front page. Okay so they never did say Famesource.com, something we are still a little baffled about, but they did say Famesource, a web company, and mentioned Allen and I. I'd say an overall success.

Be sure to check out the article here...and support the Daily Bruin.

A meeting with an LA Music Producer

It was a few days before launch, and we were huddled together at the local Starbucks trying to make the final preparations to go live. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a familiar face sitting a few tables away. I overheard him chatting with a young lady about her music and the potential she had. Where did I know this guy from?

Then it clicked...it was Barrett Yeretsian, music producer and band member of Aviatic, a popular Los Angeles band. I had seen Aviatic in concert at the Roxy a while back, and fell in love with their music immediately. I told the team about his accomplishments and made it a point to contact Barrett (I didn't want to interrupt his meeting).

We contacted Barrett and he agreed to meet with us....at the same Starbucks. After giving him a brief synopsis of the site, and letting him explore it on my laptop, Barrett was in love. He loved what we had going here. We came up with a few great partnership ideas (we are still implementing those now). Most importantly, Barrett will be monitoring the site frequently to look for the next "web celeb" that he feels has the potential to make it big in the Music industry.