Best Music Video 5 - Make A Star's Music Video Contests

Entertainment, talent and skill competition site Make A Star continues to lead the way in online Music Video contests with the launch of the 5th 'Best Music Video' contest this year. Eight great music videos are competing over the next three weeks to win a $100 cash prize and join the list of breakthrough music videos who have already won 'Best Music Video' contests over the past few months.

The previous Make A Star Best Music Video winners are Seattle band Romance's video for their song 'Killer in the World', Chicago's Team Rockit and their video for 'Know What I Mean', Santa Barbara, California singer-songwriter and visual artist Matthew McAvene's video for 'Brighter' and last but not least, Belgian alternative rock band Lewis Cat and their 'Foolish Thoughts' music video.

The 5th Best Music Video contest is currently in four quarter-final matches. Match 1 features South African indie rock band Chasing Friday and their song "It's Not Like London's Calling You" going head-to-head against Boston, Massachusetts band The Motion Sick with their "30 Lives" video. Match 2 sees Minneapolis, Minnesota pop singer Stacy B and her video for "With You" battle New York City band STARK and their song "Oh No!". In match 3, St. Louis, Missouri band Sooner Than Later competes against Los Angeles rockers The Pink Spiders with their respective music videos "Keep on Keepin On" and "Gimme Chemicals". The Match 4 showdown features two of the more experimental entries - Italy's Ejay Ivan Lac with the song "Chemistry (featuring Mia J Park)" and Arizona artist William Hate with his song "Guitar In The Rain".

Make A Star's panel of music industry judges will cast their votes for each of these eight music videos, but the fans will also play a big role in who wins. A full 25% of the final scores are determined by fan votes, so in a tightly judged match, just a handful of fan votes can swing a match to one contestant or the other.

While MTV and VH1 move further and further away from supporting the music industry and into reality television, websites such as MakeAStar.com are emerging as the clear inheritors of the media outlet for new musicians to make their mark.

Link Cornell wins Best Song Male Vocalist Contest

Make A Star's first Best Song Male Vocalist contest saw chill hip-hop piano man Link Cornell sneak past the hard rock guitar of Steven Michael Sykes by the slimmest of margins – just a couple of fan votes could have swung the outcome in the other direction, but it was the Newport News, Virginia based Cornell who took the $50 cash prize and can now claim the title of Make A Star's first Best Song Male Vocalist champion.

AT-1 Wins Best Song Duo or Band 1 Music Contest

Make A Star's first Best Song Duo or Band contest finished last week, with Lake Worth, Floriday artist AT-1 with partners Blaze Hunter and Bass Nachos taking the title with the dancehall grooves of their song ‘Fuego (Remix)’, defeating Forth Worth, Texas rock band PANIC's song 'Look of You'.

Best Song Contest - Female Vocalist

Best Song - Female Vocalist 1 has gone live!
Vote all this week in the two semi-final matches. www.MakeAStar.com

Corrin Campbell vs KAYTA






Natalie Brown vs Stacie Nicole

Lewis Cat Wins Best Music Video 4 Contest

Lewis Cat, an alternative rock band from the low-lying European land of Belgium, squared off against New Jersey rockers Echo Screen in the final match of Make A Star's fourth $100 Best Music Video contest.


The final round ended Thursday afternoon, and Lewis Cat's video for their single 'Foolish Thoughts' crossed the finish line on top.


Watch the Lewis Cat and Echo Screen videos here:
Lewis Cat : Foolish Thoughts
Echo Screen : This Letter Bomb


In a close competition between Make A Star's judges, it was Lewis Cat's superior fan support from around the world, gaining votes not only from Belgium but from Italy, India, New Zealand and Canada, that helped win them $100 and join the prestigious list of Best Music Video winners, along with Romance, Team Rockit and Matthew McAvene

Rap Battles Rap Battles Rap Battles

The Rap Battle webcam money contests on MakeAStar.com continue to receive new entries from around the USA. The 5th Rap Battle just launched yesterday, pitting Houston, Texas MC Nick Lang against Chicago's Poor Boy Luke.

Check out the two entries and vote before Friday at noon pacific to see who wins Make A Star's Rap Battle 5.

Poor Boy Luke is competing with his second entry after his first entry lost a close match in Rap Battle 4 against Raleigh, North Carolina MC B. Willis.

Rap Battle 3 was won by Missouri's A-Wall.

Jamey Smith of Chico California Wins Make A Star Guitar Star Contest

Make A Star's Guitar Star contest ended this week and Jamey Smith from Chico, California came out on top, taking home the $150 cash prize.

Jamey Smith studied guitar performance at Chico State, specializing in classical and jazz guitar. After receiving his MA in 2006, he continued to study these styles, but began to focus on more modern styles of guitar as well. Now, he is using his training and understanding to develop his own sound. Influenced by Tuck Andress, Martin Taylor, Joe Pass, Andrew York, and Tommy Emmanuel to name a few, his style of guitar captures the complex sound of a full band. This is accomplished by playing the parts assigned to each band member simultaneously, creating a sound similar to multiple musicians playing together. This new project defies the definition of any one genre of music, but with the collection of original compositions and unique arrangements, it is sure to please any music lover.

www.myspace.com/jameysmith

www.jameysmithonline.com

Make A Star Best Music Video 4 Semi Finals

Check out the semi-finalists for Best Music Video 4.

http://www.makeastar.com/rounds.asp?rContestId=7645


Who will join Romance, Team Rockit and Matthew McAvene in the list of Make A Star 'Best Music Video' winners?

Register FREE today and cast your vote to help decide who wins!

www.MakeAStar.com

Nate Baldwin from Salt Lake City, Utah. Echo Screen from Brick, New Jersey. Hulzsum from Clinton, Missouri. Lewis Cat from Strombeek-Bever, Belgium.