Thank You YouTube - Project for Awesome

[Shawn]

For this year's Project for Awesome, I decided to pull out all the stops and show you guys a lot of the stuff I've been doing but haven't had the time to put into individual episodes or videos. I keep saying that this project is less about me and more about the community behind it - hopefully this latest video helps convey that.

And, yeah, this video does use copyrighted music by Coldplay (part of EMI Records). I did enough research into YouTube's agreement with EMI Records and am fairly certain this video won't be taken down. But, of course, I also had to forfeit any chance of earning any ad revenue and (as I later found out) any reasonable chance of having this video being featured or promoted. EMI can also reserve the right to take down this video, region lock it, or place ads on it where they can earn all the ad revenue from it (just like the Counting Crows & Universal Music have region locked my Cyclone Sidr video and take all the ad revenue from it).

But that's cool. This was a kind of video I wanted to make for ages. I just never could find the right match of visuals and music until I heard "Life in Technicolor ii" by Coldplay.

[Veda]

i almost cried when i watched this. you are a true hero. keep rockin

[Kayla]

This is past phenomenal. I think I have commented already, but I have watched this video an incredible amount of times. It has touched me each time. You are truly a wonderful person for doing this.

[Sen]

i cried

[Joy Isobel]

Man, this video made me believe in humans again. It's so awesome how we can decrease suck levels so much by donating so little.

[Emily]

this is what a few people can do, think of what a whole bunch of them could do??? totally amazing.

[Mark]

Awesome. Haha, that's all I can say. It was awesome. I even started to tear a little bit.

[Daisuki]

Thank you for being the most wonderful man on earth <3
You provide christmas spirit

[Arete of the Gathering Flowers]

this really made me cry a little

[Jasmine]

Shawn, I will be honest: I cried while watching this because what you are doing is simply beautiful. Words cannot express the joy your cause brings me. It's people like you who restore my hope that we can increase awesome, and you, Shawn, are at the top of the awesome ladder.
Best wishes :D

[Hadidas]

the vid made me smile :) people like you make the world a better place!