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Filipino bands among the world’s bests
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The Philippines is a reservoir of undiscovered band talents who can rock along side the best of the world.
This is the reason why the Philippines was at the very top of the list of Global Battle of the Bands (GBOB) founder Tore Lande and coordinator for the Asian region Arnt Pettersen and when they were looking for new territories international competition.
"Last year, there were 16 countries who joined the world finals, most of which were from Europe and the Americans. It was natural for us then to look at Asia for our expansion," Pettersen reveals.
"Tore was having talks in UK with Indian people who might be interested to have an Indian leg. Lo and behold! They told Tore that if GBOB wants Asian countries to join, The Philippines should be among the first to consider because you would always find Filipino musicians across the Asian club and bar circuit. GBOB would not be complete in Asia if the Philippines is not in," Pettersen continues.
This expansion plan has turned into a reality. GBOB, now on its second year in the international scene, has jumped up to 24. As such, one band representing the Philippines will be testing their mettle against counterparts from Denmark, England, Finland, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Wales, Canada, Australia, Thailand, Germany, and Mexico.
GBOB has partnered with the Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) to hold until October a series of weekly, regional, and national eliminations open to both amateurs and professionals. The most basic rule in GBOB is that a band must consist of two to ten members and must play only original, unrecorded songs.
A complete copy of the rules available through the GBOB secretariat (832-6109 / 6156) and the competition website www.gbob.com.
"MBC has a good track record of success and performance. It has a very popular and large network which makes it easier to get the GBOB message across. Above all, we always want to work with people whom we could trust," Pettersen says.
The band that comes out on top of this grueling elimination round earns the right to go all-expenses-paid to London, England as the Philippine representative playing for US $100,000. Win or lose in the international competition, the Philippine representative will also come home to commercial endorsement deal with Asia Brewery and a recording contract.
To sweeten the pot, MBC will be providing cash prizes throughout the Philippine leg of GBOB. P20,000 await weekly winner who will advance to the regional finals. Weekly competition to be held in Ratsky Malate, Mora to, and Cebu and other popular live band venues in Baguio and Davao will be shown over RPN Channel 9.
Ten band will advance to the national finals where P500,000, P300,000 and P200,000 await the first, second and third placers. The seven other bands that make it to the national finals will receive P100,000 each.
Before organizing GBOB, Pettersen and Lande belonged to a popular Norwegian rock band. The pair has been organizing several battles of the bands across Scandinavia since the 70s.
Pettersen gives this tip to Filipino bands that are thinking about playing original Filipino composition, "Music is universal. Music speaks from the heart and from the soul that one doesn't need any specific language to understand the message. We also know lots of songs making it big in the international arena that are not even in English."
"There are so many competitions for solo artist all over the world. Nothing of this magnitude and scope has been held specifically targeting band music. This is more relevant too in the Philippine landscape because you have lots of talent here albeit untapped. Filipinos are among the world’s best in music. You’ve proven this time and time again," he concludes.
04 September, 2004, Manila Bulletin
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This is the reason why the Philippines was at the very top of the list of Global Battle of the Bands (GBOB) founder Tore Lande and coordinator for the Asian region Arnt Pettersen and when they were looking for new territories international competition.
"Last year, there were 16 countries who joined the world finals, most of which were from Europe and the Americans. It was natural for us then to look at Asia for our expansion," Pettersen reveals.
"Tore was having talks in UK with Indian people who might be interested to have an Indian leg. Lo and behold! They told Tore that if GBOB wants Asian countries to join, The Philippines should be among the first to consider because you would always find Filipino musicians across the Asian club and bar circuit. GBOB would not be complete in Asia if the Philippines is not in," Pettersen continues.
This expansion plan has turned into a reality. GBOB, now on its second year in the international scene, has jumped up to 24. As such, one band representing the Philippines will be testing their mettle against counterparts from Denmark, England, Finland, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Wales, Canada, Australia, Thailand, Germany, and Mexico.
GBOB has partnered with the Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) to hold until October a series of weekly, regional, and national eliminations open to both amateurs and professionals. The most basic rule in GBOB is that a band must consist of two to ten members and must play only original, unrecorded songs.
A complete copy of the rules available through the GBOB secretariat (832-6109 / 6156) and the competition website www.gbob.com.
"MBC has a good track record of success and performance. It has a very popular and large network which makes it easier to get the GBOB message across. Above all, we always want to work with people whom we could trust," Pettersen says.
The band that comes out on top of this grueling elimination round earns the right to go all-expenses-paid to London, England as the Philippine representative playing for US $100,000. Win or lose in the international competition, the Philippine representative will also come home to commercial endorsement deal with Asia Brewery and a recording contract.
To sweeten the pot, MBC will be providing cash prizes throughout the Philippine leg of GBOB. P20,000 await weekly winner who will advance to the regional finals. Weekly competition to be held in Ratsky Malate, Mora to, and Cebu and other popular live band venues in Baguio and Davao will be shown over RPN Channel 9.
Ten band will advance to the national finals where P500,000, P300,000 and P200,000 await the first, second and third placers. The seven other bands that make it to the national finals will receive P100,000 each.
Before organizing GBOB, Pettersen and Lande belonged to a popular Norwegian rock band. The pair has been organizing several battles of the bands across Scandinavia since the 70s.
Pettersen gives this tip to Filipino bands that are thinking about playing original Filipino composition, "Music is universal. Music speaks from the heart and from the soul that one doesn't need any specific language to understand the message. We also know lots of songs making it big in the international arena that are not even in English."
"There are so many competitions for solo artist all over the world. Nothing of this magnitude and scope has been held specifically targeting band music. This is more relevant too in the Philippine landscape because you have lots of talent here albeit untapped. Filipinos are among the world’s best in music. You’ve proven this time and time again," he concludes.
04 September, 2004, Manila Bulletin
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Global Filipinos to organize and harness economic, social, and political power of Filipinos through networking. Click to Pinoy
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