Good points Tammy,
And I did mention at top that... they (OurStage) are amazingly open to suggestions, input, feedback and discussion. That's why we have this forum and why Danny, the OurStage representative, is here to get feedback and discuss these issues with us.

If there are problems with unfairness we suspect or have proof about, these should be reported and discussed. Evidently they have a lot of priorities to deal with including bugs, spam, program edits, new rules & policies and cheating to contend with, etc.

Some problems are more obvious than others and most of the "issues" I've had were only based on theory of how people could try to "game" their judging system. Beyond that, I haven't personally seen any proof, but no evidence is needed to perceive basics like anyone artist could create numerous fan accounts (with alias e-mail addresses) to vote for themselves.

But the reality, as Andrew pointed out, is that it's virtually impossible (and much too time consuming) to vote for oneself against thousands of other fans and judges.

On another note, I'm curious how many successful full-time professional artists and bands would use OurStage? Would it interest them or would they feel like it's a "step down" for them, or maybe just a "risk" if they don't win 1st place each month or something like that?

How many major "brand name" artists and bands have you guys seen on OurStage? Maybe they would consider it more like playing in the little league rather than in the big league. I think they would rather invite their fan base to their own web sites and concert events, etc. But I know a lot of them have pages on MySpace and videos on YouTube, etc. but there's not as much "head on" competiton there.

Michael

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