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Eight of the nations’ “coldest” MC’s—as selected by YOU, the fans—are about to get their moment in the spotlight, and we’ve got your exclusive access right here. Beginning Thursday July 26 at 8:00pm EST, the Coors Light® “Search For the Coldest” Competition Finale will be streaming live from searchforthecoldest.com. You can catch performances from the competition finalists, Ice Cube, Fabolous, and DJ Drama during the event, which will be hosted by Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg from New York City’s Hot 97. Tune in and catch all the action from the hottest seat in the house.

Colossal heat, tornadoes–this week serves as proof that NOTHING stops Warped Tour. After a much needed break, the OurStage.com Stage was back in action at the Darien, Scranton, Mansfield, and Camden stops of the tour, which included performances from regional winners Stateside, Jonas Sees In Color, The Organ Beats, and Mirk, Grand Prize Winner Larry g(EE), and national acts Junior Doctor, Patent Pending, Avion Roe and more.

Check out the week’s best Warped Tour moments, on and off the OurStage.com Stage, in our exclusive recap below. Make sure to check out ourstage.com/warped for the full Warped Tour scoop.

Patent Pending rocks big crowds in Burgettstown, PA

Boo! For tips on how best to repurpose your Edward Scissorhands halloween costume, consult Motionless In White

Phone Calls From Home crowd surf, bust out the water guns for Mansfield fans

Continue reading ‘OS @ Warped Series: This Week On Warped Tour — Week 2′

OurStage, Guitar Player magazine, and Ernie Ball are teaming up this summer to offer aspiring guitarists a chance to win the ultimate Grand Prize. Enter the Guitar Player “Take The Lead” Competition by August 17 for your shot to win your very own feature in Guitar Player magazine, a year’s supply of strings and accessories from Ernie Ball, and more! Throughout the competition, we’ll be bringing you exclusive editorial content, like this Q&A, fresh from guitarplayer.com—enjoy!

“What were the motivating factors behind your decision to form Spectrum Road?

I was touring in Europe with my band the Cuicoland Express a few years back with Vernon. I always try to get him in my bands whenever I can because he’s my favorite guitar player. We got to talking and that led to the Tony Williams Lifetime Tribute band and a series of gigs in Japan. Eventually it morphed into Spectrum Road, which is a band inspired by the music and spirit of Tony Williams. In my mind John Medeski is a modern day version of [original Lifetime keyboardist] Larry Young, and Cindy Blackman is a direct link to Tony Williams because she studied with him when she was little.”

Read more: http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/jack-bruce-on-vernon-reid-and-spectrum-road/148621

-Published by Vinnie DeMasi, Guitar Player magazine

OurStage, Guitar Player magazine, and Ernie Ball are teaming up this summer to offer aspiring guitarists a chance to win the ultimate Grand Prize. Enter the Guitar Player “Take The Lead” Competition by August 17 for your shot to win your very own feature in Guitar Player magazine, a year’s supply of strings and accessories from Ernie Ball, and more! Throughout the competition, we’ll be bringing you exclusive editorial content, fresh from guitarplayer.com—enjoy!

“Sharon Isbin isn’t your average internationally renowned, multiple Grammy Award winning, Billboard chart-topping female classical guitarist. In addition to making dozens of recordings of music from the traditional and modern classical guitar repertoires— including nine compositions written specifically for her—and giving hundreds of performances with leading orchestras and ensembles in celebrated venues worldwide, she has also passionately embraced music of other traditions. For example, 2001’s Dreams of a World explored several varieties of folk music from around the globe, and last year’s Journey to the New World bridged British Isles and American folk. Both albums received Grammys.”

Read more: http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/sharon-isbins-guitar-passion/147505

-Published by Barry Cleveland, Guitar Player magazine

The Coors Light® “Search For The Coldest” Competition is entering the home stretch. Months of fierce competition have narrowed down the pack to 16 of the nation’s coldest semi-finalists who are ready to battle it out for the Grand Prize. Recently, Baltimore semi-finalists Harmony Muzik and KOVE took their game onstage alongside Ice Cube and special guest Wale to prove they’ve got the stuff to be crowned coldest. Check out the recap video of their performance below, and stay tuned for more vids fresh from Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Charlotte.

Now that submissions are officially closed, the Top 100 artists in the Tr3s “Dame un Break” Competition are locked in, and the fight to the finish is on. One hundred undiscovered Latin stars are competing for their chance to score a trip to L.A. to record with GRAMMY award-winning producer Sebastian Krys as well as win a music video from Tr3s. Help your favorite artist rise to the top by judging between now and June 25. The number one ranked artist, along with four other artists selected from within the Top 40 by Tr3s, will advance to the final voting round, which is set to launch July 7, 2012. Get ready.

Megan & Liz are twins, they write knockout pop tunes, and they’ve risen to national viral success by way of their YouTube Channel—garnering over 150 million views and 677,000 followers. Join the twins on their road to success by entering the Megan & Liz “Band Against Bullying” Competition on OurStage. One lucky Grand Prize Winner will have the opportunity to share the stage with Megan and Liz, special friends, Hot Chelle Rae and other guests! Enter by July 9, 2012 for your chance to win.

It seems like only yesterday we were announcing the Grand Prize Winner of the May “Main Event” match-up, but now it’s time to turn your eyes to June. Adrian Boykin (formerly Konsept) and Midnight Spin are ready for the ring and primed to vie for your votes. Head over to our Facebook page to weigh in on your favorite by June 30. The winning act will score a feature on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights in July, and a shot to duke it out for a feature in FNF’s “Images of the Year” in August. Round 1, Fight!

The Coors Light® “Search For the Coldest” Competition is about to kick things up a notch. Are you ready? The many have been whittled down to the few—it’s time to meet the round four Semi-Finalists.

The following eight Semi-Finalists from the New Orleans, New York, National Video, and National Wildcard channels will continue to battle it out for your votes online at searchforthecoldest.com until July 10.

New Orleans

DL.

Continue reading ‘Search For The Coldest Semi-Finalists Announced – Vote Now For Your Favorite And Win Killer Prizes’

The “Superstars” Competition is back. Only this time, we’re turning the spotlight on our northern neighbors. We’ve got seven channels for all you aspiring Canadian superstars, including Electronic, Singer-Songwriter, Urban, Pop, Rock, Country and Français (exclusively for tracks sung in French). Enter your track in one of these Intel® “Canadian Superstars” Competition channels by August 25, and you could win awesome prizes including gear from Avid, Casio, Monster®, Shure, and Fender®, not to mention Best Buy gift cards. Let the games begin.