Ysabella Brave
Encyclopedia
Ysabella Brave is an American
vocalist signed by Cordless Recordings
, a division of the Warner Music Group
. She was discovered through the popularity of her YouTube
channels, ysabellabrave and ysabellabravetalk.
on July 14, 2006. Most of her songs are accompanied by prerecorded music tracks, but some are a cappella
. Her singing genres include blues
, jazz
, the Great American Songbook
, rock
, soul
, R&B
, and pop music
, amongst others, as well as some of her own original lyrics and music.
After over a year of regularly posting videos, Ysabella Brave built up a large following on YouTube. Her ysabellabrave channel has 34,281 subscribers. She continues to be a prolific provider of content on YouTube. Ysabella Brave's videos were viewed 9,338,637 times, as of September 26, 2007.
Ysabella Brave's second YouTube channel, ysabellabravetalk, was created on 25 February 2007 to separate her music and comedy videos from those in which she expresses personal opinions on subjects raised by her viewers, and her vlogs. The first video on her talk channel was posted on March 4, 2007. This second channel has, as of October 16, 2010, 13,701 subscribers.
Ysabella Brave's most popular video is on her ysabellabravetalk channel entitled "Everyday Bravery" that currently has 820,233 views (10/16/2010).
, an e-label of the Warner Music Group
. She has been written about in the Los Angeles Times
, The New York Times
, and The San Diego Daily Transcript.
Ysabella Brave is mentioned prominently in the book YouTube for Dummies, written by Doug Sahlin and Chris Botello and published by Wiley Publishing, ISBN 978-0-470-14925-6.
Ysabella Brave is mentioned prominently in the book "15 Minutes of Fame: Becoming a Star in the YouTube Revolution", written by Frederick Levy, ISBN 978-1592577651.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
vocalist signed by Cordless Recordings
Cordless Recordings
Cordless Recordings is a netlabel owned by Warner Music Group. The label was founded in 2005 by Jac Holzman, who also founded Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records.-Affiliation with Rykodisc - Present:...
, a division of the Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
. She was discovered through the popularity of her YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
channels, ysabellabrave and ysabellabravetalk.
Videos
Ysabella Brave posted the first videos of herself singing on YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
on July 14, 2006. Most of her songs are accompanied by prerecorded music tracks, but some are a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
. Her singing genres include blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, the Great American Songbook
Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook is a hypothetical construct that seeks to represent the best American songs of the 20th century principally from Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musicals, from the 1920s to 1960, including dozens of songs of enduring popularity...
, rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
, soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
, R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, and pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, amongst others, as well as some of her own original lyrics and music.
After over a year of regularly posting videos, Ysabella Brave built up a large following on YouTube. Her ysabellabrave channel has 34,281 subscribers. She continues to be a prolific provider of content on YouTube. Ysabella Brave's videos were viewed 9,338,637 times, as of September 26, 2007.
Ysabella Brave's second YouTube channel, ysabellabravetalk, was created on 25 February 2007 to separate her music and comedy videos from those in which she expresses personal opinions on subjects raised by her viewers, and her vlogs. The first video on her talk channel was posted on March 4, 2007. This second channel has, as of October 16, 2010, 13,701 subscribers.
Ysabella Brave's most popular video is on her ysabellabravetalk channel entitled "Everyday Bravery" that currently has 820,233 views (10/16/2010).
Career
Ysabella Brave signed as a recording artist for Cordless RecordingsCordless Recordings
Cordless Recordings is a netlabel owned by Warner Music Group. The label was founded in 2005 by Jac Holzman, who also founded Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records.-Affiliation with Rykodisc - Present:...
, an e-label of the Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
. She has been written about in the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, and The San Diego Daily Transcript.
Ysabella Brave is mentioned prominently in the book YouTube for Dummies, written by Doug Sahlin and Chris Botello and published by Wiley Publishing, ISBN 978-0-470-14925-6.
Ysabella Brave is mentioned prominently in the book "15 Minutes of Fame: Becoming a Star in the YouTube Revolution", written by Frederick Levy, ISBN 978-1592577651.