MusicNation.com - YouTube for Unreleased Artists

MusicNation.com is a site which you can watch videos of new and unsigned talent. It is like YouTube for music videos with a hint of social networking as well. The site is putting on a contest within the pop, urban and rock categories, where visitors of the site get to choose who wins, American Idol style and the winners will all receive recording contracts with Epic Records and be on the show Stripped. The site is well laid out and easy to browse by category, which is impossible on YouTube. Many up and coming artists will frequent this site to see what is new and how many votes they receive.

About Music Nation We are Music Nation, the online home for independent and unsigned artists. We play host to career-making music competitions that have already given heavy exposure to three unsigned artists ( Yolanda Ruiz, Kid Deposit Triumph, T-Max ). How To Win Create an artist profile page, complete with any and all media you can put on the Internet: videos, MP3s, photos, slideshows, and anything else you have created. The Music Nation community and our industry-insider judges will rate videos and vote for their favorite artists. The artist with the most votes and the approval of the industry judges will walk away with the grand prize: a record contract. Weekly winners are rewarded with prizes as well, including but not limited to Feedback from industry experts Television appearances Major festival appearances Unique, customizable merchandise A full backline of new gear An outfitting by a major clothing company Commercial quality CDs and promotional materials Major press coverage

With YouTube playing music that is already popular, it is refreshing to see a site dedicated to new and emerging artists, and this site is clearly attempting to capitalize on the popularity of American Idol.

The very nature of this site will keep it somewhat underground, the question is will it every be mainstream enough to be really popular?