Anyone wanting to sing professionally should be on youtube. This is a no-brainer. In today's market, the challenge isn't generating money, but having good enough material and a savvy enough marketing strategy. Look at Sam Tsui, Christina Grimmie, JR Aquino, and others on youtube. They have generated huge fan bases, but their own material is usually not as good as the songs they cover. They need A&R more than anything else. I've said it so many times, and we're getting to closer to it becoming true, but someone will top the Hot 100 w/o major label support, based on youtube/streaming and sales, within the next couple of years.