April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring? (Aside from pilgrims…) The winners of April of course, and what a great month it was! Our Grand Prize winner, Wild-Wood, were the first GP winners from Jazz since September 2007, which really says something about their quality and potential in the future. Also, check out this month’s winning vide, Fat City Band, for some awesome grooves. While we’re on the winners topic, you can also check out the winners from the March John Legend Contest!
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Congratulations to Mike Moran and Lazertag for taking home the OurStage grand prize awards for September.
I enjoyed talking to Brad Ungar who directed the winning video for Lazertag’s “Silver State.” He told me the video was shot on the road from California to Austin, Texas for the South By Southwest music festival. Technically, Lazertag hadn’t booked a show there, but they rigged their car so they could play shows in parking lots around Austin. Turns out, it’s not that simple. Even bands playing parking lots need permits in Austin during SXSW. He says most shows were shut down after the first or second song.
Still, he got lots of great footage of the band on the road, including footage from some of those brief outdoor performances. The product? An award winning video as voted by the fans on OurStage. Congrats Brad.
If you dig the winning work of Mike Moran, Lazertag, or Brad Ungar, give ‘em a shout in the comment section. Tell them what you love about their work!
FREE DOWNLOAD: Mike Moran | Delicious
FREE DOWNLOAD: Lazertag | Silver State
** Special Note: In honor of the last day of Finals Week, we (Alyssa, Julie, and Quinn) are profiling the artists who made it to the number one spot in their respective channels. **
Now here’s your little history lesson my friends – the name ‘Cyrus’ is derived from an old Persian word meaning … you guessed it: ‘throne.’ So let’s check in with Alternative Rock #1 band, Cyrus and their #1 song, ‘Delusional.’
SO I’m listening to it right now and I’m loving how this song pulls you along. The piano draws you through this dreamy, dark world that’s disturbingly comfortable to get lost in. For some reason I’m reminded a little of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Streets of Philadelphia’ on a bit of a rock bender … does that make sense?
Check out the song: and tell me what you think? Am I on par here? I feel like there’s another element I can’t quite put my finger on.
If you like this song and you think ‘Delusional’ is worthy of the $5000 grand prize START JUDGING and help them rise to the top!!
