Sun Broadband Band Quest 2013 – College and University Battle of the Bands

Sun Broadband (Sun Cellular) is calling all college and university bands on their Sun BroadBand Quest 2013 in partnership with MCA Music Inc. If you are a college student and belong to (Pop, Pop Rock, Alternative, Acoustic, Rap, Rock and RNB) Band with members in the same school then you are in to this Quest from Sun Broadband. Here’s your  shot at fame and get a chance to win the Grand Prize of 150,000 pesos, recording contract with MCA Universal, exposure to gigs and events hosted by Sun Cellular and MCA Universal and workshop with professional OPM bands. What are you waiting for? Join now. You may continue reading below on how to and mechanics of Sun BroadBand Quest 2013.

Sun Broadband Band Quest 2013 (image by Sun Cellular)

How to and Who may qualified to join Sun BroadBand Quest 2013?

"1. SUN BROADBAND QUEST is open to all unsigned and amateur bands composed of college students in the Philippines between the ages of sixteen (16) to twenty-five (25) at the time of joining and with a minimum of three (3) and a maximum of five (5) members. ALL MEMBERS OF THE BAND MUST BE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE SAME COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY; WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VOCALIST/S, BANDS MUST PLAY THEIR SONGS USING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; each band member must be part of only one competing band of the same school.

2. Unsigned bands shall refer to bands that do not have any record label agreement or contracts with major or independent record labels. Should a band decide to enter into any such agreement or contract with a record label during the competition, said band shall be automatically disqualified from the contest; and

3. The band should represent a college or university in the Philippines. There is no limit to the number of band representatives per school.

4. During the duration and at any stage of the promotion, SUN BROADBAND reserves the right to disqualify bands for violating the abovementioned qualifications. The decision of SUN BROADBAND on this matter is final.

5. To join, the band must do the following steps:

a. Purchase a SUN BROADBAND [E]ntertainment Stick (one per band).

b. Register Online by using the unique access code from the Entertainment stick at www.sunbroadband.ph/bandquest .

a. All members of the band must fill in his/her full name, university/college where he/she’s currently enrolled, email address and mobile number;

c. Upload the following:

a. Each band must submit one (1) video recording of their band’s all-original song and one (1) video recording of a cover version of any song by any band of their choice as long as the genre is not heavy metal. Videos should be in MPEG, MP4 and FLV format and should not exceed 50MB. Videos should not exceed 5 minutes.

b. All members of the band must show/present their valid school IDs in both the video recordings of their all-original song and cover version.

6. When a band is selected to be part of the top ten (10) finalists, SUN BROADBAND and MCA UNIVERSAL deserve the right to get confirmation from the selected band’s college/university of its permission to allow the band to join the contest, before any announcement of the top ten (10) finalists is done."

For questions and other informations about their terms and conditions just visit http://www.sunbroadband.ph/bandquest/index.php#/termsandconditions

For more information and complete details about Sun Broadband Quest 2013 just visit http://www.sunbroadband.ph/bandquest

Deadline for submission of on entries in Sun Broadband Quest is on January 15, 2013. The announcement to Top 10 Finalist results will be on February 1, 2013 and the Grand Finals is on March 2, 2013 with live performances from top OPM bands and the Finalist.