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Youth Concert Auditions by Hoopdreamz
Jun 24th
Auditions open for youth concert
Community Announcement
Marco Selorio, community advocate and founder of events and entertainment management group Hoopdreamz, takes on the task of rounding up Fil-Aus youth singers, dancers and performers to showcase their talent at a youth concert to be held in October.
This month, Selorio, as director of the Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC NSW), said he has accepted the role of organising the youth concert to promote Filipino-Australian youth talents in NSW. The event is not a competition but a showcase.
“I’m looking for Filo-Australian singers, dancers, rappers, beatboxers, MCs, or any kind of youth talent More >
Bruno Mars: The Fil-Am Artist with Universal Appeal
Apr 25th
Filipino-American singer-songwriter-producer Bruno Mars ended 2010 with a big bang. His song, Grenade is at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 and expected to stay there for some time. He wrote on his website, “Grenade is the no. 1 song in the country. What a way to end my year! Thank you all for giving me the greatest year of my life.”
Yes, 2010 has been Bruno Mars’ greatest year in his 25 years in the planet. Grenade is Bruno’s third number one after Nothin’ On You with B.o.B. and Just the Way You Are. Grenade sold over 500,000 singles in More >
Taken by Cars (TbC)
Jan 27th
Taken by Cars, usually referred to as TbC, is a Filipino indie rock band composed of Sarah Marco on vocals, Bryce Zialcita on lead guitar, Derek “Siopao” Chua on rhythm guitar, Isa Garcia on bass guitar, and Bryan Kong on drums and sampler. They describe their sound as a mixture of electro, shoegaze, andnew wave.
Formation (1998–2008)Zialcita, Chua, Yap, and Kong, who have been friends since elementary school, formed a rock band in 1998 when they were high school sophomores. In an interview with Philippine Daily Inquirer, Zialcita said that their only goal was to play gigs in saGuijo, a café in Makati City, Philippines, which caters to indie rock enthusiasts. They performed during their high school and college days More >
Up Dharma Down Rocks Facebook
Nov 12th
by: Carlo Ople
A few weeks ago I met up with one of the members of the band Up Dharma Down to just exchange ideas about social media marketing. I was completely blown away with what they’ve accomplished so far on Facebook and I think it would be a crime for me not to recognize them here at New Media Philippines. They’ve done an excellent job on building a strong community online and I think they just have to leverage it some more and they’ll definitely book more corporate gigs without any effort. As of this writing, the Up Dharma Down Facebook Page has 73,600+ “likes”.
Appropriate More >
Cebu Pacific Dancing Flight Attendants Video Gets 9.1M Views
Oct 28th
When Cebu Pacific executives made the decision to have their flight attendants dance during the security briefing they probably didn’t think that several top global websites would pick up the story and give them unprecedented media mileage. As of this writing, Yahoo, Telegraph, Huffington Post, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, and TV Gawker (Gizmodo Network) have featured the video giving it a monumental view count of 9.1M to date! The guy who proposed this to management will probably get a promotion or a bonus.
