Kurt Hugo Schneider (born September 7, 1988) is an American video editor, p… Read Full Bio ↴Kurt Hugo Schneider (born September 7, 1988) is an American video editor, producer, musician, singer and songwriter, whose primary medium is YouTube music videos. He produces music videos for various YouTube musicians, such as Sam Tsui, including the musical medley videos in which Tsui sings as a one-man choir, and Avicii's "Waiting For Love".
Schneider was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Laurie S. Auth, a visual artist, and Michael Schneider, a mathematician. He grew up in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he lived just a street away from Sam Tsui, whom he met while attending middle school. They both later attended Wissahickon High School. He is of German and Austrian descent on his father's side but does not speak German. Schneider has an older sister who is a classical pianist. He graduated as class Valedictorian from Wissahickon, and magna cum laude from Yale University in 2010 with a degree in mathematics and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
Schneider played for Yale's chess team. He currently holds a USCF Elo rating of 2235 and can play multiple games of chess blindfolded simultaneously. He played against Magnus Carlsen at the CES 2014 HRM Chess Tournament, hosted by Nordic Semiconductor in Las Vegas. He is also a self-taught musician.
According to Business Insider and SocialBlade, he is believed to make over a six-figure income from YouTube.
Schneider began collaborating with Tsui while both were in high school and continued while they were at Yale; Schneider matriculated a year before. He produced videos of Tsui singing covers and medleys, and has since made an online musical series (College Musical) and produced original songs.
They garnered wide media attention with a video of a Michael Jackson medley. This video remains the 9th most viewed (more than 34 million) on Schneider's YouTube channel KurtHugoSchneider. This medley is one of several in which Schneider, using video editing, creates the illusion of a one-man a cappella choir, with Tsui covering lead and backing vocals, playing multiple versions of himself. Their medley videos have been described by Time as a combination of Glee and Attack of the Clones. The viral videos led to a few appearances on national television, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. On February 3, 2011, Schneider's video of Tsui covering Hold It Against Me, in which Tsui sang and played the piano with Schneider on percussion, was featured on Britney Spears' official website.
The popularity of their videos has encouraged the duo to branch out to other projects. Shooting for an independent film, College Musical: The Movie, based upon their online musical series, has been completed in the summer of 2010 and the film was released September 3, 2014. A series of behind-the-scenes videos for the movie, filmed and narrated by Nick Uhas, has been released on YouTube. Since September 2010, Schneider and Tsui have also begun to release videos of original songs and in May 2013, Sam Tsui's debut original album, "Make It Up", was released.
Schneider has also made music videos in collaboration with other artists. Popular videos include a Miley Cyrus medley sung by Christina Grimmie, a duet between Tsui and Grimmie singing Just a Dream (the most viewed video on 'KurtHugoSchneider', with over a hundred and twenty million views), and a Starcraft-themed parody video, with Husky, of Baby. He has also parodied the infamous "Friday" by Rebecca Black with his variation being known as "Void Rays". He has collaborated with Tiffany Alvord on a Taylor Swift Medley and Matisse on a Medley of Rihanna songs. He has also collaborated with Max Schneider on a number of occasions: for example he directed a Bruno Mars medley for Max Schneider & Victoria Justice, a Maroon 5 Medley and a Christmas Medley. Schneider also co-wrote 'Standing In China' with Max Schneider for Cody Simpson's album Paradise. Schneider was also an associate producer for a musical admissions video for Yale, which features a cast consisting of Tsui and fellow Yale students.
He has also performed a cover of Beauty and the Beat by Justin Bieber with Alex Goot and Chrissy Costanza from Against the Current as well as a cover of Counting Stars by OneRepublic and a cover of Heart Attack by Demi Lovato.
In 2013, Schneider and Coca-Cola created music videos featuring creative covers of two 2013 singles: Calvin Harris' "Feel So Close" and Of Monsters and Men's "Little Talks" for a campaign called "The Sounds of AHH". Commercial edits of the singles premiered on the inaugural episode of season 13 of American Idol on January 14, 2014 on FOX.
In the two new versions, recreated by Schneider, he is shown making the track playing only Coca-Cola bottles, glasses and cans. In addition, "Feels So Close" features the vocals of Sam Tsui whereas on the track "Little Talks", he is accompanied musically by beatboxing cellist Kevin Olusola.
Schneider was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Laurie S. Auth, a visual artist, and Michael Schneider, a mathematician. He grew up in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, where he lived just a street away from Sam Tsui, whom he met while attending middle school. They both later attended Wissahickon High School. He is of German and Austrian descent on his father's side but does not speak German. Schneider has an older sister who is a classical pianist. He graduated as class Valedictorian from Wissahickon, and magna cum laude from Yale University in 2010 with a degree in mathematics and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
Schneider played for Yale's chess team. He currently holds a USCF Elo rating of 2235 and can play multiple games of chess blindfolded simultaneously. He played against Magnus Carlsen at the CES 2014 HRM Chess Tournament, hosted by Nordic Semiconductor in Las Vegas. He is also a self-taught musician.
