Recently, Mike Tompkins, the YouTube sensation, helped The Today Show cast to create a viral music video, and it was an amazing experience for all concerned. Tompkins is masterful in the creation of viral videos, and his music videos use his voice. Tompkins’ YouTube video of -Teenage Dream-, originally released by Katy Perry, has had more than five million views on YouTube.
On The Today Show, Tompkins used repeated themes to help the cast to sing in unison, and then create their very own music style. His own YouTube channel has great hits like -Fireflies- from Owl City, and -Misery-, by Maroon 5.
The cast of The Today Show made a video in the style of the Brady Bunch introduction. While he helped them, Tompkins’ video secret was inadvertantly revealed. It is lending his own voice in creating the back-beats for the video, while still using simple recording equipment that could be in your home studio.
There are other viral videos that have followed a similar formula. Pomplamoose, a duo in California, covers songs and makes very simple videos that they post on YouTube. Many of their videos have more than five million hits. They have led even to media appearances and live gigs.
