Friends are easy acquisitions for Avi who seems open and warm to everyone. She credits strangers commenting on her increasingly popular YouTube videos for exposing her music beyond acquaintances. “Comments encouraged me to post more,” she says. “People can say anything they want, good or bad. But for people to actually watch two or three minutes of your video and rate it and leave their mark, that’s such a rewarding feeling.”
     Now her followers get to stalk Avi on Twitter, which she joined a few weeks ago. Here she microblogs, compiling her inner monologue into 140 words or less every time she is someplace new or whenever she deems it necessary. “It feels a lot more personal,” she admits.
     Avi’s owes a large debt to the opportunities made possible for her through the Internet, and occasionally has to give herself a pinch to remind herself that it is all real. “The first time I landed in LAX, it felt surreal,” she remembers. “It was daunting a little bit, but I felt really blessed that everything was going on this path that I never thought it would be. My parents always remind me, no matter what it is, always keep yourself grounded. Remember where it all came from. That has always kept me myself since I was younger.”