BryanStars

BryanStars
Born Bryan Odell
(1990-05-22) May 22, 1990
Sendai, Japan
Occupation Music interviewer, YouTuber, musician
Years active 2008–2017
Home town Lincoln, Nebraska, US

Bryan Odell (born May 22, 1990), better known by his online alias, BryanStars, is a Japanese-born American music interviewer, YouTube personality, musician and artist manager. He is best known for his BryanStars Interviews series, where Odell interviews with popular artists in the alternative scene, including Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria, and Falling in Reverse. Odell's YouTube channel holds over 730,000 subscribers and more than 164 million views.

Personal life

Odell was born on May 22, 1990 in Japan, where he lived as a student until he was eight years old before moving to Nebraska. He attended Lincoln East High School where he graduated in 2008.[1] He attended the University of Nebraska for two years and majored in Broadcast Journalism. However he made the decision to drop out early to focus on his YouTube channel, "BryanStars".[2]

In high school Odell filmed a documentary that aired on C-SPAN.[3]

In 2011, Odell won a prize of $35,000 and a multi-day workshop with professional online bloggers at the Youtube Next Up! contest in New York City.[1][4]

On February 11, 2017, Odell came out as gay.[5]

Career

Odell is best known for his BryanStars Interviews, series on his YouTube channel, BryanStars. He publishes interviews and music videos from bands of the rock and heavy metal scene. Since 2008 he has interviewed acts such as Asking Alexandria, Motionless In White, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides, All Time Low, Sleeping with Sirens, The Ready Set, One Ok Rock, Panic At The Disco, Twenty One Pilots, Avenged Sevenfold, Escape the Fate, Suicide Silence, Disturbed, Creed, Hollywood Undead, Korn, Three Days Grace, Bullet For My Valentine, Cannibal Corpse and Slipknot, as well as artists like Rob Zombie, Papa Roach, Cody Simpson, G-Eazy, Mitchel Musso and winners of American Idol.[6] Odell has also interviewed record producer Matt Good and YouTube stars Shane Dawson, Michael Buckley and Dave Days.[7] He has published more than 1000 band interviews to his YouTube Channel.[8]

In 2013, BryanStars Interviews was voted by music fans as the Best Music Blog in the Alternative Press Reader’s Choice Poll 2013.[9] BryanStars Interviews was nominated for a Shorty Award for “Best Web Show” in 2014 along with Jerry Seinfeld.[10] In 2014 Journeys produced a "This Is My Journey" segment about Odell that played in stores nationwide.[11]

Odell released his first album "Follow Your Dreams" in 2016. The release of his first music video "Shut Up And Kiss Me" trended on Twitter.[12] Odell was a guest on Andy Biersack's new podcast "The Andy Show" later that year to promote his music [13]

In 2018 Odell went on hiatus from YouTube. However a video of Odell moshing at the final Vans Warped Tour went viral on Twitter.[14][15]

Odell has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Huffington Post, Kerrang, Alternative Press Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard Magazine and the official Hot Topic YouTube Channel.[16]

Warped YouTube Program

In 2014, Odell was picked to be one of the “Warped YouTubers” with Damon Fizzy, Johnnie Guilbert, CYR and Piddleass. The following year, Kevin Lyman (creator of Warped Tour) made Odell the official host of the tour. Odell worked with Warped Tour through 2015 as their official host on all social media, announcing over 100 bands for the tour.[17]

Odell taught a class on the 2015 Vans Warped Tour called "YouTube 101" where he taught aspiring YouTubers how to pursue a career in social media.[18]

My Digital Escape

Odell created "My Digital Escape," a collab YouTube channel which he managed until 2016.[19] The channel reached 800,000 subscribers and 100 million views.[20] The channel prominently featured Odell, Johnnie Guilbert, HeyThereImShannon, Jeydon Wale, Kyle David Hall, Alex Dorame and Jordan Sweeto[21]; and occasionally featured special guests including Bobby Mares, Social Repose, Chris Oflying, Paul Zimmer, Danny Edge, Eugenia Cooney, Damon Fizzy, Diegosaurs, LedaMonsterBunny, MattG124, Alex Ramos, RobbyEpicSauce, Tyler Hagen, SayWeCanFly, Terabrite and CatchingYourClouds.[22]

In 2016, Odell started the My Digital Escape Tour. The tour visited 21 cities across the United States in a tour bus.[23][24]

Artist Management

Odell managed the careers of several popular YouTubers during his career, including Alex Dorame, Johnnie Guilbert, Social Repose, Jordan Sweeto, HeyThereImShannon, Jeydon Wale, Tyler Hagen and Kyle David Hall through his management company Talent Shoppe Agency[25]. Odell's clients were often featured on My Digital Escape, which was also managed by the agency. [26]

Philanthropy

In 2015 Odell worked with the Vans Warped Tour to raise money for cancer research.[27]In 2017 Odell ran a charity merch sale to raise funds for UNICEF and Syrian Refugees. [28]

