Jillian Aversa

Votededed.

Not sure when I'll get mah prize money, but I see no reason to delay. Donated! Brad: there is no donate button on the support page, amusingly enough. It's a little PayPal button at the bottom of the left sidebar.

Where da peeps at?

Wow, haha! Everybody hates that date, eh? What about the following weekend: Saturday, May 3rd? The Baltimore Flower Mart will be happening, so that could be fun! It's a street festival with lots of flowers, crafts, and food.

Let's get this ball rolling!

This is AWESOME! She has so much more personality and depth now... Not to mention a realistic body. Props!

Hey, awesome!

Hey... I haven't seen you in forever, tgfoo! Thanks. And for anyone interested, my interview with the OurStage team was just posted. Lots of VG discussion, and a shoutout to OCR!

Wow, dhsu... Your WIP is ingenious! The phasing reminds me a lot of Steve Reich's work. You're going to be the next contemporary classical composer in the history books!

So glad the news is finally out... I could hardly contain myself! Just wait for my Prelude remix. And the megacollab say whaaaaa?

I can't thank you all enough for your support!!! Congrats, of course, to Andy and Danny who made it all the way to the top - this has truly been an epic month for OCR. And as promised: those of you who joined my OurStage fanclub this past week and voted for me *in the finals*, as I mentioned before, will receive a free digital copy of Origins when it comes out later in the month. Just shoot me an email (mail@jilliangoldin.comSPAM) with your full name and the handle you used to join the club, and I'll verify you through the site. If you missed out participating this time around, the album will still be released on the 22nd, and preorders are already available! I will also be making a donation to OCR from the prize money, because it's really because of this community that I've made it this far. You guys rock!

And I just went down to #8 after holding the #1 spot for almost 4 hours. Still anyone's game!

And Breathing You In is at #5!

And now Breathing You In is at #7, too! This is unbelievable.

I can't believe I shot up to #3 all of a sudden! I guess the standings really are still shifting around. And yay for the blog post about Andy and I... That was neat. :>

jmr: Weird... for both mattoco and I, it limited us to 630 rounds. But you seem to have been allowed more, and both numbers are still significantly under the 741 available battles they seem to quote. EDIT: Okay, I think I know what's up. All of a sudden, they're letting me judge more rounds... but there's a new track in there: "High" by Pistol Day Parade! I bet they disqualified someone else and replaced them or something, so now there are more battles available. EDIT #2: You would probably pwn the metal category if you enter for next month, Snapple. Do you have originals?

I agree about that, Snapple. Like Kanthos said, OurStage is really about the exposure. I've only been on the site since February, and already I've made a lot of friends and fans there that have signed up on my mailing list and forum. Last month, I didn't do any of this posting on OCR - and I still won 4th in New Age/World. As Andy said: there are plenty of other people out there boosting our ratings, otherwise none of us would have even made it to the quarterfinals out of hundreds of submissions. :3 mattoco: I hit the limit at 630 rounds as well. Looks like they made a typo when they said there are 741 possibly battles, hehe. Keep 'em coming, folks!

If it weren't fair play to ask for people to rate your own music highly, you'd think they wouldn't phrase things like: "Now’s the time to make sure your fans are doing all they can for you. To help facilitate the possibility of you moving up a notch..." "The best way for you to earn the honor is to tell ALL your friends and devoted fans who are not on OurStage to register for OurStage ASAP and join your fan club." And as they said, you really *can't* cheat in this system because all the rounds are randomized. You are forced to vote on all the songs presented to you - not just on those of zircon, sgx, or myself. I think you're reading too much into it.

I can understand why you might come to that conclusion not being familiar with the site, but that actually couldn't be further from the truth. (And we have been encouraging people to get recognized with their own music as well. Perhaps you didn't read the first post thoroughly.) OurStage is all about fan support. In fact, they send competitors frequent emails encouraging them to get new fans to sign up and vote. Here are some samples from those emails: ------ "A little encouragement can go a long way Now’s the time to make sure your fans are doing all they can for you. To help facilitate the possibility of you moving up a notch, we’ve included a sample email you can send out to your fans, or post as a bulletin, or have tattooed on your forehead. However you use it, it’s there to encourage your fans to register for OurStage if they haven’t already done so, and to come back and vote again for next round." ------ "Most of you, I suspect, have fans who are not connected to you by DNA or marriage. As much as you depend on your fans, we here at OurStage also need their involvement to see us on to bigger pastures. So here's a special opportunity, offered exclusively to our esteemed quarter finalists. Between now and the end of March, any artist who adds 20 or more new fans into your fan club will be automatically submitted to AOL for promotional consideration (musicians only), not to mention a passage in our beloved newsletters and other promotional announcements. The best way for you to earn the honor is to tell ALL your friends and devoted fans who are not on OurStage to register for OurStage ASAP and join your fan club." ------ "Notify everyone you’re going for one of these performance slots, ask them to join the fun and judge all content fairly. Our system randomizes all entries, meaning that fans have no way of knowing or controlling who they vote for. This keeps OurStage from becoming a crappy little monthly dustup, instead of the film & music discovery venue that it is, where great artists get a stab at fame without having to kiss unfamiliar buttocks or sleep with people they’d rather just do deals with." ------ Etc etc. I think you get the idea. ^-^ Thanks for your support, everyone!

I liked your track too, PhiJayy! Had no idea you were actually on the boards here as well. Same offer stands with me - if I win with "Hajime," all you new fans will get a free copy of Origins when it comes out April 22nd!

Doin' good, guys, doin' good!

Wooooo, let's shoot for an OCR sweep! How awesome would it be if Coactive won Electronic, Breathing You In won Techno/Club/Dance, and Hajime (or Antigravity) won New Age/World? XD

Fun fun silly willy!

That's all my forum's good for, eh....?

Haha, this is so funny to me for some reason...