Drum Challenge: - - 28th & 29th April (This Week) -
1. Pre-registration is available on the internet. Please bring your IC for verification on that day. Candidates with online pre-registration will be given priority.
2. Please bring along your IC/Student Pass to the audition venue on the following days: Sat 28 April and Sun 29 April
3. A cash fee of $20 will be charged for each pre-registered entry and a fee of $30 will be charged for walk-in drummers, to be paid at the audition venue directly. The organiser reserves the right to disallow entry for audition if payment is not made in full.
4. Upon registration, you will be allocated a slot for audition. Audition slots are allocated according to a FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED basis.
5. Failure to produce any documents of identification or fee would result in immediate disqualification.
6. Eligible drummers for the semi-finals will be notified via email. Please also check back to this website for the latest updates!
COMPETITION DETAILS AND SPECIFICS
Drummers will be put through 1 round of audition and 1 round of semi-finals. NEW! Semi-finals will be held on 12 May 2007 at Plaza Singapura. Preliminary auditions are held at U.S. Studios, 442A Joo Chiat Road. Situated right in the heart of the Singapore City on Orchard Road, Plaza Singapura is one of Singapore's largest shopping malls. There'll be a Singapore Drumfest 2007 roadshow with games, contests & lucky draws and there will also be a big area for display of sponsors’ products.
Only 2 drummers in each category will face off at the finals on 9 June (Under 21 Category) and 10 June (Open Category).
At the audition, candidates will be required to:
1. Set-up and get ready in 3 minutes.
2. Perform a 2-minute drumset solo piece. There are no restrictions on musical genres. Rudiments are no longer required.
3. Only 'live' performances. No pre-recorded sound materials allowed.
4. Drummers are allowed to bring only their own snare drum and bass drum pedals.
5. The drum kit provided comprises a standard 5 piece drum set with 2 crashes, 1 ride cymbal and 1 pair of hi-hats, as well as a basic double pedal.
At the semi-finals, the top 8 candidates are required to:
i) play not longer than 4 minutes with 1 friend that plays either the bass guitar/electric guitar/keyboard or
ii) play to a music track (that has no drums in the track) not longer than 4 mins
PLUS
A Drum Solo ranging from 3 minutes to 5 minutes.
At the finals, 2 top candidates will face off at Singapore Drumfest 2007 on Day 1 (Under 21) and Day 2 (Open).
Each candidate will play a 3 minute open solo and then play a combined drum battle where they will also trade solos.
The winners will be selected by the featured drummers of the 2007 Singapore Drumfest.
Judging Criteria
1. The panel of judges will judge all contestants based on: skills, instrumentation, delivery, arrangements, showmanship, musicality and overall performance.
2. The judges' decision is FINAL.
General Conditions
1.
The Drum Challenge is open to drummers everywhere around the world. Employees and their immediate families of Drumfest Pte Ltd and its respective affiliated companies are also eligible for participation.
Only immediate families of the judges are not eligible. Interested participants from overseas must make their own arrangements for accommodation, transport and such as is necessary to allow them to ably participate in the competition.
2. Participants must at all times present themselves with good conduct for the entire duration of the Drum Challenge. Participants who violate the law during or after the Drum Challenge/Festival will face possible dismissal from the competition and even future debarment; the prerogative of which lies with the Drumfest Committee. Winners of the competition who contravene this clause will also have their titles stripped.
3. The drummer/band will be held liable for any damage and/or loss of equipment as provided by the Organizers.
4. The Organizer will not be held liable for any loss or damage to the drummer's personal equipment.
5. Potential prize winners may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and a liability and publicity release. If the winner of the 18 or under category is a minor in either the home state (country) of the winner, or the state (country) in which the prize is claimed, his or her parent or legal guardian will also be required to sign the affidavit and release. Failure by any such person to sign and return any such forms within fourteen (14) days of delivery to his or her address, or the return of notification, prize information, or the prize as undeliverable may result in a disqualification of the potential prize winner. Upon any such disqualification, an alternate potential prize winner shall be selected by the judges' panel.
6. All prizes will be awarded. Awards are subject laws and regulations of Singapore. Any applicable taxes or incidental expenses incurred as a result of an award of any prize are the responsibility of the prize winner. Each prize winner shall agree that the Sponsor and its affiliated companies, and the employees, agents and representatives of each shall have no liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of any prize.
7. Acceptance of any prize constitutes the prize winner's permission to use such person's name, picture, likeness and address without further compensation.
8. Prizes are non-transferable.
9. No prize substitutions allowed except at the sponsor's discretion. If a prize cannot be awarded due to circumstances beyond the control of the Organizer, a substitute prize of equal or lower retail value will be awarded.
10. All entries are subject to verification prior to awarding of prizes. All decisions of the Organizer with respect to eligibility and award of prizes are final.
Enquiries
Please email enquiries@singaporedrumfest.com