After a successful debut earlier
this year, the illustrious Philippine Popular Music Festival songwriting
competition is gearing up for its 2nd run this 2013. As early as January 1, entries are accepted on www.philpop.com.ph, with
the deadline running until February 28.
The group behind this this endeavour is the PhilPop
Musicfest Foundation Inc, which involves itself in nation
building through music. It seeks
to identify
deserving songwriters who can inspire and spark positive change through their
songs and are given the opportunity to shine.
Expecting to break the record of 3,000 participants
in the initial run, Philpop, under the baton of its Executive Director Maestro
Ryan Cayabyab, laid out a more comprehensive and arduous screening process to
find the top 14 finalists.
The competition is open to amateurs and
professionals, participant must be of Filipino descent so even those residing
abroad can join, the song
entry may be written in a popular or new song genre, or a fusion thereof, in
any form or structure, as lyrics may be in Filipino, a Philippine regional
language, a Philippine dialect, English, or any combination thereof.
The
song entry must be entirely original. It must not be licensed to any publisher;
has not been printed and distributed as hard copy; or through the internet; has
never been previously recorded and must not infringe on any existing copyright
or any other rights. It must not have been performed live in any venue, on
traditional radio and television, or internet, or pre-recorded and uploaded on
the internet, or recorded on video or other format for future broadcast.
The
million-peso champion of the first ever Philippine Popular Music Festival is former
Akafellas member Karl Villuga with his song “Bawat Hakbang”. The composition, which was about
overcoming a personal crisis, was interpreted by Villuga along with his former
groupmates and crooner Mark Bautista. First runner-up award went to Australia-based
Soc Villanueva with his R&B
song “Kontrabida” sung by Sam Concepcion.
Young composer Toto Sorioso won the second runner-up prize for his
composition “Tayo Tayo Lang” performed by former Sugarfree frontman Ebe Dancel
while first timer James Leyte, who works in an IT department, won the Smart
People’s Choice Award for his reggae-influenced song entitled “Brown”
co-interpreted by Brownman Revival.
Maestro
Cayabyab clarifies that even the past winners can still join the competition.
“We are continuing to promote the songs from the
Philpop and the album while drawing up strategies to further thrust these
songwriters and songs into the spotlight” shares Maestro Cayabyab. “We are looking forward to again stage
the biggest and most illustrious song writing competition in Philippine history
with an even more songwriters vying for the 1 million pesos grand prize this
2013”.
PhilPOP
is supported by Maynilad, Smart, Meralco, PLDT, Resorts World Manila, TV5,
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, NLEX, Sun Cellular, the First Pacific
Leadership Academy, KBP, and Philex.
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