Hey everyone, Anthony Fantano here, internet's busiest music nerd and we're about to do a little letter from a fan, right here.
As you can see, this letter was hand-written and sent to me in the snail mail.
"Dear Anthony,
I like your videos, but not the ones that you make with the crap camera that you use. Why don't you use the nice camera that you have that shoots in HD? Stop using the crappy camera please. Thank you.
Sincerely, Shane Miller."
Shane, you gotta listen to me, buddy.
Shane. SHANE!
Are you listening?
Are you ears in tune with the words that are coming out of my mouth right now?
Good! Great! Because I'm about to say something important to you.
I have a YouTube channel where I shoot really nice HD videos with my very expensive Canon camera and Canon lens.
It's very nice, looks nice. I use lighting. Lots of other Youtubers do the same thing, very nice cameras with HD shooting and lighting.
Super technology! We're in a beautiful age of technology right now,
But what I'm doing right here:
This is POETRY!
This is ART!
I'M GIVIN' IT TO YOU RAW!
I'm not one of these people that's gonna jump on camera with "my lines" and "mah editing" and "my super crazy special effect tricks."
And you know why? You know why?
CAUSE I CAN DO IT RAW!
They can't, they can't.
They can't do it OFF THE DOME!
They can't do it WITHOUT A SAFETY NET!
I can. I'm raw, right now, no questions, all answers.
*drinks from measuring jug*
All this is, is a format.
What's important is what's happening in the centre.
When you go to the zoo, do you go to the zoo to see the cage?
OR DO YOU GO TO SEE THE ANIMAL?
THE ANIMAL IS WHAT YOU SEE!
You don't go for nothin' else.
In fact, you thank GOD for the cage.
Or else the animal would come through.
*deep breathing*
And whatever happens after that, the animal doesn't know any better.