We like got on the phone and were like, “All right, you cover one of my songs, and you cover ‘No Matter Where You Are.'” And he did, and it’s just funny to see how far he’s come since then, because it’s about camaraderie and intermingling in that community. And I just remember when Vine started, us and Shawn Mendes traded each other’s songs. So for us, it was Vine, and for Shawn Mendes, it was Vine too. And no matter what platform it is, videos will always exist and people are always going to watch. But when your friends share to their friends, who share to their friends, and then something starts to happen - the snowball effect. And that’s really where it started for us: We just put videos out and only our friends saw it. Michael: Yeah social media is always going to be a huge platform for any person - especially in our demographic like from teenagers onto like mid-20s - reach their friends through their talent. With the death of Vine, do you think that other aspiring artists can follow that same path that you guys did, but through Instagram or Snapchat? Or do you think your career path is no longer viable because of Vine, which also helped Shawn Mendes grow to where he is today? But like Michael said before, we just need think this is really great exposure for us to take us to that next level and to gain some new fans that we weren’t able to reach before. It’s what we love to do, so the fact that we get to do that is pretty amazing. And we just tried to keep putting out new music and keep getting on the road. Vine, rest in peace, is no longer around, so we decided to take it to Facebook, where we got more followers there and shared just a bunch of videos. And then things didn’t work out with the label and we are independent again and now we’re just using all the other social platforms that we can to keep it rolling. So we just really hit the ground running, and we have Vine to really thank for pushing us to that level and getting us started. And we signed to the record label and we put out an album with them and we just started touring. I think we were the first artists to be signed off of Vine, so from then on out, it was just go, go, go. What happened from six-second covers to four studio albums? Where did that jump come from?Ĭarissa: I would say it all happened really, really fast. So we’re hanging on, but we’re loving every minute of it for sure. She goes, “Eeee! You know that eek emoji?” And I’m like, “What does that mean?” And she’s like, “I’m just so excited I can’t contain my excitement!” And we probably do that maybe two or three times a day. Carissa just looked at me and she grabbed my arm. And now both of those things are starting to happen and I really don’t know how to handle myself. You know, you dream about this when, or at least when I was a little boy, I always wanted to play music for as many people as possible and I’ve always known I wanted to be a dad at some point. I actually don’t really know how to feel, because it’s like both of our dreams are coming true. How does it feel to advance your musical career and family at the same time? We really think that he knows his stuff when it comes to musical talent, so for him to say all those nice things about our music and about our performance, we were really excited about that. How does it even feel to perform “No Matter Where You Are” in front of the judges? You have this intimate love song and then you play all the instruments and it has that funky, pop vibe and then it’s like Simon Cowell is right in front of you.Ĭarissa: We were definitely really nervous to play an original song, and a song that means so much to us, in front of the judges, but we were really excited to see their response to it, especially Simon. So I have seen that question online a lot, but in our heads, we’re like, “We always want to be bigger than we are, and we want to keep growing.” And we think America’s Got Talent is the perfect way to reach that next level, that next stream for us. So we just call this the next big step to expand us to hopefully getting in front of a little bit more eyes than we have in the past. So for us, that’s closer to our dream than maybe what we’re doing right now, which is playing club venues around the U.S. … The other night of the performance, that was the biggest stage we’ve ever performed on. Michael: For us, we’re independent artists, and we always want to do things that are better than the past, so Carissa and I, we’ve played stages before, but never a stage at the size and the magnitude of America’s Got Talent.
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