Here’s a heartwarming story that shows how some dinosaurs in the music industry are putting the Internet to better use rather than simply bitching about it ala Universal Music’s Jurassic relic, Doug Morris.

When rock band Journey whose more memorable days were when Steve Perry was at the helm, was looking for a new lead singer they found one via YouTube. Arnel Pineda from Quezon City in the Philippines must have surely had an incredible dream come true after Journey saw him singing their cover songs with his band The Zoo on YouTube and contacted him even though his initial reaction was one of disbelief:

“My friend Noel picked up the message on YouTube and told me it was from Neal. I thought it was a hoax so I ignored it. Noel said, ‘what if it really was Neal and he wanted to offer you the chance of a lifetime?’ So I e-mailed Neal back and the rest is history.”

Pineda and his manager then flew to San Francisco to audition for Journey soon after, and on September 26th, 2007, Andrew McNeice of Melodicrock.com first reported the hiring supported by the first Arnel-inclusive image of Journey.

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