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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
will be accepted on www.philpop.com.ph,
with the deadline running until February 28.
The group behind this this endeavor 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.