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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
Based in Manila, Philippines, The Pin-Up Girls is the first Philippine-based rock group to be signed by a U.S. label, Know-It-All Records in Tacoma, Washington. Their songs are being played on some U.S. radio stations like KAOS FM in Olympia, Washington and one of the top internet stations, New Jersey’s www.flashbackalternatives.com.
In 2005, Sutton took The Pin-Up Girls with him on his own label, SUTTON MUSIC GROUP.
2006 saw the band fronting for FRA LIPPO LIPPI at the Araneta Coliseum as they released “All Seats Are Taken,” [distributed by SONY-BMG Philippines]16-track behemoth that has spawned their best songs yet.
PRESS BITS:
“The next big thing could very well emanate from the Philippines as The Pin-Up Girls have enough talent and personality to achieve rising star status judging by the fresh-faced performances and charismatic singing on their U.S. debut “Taste Test.” – Jim Corrigan, www.whisperinandhollerin.com
“Could be a Color-It-Red in the making, which can be a good thing [integrity-wise] or a bad one [elusive fame and fortune-wise]”--- Bert Sulat, Jr, FLY, June 1999
“Despite the ebullience of their early singles Ride Rocket Wild and Witching Hour, The Pin-Up Girls serve up a debut album that is rather a moody affair, a patchwork of emotions from joyfully somber to hysterically sad. Filled to the brim to the brim with catchy pop melodies and jangly guitars, the album manages to camouflage the wounded heart at its core, sugarcoating its sourness.” ---- Erwin Romulo, THE PHILIPPINE STAR, October 19, 2001
“The Pin-Up Girls sound like an Eighties-band you can’t quite recall the name of, and they probably like it that way.” --- Scott Garceau, THE PHILIPPINE STAR, December 16, 2001
“The Pin-Up Girls are the Philippines’ best-kept secret. Undeniably the country’s best pop band, the group is only known to a handful of admirers and to their colleagues, their name passed around in whispers and shared looks in underground clubs --- Erwin Romulo, THE PHILIPPINE STAR, July 2, 2002
“Clearly, there is a virtue practiced here, paddled to a soft stream and tempering the band’s desire for self-expression, propagation, and survival. That virtue is patience.” --- Louie Magdamit, MANILA STANDARD, April 19, 2002
“It’s like something from a movie: hardworking and likeable indie band struggle for years, get signed by hotshot record honcho, and then, after dealing with the peaks and pitfalls, ride off into their happy ending. In this case, the band are local favorites The Pin-Up Girls, and the record honcho is Michael Sutton.” – MTV INK, August 2002
“And for those other unsigned local acts who are now green with envy, it’s worth taking a look at how The PinUp Girls managed to grab the elusive gold ring.” --- Scott Garcea, THE PHILIPPINE STAR, June 30, 2003
“The band now has the distinction of being the first Philippine-based rock group to be signed to a U.S. label.” – Iskho Lopez, PINAS: The Nationalist Weekly, November 2003
“Each song is a harsh mistress, enticing one with its gorgeous melodies but with also the threat of a kept dagger beneath the pillow. One need only listen to the first track Caress and hear the aching lament that so many femme fatales use to great effect on would-be Philip Marlowes. The track id an illicit kiss but one that will leave you reeling from its memory just as delicate string arrangement sweetens the blow.” – Erwin Romulo \, THE PHILIPPINE STAR, December 2003
If American values [i.e. freedom] are going to prevail, we need to be proactive in our cultural consumption. Exploring the music of The Pin-Up Girls is a fine start because there’s nothing really foreign here at all; soothing, melancholy at times yet that fragileness is everywhere, much like the socio-political conditions in the Philippines these days, one assumes.”--- Stephen Rabow, posted on various websites including www.indieculturerecords.net
“The band was formed in 1997 by vocalist Mondo Castro, guitarist Pam Aquino and bassist Jeng Tan, former members of the all-female punk powerhouse Keltscross. Guitarist Ryan Nachura eventually joined the band but they were without a permanent name until they saw Tan wearing a Bettie Page T-shirt [Page was one of the most famous pin-up girls from the 50’s].”--- THE PHILIPPINE INQUIRER, November 12, 2004
“The Pin-Up Girls are all about guitar twang [not the country kind] and sorta shoegazer shimmer. The riffs sparkle and take on dreamy notes. Two chicks and one lad trade off on the vocals, sometimes harmonizing to hypnotic effect… “Spacegrrl Superb” is about beng abducted and played with by aliens. Is there a term for this fetish? The Pin-Ups must be smoking some pretty toxic stuff to write twisted, sick lyrics like that yet it’s all poppy and your parents can drink tea to it without getting too disturbed.– Denny Colt, www.whisperinandhollerin.com
“There’s not a bum song in the bunch, and these Filipino kids know their hooks inside and out. Darn choruses will get stuck in your head.”--- Dan Cassidy on songs from “Taste Test: Expanded Menu”, www.reviewcentre.com
“Not many Filipinos know that a rock ‘n roll band called The Pin-Up Girls, now making good in New Jersey is composed of homegrown [meaning “bred in the Philippines”] Filipino talents. The band has hit No.1 in New Jersey with their first printing of its international CD sold out.”--- Ricky Lo, THE PHILIPPINE STAR, March 30, 2004
“All Seats Are Taken is pure driving music, 100 percent beautiful. Really, how can you go wrong when something makes you feel so happy, but so sad, all at once? If you need to zone out, The Pin-Up Girls! If you want to feel a little melancholy, The Pin-Up Girls! If you want something a little upbeat to lift your spirits, The Pin-Up Girls! Truly something for the moments in between, and everything in between those.” – Regina Belmonte, THE PHILIPPINE STAR, June 16, 2006
“The PinUp Girls was ahead of it’s time – in this part of the world at least. At the time listeners were humming along to mediocre tunes of R&B singers and bobbing their heads to the trashy beat of hip-hop performers, The Pin-Up Girls was already churning out 80’s New Wave-inspired songs.”--- Gabby Libarios, MANILA STANDARD TODAY, July 1, 2006
“They sound like a 90’s British act cruising through guitar-driven tracks.” --- Yugel Losorata, MANILA BULLETIN, July 15,2006
“They survived nu metal, pogi rock, emo, dance-punk, line-up changes, constant criticism and, life—as we know it. For a band that plays pretty simple and friendly pop-rock ditties/melodies, that’s definitely impressive. And The Pin-Up Girls aren’t even trying as hard as they possibly could.” --- Joey Dizon, PULP MAGAZINE, September 2006
“Clearly the man knows what he wants. When it comes to making music with tenacious local indie band The Pin-Up Girls, Mondo Castro, still stands by his standards..” ---Erwin Romulo & Quark Henares, MAXIM, October 2006
“Despite the touted “darker sound,” All Seats Are Taken is one positively happy-sounding romp to places where memories are born and kept. If there’s anything this represents, it’s the power of dreams, and whether you like this sort of thing or not, it is nevertheless inspiring.”--- Annie S. Alejo, FUDGE MAGAZINE, September 2006
“The Pin-Ups aren’t exactly the easiest band to follow. Follow, in the context of their songs that, as you’ll hear in All Seats Are Taken, may rely on simple chords and uncomplicated lyrics but deviate from what could have been a simple pop hook into strange territory with the inclusion of some wayward chord.”– FHM, October 2006
