The Yellow Room Battle Of the Bands

This is actually late news already but good news is always worth sharing no mater how late it is. 

It seems only yesterday when Mayonnaise won the Red Horse Muziklaban in 2004 (it's actually been 10 years!) I was in a College back then and never would I have imagined that Paul and I would be covering events and blogging for The Yellow Room Philippines- helmed by Mayonnaise front man Monty Macalinao, which is a talent management and recording studio for up and coming independent bands in the Philippines.

The Yellow Room Philippines is paying it forward and giving other talented independent bands out there a shot through THE YELLOW ROOM BATTLE OF THE BANDS. 

Through a rigorous elimination process, band hopefuls sent videos of their performances in the hopes of being included in the coveted list that would ultimately fight it out Rock Of Ages style in a good old Battle Of The Bands.

Paying it Forward: They too were Battle Of The Bands winners, which helped Mayonnaise sky rocket into the local music scene and now Monty Macalinao is paying it forward by giving that same chance to a new generation of musicians.
Taken during The Yellow Room Music Battle of the Bands
(c) Roi Francisco Photography 

Held last August 22 ab B-side, we were actually invited to cover the event but unfortunately we weren't able to because of work but that doesn't mean I wouldn't be writing about it (albeit late) I believe and admire the efforts that The Yellow Room Philippines is doing in order to showcase up and coming talent and as if that wasn't good enough, winners were not simply going to get a Certificate or a Trophy, prizes included free recording packages and even a contract for the winner!

These prizes would surely help these budding artists get their music across, it wasn't just exposure for one night, the Battle Of The Bands served as an opportunity for the bands, it was a door that opened for them, even if they didn't win- they could count that to experience and as for the winners -

Congratulations and I'm definitely looking forward to the new material that you guys will be coming out with!

Kudos to The Yellow Room Music Philippines! You guys rock! 

MABUHAY ANG OPM! 

You can check out the winners list below and their amazing prizes! 

First Runner Up - False Apart

Sorry guys - I'm not familiar with all the bands who joined so I couldn't write better captions but you can check out photos of the event here. 

You can check out the Event page here. 

You can check out the bands by Clicking on their Facebook pages below!

Congratulations also to all the hard working folks from The Yellow Room Music - Shout out to Mich and Honey <3 

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FINAL 14

FINALISTS:

• Amidala

• Antipara

• Attic Wench

• Chasing Victoria

• Defy

• False Apart

• Harlequin Carnivale

• JPTR

• Kodigo

• One Click Straight

• Punchcard

• Run Like Lions

• The Overnight Kings

• Tiempo

PRIZES:

• Certificate of Participation

• One (1) Free Song Recording 

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FINAL 10

FINALISTS:

• Attic Wench

• Chasing Victoria

• Defy

• False Apart

• Harlequin Carnivale

• Kodigo

• One Click Straight

• Run Like Lions

• The Overnight Kings

• Tiempo

PRIZES:

• Certificate of Achievement

• The Free Song Recording will be INCLUDED in "The Yellow Room Battle of the Bands Compilation Album 2014" which will be digitally published online

• Compilation Album Copy once released

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THE B-SIDE CHOICE AWARD

WINNER:

• False Apart

PRIZES:

• Certificate of Recognition

• One (1) Free Acoustic Song Recording

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SOLO AWARDS - MUSICIANS OF THE NIGHT

WINNERS: 

• Attic Wench: Jerome Raymundo (Vocalist)

• Chasing Victoria: Nestor Lao (Guitarist)

• Kodigo: Aaron Emmanuel Galang (Bassist)

• Tiempo: Dianne Ponciano (Keyboardist)

• Run Like Lions: Lehi Rebosura (Drummer)

PRIZES:

• Certificate of Recognition

• Gift Certificates from Rockstore Manila worth PHP 1,000.00

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2ND RUNNER-UP

WINNER:

• Kodigo

PRIZES:

• Certificate of Achievement

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1ST RUNNER-UP

WINNER:

• False Apart

PRIZES:

• Certificate of Achievement

• Gift Certificate worth PHP 1,000.00

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GRAND CHAMPION:

WINNER:

• Attic Wench

PRIZES:

• Certificate of Achievement

• Gift Certificate worth PHP 4,000.00

• Loot Bags from Rockstore Manila worth PHP 12,000.00

• Cash Prize of PHP 5,000.00

• The Yellow Room "EP Recording Package"

• Artist Contract & Management

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