So we were in Arcata, California and we happened to come across a rather interesting person. His name was Ryan Hammer and he was visiting from San Fran. We talked for a while about film and he seemed to know a lot of interesting stuff. He gave us tips on websites that have camera gear for cheap and a bunch of random crap. He also claimed to know the owner of the REDCam company(the guy who invented Oakley sunglasses) and he claimed to be nominated for a Grammy. At the time the guy seemed a little cocky but still kinda legit. He told us that he had a partnership with Youtube and once made a thousand dollars in a month off ad space, which was interesting because he only had a couple hundred views on his videos. We recently signed up for adspace on the born ready youtube channel and our statement for the last month says we've made somewhere around four dollars. The best part about the whole thing was watching the video of him playing his Grammy nominated song:
We looked it up. Nowhere on the Grammy's website is his name even mentioned... One of the funniest parts was what he does at 2:30 and when the official Grammy logo flashes at the end. Needless to say, Ryan Hammer was one of the funniest people we've met on our trip haha. Memorable quotes:
"Yah man, I had a youtube partnership was makin' like a G a month, they offered to renew my contract and I'm like fuck that shit, but i didn't wanna say it cuz I'm freaked out about illuminati and shit."
"Yah dude, she asked me if I could do a deal on her music video shoot and I was like 'well, you got no one else, so what are you gonna do for me?'"
"I put out a song through a major label, it was whatever, so I said fuck it, I'm not doin' this shit unless I get full creative control."
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