Blake Dale | Pentatonix - Evolution of Michael Jackson (Reaction Mashup, volume 1)

A sample of youtubers reacting to the new mashup video by Pentatonix called 'Evolution of Michael Jackson'. I was thinking of eventually making a volume two but with more editing so that reactor's only appear when they either say or do something interesting (not sure when I'll get around to doing it, but hopefully in the next year).

Pentatonix - Evolution of Michael Jackson -    • Evolution of Michael Jackson - Pentatonix  

Reactor playlist:    • Pentatonix - Evolution of Michael Jackson ...  



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(Q1) Would you do a reaction mashup of...?

(A1) Sorry but I do not take requests because either:
(1) this hobby will become a chore and thus boring for me,
(2) I might get spoiled on something I haven't watched yet,
(3) the comments sections of my videos get filled with posts which have nothing to do with the mashup on that page,
(4) when people make requests they don't provide a playlist of their favouite reactions as a starting point, or indicate in any way which reaction videos they had in mind, and/or
(5) the person making the request doesn't realise that there aren't enough reactions of what they're requesting (and in most cases they haven't even looked at any reactions at all)
(6) people get angry at me and leave mean comments because the resulting mashup isn't as good as they had thought it would be.


(Q2) Would you include my reaction in your next mashup?

(A2) Sorry, the answer is no because:
(1) I like to decide who makes it into my mashups,
(2) there is only so much space available in a mashup resulting in someone being disappointed or annoyed at me if they don't make it in,
(3) I only have a limited amount of free time to make these and so I'd rather not have to keep a list of who I "must" include.


(Q3) How do you deal with copyright so that you can monetise your videos?

(A3) I don't, really. I think there's only three videos in total as of January 2015 which I have monetised. All of the other videos I have uploaded have copyright claims on them and therefore all advertising revenue goes to the copyright holders, I don't get a single penny from them. Although there is a valid argument to be made that the vast majority of my mashups fall under "fair use" and "criticism", as well as the mashup as a whole being a "transformative" work, it would be a long drawn out process to revoke the copyright claim and I just can't be bothered to go through it.


(Q4) Is youtube your main job?

(A4) lol, no. I have a full time job, this is just a hobby for me to do on a Sunday morning. Almost all of my mashups have copyright claims on them so any advertising revenue goes straight to the copyright holders, I make virtually nothing from these. This really is just for fun. Even if I could make enough money from youtube, I wouldn't want it as my job, I love my current type of work way too much.


(Q5) Who are the people in the mashup?

(A5) I include credits and direct links to the original videos in the annotations at the beginning of the video. Alternatively, here is a playlist of the reactor's (also linked to at the end of the video) -

   • Pentatonix - Evolution of Michael Jackson ...  


(Q6) What music is playing out over the outro?

(A6) I got the music off of youtube's royalty free database and I think it's called 'The Poisoned Princess'.

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