God, there’s a lot of really awful crap on YouTube.  I mean, don’t get me wrong.  There’s a couple of diamonds too.   Like Bo Burnham’s “My Whole Family Thinks I’m Gay” and the brilliant (if you’re a huuuuuge sci-fi geek) Chad Vader series.

But as for Binghamton, the choices don’t exactly match up.  This guy took a video of somebody dancing in front of Video King and gave it a classical soundtrack; this other kid recast Borat as a Binghamton story; and the BU Binghamtonics shot a video claiming that Kennedy’s Fried Chicken is the finest cuisine in Binghamton.  Cute; fun to pass to your buddies; not viral quality.

But here’s what I propose.  The London Symphony Orchestra just announced that they’re building a YouTube Symphony Orchestra to perform live at Carnegie Hall in 09.  Now if Bingo’s got anything, it’s got musicians.  Some of them are even talented.  The Bingo Philharmonic, the Tri-Cities Opera, a tooooooon of coffeeshop acoustic rockers.

All you have to do is create a vid of yourself performing the song that’s been written for the competition.  How cool would it be if we had a kick-ass submission from Bing.  Now the way I see it, you’ve got two choices.  One, you could be really friggin good.  But how likely is that, really.  Then there’s choice number 2—what I like to call the “American Idol” strategy—you create an audition tape that’s so phenomenally bad, you’re immediately rocketed to worldwide viral video fame, piggy-backed on the popularity of this competition.

Go forth and YouTube.

And btw, for those of you who’ve been asking me for advice on party/restaurant/club promotions, try YouTube.  The latest trend in party promotions are “video flyers”.  Check this one out from a DJ in NYC (OFFENSIVE, if you don’t have a sense of humor.)  Be clever, be creative, and send us your best Binghamton YouTube vids.