Top 7 Proteges...

Congratulations to all the 7 Proteges who qualify to the next round...

1DZ
Farkhan
Firwan
G.O.D
Liptalk
Vanguard Oddities
WFM

You'll be seeing more of them at our shows. G.O.D will be performing at Floetry May and all of them will be performing at our next showcase Family Affair II. More updates soon.

ps; Pictures of Floetry April is up! Courtesy of Mr36 On Par Photography! :)

PROTEGE!

We heard you, and we did what you want us to do. You wanted new acts, well tomorrow you're going to see the future of Singapore independent hip-hop acts. From 17 who applied, 14 came down to the audition and we picked 10 for the show. From this 10 proteges, only 7 will qualify to next round. Who will be the top 7?

Come down tomorrow and watch Protege, our first hip-hop talent search program that will stretch throughtout 2008. Featuring guest performances by Rauzan, Public EyeZ, Sleeq, The Cartelz, Will's Invasion, Mr Chan and Leo37(Canada). Admission is only $5 and doors open at 2pm. The event is held at Chamber, The Arts House.

There will also be CDs selling at our ticket booth. Freaky Z's 'Fymps' and '1Asia' compilation cd is going at $10 and Mr Chan's 'Last Man Standing' is going for $5 only. So do bring some extra dough and support our local artiste's work.

See ya'll tomorrow! We love our Saturdays! :)

Rauzan at Floetry...

While waiting for Floetry pictures to be uploaded, here is our favourite performance last weekend. Rauzan performing 'Kasih Mengapa' during Floetry at Earshot Cafe. Enjoy!

We received 2 emails about crowd participation at gigs. One was a feedback about the crowd and the other one is about the artiste performing. We love your feedbacks and we hope anyone who has points or suggestions that we can improve on, please write to us at 65hope@gmail.com. Thank you for helping us. :)

Very nice... how much?

We wish we can get our show venues for free, because we seriously don't like charging our loyal audiences for our shows (Plus can save manpower also). We've had different cover charges since 65 & Hope launch last year. We want to hear from you what is the highest price you would pay to watch our shows.

We have started a poll for you vote (its on under our links!). Tell us what you think! Have a great weekend! :)

PROTEGE: Updates!

Ok, some of you are confused seriously. This week, Saturday, we are having Floetry @ Earshot Cafe. Its FREE admission and the show starts @ 6.30pm. Performing will be Rauzan, Akeem, Chavito and more. Got it? :)

The week after that...



We'll have PROTEGE! What Protege is all about? Well, inspired by Platform, we are making our very own hip-hop talent search program that will stretch throughout 2008. We will have the Audition (April), Intro show (April) and last but not least the Final show (December). Only 7 'proteges' will be picked from the Intro show, and they will be groomed and working with some of the best in the scene for 7 months until the Final show. Top 3 from the Final show will walk away with amazing prizes, cut an EP and have a launch show, all sponsored by 65 & Hope. Sound good eh? :)

Registration through email, is still open or you can choose to walk-in for the audition on 19th April, 4 - 6pm @ Earshot Cafe, The Arts House (yes, its just before Floetry). But do take note, priority is given to those who register through email and there's a BONUS if you do. Results will be announced after Floetry.

For those who have registered through email, you should receive a reply from us by now. We thank you for your support and look forward to see you at the audition. :)

And to all our dedicated audience at our shows, we will be selling the tickets for Protege this Saturday, during Floetry. Simply approach our ticketing booth and tickets are going at only $5.

So to all those who wants to join Protege, hurry up, send your name, stage name, contact and a short bio abour yourself/crew to 65hope@gmail.com. To all those who love the scene and its music, spread the word about our shows. Much love! Peace! :D

RE:Definition continues...

Thanks to the good fellas of Xclusive Online Radio, they've made this aftershow interview video from our previous event Definition. More videos of performances will be up soon. And if you want to be updated on our videos, subscribe to our youtube account, http://www.youtube.com/65hope. We'll upload any hip-hop videos we can find in the local scene. So stay tuned! :D

Floetry is back...

Floetry is back this month! Featuring performance by Chavito, Akeem, Rauzan and many more. We'll be having more interactive segments and news updates too. Admission is FREE, so tell your friends about it. But we would advise you to come early, because space is limited. Hope to see ya'll at The Arts House, 19th April @ 6.30pm. Peace! :)

PROTEGE: Audition Date, Time & Venue

The audition date, time and venue is set.

