Since coming from his status as relative-nobody in NYC’s underground music scene, Julian Velard is picking up momentum. His peppy piano-pop style is leaving a mark on the hearts of fans worldwide.
After growing a cult UK fan base on myspace, which now exceeds the total of 10,000 fans, he uprooted to England (where the highest concentration of fans seemed to be) to extend his reach by signing with Virgin. And it’s working.
Perhaps Europe was simply waiting for an awkward, free-spirited musical hero to take the continent by force. Being compared to pop idols such as Elton John and Elvis Costello must cast a pretty tall shadow, but it doesn’t seem to shake him. This artist seems to be relatively unmoved by the fame and fortune aspect of the music biz anyways.
At this exact moment, Julian has 582 fans on his facebook page (the last of which is me) through ilike, where all his video blogs and links to other sites can be found. Julian is said to have been “too weird for pop and too pop for weird” and you have to see it to believe it.
Julian’s Kyte channel is also played simultaneously around the world on over 100 different websites, and has been viewed atleast 25,000 times.
On Youtube, Julian Velard has over 26 video’s posted including music videos, live performances and his video blogs. This Velard media outlet has 91 subscribers and is constantly being viewed. Notably, the music video for Jimmy Dean & Steve McQueen, Julian’s first single has received just shy of 27,000 views since its posting on May 14th.
With the release of his album coming up, we’ll see where this goes, but we can definitely expect this New York oddball to going from pop hit to pop star in a matter of months, especially if the full album lives up to the singles that have already been released.
As the spotlight slowly wanders over to Julian, we wonder if he will reach the level of notoriety of the pop legends he is already being compared to.
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