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The Needle Drop is a blog/vlog created and run by Anthony Fantano (born October 28, 1985), self-described as "the Internet's Busiest Music Nerd",〔Veronin, Nick. "(The Hardest Working Critic in Show Business Never Stops Hunting for New Music )". wired.com, 18 February 2014〕 in which he examines "rock, pop, electronic, metal, hip hop and experimental music" via video and audio reviews. The blog started in the fall of 2007, with video reviews beginning in February 2009. The blog reviews albums, individual songs in a segment called "Track Reviews" (stylized as "TRKRVWZ"), and occasionally a "Question of the Week" or list based video. His reviews often contain brief skits, usually involving his musically oblivious roommate, Cal Chuchesta (played by Fantano). Cal Chuchesta released a mixtape titled ''The New CALassic'' on August 18, 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cal Chuchesta - The New CALassic - Download and Stream - Audiomack )〕 The Needle Drop's YouTube channel currently has over 550,000 subscribers, and more than 105 million upload views. The channel was voted as September 2011's 'On The Rise' contest winner, a program by YouTube. His competitors were Pineapple Boy Productions, The Uncut Sports Show and Simple Kids Crafts. In October 2011, Fantano won the 'Beyond the Blog' award at the MTV O Music Awards. The logo art and website design was created by Juan Larrazabal.〔("Anthony Fantano Wants to Turn You On" ), Consequence of Sound〕 ==Background and history== Fantano grew up in Connecticut and as a child had a desire to become a cartoonist, stating he was a fan of ''The Simpsons'' and that he still enjoys cartoons from today such as ''Adventure Time'' and ''Regular Show''. Fantano was introduced to independent music in the early 2000s which eventually influenced him to start The Needle Drop. "I had a friend of mine on Livejournal–lol, I know–back in the early 00s who used to do these long writeups about certain artists and she turned me on to a few that were pretty great. It made me want to do the same, share the musical experience on the internet. It didn’t really turn into "reviews" until I tried doing YouTube in 2009, which I only did as an experiment because my blog and podcast were making much traction at the time." Fantano started his career in the mid 2000s as a music director for the Southern Connecticut State University college radio station. He stated "I’ve always loved music, but working there got me turned in to a lot of different styles, and got me pushing my tastes into different areas". In 2007, Fantano started working at Connecticut Public Radio in which he hosted ''The Needle Drop''.〔http://www.cpbn.org/profile/anthony-fantano〕 That same year, Fantano also launched The Needle Drop in text reviews, eventually starting as video reviews in 2009. Fantano, at the time, was working on The Needle Drop, at the college radio station and at a pizza restaurant. In late 2011, Fantano decided to pursue The Needle Drop full-time and therefore, he had quit working at the pizza restaurant. "It wasn’t really a decision. It was just a matter of the show taking up so much of my time and making me enough money to sustain myself. I was quitting a job where I was cooking pizza, so it wasn’t that hard of a decision. I love the people who I used to work with, and I was working with a lot of them for ten years, but they understand this is my passion and my own thing that I have to pursue" he said.〔〔 In 2011, Fantano was interviewed at SXSW about the rise of music vlogging, along with Sami Jarroush of the Rock It Out! Blog, and Michael Roffman, president and editor-in-chief of Consequence of Sound. In March 2011, he was featured in an article from The Guardian also about the rise of music vlogging. The Needle Drop is also an iTunes podcast featuring artists and albums reviewed on The Needle Drop YouTube channel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Needle Drop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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