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MARKETPLACE NEWS: SPOTLIGHT ON HIGH PROFILE GIGS

Published by BethanyLeavey on July 29, 2009 in Artist News. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

The OurStage Marketplace connects artists looking for gigs with venues looking for new talent. With amazing opportunities both around the USA and the world, the OurStage Marketplace is the place to be for up-and-coming artists!


This week, we are putting the spotlight on  OurStage Marketplace High Profile Gigs. While all of the opportunities in Marketplace are great, the High Profile Gigs are the ones that can really help put artists on the map. Choose the gigs that interest you, dust of your EPK, and start submitting!

One Planet Festival

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Genres: Rock, Alternative, Funk, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Pop, Punk, Southern Rock, Acoustic, Folk, Bluegrass, Singer-Songwriter (female), Singer-Songwriter (male), Country, Alternative Country, Traditional Country, Electronica, Hip Hop, Alternative Hip Hop, Rap, Hard Rock, Metal, Blues, Experimental, Jazz, Latin, New Age / World, Reggae

Submission Deadline: August 1, 2009

The UK’s One Planet Festival in Lancaster celebrates the area through film, music and the arts while also raising awareness about climate change and the sustainable practices that can be used to lessen its effects. One Planet includes a film festival, a sustainable exposition, great food and— of course—live music from local, national and international bands. The One Planet Festival is looking for 10 artists on OurStage to play at this year’s festival, which will run from October 9th to October 11th. Each band will play two shows over the weekend at £100-200 GBP per show for bands and £50-100 per show for solo or duos.

Submit your EPK HERE!

John Lennon Songwriting Contest Session II

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Genres: Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, World, Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop, Gospel/Inspirational, Latin, Electronic, Folk and Children’s. Instrumental compositions are encouraged.

Submission Deadline: December 12, 2009

The John Lennon Songwriting Contest is an international songwriting contest open to both amateur and professional songwriters. Entries will be judged on originality, melody, composition and—when applicable—lyrics  by a panel of industry tastemakers including Natasha Bedingfield, Bob Weir, The Black Eyed Peas and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. The Maxell Song of the Year winner will receive $20,000, an Apple Computer with Logic Pro, Mackie mixer and studio monitor as well as a $1,000 scholarship to Digital Media Academy. Also up for grabs are $5,000 in new studio equipment, a week of performances on the 2010 Vans Warped Tour and a home page feature on Purevolume.com.

Submit your EPK HERE!

The John Lennon Songwriting Contest and NAMM Present: Play The 2010 NAMM Show

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Genres: Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, World, Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop, Gospel/Inspirational, Latin, Electronic, Folk and Children’s. Instrumental compositions are encouraged.

Submission Deadline: October 31, 2009

Everyone who enters the John Lennon Songwriting Contest by October 19, 2009 is eligible to win a trip to play the 2010 NAMM Show! The NAMM music show highlights the latest and greatest gear the music industry has to offer from the most up-to-date recording software to hand crafted guitars. Not open to the public, NAMM is the place to be for industry leaders and insiders. The winning artist will receive airfare from their home city to Anaheim, CA, hotel accommodations in Anaheim, admission to the 2010 Winter NAMM Show, a showcase performance during NAMM, recording session on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and more!

Submit your EPK HERE!

SideCho Media EPK Dropbox

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Genres: Pop, Rock, Alternative, Funk, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Modern Rock, Punk, Southern Rock, Acoustic, Folk, Bluegrass, Singer-Songwriter (female), Singer-Songwriter (male), Country, Alternative Country, Traditional Country, Electronica, Club/Dance, Hip Hop, Alternative Hip Hop, Hard Rock, Metal, Blues, Experimental, Jazz, Latin, Rhythm & Blues, Reggae

Application Deadline: December 31, 2009

Digital distribution, promotion and consulting service SideCho Media—sister of independent label SideCho Records—is looking for new talent on OurStage! Submitting your EPK will put you in consideration for a digital distribution deal with SideCho Media. Make sure your EPK includes at least two full tracks, an artist bio, similar artists (who do you think you sound like and what influences your music?), hi-res photos, videos, contact information and past press including interviews, blurbs, articles, show listings, etc.

Submit your EPK HERE!

For more info about how to create a dynamite EPK, check out Kate B’s blog.

For more info about the OurStage Marketplace, check out the Marketplace FAQ section.

WELCOME TO THE NEWLY RENOVATED BIG NAME BANKING FACILITY OURSTAGE BLOG

Published by Rainy on July 7, 2009 in Editorial. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

It all started when I was eight-years-old. I’d packed my backpack full of My Little Ponies and snacks, excited to do something different for the evening. I asked my mom excitedly, “When will we be at Grandma’s house?” She looked down at me disapprovingly and said, “It’s called The Starbucks Center now. We’ll be there around six.”

I blinked silently. “What do you mean it’s called The Starbucks Center? It’s Grandma’s house. I’ve always called it Grandma’s house.”

“Well,” replied my mom, “They had to sell the naming rights. It was a financial decision. You can still call it Grandma’s house though. It’s just… technically The Starbucks Center.”

