Adam Montoya (born June 12, 1984), better known as SeaNanners, is an American

YouTuber A YouTuber is a content creator and social media influencer who uploads or creates videos on the online video-sharing website YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006 ...

Career

Early life and work

After graduating from

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CS ...

, Montoya did freelance work such as filming weddings. During this time, Adam, finding inspiration from other early YouTube gaming commentators, decided to record and upload his own game commentaries.

Work with Machinima

On December 3, 2009, Montoya uploaded a video to his channel explaining that he was now partnered with Machinima, Inc. and that they would be posting his gameplay videos on their network channel. On June 14, 2010, Montoya posted a video to his channel stating that he was a full-time employee of Machinima.

JETPAK

On November 5, 2014, Montoya announced that he and his associates had launched a

multi-channel network A multi-channel network (MCN) is an organization that works with video platforms to offer assistance to channel owners in areas such as "product, programming, funding, cross-promotion, partner management, digital rights management, monetizati ...

, JETPAK. He wanted to create a network that did not contractually take advantage of YouTubers and their channels. The network is operated by former Machinima employees.

''The Paranormal Action Squad''

On November 2, 2016, Montoya announced he would co-star with Scott Robison and

Evan Fong Evan Fong (born May 31, 1992), known online as VanossGaming (or simply Vanoss), is a Canadian YouTuber and musician. As one of the most popular gaming personalities on YouTube, his videography consists of montage-style videos of him and ot ...

in a new

YouTube Premium YouTube Premium (formerly Music Key and YouTube Red) is a subscription service offered by the American video platform YouTube. The service provides ad-free access to content across the service, as well as access to premium YouTube Originals ...

original series, '' The Paranormal Action Squad''. The animated comedy aired on November 16, 2016.

Break from content creation and return

In 2018, Montoya slowed down producing YouTube videos, going from at least one video per week for most of his solo career to only releasing five videos in 2018. Montoya did not officially state anything about a permanent retirement, but in guest appearances on friends' videos, he discussed taking a break from YouTube and video creation to get "passive income up and running, whether I'm doing this or doing that ..looking heavily into real estate". On August 29, 2020, during his return, he cited several reasons such as mental health and stress for his two-year absence.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montoya, Adam 1984 births Living people Video game commentators San Diego State University alumni American gaming YouTubers American comedy YouTubers Shorty Award winners Minecraft YouTubers YouTubers from San Diego Comedians from San Diego American male comedians