Best Youtuber: ERIC CALDERONE vs ERIC STANLEY
ERIC CALDERONE
Eric Calderone (born March 11, 1985) is an American guitarist. He is known for his numerous YouTube videos, in which he performs heavy metal renditions of popular songs, film and television themes, and video game soundtracks. After learning to play the instrument, a skill which began with Calderone learning the song "Enter Sandman" by the metal group Metallica, he taught guitar lessons, both privately and as a part-time college instructor. His first YouTube upload, from November 5, 2009, features a metal remix of the track "He's a Pirate" by Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt, from the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
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ERIC STANLEY
Eric Stanley (born April 19, 1991) is an American internet entrepreneur, violinist and programmer. He is the founder of the digital media company Onewayhope. Stanley presents improvisational violin performances found on his YouTube channel, Estan247, which was introduced in 2009. In April 2015, Stanley made his national television debut on ESPN First Take and provided the theme song on violin. Stanley was born in Chesapeake, Virginia and comes from a family of musicians. He has an older brother named Marcus (born 1985), who is a pianist, and an older sister, Anhayla (born 1988), a singer. He attended Short Pump Middle School in Richmond, Virginia. With the encouragement of his teachers, Stanley began playing the violin at age 12. When he entered high school, Stanley joined the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra.