User:Joelvedder/sandbox

Joel Vedder is a Canadian musician, composer, vlogger, and theologian. He is often best known for his videos on the popular website YouTube where he sings, and performs his talents.

Early Life
Joel was born in Ottawa, Ontario to a Christian family. His father, Hank, and his mother, Rose, had already had three children prior to giving birth to Joel. Growing up with three older siblings, Joel often found it difficult to find attention early on in his life. Because of this, Joel was constantly seeking for attention from others, and would often make up stories to impress people. This humble insecurity was a major factor in the growth and shaping of Joel.

Career
Because of his gift for telling and creating stories, in 2009 Joel created a Youtube account and started to post videos there. In some videos he would sing, and in others, he would just talk, sort of like a vlog. Although his first videos didn't receive much attention, Joel increasingly gained popularity and by late 2010 he had over 1000 subscribers to his channel. Later, that number grey to 90,000 by the end of 2011. Because of this, Joel dropped out of high school and became a full time YouTube star. Today, his YouTube channel has over 300,000 subscribers and and over 100,000,000 video views.

Speculations
In early 2013, rumours were going around the internet stating that Joel was a fake. People had thought he had plagiarized his stories, and his music wasn't truly him playing or singing. However, Joel dismissed these rumours, deemed them false. Joel is truly creative and musically gifted, he wrote this article for pete's sake!