MysteryGuitarMan

Joe Penna, known by his YouTuber username MysteryGuitarMan, is a Brazilian musician, guitarist, animator, entertainer, filmmaker and YouTube celebrity. He is famous for his musical videos with the use of guitar and other instruments. As of November 2013, Joe Penna's main YouTube channel, MysteryGuitarMan, has over 2.75 million subscribers and over 333 million video views.

Biography
Joe Penna was born in São Paulo, Brazil on May 29, 1987. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He is married to Sarah Penna, the co-founder of Big Frame network.

YouTube
Joe Penna created the channel, MysteryGuitarMan, on June 16, 2006. His breakthrough success and most viewed video was his Guitar: Impossible - stop motion music short - Joe Penna video. It was uploaded on February 5, 2009 and as of August 2013, it has over 15 million views. Many of Penna's videos involve guitar and other musical instruments along with household items and stop-motion animation.

Joe's MysteryGuitarMan character often wear sunglasses in videos.

MysteryGuitarMan
MysteryGuitarMan is Joe Penna's main YouTube channel. It features musical, stop-motion, short film, comedy and entertainment videos. As of August 2013, it has over 2.7 million subscribers.

jp
Jp is Joe Penna's second YouTube channel. It features behind the scenes videos and vlog-style videos.

Press
In 2007, Penna received media coverage, including attention from DC Fox News, after his "The Puzzle" video was featured on the front page of YouTube.

In 2009, Penna was again seen on the front page of YouTube with his "Guitar: Impossible" video, which has been covered by De Wereld Draait Door, the highest-rated primetime show in the Netherlands. On December 6, 2009, Penna was featured on FM4, an Austrian national radio station. Shortly after uploaded, his "Guitar: Impossible" video was featured on the MSN.com front page.

Best Buy announced Penna as the $15,000 winner of their Tech-U-Out Video Challenge. He was also a finalist in the "Oreo Global Moments" video competition. Ford selected Penna as a Fiesta Agent for the 2009 Ford Fiesta Movement. Penna's "Guitar: Impossible" video was also featured by YouTube as one of the best videos of 2009.

In 2010, Penna's "Root Beer Mozart" was featured on CNN's morning show Morning Express with Robin Meade and on Germany's nationally broadcast Taff show. Penna's collaboration with YouTubers Rhett and Link and Billy Reid for "T-Shirt War" garnered national attention. Following the success of the original, Penna and the original cast were hired to produce a national television and cinema spot for Coca-Cola and McDonald's.

Penna was recently highlighted by CNN Money on their Best Jobs series. On June 24, Penna was selected as one of the top 10 new directors of 2010 at the 20th Cannes Lions Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase with "T-Shirt War". "Guitar: Impossible" was selected for the YouTube Play Shortlist, which is a collaboration between YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum. In 2012, Penna wrote & directed an original interactive thriller series entitled Meridian starring Orlando Jones and Rick Overton in conjunction with Fourth Wall Studios.