Middle 8

Frank Furtado, better known online as Middle 8, is a Canadian YouTuber who is prominently known for creating a series of video essays about music of various genres, ranging from pop musichttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI1j5Qh8Iwy1MW4UW74JKQ1uA-85B1Tv7 to indie music.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI1j5Qh8Iwy3TPy6x8oLFZBcT9B8WVEPS He is also an award-winning writer and broadcaster, and has been producing digital content for 15 years.https://ca.linkedin.com/in/frankfurtado
==History ==
Upon his first appearance on YouTube in 2017, Furtado received an immediate success with his concise and informative video essays. Furtado debuted with his video about the band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, introducing their discography.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjjCW6_fuXU His video essay analyzing Kevin Parker's musical project, Tame Impala, became one of his first prominent videos, reaching a million views around 2017 and 2018.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTz3NV5ZE0E
==Content==
Furtado's consistent style of analyzing music is present throughout his content, combining both the songwriting and the theory in his analysis, which he produces himself with the use of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (After Effects, Premiere, and Audition).https://twitter.com/moremiddle8/status/1790837008916484482
Furtado occasionally created list videos including his personal favorite records from a recent time period, titled "FAV8",https://twitter.com/moremiddle8/status/1257448853076414466 but has since been discontinued to focus on the more well-produced essays.
Furtado also produces PlayM8, a podcast that features music from artist that they interview, that is available on Spotify.https://youtube.com/watch?v=WxXJ_utebs8
==Trivia==
*Furtado's username is derived from the term "middle 8", a section of a song that usually lasts between 8 and 13 bars.As seen in his channel banner
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2017