According to Business Insider and SocialBlade, he is believed to make over a six-figure income from YouTube.
Schneider began collaborating with Tsui while both were in high school and continued while they were at Yale; Schneider matriculated a year before. He produced videos of Tsui singing covers and medleys, and has since made an online musical series (College Musical) and produced original songs.
They garnered wide media attention with a video of a Michael Jackson medley. This video remains the 9th most viewed (more than 34 million) on Schneider's YouTube channel KurtHugoSchneider. This medley is one of several in which Schneider, using video editing, creates the illusion of a one-man a cappella choir, with Tsui covering lead and backing vocals, playing multiple versions of himself. Their medley videos have been described by Time as a combination of Glee and Attack of the Clones. The viral videos led to a few appearances on national television, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. On February 3, 2011, Schneider's video of Tsui covering Hold It Against Me, in which Tsui sang and played the piano with Schneider on percussion, was featured on Britney Spears' official website.
The popularity of their videos has encouraged the duo to branch out to other projects. Shooting for an independent film, College Musical: The Movie, based upon their online musical series, has been completed in the summer of 2010 and the film was released September 3, 2014. A series of behind-the-scenes videos for the movie, filmed and narrated by Nick Uhas, has been released on YouTube. Since September 2010, Schneider and Tsui have also begun to release videos of original songs and in May 2013, Sam Tsui's debut original album, "Make It Up", was released.
Schneider has also made music videos in collaboration with other artists. Popular videos include a Miley Cyrus medley sung by Christina Grimmie, a duet between Tsui and Grimmie singing Just a Dream (the most viewed video on 'KurtHugoSchneider', with over a hundred and twenty million views), and a Starcraft-themed parody video, with Husky, of Baby. He has also parodied the infamous "Friday" by Rebecca Black with his variation being known as "Void Rays". He has collaborated with Tiffany Alvord on a Taylor Swift Medley and Matisse on a Medley of Rihanna songs. He has also collaborated with Max Schneider on a number of occasions: for example he directed a Bruno Mars medley for Max Schneider & Victoria Justice, a Maroon 5 Medley and a Christmas Medley. Schneider also co-wrote 'Standing In China' with Max Schneider for Cody Simpson's album Paradise. Schneider was also an associate producer for a musical admissions video for Yale, which features a cast consisting of Tsui and fellow Yale students.
He has also performed a cover of Beauty and the Beat by Justin Bieber with Alex Goot and Chrissy Costanza from Against the Current as well as a cover of Counting Stars by OneRepublic and a cover of Heart Attack by Demi Lovato.
In 2013, Schneider and Coca-Cola created music videos featuring creative covers of two 2013 singles: Calvin Harris' "Feel So Close" and Of Monsters and Men's "Little Talks" for a campaign called "The Sounds of AHH". Commercial edits of the singles premiered on the inaugural episode of season 13 of American Idol on January 14, 2014 on FOX.
In the two new versions, recreated by Schneider, he is shown making the track playing only Coca-Cola bottles, glasses and cans. In addition, "Feels So Close" features the vocals of Sam Tsui whereas on the track "Little Talks", he is accompanied musically by beatboxing cellist Kevin Olusola.
