Another audition on for Joey Ayala music fest
Another audition on for Joey Ayala music fest
ANOTHER round of screening is set on March 11, 3pm at the Event Centre
of SM City Davao for bands interested to participate in the Joey Ayala
music festival.
The music festival will gather aspiring Davao musicians for a
competition of the best cover music version — in any genre — of Ayala
songs. Joey and his band will attend the event which is set 4pm of
March 16 at the Event Centre.
"Reviving Joey Ayala’s music hopes to inspire artists in the industry
and bring back stories of Davao and its people through its original
compositions," a statement from SM said.
Over 35,000 worth of prizes are at stake.
The competition is open to all amateur and professional bands or music
groups — minimum of four and a maximum of 10 members — which can
render their cover version of Ayala’s music. Participants can be male
& female, 16 to 35 years old only.
The contestants will be performing their own version of two recorded
& popularized songs of Joey, using their own style, arrangement
& interpretation.
Registration is still on going. Interested groups can inquire at the SM Davao, Marketing Department 2/F Admin Office.
The first round of preliminary screening set last March 3 with a number of bands joining in.
Prizes at stake are: grand prize - P15,000, second placer - P10,000 and
third placer - P5,000. There will be a consolidation prize of P1,000.
The Bukidnon-born Jose Iñigo Homer Lacambra Ayala is one of the very Filipino artists identified with Davao.
While he grew up in Manila, he spent his college years (late 70’s) in
Davao where he also started his booming musical career (80’s).
With his band Bagong Lumad, Joey moved back to Manila in 1990.
Since then, he has produced six albums, and won numerous awards.
In 2000, Joey received the Datu Bago, the biggest honor given to a
resident of Davao City, "for being an outstanding
composer-performer-bandleader-lyricist, arranger, writer who has
defined the ethnic character of Mindanao music that he renders
magnificently well using his voice and indigenous instruments resulting
in the consciousness of the Filipino soul of intimations of its moral
values and environmental responsibilities.”
His recent award is the Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Award for Social
Artistry given in 2007 for he "taught the young generations through his
well-celebrated songs, the essence of communion and community, of
compassion and service, and of human dignity. He exemplified through
his most ordinary actions what it means to be a man of God and a man
for others. His passionate commitment to music in teaching values makes
him a genuine model of social artistry,"
Among his other awards came from Carlos Palanca Memorial Foundation
(Carlos Palanca Award for Literature), The Philippine Jaycees (The
Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award), Philippine Association of the
Recording Industry (PARI)-Awit Awards, National Commission for the
Filipino Language, NU 107 (Rock Awards), Katha Award, Metropop
Songwriting Contest.