On Saturday, 19th April, 4 - 6pm, we'll be having the auditions for Protege at the Earshot Cafe, The Arts House. From there, only the choosen 15 acts will be selected to perform at the Chamber for our Protege exclusive showcase on 26th April. Registration is still open, email us at 65hope@gmail.com your full name, stage name and a little bio about yourself/crew.

Protege is open to anyone, whether you're new or old in the scene.

WORD: We Jammin' The Airways

It used to be Soundclick then on to social networking sites like Myspace and now our music can be heard over the radio topping charts and getting more requests day by day. If you’re with me, then I’m sure you belong to the people who are now smiling and standing proud looking at the achievement of our very own ever since back in the days.

We used to not have any solid equipments to work with, no bedroom studio, no producer that’s readily available offering their services to people who’s out to make a banger except the occasional hiphop gig that happens for us all to showcase our music. In fact, it wasn’t just technological advancement that helped us get to where we are now, our sheer determination to ‘Keep It Real’ and getting out there to ‘hustle’ our cause enabled us to enjoy the current success.



Many passionate scenesters worked hard to create channels for other like them to put out their work. There was Platform, FreshNite, Hiphop Festival, Da’Shocase and recently Floetry, which was all set up to keep the local scene and spirit of hiphop alive. These specific events weren’t just made for the hiphop fans in mind but it being held outdoors helped to further reach out to the public’s ears. Not until Construction Sight (rap duo in which Sheikh Haikel was a part of) won Asia Bagus, hiphop in SG was non-existent then. That was the first step right there. It helped spread not just the music but the word about our very own hiphop out to the people.



Anyhoos enough sidetracking and let’s get back on track here. So with many new aspiring emcees sprouting out every now and then how do you make music and put it out there for others to listen? Soundclick.com was the answer back in circa ’01 – ‘05. You could do up a profile and upload all your songs and promoting your music was as easy as linking your listeners to the page. On comes Myspace which was a gazillion times better because of well…the Bulletin board. No more hopping from forum to forum to promo your music one by one because the Bulletin helps broadcast your message across to all in your ‘Friends’ list. For many of us that have yet to make it big, sure yeah, such sites are enough for us but for people who have a little more passion and dedication to the art form, that couldn’t possibly be the limit, right? They have to get out there and find new avenues to get their music out to the public and that was exactly what they did.



The mass media. We made it on TV and got our songs played on the radio. It was the best medium to showcase our talent. It was an outlet to let the people see/hear us. Freaky Z, Rauzan and Sleeq to name a few all got their songs heavily played on the radio because it was good and the masses loved it. The local scene is evolving and progressing. The path has already been set and now it is up to the rest to follow in the footsteps of these pioneers.

I must congratulate these guys for helping to promote good hiphop music to the public and to everyone else who’s helped since day 1 to spread the sounds of our homegrown talents. Be it the release of mixtapes or having our own bedroom radio shows done through podcasting or whatever, it is all done for the same cause.

Big ups to Divine-Aura for the distribution of the non-profitting Voices from Beneath mixtape project, XS.One for the Xclusive Online Radio series and 65&Hope for organizing events actively for us all to get together and enjoy what we have learned to love about the art.

- Hafiz RSG




ps; If you have articles you would like to share and publish, simple send them to 65hope@gmail.com. We wanna know what you think about the scene. :)

RE:Definition

Ok, firstly, dont think we're gone. We're here and still gonna be here.

Secondly, our most favourite photographer of the moment has uploaded his pictures of the recent Definition gig and we're here to share them with you. Please note all pictures are copyright of On Par Photography, so ask for permission or at least holla atcha boy! Mad props to Yasin! You're crazy dude! Click on the photo for more... :D

Definition went pretty ok, even though we faced some lighting problem and the wired mics. We received some feedbacks about the length of the show, and trust us, we'll work on it on the next show. Thank you for supporting us! Next up is PROTEGE!! Hurry up, application is still open to sign up and audition is sooner than you thought. Dont wait any longer! For those who have emailed us, kindly wait for a reply on when and where the audition is gonna held aite.

Till then, stay power like Nurul *the one in the pic* and may the force be with you! :)