What if your favorite band contacted you out of the blue and asked you to be in their band?

http://www.journeymusic.com/index2.html

Yup, that’s Journey’s official website with an announcement of their new lead singer whom they discovered through YouTube. Crazy, huh? I think it’s pretty cool. Arnel Pineda, the new singer, says he didn’t believe it at first when he was contacted on YouTube by Neal Schon from Journey. I mean, I’d probably be skeptical, too, with all the spammers out there.

 
Anyway, congratulations, Arnel Pineda! What happened to you is pretty freakin’ awesome.

Pineda is from a band in the Philippines called The Zoo. Here’s the cover of “Faithfully” that got Journey’s attention:

YouTube. The new eHarmony for musicians.

Journey: http://www.journeymusic.com
The Zoo: http://profiles.friendster.com/zooband