Ritchie Salveta Question Time

1) Why did you start Youtube ?

I started Youtube back in winter 2009, my sister was getting a new video camera for Christmas and I had just made a Youtube account, she was looking for stuff to video so I told her to video me getting my presents on Christmas day.

2) Why did you decide to keep making more videos ?

There was several reasons why I kept making them, the main reason was that I enjoyed doing them and it was a lot of fun. Also friends and family asked me to make more and then it just expanded from there
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3) Why did you decide to start doing Covers ?

Well I was enjoying doing video blogs on different topics, quite frankly I only made about 4 videos in my first 15 months so it was more a now and then thing, I had started singing shortly after my very first video blog and since I had been practicing a bit and started putting up some covers and now I mostly sing and still do a few video blogs.

4) What's your opinion of your voice ?

I would say I'm quite good now but I don't have a very good range. I can stay in tune but I'm not very good at going high or low in most songs. I had to work hard to get a decent voice though, I'm not a natural singer. I think I have an unusual voice though, you don't hear many people saying I sound like other people.

5) You now have over 28,000 followers and 1,000 subscribers, how does that feel ?

It feels good but quite a lot of my followers follow me because I provide day to day tweets, I speak my mind. Probably only a quarter of the people on Twitter know about my Youtube. It's nice the way it has built though. I'm nearly at 100,000 Video Views which is a good number to get to.

6) You write your own songs, what inspires you when writing ?

I think I'm a better song writer than I am a singer. I mean it just seems to click when I write songs, I wrote my new single 'Out Of My Life' within 10 minutes ! Most songs only take that amount of time for me.

7) A lot of teenage girls watch your videos and follow you, do you like that ?

In ways yes but in ways no. I'm 21 but look really young so I guess it's natural for younger girls to watch me. Age doesn't bother me though, I think it's overated and doesn't define who you are as a person

8) So you get lots of female attention ?

Quite a lot of girls say I'm nice looking but I wouldn't say I get a lot of female attention. I'm just not really into going to clubs or parties where you would meet a lot of girls. It's better to just let things happen naturally.

9) Would you say your a good boyfriend ?

Good is too general a statement for that question, what I would say though is I'm honest and caring. I don't do the whole fakeness of buying my girlfriend lots of gifts. My ideal relationship would be to just have a relaxed girl who is fun to be with and genuine. I think if you end up trying to impress girls you may get more knocking on your door but maybe not because they want to be with the real you.

10) What do you do during a day ?

I don't work but I do usually keep myself busy. I go running a lot in the morning and like to go to the cinema to help me relax. I like seeing my friends and family sometimes too and I spend a lot of time with my dog.

11) What's your views on drink ?

I don't see any reason why the age limit hasn't went down to 16. Being able to marry at that age but not being able to drink just confuses me. I drink now and then but I have no problem with people who do drink loads. I use to drink quite a lot when I was younger and some of those days were really fun.

12) Your political views ?

I respect everyone's opinion on this matter but I feel we have to live in a world that's not greedy. I would make everyone equal and we all get basically the same money for working regardless if your a doctor or a cleaner. Having people being poor in the world is not fair. We could all be quite poor but still have enough to live off and have some fun, why can't we do that ?

13) Any hobbies ?

I like most sports, my main few being football, tennis, basketball and poker. I'm actually pretty good at most sports, I have always been quite natural at them
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14) Who's your favourite football player ?

Ronaldo is my favourite as I like Man United so got to see him play a lot. I also really like Messi, he an incredible player but also just seems like an all round nice guy who appreciates things.

15) Do you have a celebrity crush ?

I think Cheryl Cole and Georgia Salpa are really gorgeous but as for dating wise I like the girl Lights and Ariana Grande