Here's the link: http://www.ourstage.com/myprofile/home
Probably the most competitive website out there for musicians to get their music heard. The folks over there are serious about voting and keeping it as above board as possible. If you think it's another "get your friends to vote a thousand time for your song", think again.
It's peers judging peers, strangers judging strangers. Your song sinks or swims based on it's merit and appeal to the listener. Just like real life.
So, record something and upload it to Ourstage and see if it flies with the big boys. There's a ton of categories to place it in, and oh yeah, there is some big cash to be won if your dog hunts.
BTW, this is an unsolicited, unpaid endorsement simply because I think those folks are serious about music, and when that happens it's just plain good for Rock and Roll!
See ya over there!
Keep rockin',
Rev
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Ourstage is a joke. Why? Read below...
I do not usually do that, but this time I think it is too important to be disregarded.
Who do they think they are at Ourstage? First, they remove the Spoken Word category. Then, what happens? Those artists are forced to enter their tracks in other categories. When they start ranking well, the songs are automatically removed. This is the usual email that staff send:
“Hi XXX,
We have received several messages from OurStage Fans who say that your song ‘XXXX’ doesn’t belong in the XXXXX channel. We reviewed your song and our definition of the channel (http://www.ourstage.com/about/faqs), and it doesn’t belong there. As a result, we have removed your song from competition in our XXXX channel.
You are welcome to find a more appropriate channel for this song, or to submit a new song which fits the channel description more closely. Feel free to write us back if you have any questions or concerns.
Everest, Karl Community Manager E: everest@ourstage.com OurStage.com”
This has happened to me twice this week. Every time, I was in the top 50 (out of 200-300 entries!) of the category. And every time, I received the same e-mail and my track was removed without warning.
I talked to a few Spoken Word artists, and the same thing has happened to them. Why is that? I will tell you.
Ourstage is a money-hungry website that uses hypocritical ideas to get publicity. They want to help independent artists and save the world from mediocre music. Give me a break. We have complained countless times about rappers and other musicians spamming our channel with tracks that did not belong to the Spoken Word category. Nothing was done, no track was ever removed. Instead, our channel was removed with no warning.
Ourstage, it is time you stopped disrespecting artists. Either you give a chance to all of us or you change your policy. Yes, we have no money to give you, but we work hard to upload tracks that will bring traffic to your website. You get publicity from it, while not even being grateful for our hard work.
Let’s stop this nonsense right now. It is ridiculous!
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