OurStage to award slots at Bonnaroo and CMJ Music Marathon
Boston – OurStage, the only 100% democratic online competition for emerging music and film talent, is pleased to invite musicians and bands of all genres to enter the competition at www.ourstage.com/go/beatwire where over $10,000 in monthly cash prizes and coveted exposure with industry trailblazers is up for grabs, including spots to perform at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and The CMJ Music Marathon.
BONNAROO 2007
OurStage will sponsor the Bonnaroo Sonic Stage, where three musical acts will be selected from OurStage to perform. OurStage will also have its own showcase area next to the Sonic Stage at Bonnaroo - where artists and bands gather for smaller, intimate performance sessions during the festival. Bands and musicians should upload their work in the OurStage May competition no later than May 27th, 2007 to be considered.
The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival June 14th – 17th in Manchester, TN, Bonnaroo 2007 will feature more than 100 bands and 20 comedians on 13 stages over the course of the 4 day festival. With an expected attendance of over 100,000 music fans, Bonnaroo is one of the largest festivals of its kind in the U.S.
CMJ MUSIC MARATHON
OurStage will also award six showcase performance slots to perform in front of industry tastemakers, influencers, and music fans during CMJ Music Marathon October 16th – 20th, 2007 in New York City. In addition, one OurStage top-ranking band will be performing as part of the College Day event at the festival.
Starting in June, OurStage top talent will be highlighted in CMJ New Music Report and CMJ New Music Monthly. OurStage winning bands will also have the opportunity for a music track to be selected for CMJ New Music Monthly's CD sampler, which includes a quarter-page spotlight on the band in the magazine, for a total of 6 sampler spots. Bands and musicians should upload their work through August, 2007 to be considered for CMJ Music Marathon Eligibility.
About OurStage, Inc. (www.ourstage.com/go/beatwire)
Based in Boston, OurStage is the only purely democratic online competition where the fans decide who's the best in emerging music, film and video. The OurStage mission is to help talented artists achieve critical exposure by solving the greatest challenge on the Internet today: sorting quality content from the sea of mediocrity online. OurStage provides a neutral, trusted, game-free platform, in which the true judgment of the fans drives the best content to the top. Through its wealth of partner programs, including Paste, CMJ, PLUG Awards, Slamdance, Relix, Gen Art, Noise Pop, Videomaker, IFFBoston, and many others, OurStage offers winning artists real opportunities to actually launch their careers.
"OurStage is addictive…I have a feeling this one is going to be a big deal."
- Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired.com
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