Jordan Maron - Minecraft Wallpaper

Jordan Maron (born February 10, 1992) is an American best known for his YouTube channel username of CaptainSparklez, whose channel primarily consists of videos of him playing Minecraft. His main channel is currently the 66th most subscribed on YouTube, not counting auto-generated channels.

Career

Maron had previously worked for Machinima Inc. Jordan Maron originally started up a Call of Duty gaming channel called ProsDONTtalkSHIT, which was not family friendly, unlike his current channel, where he is mainly appropriate. In 2010, he moved over to a new channel named CaptainSparklez, where his channel mainly focuses on Minecraft. He was featured in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. In June 2016 he started a channel called Maron Music where he releases electronic music to promote music producers, as well as his own tracks.

Minecraft music videos

Maron is best known for his many Minecraft-themed music videos. He began with parodies to popular songs in pop culture, but has more recently produced original music videos as well.

Minecraft Style

Maron created a parody video called "Minecraft Style", based on "Gangnam Style" by South Korean entertainer PSY, that used animated Minecraft models. He published it on YouTube under the username CaptainSparklez. According to MSN, within a few days, it had been viewed more than a million times. The video was referenced in technology and gaming articles published by NBC, The Daily Telegraph, Mashable and the Huffington Post. By December 2012, his video, Minecraft Style, had amassed more than 37 million views.

XREAL

Maron started a mobile gaming company called XREAL with Howard Marks, cofounder and former CEO of Activision and cofounder of Acclaim Games and StartEngine. XREAL released their game Fortress Fury in May 2015, which received over 1.5 million downloads within its first month of launch.

Music Released As Jordan Maron

• work in progress thing that probably sucks i dunno (2014)
• Moonbeam (August 2016)
• Once Upon A Time (October 2016)

Awards

• YouTube Golden Play Button
• Nominated in Shorty Awards

References

External links

• CaptainSparklez, his main channel
• CaptainSparklez2, his channel for archiving streams
• Fortress Fury's official channel
• Maron Music, his music channel
• Maron's SoundCloud