We’re all so excited to
announce that the Global Battle of the Bands has launched in Hong
Kong!! There are four heats in Hong Kong culminating in a Hong Kong Final on 23 October. We got a bunch of prizes for the winning
Hong Kong band and then they get to battle it out on 7 November against the
winning bands from other China cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Macau)
right here in Hong Kong!
I’m sure fans of live music will be really excited that there is a democratic
system of voting at each of the heats!!
GLOBAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!
GBOB Challenge is the
world’s biggest and live music competition open to bands of ALL GENRES. This is a real competition for
un-manufactured talent. There are over 30
countries taking part in 2009!
Bands!
Have you got two original
songs?
Want to represent China and fly to London, England
to play a show?
Sign up now and choose the
heat night and venue you want to play at!
http://gbob.com/china
There are limited spaces
at each heat so bands are encouraged to sign up early. The top three bands from each heat will go
through to the Hong Kong final. Audience votes counts for 50% in all heats.
Four Heats to choose from!
Heat 1 - 12 September, The
Cavern, Lan Kwai Fong, 8pm to 11pm
Heat 2 - 18 September,
Backstage, Wellington St.,
Central, 9pm to 1am
Heat 3 - 9 October, Backstage, Wellington St., Central, 9pm to 1am
Heat 4 - 10 October, The
Melting Pot, Soho, Central, 9pm to 1am
AUDIENCE VOTES COUNT FOR
50% AT ALL HEATS
Competition Rules:
Each band plays 2 original
songs for a total maximum of 8 minutes.
ORIGINAL songs with NO
pre-recorded music are the only two rules!
Bands can be signed or
unsigned.
Age requirement: minimum
18 years old
Hong Kong Final:
Friday 23 October 2009
Grappas Cellar, Jardine
House, 1 Connaught Place,
Central
10:30pm to late
Hong Kong
champion band will
* represent Hong Kong in the China Final
* win HK$5000 in Tom Lee
vouchers
* win a Gibson Les Paul
Junior Guitar
* be guaranteed a slot on
The Underground Compilation CD 4
First runner up wins: HK$2000 in Tom Lee vouchers
Second runner up wins: HK$1000 in Tom Lee vouchers
Judges
Judges will comprise of
established musicians, respected music journalists, music editors and people
involved in the music industry.
Judges confirmed so far are:
Jun Kung 恭碩良 (drummer, producer)
Audiotraffic (band)
Soler (band)
Wong Chi Chung (Journalist, radio DJ)
Spike (BC Magazine)
Jonathan Lee (owner This Music Studio, drummer)
Phil Whelan (Radio DJ)
Christine Samson (Singer & Vocal Coach to top artists in HK such as Joey
Yung, Gem, Fong Lik Sun etc.)
Kumi Masunaga (Drum Jam HK Founder)
回歸原創.一個真正屬於樂隊的比賽
2009年將會有超過30個國家參與GBOB
請即到http://gbob.com/china報名!
*每場預賽名額有限
──盡早報名取得理想賽期
*每場預賽成績最佳三隊樂隊將會參加 香港區決賽
*現場觀眾投票佔預賽賽果五成 賽規
樂隊需在預賽演出兩首原創歌曲,演出時間上限為八分鐘
現場演奏,不得錄播或預製
樂隊有否唱片公司合約亦可參賽
年齡:十八歲或以上
樂隊成員限數:二至八人(恕不接受獨唱者) 中國GBOB香港賽區冠軍將獲得
*代表香港出戰中國賽區決賽資格
*通利琴行禮券總值港幣五千元
*Gibson Les Paul Junior結他乙支
*樂隊樂曲將收錄於the Underground集錦碟4
亞軍將獲得通利琴行禮券總值港幣二千元
季軍將獲得通利琴行禮券總值港幣一千元
評審
專業評審團由著名樂手丶樂評人丶音樂雜誌編輯及業界人士等組成