Ever since that faithful night in 2013, otherwise also known as 'Paramore Night III' Paul and I have been following, covering, blogging and supporting the wonderful and undiscovered and often (unfortunately) trivialized world that is OPM. We've had the honor to meet a lot of talented bands who would give some over rated foreign acts a run for their money when given the chance.
With our admiration for these local bands comes the desire to want to support them in the difficult, challenging and often fast-paced world that is the music industry.
Supporting these bands means going to their bar gigs and shows, getting copies of their albums (if they are lucky enough to have a record label backing them up) or getting copies of their EPs (which is either manufactured commercially or hand made by the bands themselves).
Music from independent OPM bands is not easy to come by, (especially if you want to have them playing in your own playlists, phones, speakers and iTunes) but I have come across a great and amazing group of people who is revolutionizing OPM by making music from our favorite independent OPM bands readily available and the best part? - It is FREE!
Yup! You read that right - it is for freakin FREE and all you need is an internet connection, which these days is practically considered a need already.
Amplify.ph makes it possible for you to listen and download tracks from your favorite OPM bands and all you have to do is to register on their website Amplify.ph to get started. You can even sign in by using your Facebook account.
It's pretty easy to navigate through their website from there and it's pretty user friendly too!
When downloading a song you would just need to watch a short advertisement (like the ones on Youtube) by watching the ad you get to help your favorite OPM band! :)
Check out the screen cap below!
After watching the advertisement and after the download is done, the song already opens on your iTunes or whatever music player you have on your computer and another great thing about it is that it downloads with the cover art, artist and song title already! Now this is very important for me since I really take pains and a lot of effort to organize the over 1,700+ songs in my iTunes and make sure that they all have the right information and the cover art of course! :)
In the screenshots below, I am downloading Lions & Acrobats' EP Points and Perspective.
The screen shot below is of Trapeze's Karacruz which I also recently downloaded from Amplify.ph :)
Some of my favorite Amplify artists include: Mad Hatter Day, Midnight Meetings, Trapeze, Lions & Acrobats, Imelda, Tonight We Sleep, Flying Ipis, April Morning Skies and so much more if I have more time to go through their website that is :P
But aside from just getting to know OPM bands, supporting them and downloading their music Amplify.ph also has exciting events and prizes so make sure to follow them also on Twitter: @Amplifyph ^_^
We've actually been meaning to work together with Amplify as a blogger/photographer team (that we are) but unfortunately we haven't been able to have that meeting with them :P As you guys know Paul and I have a crazy schedule (since we work the night shift) so while that meeting has not transpired yet; it doesn't mean that I can't express my support for something that I genuinely believe in and that is giving Indie OPM bands a venue for fans to get to know them and their music.
So make sure to check out Amplify.ph and be part of the new OPM revolution!
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