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GLOBAL ROCKSTAR 2015: Global Marketplace for Musicians Opens
The online music platform "Global Rockstar" is scoring points with another innovation: from the start of voting on 15 October, musicians can offer their merchandise for sale, for instance signed t-shirts or living room concerts, on the newly created "Global Rockstar marketplace" in return for fans' votes. For example, a signed album costs EUR 15 and gets the musician 150 votes in the contest. Up to 90% of the takings go to the artist. This way, yet another option is available to fans who wish to support their favourites - besides the free social media votes.
Here's how it works: artists upload their self-penned song and fan items to http://www.globalrockstar.com, starting now. From 15 October, fans from every country choose their national representative. Ultimately, in the final, all national winners will compete for valuable non-money prizes and the main prize of USD 25,000 .
The Global Rockstar voting system was created to counter the model used on TV casting shows, where viewers submit millions of SMS votes at a cost, but artists receive nothing. Fans also go away empty-handed. "For the first time, both artists and fans profit from our fair income model," says Global Rockstar founder Christof Straub .
Musicians from all countries can upload their self-composed song to http://www.globalrockstar.com until 15 November 2015 .
"Global Rockstar" was founded in Vienna by Christof Straub and Ronny Steibl in 2013.
A total of 140 countries took part in "Global Rockstar" in 2014; 1.5 million votes were cast overall. Jhanniel from Argentina was the winner.
Some 14,000 artists and 140,000 fans are now registered on the music platform.
Global Rockstar GmbH
Mirella Maiolo
mirella.maiolo@globalrockstar.com
Office: +43-1-89-00-849
More info at: magazine.globalrockstar.com/press