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PROTEGE FINALISTS! (Mon, 23 Jun.)
Protege is 65&Hope's first hip-hop talent search program that will stretch throughtout 2008. Vanguard Oddities is one of the 7 promising finalists!
All finalists will be groomed and will be working with some of the best in the scene for 7 months until the Final show with 65 & Hope. Top 3 from the Final show on December 08 will walk away with amazing prizes, cut an EP and have a launch show, all sponsored by 65 & Hope.
So far, the Proteges has been opening acts for 65 & Hope's events. Do stay tuned!
PLATFORM7 FINALISTS (Mon, 23 Jun.)
Vanguard Oddities is participating in the annual search for rap talents, Platform7, organised by Beats Society. From 35 groups narrowed down to 15 groups, all up for the Top 5 placing in Platform7. It’s the 7th year running and it has a brand new twist, so look out for it! The finals will be held at Double 0, on the 8th of September, Saturday, time to be confirmed.
Do support local music! You might just be looking at one of the next big thing in the hiphop scene in SG!
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Hi,
We are pleased to invite you to send your nominations for the upcoming AVIMA 2009 indie music awards (Asia’s First Independent music awards) set to be held on March 21st 2009.(deadline for song submissions are on February 12th, 2009)
The awards event is looking to honor the top independent talents from across Asia in 4 major genres hip-hop/rap, Pop(R&B/Jazz/Reggae), Dance/Electronica and Rock.
The AVIMA 2009 is a unique awards event that may be held at a venue or if there are budgets or logistical shortages, will then be a global webcast show. The current venues being explored for the event to be held is Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing or Singapore.
The event is open to any act that is geographically located in Asia and so far we have had more than 150 songs sent in for nominations from countries like Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Korea, India, the middle east and Taiwan.
Do email us your songs to music@voize.my (music at voize dot my)to be nominated in mp3 format or any readable format. You may also point us to your download sites at myspace, amp,youtube or even your own website.
AVIMA 2009 is organized by the Asian lifestyle and entertainment website Voize. my (www.voize. my). The company is based in Malaysia, and intends to champion the rights of independent bands all over Asia. We understand the plight and frustration of indie bands, and we wish to provide a platform for indie acts to showcase their true potential and how communities around the world are responding positively to fresh new sounds and genres.
If united, together, we can build the biggest indie music community in the world and get the due respect we deserve. We also intend to assist indie acts to cross-over into Europe and USA with regards to promotion,digital media platforms, mobile media, marketing, PR and concerts.
We hope to work with the media in each country to try and support the awards and provide create more awareness to the public. Please let us know who are the best radio stations, newspapers, TV stations, websites that we could write to, to help promote you and also the awards. Also let us know if there are any potential sponsors you feel that you may want us to contact from your respective country to be part of this event. We would be grateful if you could also get us the emails that we could write to.
Please refer to the attached Appendix (or scroll below) for the full list of award categories and awards criteria/regulations that can be considered for submission.
Here are the criteria and categories for AVIMA 2009:
a) 75% of band members must be of asian origin or born in Asia. If 75% of the band members have also resided for more than 2 years in an Asian country, then they are also eligible. In some instances, if the founder of the band is Asian, and the other members are not Asian, but reside in an Asian country, they are eligible too.The only exception is for the best college act category, where an act of any nationality may submit as long as they are from an Asian college/university
b) Songs submitted must have been released between December 1st 2007 and December 31st 2008.
c) Indie acts may submit unreleased songs for the awards. Even “live” sessions, concert songs or demos are eligible. We understand sometimes indie acts may not be able to afford to get into good studios to record.
d) Award winners are eligible to participate in the awards
e) All indie acts must not be attached to any of the major labels – Sony BMG, Warner-EMI or Universal Music. However if your song is distributed by the 4 major labels but they dont own the rights to your songs, and your song in itself is independent, then you may be eligible. The concept of the Independent awards is to honor songs and EP's and not albums.
f) Deadline to submit all songs will be on February 12th 2009.
Voize. my is also the organizer of VIMA indie music awards, Malaysia’s First Indie Music awards show
We look forward to having you nominated for this "KOOL" music awards. Do email me (editor@voize.my) should you need any clarification with regards to the awards.And check back often at www. voize. my for more details. Also, we would love to do any phone interviews, album reviews or host your video links on our site to give you more exposure in Asia. We want to help you and the independent music scene to grow.
Cheers!
(6 nominees in each main category and 3 awards to be given out- Gold, Silver and Bronze) :
1. Best Pop
- Best Pop Song
- Best Pop Act (Group, duo or individual)
2. Best Rock
- Best Rock Song
- Best Rock Act(Group, duo or individual)
3. Best Hip-Hop
- Best Hip-Hop Song
- Best Hip-Hop Act(Group, duo or individual)
4. Best Dance
- Best Dance Song
- Best Dance Act(Group, duo or individual)
The Fun sub-categories are as follows
5. Best Remix
6. Best Collaboration (between 2 acts or more)
7. Best Instrumental
8. Best Genre Bender (more than 2 genres in a song e.g alternative-jazz,ambient-rock,dance-rap)
9. Best Song To Play At Camp Fire and To Do Away With Monday Morning Blues (for all songs acoustic, ambient, folk or mellow)
10. Best Dance Dj (Club)
11. Best College Act (any college or university act can apply-it doesn’t matter what nationality)
12. Best Guitar "Goreng" Riff (best guitar riff)
13. Best Act In the Whole Universe (International Act)
14. Best Album/Single Cover Art
15. Best Freaking Act Of The Year (voted by the nominees on who they feel is their their favourite indie act in Asia)
17. Most Mind Blowing Music Video
Cheers..and Be [i]ndependent!
Siva Chandran
Managing Editor, Voize. my (editor@voize.my))
Founder of VIMA 2008/AVIMA 2009
Yaw. Our new single MANUSIA will be playable on our AMP come midnight (Sunday 4th may, aiyah this midnight laah). Take a listen okay dewds and dewdettes. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee.
We get that question very frequently, not forgetting questions whether we were an item. Due to the fact that we are always seen together. Haha! So let's make this crystal clear, Miskz eFa and Swift1 are really close friends. No second thought about that. =]
How is V.O. different from the other crews?
Other than being the only active guy-girl duo crew around, individually, we have different types of writing styles from each other.
Any last words?
Last words? No last words from us just yet. We just started the 'journey'! Heh! For now, we'll just say,
Support Local/Regional Music!
V.O.! V.O.!
=]
Bio
Vanguard Oddities was formed around May 2006, consisting of male emcee, Swift1 and lady rapper, Miskz eFa. They were first in Frontal Vanguard Oddities, a now-defunct crew, which separated due to music differences and the remaining duo paired up together as Vanguard (Miskz eFa) Oddities (Swift1).
Miskz eFa started out experimenting with the different styles of writing rhymes around 2002, which she learnt through tutorials on Divine-aura.com . After 4 solid years packed with self-confidence, she learnt how to flow and eventually became hungry to produce songs to make herself heard. Her rhymes are mostly based on topicals, where imageries, personification and metaphorical words are being used. First influence was Mike Shinoda, Linkin Park and Jean Grae.
Swift1 writes his rhymes in a more direct manner, lines with mad punches. He was part of the known now-defunct Zerofam which he joined in 2003 and has been polishing his rap freestyling skills ever since, which explains why he’s the one with the mad direct ’punches’. First influence was Eminem.
And so, they in this ’journey’ together, V.O.! V.O.!
