english superband?

[ahkiatt]

just wondering.
there's singapore idol.
there's anugerah
there's jue dui superstar
there's the school superstar competition thingie
there's superband(the one on channel u)
there's the indian talent quest.(forgive me for not knowing)
Why isn't there a English band competition?
any ideas why?

 

[Gr3y]

lol..
i guess 1st of all... sponsors... what brands could most prob sponsor for english pop-rock in singapore? but its not a impossible! i guess they might already have looked into it and got things planned..
practices ur work 1st my friend! the day might come..

 

[ahkiatt]

no la i'm not that interested in joining. just wanna watch. at least itll help perk up sg's music scene. won't it?

 

[teraslasch]

school of rock counted?

 

[ahkiatt]

but school of rock wasn't televised on tv. but i think for sg, it's prolly good enough...

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

Well put it this way... too much of one thing would make things boring. Why is it fewer people are into S'pore Idol these days (it's true.. I just read the ST and the viewership is down by 1/3 compared to season 1)?

Think about how MTV has affected music nowadays... this is debatable, but if you had watched 'School of Rock' (the movie).. what Jack Black's character says is pretty true: MTV has spoiled rock and roll because when you have rock music 24/7, and what used to be so precious and rare has turned into a spoon-feeding routine.

And I think it's only fair to say that these programmes are only out to make $$$. Where's Taufik? What are the people who won 'School of Rock' doing? What is Wei Lian doing now?

I do not doubt it (having English band competition) will perk up the local scene somewhat, but will these bands be joining for the sake of injecting good music, or just for the sake of 'making it big'?

Let's think about it for a moment, because too much of something may not be the best thing. Esp since got so many 'talent' competitions going around. The effect of making it big is already diluting before our very eyes.

 

[ahkiatt]

i guess it'll be up to the "winning" band to work after the competition. eg make good music esp since they've got good recordin deals and better budgets. and hosting larger scale concerts, say in the expo or indoor stadium.

then with what crawldaddy said, maybe we should wait a while when such comps aren't that popular in sg before such a comp is held to excite us a lil.

 

[letterhead]

i'd probably not be up for this competition or watch it... just look at Singpapore idol...

 

[xemorej]

why not?! u mean there are no local english bands out there better than the superband bands? c'mon, support our very own local music, especially of youre a musician yourself.

 

[neuro182]

in order to make a name for urself/ur band, u dun necessary hafta do it thru competition rite?

and if there is realli an english superband, people will be cursing & swearing & accusing bands for selling themselves out.

haix, we're living in a contradictory world!!

 

[CyanideJunkie]

and if there is realli an english superband, people will be cursing & swearing & accusing bands for selling themselves out.

too true... too true...

 

[xemorej]

gotta agree with the part that we live in a world or ironies.

selling themselves out and what not, but on the positive side, its just a way to make it big, yes u still can do so without competitions, but its a very tough world out there, even more so for ENGLISH bands in SINGAPORE.

 

[InfernoxDeath]

Bands don't need competitons to be televised just to gain popularity...

 

[redjackal]

but i guess that's the easiest and fastest way out to gain publicity?
being in this practical world is just that
who sell out, who gets it.

just like those underground hardcore bands
they dont get exposed on MTVs etc etc.
and their CDs sales of course is definately lower than those rock and roll bands.

some metal bands are going commercised.
i guess their labels would stop their deals if they don't sell out more?

If you just doing damn brutal.....
and no one supports you, ok, minority?
what about cost? who's gonna cover up all those.
recording, equipments, etc etc
and one day you will just have to do it back at home again all by yourself.

just some thoughts :wink:

 

[Tribalcast]

Iron Maiden was underground then. But they've sold more records then some of the commercial artist now. And they didn't really need help from popular mediums like MTV. It's how you do it and why must there be always a need to say hey I must get in MTV to be popular?

 

[XLayaR]

I think this is a very sensitive issue

But honestly speaking, IMO I think that labels are only intrested in signing/advertising chinese acts nowadays. Not that you can't get signed, but look whats happening. Ronin and electrico don't get as much publicity as the superstar people and that girl that sang about the mouse(sorry, dunno her name). Even taufik, sly have all switched back to singing their mother tongues.

So I can see why there is no english band competiton.

 

[Mobius]

But they probably did a lot of touring around the world to build up their following. Being exposed to the media is a shortcut to success. And in the context of Singapore, there is not much avenues for u to tour around and build up a following. so the media is the only source to build a following.

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

^ bear in mind that so many of our youths today are depending on the 4 main mediums of communication to gain access to music or artistes:

1. Television (think MTV, tvmobile, channel V etc etc)
2. Radio (think 98.7, Power98 etc etc)
3. Internet (think itunes, p2p programmes, online music sites)
4. Magazines or newspapers.

Back in the days of yore, why did Led Zeppelin or Iron Maiden or whichever band gain so much popularity? It was mainly by this immense word-of-mouth. Is this 'word-of-mouth' communication still going on? of course, through blogs, daily conversation etc.

However, that effect has been diluted due to the above-mentioned 4 main threads of communication. So given the fact that the above-mentioned 4 channels of mass communication are controlled by government or whatever... what makes anyone here believe that maybe a local band which does not play mainstream music would get the same amount of 'exposure' compared to a band which 'sells out'?

Let's face it, because it's true: selling out = more exposure = more money for the record company which is the true intention of talent shows. It's about making money, not having the direct intention of giving the band a name for itself.

So back to the thread: why is there no english superband competition?

Sad but true: english bands do NOT sell in singapore.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

last time got asia bagus with bands competition, now got all the various battles of the bands, asiabeat compeition. If just wanting to watch the bands playing on tv, just bring a tv frame and watch them live at those competition, looking thru the tv frame.. :lol:

 

[edder]

hey remember talentime?

CHERRY CHOCOLATE CANDY?

where are they now?