7 Years
Kurt Hugo Schneider Lyrics
We have lyrics for '7 Years' by these artists:
7 Years - Lukas Graham - 7 Years - Lukas Graham Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
Alex Aiono Once I was seven years old, my mama told me Go…
Andrew Lambrou Once I was seven years old, my mamma told me Go…
Bars and Melody Once I was seven years old, my mama told me, "Go…
Bely Basarte Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
Blood Red Shoes Speak so softly, afraid to use the name Tongue tied quietly,…
Brooklyn Duo Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
Cedar Avenue I've left all my words to say Back at home dear…
Charli XCX So hard, the things that we've been through (yeah) Could've …
Dalton Domino Nights like these 750 milliliters Ain′t that hard to make di…
Erna Sully If there was no tomorrow Would you still remain the same? Or…
Everlast It's been seven years down the road I got no more…
Fly By Nightcore Once I was seven years old, my mamma told me Go…
Grace Grundy Once I was seven years old, my mama told me, "Go…
Graham Lukas Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
Hjaltalín For seven years I was lonely, drinking coffee, smelling the…
Jan Versteegh Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
JYJ 내가 일곱 살 무렵 키 작은 꼬마 일 때 엄마와 결혼한다고 그 손을…
K-Hitz! I thought I heard you but you disappeared And I no longer…
Kevin & Karla Eden: Tell me about the time you fought my brother Kevin:…
KIDZ BOP Kids Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
Living In Fiction Once I was seven years old, my mama told me, "Go…
Love Spit Love Damn all the days 7 rainy day girls Wake at my sleep…
Lucas Graham Once I was seven years old, my mama told me, "Go…
Lukas Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
Lukas Graham Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
Lukas Graham feat. Toby Romeo Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
Lukas Graham [FazMusic.Net] Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
Madilyn Paige Once I was seven years old my mama told me Go…
Nicole Cross Once I was seven years old, my mama told me "Go…
Nikki Ocean Once I was seven years old my momma told me Go…
Romeo Romeo It's been seven years now Should be fine but somehow You're …
Ryan Dolan Once I was seven years old, my mama told me, "Go…
Sik World Lately, I feel so alone I don′t even know why I…
SkyDxddy You're nothing Shut up! Once upon a time, I lost my mi…
South Border we've been together for seven long years quite content, and…
Stereo Avenue Once I was seven years old, my mama told me, "Go…
Sully Erna If there was no tomorrow Would you still remain the same? Or…
Superheist does it distract you does it obstruct you does it control…
Techy Romantics lying alone in my bed wishing you were here beside me…
The Church Sisters Once I was seven years old my mama told me Go…
The Final Clause of Tacitus It's been 7 years And I know that it feels…
The Impatient Sisters Pick your wounds for me baby Ones you've kept all these…
The Undeclinables We're looking at each other with our discontented eyes. We'…
TT17 Tryna be humble, tryna be happy I wish that for one…
Tuxedomoon Now you're lonely, I'm feeling strained Friends just talkin…
Undeclinable We're looking at each other with our discontented eyes. We'…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Kurt Hugo Schneider:
Anywhere With You Is Home I've run around on the beaches of LA Skipped stones by…
Demons When the days are cold And the cards all fold And the…
Don't Let Me Down Crashing, hit a wall Right now I need a miracle Hurry up…
Drag Me Down Crashing, hit a wall Right now I need a miracle Hurry up…
Dusk Till Dawn Not tryna be indie Not tryna be cool Just tryna be in…
Falling In Love Last call at the local pub I wasn't there to look…
I Will Follow You Into The Dark Love of mine Someday you will die But I'll be close behind I…
I'll Think Of You I’ll think of you as I go So when I leave…
Let Me Love You I used to believe we were burnin' on the Edge of…
Lose You To Love Me I used to believe we were burnin' on the Edge of…
Roses There used to be a graying Tower alone on the sea You…
Sorry You gotta go and get angry At all of my honesty You…
Sorry Not Sorry You gotta go and get angry At all of my honesty You…
The Other Side In the beginning I never thought it would be you When we…
What Lovers Do Ladies and gentlemen Let me introduce Me Here I come, yeah H…
Who You Are I stare at my reflection in the mirror Why am I…
You Are The Reason I stare at my reflection in the mirror Why am I…
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Lily Kerrigan
Once I was seven years old my momma told me
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Once I was seven years old
It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger
Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker
By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
Once I was eleven years old my daddy told me
Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely
Once I was eleven years old
I always had that dream like my daddy before me
So I started writing songs, I started writing stories
Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me
'Cause only those I really love will ever really know me
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
Before the morning sun, when life was lonely
Once I was twenty years old
I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure
'Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major
I got my boys with me at least those in favor
And if we don't meet before I leave, I hope I'll see you later
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
I was writing about everything, I saw before me
Once I was twenty years old
Soon we'll be thirty years old, our songs have been sold
We've traveled around the world and we're still roaming
Soon we'll be thirty years old
I'm still learning about life
My woman brought children for me
So I can sing them all my songs
And I can tell them stories
Most of my boys are with me
Some are still out seeking glory
And some I had to leave behind
My brother I'm still sorry
Soon I'll be sixty years old, my daddy got sixty-one
Remember life and then your life becomes a better one
I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once
I hope my children come and visit, once or twice a month
Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Once I was seven years old, momma told me
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Once I was seven years old
Once I was seven years old...
Citizen Shade
Shout out to Kurt for making all of this happen and to all of you for your support!! All the love - CS
James Thomas
When he started singing, I got goosebumps, no lie, his voice is amazing!!
Citizen Shade
+James Thomas all the love!
Alain Bruno
They both have a good voice.
Herb V
Alain Bruno that six pack.
SKiES!
MusicalSoul oops apologies
MusicalSoul
ITKNKP GT Did you read my entire comment? Clearly not
SKiES!
+MusicalSoul is your voice better?
Kyle Tang
I feel like Citizen Shade is really speaking those words from a genuine place because I feel so much soul from his voice. Really unique.
donna thompson
bruh his voice is so unique