The OurStage Panel Web Series Launches Season 2 With Acclaimed Musician, Gavin DeGraw as Guest Judge

The OurStage Panel Web Series Launches Season 2 With Acclaimed Musician, Gavin DeGraw as Guest Judge

First Episode Debuts February 16th

NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OurStage.com,the premier digital music destination for unsigned artists, will unveil Season 2 of their original music competition web series, The OurStage Panel on February 16th. Located at http://panel.ourstage.com, the series is the first of its kind to give top-ranked independent artists the opportunity to hear authentic feedback, in front of a live audience, from music industry heavyweights, a process that is normally done behind the scenes. Acclaimed singer/songwriter, Gavin DeGraw will also appear on the first four episodes as a guest judge.

On The OurStage Panel, sixteen OurStage artists have an original song featured each week in groups of four during the month-long web series. The winner of each episode advances to the series' finale, to be filmed during the OurStage.com official party at SXSW 2012. Their live performance will determine which musical act receives $5,000, a professionally produced video interview/EPK shot by Emmy award-winning Director/Producer Mitchell Stuart and HQ Productions, a mentoring session with Panel judges and a mentoring session with a senior music licensing expert.

The panel of judges includes Bruce Tyler (Executive Producer/Former Executive VP of Sony Music), Lee Dannay (Warner/Chappell Vice President of A&R), Scott Igoe (Jimmy Kimmel Live! Music Producer) and Sharon Dastur (Program Director Z100/NYC). Z100 late night jock, Trey Morgan serves as the show's host alongside Carla Marie, producer for Elvis Duran and the Morning Show.

Episode 1:

-- Bronze Radio Return, "Shake Shake Shake"- Listen HERE
-- Chris Pureka, "Wrecking Ball"- Listen HERE
-- Floor Thirteen, "Blame It On Me"- Listen HERE
-- Jesse Idol, "Soldier Love"- Listen HERE
Episode 2:

-- Luci, "Save The World"- Listen HERE
-- Luke Wade & No Civilians, "Quiet As You Can"- Listen HERE
-- Xolie Morra and the Strange Kind, "Over My Head"- Listen HERE
-- Civil Sound, "Either Way"- Listen HERE
Episode 3:

-- PunchFunkLove, "James Brown"-Listen HERE
-- The Organ Beats, "Time To Go"- Listen HERE
-- Alanna Clarke, "Bedroom Window"- Listen HERE
-- The Reel, "Made For You"- Listen HERE
Episode 4:

-- Eclectic Approach, "Cool"- Listen HERE
-- Darlingside, "Good Man"- Listen HERE
-- Mieka Pauley, "We're All Gonna Die"- Listen HERE
-- The Niceguys, "Things Ain't The Same"- Listen HERE
FIND OurStage: http://panel.ourstage.com; Facebook: www.facebook.com/ourstage

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About OurStage.com Founded in 2007, OurStage.com (www.ourstage.com) is a leading destination for music listening, discovery, and quality editorial content. With more than 200,000 artists from 40 styles of music, OurStage.com receives 4 million visits each month from 170 countries. OurStage.com's most acclaimed feature is its proprietary judging engine where the site's listeners rank the music of emerging artists for competitions that reward major opportunities to the winners--such as the chance to open for headlining acts and/or record with major label performers. To date, OurStage.com has provided opportunities for artists to open, be mentored by, or collaborate with celebrity artists such as Bon Jovi, Kid Rock, Drake, Goo Goo Dolls, HANSON, Train, John Legend, Lilith 2010, John Mayer, Monica, T-Pain, Trey Songz, Keith Urban, Travis Barker, Jane's Addiction, Hot Chelle Rae and many others. OurStage.com has also partnered with a wide range of media giants over the last few years, including: Clear Channel, Guitar Center, BET, CMT, Digital Broadcasting Group, AOL Music, MTV, and Radio One. http://www.ourstage.com.

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Web Site: http://www.ourstage.com

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