OurStage

OurStage is where the world's music fans come to discover, enjoy and reward the best emerging artists - and where the world's artists come to find their fans, get amazing gigs and launch their careers.

Artists upload their best work into our monthly competitions for free and compete for their fans’ votes in our music, film and comedy channels.

OurStage lets the fans decide which song or video they think is best. A fan decides which channel or genre they’d like to judge in and automatically, two completely random songs or videos are generated for the fan to see.

Ben Campbell (CEO):

Ben Campbell, a serial entrepreneur, has led a number of successful startups over the past 15 years, including running European operations for UNIFI Communications, (a global data communications operator), COO of Mentor Technologies, (an online eLearning partner of Cisco Systems) and CEO of BTS Partners, Inc. (a venture-backed, network infrastructure services firm).

Following the sale of his last company, Campbell, an avid film and music enthusiast, noticed the total lack of effective sorting technology in the web 2.0 world – causing great musicians and filmmakers to be lost in the noise of millions of rank amateurs online. In the summer of 2006 Campbell began assembling a team of top engineers and web experts to address this Internet-wide problem, and in October 2006, OurStage was born.

Powered by a proprietary technology for judging entertainment content, OurStage offers fans a neutral, game-proof way to rank (not rate) online entertainment content, thus deciding who’s the best in emerging music and video – in a broad variety of channels of entertainment. As a result, visitors get immediate access to great quality entertainment without having to waste time hunting for it. Equally, music and film artists benefit from a growing authentic fan base, over $10,000 in monthly cash prizes, and a wealth of opportunities for real exposure via OurStage’s partner companies – from articles in major publications to guaranteed showcases at major film and music festivals.