September 15, 2007

OurStage.com Is Your Stage

OurStage bills itself as the most advanced online competition for emerging filmmakers and musicians. They provide a free and 100% fair platform in which the honest judgment of us, the fans, drives the best content to the top. No more meaningless, cheatable 5-star ratings.

Here are the latest entries in their Wacky and Weird Channel I've found funny:

OurStage

One flaw I can see is that they don't provide an embed code for their content, thus missing out on viral distribution. What you see here is my way to add this video here.

Content is ranked from #1 on down, based on the opinions of the fans. See and hear new music and film across a wide array of genres and categories, and make judgments to determine who's the best. Top artists win career-launching opportunities, and you win great prizes for participating.

You decide who is the most worthy of their prizes:

* Grand monthly prize of $5,000
* Magazine articles and reviews
* Festival screening and performance spots

You get rewards for discovering and judging new music and film:

* Tickets to film and music festivals like Bonnaroo, Slamdance, and more
* Gift cards, MP3 players, and digital cameras
* OurStage merchandise and many other cool prizes

So go on, be judgmental: register with OurStage.com today. Discover up-and-coming artists, be a fan, launch careers, and win cool stuff. Save the world from mediocre film and music!

P.S. Brian, in his comment explains how to get the embed code. It's really easy, just a bit different from most other sites. I stand corrected. Thanks, Brian!

2 comments:

uhhh... i dunno said...

Hi there! This is Brian from OurStage. I saw your blog entry and everyone here at OurStage really appreciates what you wrote about us - We're working hard to make this the best music and video site on the net for emerging talent.

Just so you know, there is a way to embed videos from OurStage anyplace that supports HTML. When viewing something on OurStage, just click on the little brackets next to the entry. They look like this: < >

That will generate a line of code that you can then use to embed anywhere on the web.

Thanks again, and we hope to see you on OurStage again soon!

June Marshall said...

Brian,

Thank you for the heads up. Yes, you CAN get an embed code, using the little little brackets next to the video. I stand corrected.

So I've embedded a video below. I don't know if this works in a comment, but this is a good way to find out!

Not really...Blogger doesn't like HTML in comments, obviously. However, I strongly urge everyone to visit and get active on OurStage.com!