OurStage’s Online Gig and Talent Finder, Marketplace, Adds Noise Pop, RedGorilla Music Festivals, Artists Matt Nathanson and Kaki King to List of Industry Partners

 New Additions Create Opportunities for Artists and Industry Professionals



    BOSTON, Aug. 19 /EMWNews/ -- OurStage

(http://www.OurStage.com), a music discovery destination providing

professional opportunities for up-and-coming talent, today announced the

addition of four new partners to its online gig and talent finder resource,

Marketplace, including music festivals Noise Pop and RedGorilla and artists

Matt Nathanson and Kaki King.



    Launched last month in a joint trial artist development agreement with

Live Nation, Marketplace is an online resource which enables artists and

bands to proactively find and apply for gigs, and industry professionals to

easily find, validate and book artists for performances and music-related

projects.



    "We are pleased with the success of Marketplace since launch, as it

underscores the value we have set out to create for industry professionals

in search of quality talent and artists seeking gigs," said Ben Campbell,

CEO of OurStage. "We value our partnerships with superior venues, festivals

and talent, and are excited to add new, influential partners to

Marketplace, further representing the diversity in opportunities offered to

both top-ranked artists and industry professionals."



    Fostering its commitment to provide first-class performance

opportunities to up-and-coming artists, OurStage's Marketplace partnered

with leading music festivals, Noise Pop and RedGorilla to give top-ranked

artists the opportunity to perform for thousands of festival participants.

Through a fan-driven competition, 10 artists were selected to perform at

this year's Noise Pop Festival. Due to their success, Noise Pop will expand

its partnership with Marketplace to select additional artists to perform at

Noise Pop 2009. RedGorilla Music Fest will also join the list of national

music festivals utilizing Marketplace to identify and book talent.



    "As RedGorilla strives to promote emerging independent music and

artists, the partnership with OurStage will be key in bringing artists,

fans and industry professionals together online," said Kelly Fenton of

RedGorilla Music Fest. "We are confident that this partnership will prove

beneficial in contributing to showcase the best in new and independent

music at the 2009 Festival."



    Additionally, rock/folk musician Matt Nathanson and guitarist Kaki King

with the Mountain Goats have agreed to use Marketplace to select OurStage

artists to open for 10 shows in their upcoming Fall tours, respectively.



    Artists can apply today for these new gigs offered by the OurStage

Marketplace by visiting http://www.ourstage.com/marketplace and submitting their

OurStage EPKs.






    For more information, please contact:



    Ayn Allen / Laura Lazear

    mPRm Public Relations for OurStage

    [email protected] / [email protected]

    323-933-3399

    About OurStage, Inc.



    OurStage is a music discovery destination dedicated to new artist and

new music discovery. On OurStage, artists, fans and industry professionals

all come together - to discover, judge, & enjoy the best new music and the

best new artists online - as ranked by the fans - in the company's

proprietary, game-proof judging engine. Users are able to discover top

ranked, categorized music without having to search through thousands of

songs. Top-ranked artists receive significant career-building promotion and

support from established artists, industry professionals, and a broad

assortment of partners, including AOL Music, Bonnaroo, Bumbershoot, PLUG

Awards, Newport Folk Festival, JVC Jazz Festival Newport, Paste Magazine,

CMJ, Noise Pop, and many others. Founded in 2007, OurStage delivers music

and related content to more than 1.5 million fans in 140 countries each

month - and has attracted over 45,000 artist-members and hundreds of

thousands of registered fans.