FLO wins the Grand prize for Urban music on ourstage.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angeles, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) July 17, 2011 -- FLO, the Nigerian prolific producer/singer/songwriter of unique inspirational Christian Rock fusion music has been declared the Grand Prize winner ( $1,000) in the Urban category on OurStage.com. The first ever African to win such an award on this platform, Nathan 'FLO' Akiremi has initiated a newsworthy stir with this win.

According to the site, OurStage.com, an MTV Partner, 'The OurStage' community is "made up of undiscovered artists, music lovers with insatiable appetites and industry professionals committed to bringing incredible talent to the masses. Together, they’ve created something larger than the sum of its parts – a collaborative environment where truly great artists get discovered.They partner with industry professionals to leverage priceless opportunities for their artists,an intuitive platform that lets the stars of tomorrow connect directly with fans; there is now an ongoing conversation between the musician, the music lover and the people who open doors".

On OurStage.com, there is public voting and the highest number of votes wins the competition in the specific genre. However, there are three (3) rounds of voting to determine the Winners across all Channels for the program. Regular Judging to select the Top Forty in each channel. Semi Finals take place on the next two days to select the Top Ten in each channel. Finals take place on the last two days of the month to select the winner of each channel (“Channel Winner”) & 7 Grand Prizes, one for Rock, Pop, Country, Urban and Specialty Music Channels as well as the Video and the Pro Performance Video Channels, for each Competition Period, the grand prize win is a check payable to the winners in the amount of $1,000

Check out the winning list and FLO's winning song 'You are Lord' here =>http://www.ourstage.com/winners

With FLO's win in the Urban channel, the sky is limitless. Having spent most of his musical life producing and writing songs for other artistes, and excellently well too; FLO released a 6 track Christmas project for free public download in 2010, 'Christmas According to FLO' which gathered a lot of positive attention and a demand for more. In June 2011, FLO released 'The OverFLO' a 14 track mix of eclectic inspirational music primarily softrock in basic sound and a genre merge of Afro, Reggae, Jazz, Funk, Pop & Hip-Hop on different songs on the album. The 'OverFLO' is available on iTunes, Amazon and CdBaby.

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