Musical endeavors

In 2016 Odell went into the studio with ZK Studios (All Time Low, The Ready Set, Mayday Parade) to record his debut EP. On March 21, 2016, BryanStars announced the release of a 5-track EP entitled "Follow Your Dreams".[29][30] Pre-orders for the EP became available on iTunes and Google Play shortly after. It was released on April 1, 2016 and charted on Billboard at #22 on the Alternative New Artist Album Chart, #59 on the New Artist Album Chart and #128 on the Indie Albums Chart.[31] BryanStars also collaborated with Social Repose on a cover of Bring Me The Horizon's "Follow You"[32]

In November 2016, Odell announced that he would be releasing a second EP titled the "Picture Perfect EP". It was released on December 4, 2016.[33]

BryanStars Tour

In 2012, Odell started the "BryanStars Tour" which lead through the whole United States. The tour featured bands like Ghost Town, SayWeCanFly, Modern Day Escape, Her Bright Skies, Snow White's Poison Bite, Farewell, My Love, Late Nite Reading, Rocky Loves Emily and YouTubers like CatchingYourClouds, Johnnie Guilbert, DeeFizzy and CYR. Odell created three BryanStars Tours from 2012 to 2013.[34][35][36]

Never Shout Never incident

On June 3, 2012, Never Shout Never was interviewed by BryanStars, in an interview that was being covered by The New York Times. About halfway through the interview, Christofer Drew Ingle cut Bryan off, calling his show "a joke" and his questions "bullshit". As a result, the band ended the interview, and BryanStars was in tears because of it. An outpour of support for BryanStars happened as a result, and many musicians shared their words of support including Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens, Chris Fronzak of Attila, and Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides.[37] In a Stickam broadcast, Ingle stated that he felt bad that he made BryanStars cry. Ingle later admitted that he had taken acid earlier the day of the interview.[38][39] Ingle was arrested the same day for possession of marijuana.[40][41]

Awards and Achievements

Discography

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title Album details
Follow Your Dreams
  • Released: April 1, 2016
  • Label: Talent Shoppe
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"Picture Perfect"
  • Released: December 4, 2016
  • Label: Talent Shoppe
  • Formats: digital download

Singles

List of singles
Title Year Album
"Shut Up and Kiss Me" 2016 Follow Your Dreams

References

  1. 1 2 Micah Mertes: journalstar.com: Lincolnite attends YouTube training, wins $35,000 for his channel
  2. ↑ Jennifer Preston: New York Times: At YouTube Boot Camp, Future Stars Polish Their Acts
  3. ↑ https://www.c-span.org/video/?203409-8/studentcam-contest-winner-interview
  4. ↑ Chase Moffitt: NBC Channel 6 WOWT: Cashing In On Clicks
  5. ↑ BryanStars (2017-02-11). "Twitter". Mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  6. ↑ bryanstars.com: BryanStars Interviews.: About
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlAynf-nrDM
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/BryanStars/videos
  9. 1 2 http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/2013_readers_poll_best_music_blog
  10. 1 2 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shorty-awards-2014-nominees-682714
  11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTNOzB6StUA
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/BryanStars/status/714676554941513728
  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpH3ylOOpzU
  14. ↑ YouTube.com/BryanStars
  15. ↑ https://obsessxns.com/news/post/heres-a-video-of-bryanstars-moshing-at-warped-tour/
  16. ↑ http://bryanstars.com/about
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUHW2AKcdow
  18. ↑ http://www.thinktei.com/bryanstars/
  19. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjwJSoeY_II&t=6s
  20. ↑ https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/mydigitalescape
  21. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BFdFbroA0ii/?taken-by=bryanstars
  22. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/MyDigitalEscape/videos
  23. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEAKxx63IY0
  24. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCAMMSqO8cA
  25. ↑ http://talentshoppeagency.com/
  26. ↑ https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-basics-of-the-drama-between-bryan-stars-and-md
  27. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0our6ojzCy8
  28. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0yHXZf95ww
  29. ↑ "BryanStars - Follow Your Dreams (album review )". Sputnikmusic. 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  30. ↑ "Bryan Stars Releases Music Video For 'Shut Up And Kiss Me' | Remember MEdia". Remembermedia.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  31. ↑ https://twitter.com/bryanstars/status/719997357518163968
  32. ↑ "Bring Me The Horizon's 'Follow You' Gets The A Cappella Cover Treatment - Music Feeds". Music Feeds. 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  33. ↑ "BryanStars Announces EP "Follow Your Dreams"". March 21, 2016.
  34. ↑ bryanstars.com: The BryanStars Tour is 100% OFFICIAL!!!!
  35. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2etXrgXOHT4
  36. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St5n76PeIKA
  37. ↑ "How to pretend to be a "Rockstar" by Christofer Drew". altsounds.com. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  38. ↑ "Never Shout Never – The Gunz Show – Interview with Christofer ..." idobi.com. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  39. ↑ Ortiz, Stephanie. "Christofer Drew of Never Shout Never Makes Interviewer Cry, Arrested for Pot Possession". Allmediany. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  40. ↑ "Christofer Drew (Never Shout Never) Arrested For Marijuana Possession". underthegunreview.net. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  41. ↑ "Twitter / christoferdrew: out of jail in my bed...life ..." Christofer Drew. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  42. ↑ http://journalstar.com/entertainment/music/article_8523ccb0-4e43-5c2f-af83-ffd94c6aa061.html
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