This sounds like a bad dream but it might just be the beginning of a terrible trend soon to spread throughout the US.  At any moment, arenas, concert halls, baseball fields, just about any major recreational facility, could fall victim to the corporate renaming (a.k.a. sterilization) process. Of course the establishments themselves don’t necessarily look at it this way; for them it’s a smart business decision. For the loyal fans and patrons it’s an extraction of a tiny little part of their soul… the part that contains memories made at those concerts, sporting events and even big city senior proms.

g2582580d46bef1b34af93e24f7f4091a28049aae93948bAs a lifetime resident of Massachusetts, I’ve watched Great Woods, one of the biggest and most well-known concert venues in the state, turn first into The Tweeter Center and then The Comcast Center. My beloved Worcester Centrum is now The DCU Center. And worst of all, The Boston Garden, home of the Boston Celtics, is now supposed to be referred to as the TD Banknorth Garden. 

No! I refuse! It’s The Boston Garden! (Gahhh-den if you’re a true Bostonian.) Nobody’s going to ask their buddy if they remember “that Game 5 that went into triple overtime back in 1976 against the Suns at the TD Banknorth Garden.” It just sounds wrong; it sounds impersonal. And it seems to me that banks are taking a hold on quite a bit these days. Houses, high interest loans, overdraft fees. So why our beloved concert venues and stadiums?! fenway_park1Fenway Park is still Fenway Park—for now—and I pray that never changes. We’ll never call it anything else anyway. But it’s hard enough to watch players we’ve grown to love get moved around the League like their respective trading cards. At least everyone wearing a Red Sox jersey can still call the same place “home.”

Perhaps I’m overreacting. Perhaps I’m not. The way I look at it, these venues are an important part of local culture. They’re one of the few links that can really connect generations, because they’ve been around so long. When the venue names change, it’s like a little piece of that link is chipped away. Of course, an anti-establishment punk band playing at The Dunkin’ Donuts Center —or any big venue for that matter—has a certain air of irony about it.

The point is, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. In a day and age where constant change is the norm, we rely on the comfort of tradition to get by. And that’s what I think about that!

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS WITH CAFE TACUBA LIVE AT NYC’S HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM

Published by Rainy on June 30, 2009 in Artist News. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Sunday night I witnessed one of only three US stops on Café Tacuba’s 20:20 Tour. This pivotal Mexican band has been together for twenty years and is celebrating this milestone by playing shows in twenty cities all over North and South America as well as Europe. When I found out they weren’t coming to Boston, I bought a bus ticket to New York City and reserved my room in the closest hostel without missing a beat. It would be my third time seeing the band and the show turned out to be worth way more than what the trip cost. Manhattan was pulsating from start to finish with the Hammerstein Ballroom as its heart.

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It also happens to have my lucky number on the cover.

I first fell in love with Café Tacuba’s unique sound in 2003 when their album Cuatro Caminos came out. I was bored with the music I found in Newbury Comics‘ negligible Latin section. (Love the store guys, but Latin music isn’t all Shakira and Maná!) After reading the sticker on the front of the CD (a quote from some music review hailing Cuatro Caminos as “The Latin Kid A“), I bought the album. It quickly became one of few CDs I consistently enjoy listening to from start to finish. Unfortunately for me, the band almost never played shows further north than Texas and California since the bulk of their fan base was, logically, Mexican. I assumed I would never see them live… until Sino came out in 2007, and they began to tour once again. I didn’t just get to see them live: I got to see them twice in as many years.

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SHOWS, SHOWS, SHOWS: SUMMER TOUR SEASON IS HERE!

Published by Sam C. on May 29, 2009 in Artist News. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
No Doubt

No Doubt

As live performances become more crucial to the revenue stream of the full time musician, more acts—old and new—are going on tour this summer. And you can bet your bottom dollar that this summer’s tour season is chockfull of great musical acts to blow your hard-earned recession pennies on. Sugar Ray is gearing up to tour in support of their first new album in six years. Nineties radio staples like No Doubt and Blink-182 are headlining reunion tours. If Blink-182 getting back together isn’t enough to satisfy your penchant for pop punk power chords, Green Day will be hitting the road this summer as well.

Eighties powerhouses Blondie and Pat Benatar are joining forces to co-headline a U.S. tour — with the all-girl punk rock band The Donnas as the opening act, it’s sure to be a quality girls night out for those of you lucky enough to score tickets.

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Phish's Trey Anastasio

Quintessential live favorites such as Dave Matthews Band, AC/DC, Jimmy Buffet, The Black Crowes, Wilco and Phish are all on the road again much to the delight of their hardcore fans.

There are also plenty of up-and-coming acts and college radio artists playing shows that you can enjoy without taking out a second mortgage on your home. For Wolf Parade fans, frontman Spencer Krug’s other band — Sunset Rubdown — will be kicking off a U.S. tour in June. Still smarting because you didn’t get Animal Collective tickets? Sunset Rubdown’s Jagjaguwar labelmates, Pterodactyl, will be crisscrossing the country to console you. On the local scene, Boston’s soon-to-be superstar electro-pop outfit, Passion Pit, will be touring in support of their much anticipated LP, Manners. And finally, OurStage’s New York power pop rockers, Blameshift, are playing shows you need to check out before it’s time to go back to school.

Blameshift

Blameshift

Tapes ‘n Tapes at Bumbershoot 2008

Published by ejquinn on September 1, 2008 in Festivals and OurStage@. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

It’s late so I’m not going to spend too much time gushing over Tapes ‘n Tapes. Suffice to say, they saved Day 2 after I left an abysmal performance by Stone Temple Pilots.

Here are a bevy of pics from the Tapes show: