Battle of the Bands - IOM

11/03/2024

Wow! What a night - I think that has to be the best BOTB yet!

Here's the results:
The Jonno Award - Frank Joughin (Scran)
The Anglin Award - Josh Wells (Reject)

Honourable mentions - Alaisha (Explicit Redaction); Tom Corlett (Reject); Matty Cope (Sub Level 5); Cara Rowles (The People)

Best Original Song - Sub Level 5
Best Junior Band - Headless Capybaras
Best Senior Band - Croteau

Scotty Bradshaw from Full Moon Festival, also announced that Croteau would have a opening slot on Friday on the main stage, and the 2nd place senior band, Reject, would have an opening slot on Saturday!

Thanks to everyone who helps run this, but especially to Soundcheck Charity, Fraser Grant Music, Scotty Bradshaw. Shout out to our backstage helpers, Steph, Artie and Janine.

10/03/2024

Only 17 tickets left, and we know there are some people coming who haven't bought yet...... don't leave it too long.

Equally, if you've bought tickets and don't need them, please let us know so we can make sure everyone who wants to come can come!

10/03/2024

In honour of Fraser, we're going to be raffling off this super cool bass uke tonight! It's perfect for practicing, for younger kids to start bass on, and as a portable instrument to take anywhere!

It RRP's at £263, so it could be yours for the bargain price of £1 a strip :)

08/03/2024

As well as our prizes for Best Senior Band, Best Junior Band, and Best Original Song, we also have 2 special awards that are given to individuals at the discretion of the adjudicators. These awards are given in memory of 2 amazing people, who gave so much to the Island's music community, and who were especially supportive of young musicians.

The Jonno Award - Jonno Gollow was a music promoter and a member of the Soundcheck Charity and the IOM Arts Council. He brought some incredible musicians over to the Island to perform, and was always keen to give the support slots to young musicians. He was a keen musician in his own right too!

The Anglin Award - Anglin Buttimore was an incredible pianist, and worked as a sound engineer on Island for decades! Every musician on the Island had come into contact with him at some point, and he had infinite patience for everyone, and especially young bands on their first gigs.

We know that they'd be the first people helping us to run this competition, and we're really happy to be able to keep their memory alive through these awards!

08/03/2024

We'd like to say a huge thank you to Soundcheck Charity for supporting this event once again! They really have been incredible with both financial support, and manpower on the day!

We really believe that we should bring an industry professional over to judge the bands. Firstly because they are a neutral party, and secondly because they have a wealth of information and experience to pass on to the students. We also believe that there should be a good financial reward for the winning bands, and we know that most of the bands in previous years have invested this money in equipment, which helps them to continue improving! We are also really keen to make live music accessible for under 18's, and it's always our policy to have free tickets for under 18s.

We wouldn't be able to achieve any of these aims without Soundcheck Charity's generous help!

https://soundcheckcharity.im/

08/03/2024

Don't forget that Mannin Music Shop is open 1-4pm on Sunday. Pop down in between soundchecks if you need any supplies!

Hi! We’re Dave and Laura and we own Mannin Music Limited. We’re both classically trained musicians, who have been working full time as musicians, teachers and sound engineers (well just Dave on that one!) since we graduated. We set up Mannin Music in 2012 as a music education business, and since...

08/03/2024

Only around 30 tickets left, and they're selling steadily today - don't leave it until the last minute to get yours!

https://www.manninmusic.shop/.../battle-of-the-bands.../

07/03/2024

We have 9 amazing bands performing this Sunday at the BOTB! Come along and show you support for these fantastic young musicians.

You can buy tickets through Mannin Music Shop. Under 18's are free, but under 16's must be accompanied by an adult. You can buy tickets here: https://www.manninmusic.shop/product/battle-of-the-bands-tickets/

20/02/2024

Fraser, our adjudicator, is offering a small number of 1-2-1 bass lessons whilst he is back on Island. These will take place on Saturday 9th March at Mannin Music Shop, and you can book your slot online at: https://www.manninmusic.shop/product/bass-lessons-with-fraser-grant/

£30 for a 45 minute lesson, and all ages and abilities are welcome.

https://www.frasergrantmusic.com/

19/02/2024

Tickets are now on sale! Follow the link to get yours: https://www.manninmusic.shop/product/battle-of-the-bands-tickets/

All under 18's are free at our gigs, but please still book a ticket through the website so we know numbers. Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult.

Sunday 10th March, 7pm at Peel Centenary Centre

15/02/2024

Deadline for entries is fast approaching!

Get them into us by Sunday!

27/01/2024

Registration is now open for this year. Please get in touch if you want a registration form!

13/03/2023

We had a great gig last night, and the competition was fierce! Here is a rundown of the winners!

Best Junior Band: Oranges 2.0
The Anglin Award: Grey Doyle
The Jonno Award: Coby Stephenson
Best Original Song: Croteau - Influenza
Most Promising Guitarist: Josh Wells
Best Senior Band: EJECT

After such a great night of music we're really looking forward to next year...so get practicing!

10/03/2023

Along with our prizes for the best Junior and Senior bands, we also have the Jonno Award and the Anglin award. These prizes can be given out to performers who impress the judges individually or for anything else that they feel needs recognising. They are given out in memory of 2 dearly departed friends.

Jonno was a huge supporter of live music who promoted bands on the island, and his passion for great music meant he brought over artists that normally wouldn't get to come over. Always happy to chat about music and bands and entertainment, or complain about there not being enough music!

Anglin was another massive presence in the music world on the Island. A sound engineer working all over the island and at the Villa, he was known to almost all the musicians here, but he was also an astoundingly good keyboard player with a rich history and making music.

We honour both of these departed giants with awards in their names. Gone but never forgotten.

10/03/2023

We posted about the free workshop, but who exactly is our guest Judge Thomas Cameron?

'Singing sensation' Thomas Cameron is a charismatic young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and is making waves in the world of classical music. Since 2018 Thomas has worked with a number of top industry professionals, such as
​Irish music producer Robert Macleod (Universal, Grapevine Records, Bwitched) and sound engineer Scott Barnett (Peter Gabriel, Beyoncé) and he has recorded at the world famous Real World Studio and at Abbey Road.
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Thomas was nominated for a Classical Brit Award at the 2018 ceremony held at The Royal Albert Hall. He was entered into the 'Sound of Classical Poll' category, shining a light on the future of classical music.

Thomas has worked with a number of songwriters from across the globe on some very exciting projects. These include songwriters from Sweden, America, Australia and Ireland. This has led to Thomas expanding into other countries and growing a fanbase in different corners of the world.
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Thomas' new single 'Nothing Lasts Forever' with Pat Fagan went straight to Number 1 of the Amazon Broadway Hot Releases within just 12 hours of release and remained there for 5 weeks. Following this, Thomas released 'Bring Him Home' on all major platforms which also went straight to number one of the Amazon Broadway Hot Releases and Best Sellers, as well as reaching the overall top 40.
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Thomas has his own radio show - firstly on Ocean City Radio, but he joined True Radio UK in March 2022. Some of his special guests have included: Suzi Quatro, Boney M (Liz Mitchell), Cheryl Baker, Chesney Hawkes, CHIC (Richard Hilton), Earth Wind and Fire (Serg Dimirtijevic), Imagination (Leee John), Sydney Youngblood, Spandau Ballet (Steve Norman), The Communards (Sarah Jane Morris), The Brand New Heavies, Ruti, Dr and The Medics, Glen Matlock from The S*x Pistols, ELO's Milton McDonald, Owen Paul and Harleymoon Kemp.

We're delighted to have him over to help pick the best young band!

05/03/2023

Our guest Judge Thomas Cameron, will be giving young singers tips and hints on vocal technique. 1.30pm on Sunday 12th and The Centenary Centre!

03/03/2023

***Tickets are now available for the show***

You can get tickets for the gig at the below link. Doors 6pm for a 6.30pm start. Under 18s are free, but please let us know how many under 18s you will have in your party so we can make sure we're got enough seats!

19/02/2023

We've got a few entries in already, but we've been looking at our forms, and it seems we've got the entry deadline date wrong on them!

The actual deadline is 26th, so you've still got a week to get those applications in!

19/01/2023

We're back! BOTB - IOM 2023 is planned, bigger and better than ever :)

20/03/2022

Here's a bit of a show reel of all the bands from the night!

Some short snippets of all the bands who took the stage during the competition!We'd like to thank:Soundcheck Charity - For Supporting the eventAdjudicators -...

19/03/2022

Did you listen to Christy's show tonight? If not you can playback here :) Start around 1 hour 21

https://www.manxradio.com/radioplayer/od/items/saturday-live-lounge-19th-march/

Also, make sure you buy the Inde - we got the center spread! Thanks Mike Wade :)

Radioplayer web player

14/03/2022

Huge thanks to our lovely judges - Christian Phillips, Dr. Chloe Woolley and Fiona Helleur. Also a massive thanks to Christy DeHaven for MCing, and to His Excellency Sir John Lorimer for presenting the awards. Thanks to Mike Wade for taking the photos and to Dave McLean and all of the Centenary Centre for hosting us. A final huge thank you to the Soundcheck Charity who have sponsored the competition.

14/03/2022

Finally....the winners! Thanks to Mike Wade for taking all the photos.
The Jonno Award - Lettie Hyett
The Anglin Award - Jess Murphy
Best Original Song - The Internal Affair
Best Junior Band - Soundwaves
Best Senior Band - Drop Kick the Fish

14/03/2022

And here's the photos of the senior bands. Huge thanks to Mike Wade for taking all the photos.

14/03/2022

What a night! Here's a few photos of the junior bands. Huge thanks to Mike Wade for taking the photos!

07/03/2022

Nearly competition time!

All of the bands should have had all the info over email, but just in case, here's what's happening this Sunday (13th). Everything is in Peel Centenary Centre.

11am songwriting workshop with Christian Phillips. Please send us a quick message if you plan on coming.
2pm senior heats (all bands to be there by 1:30pm). Friends and family are welcome to come and watch and it is free.
6:30pm main competition (all bands to be there by 6pm). The cost is £5 per adult and all under 18s are free. The competition will be finished by 9pm at the latest.

The Governor is going to be in attendance, so if everyone could be in their seats by 6:25pm, that would be amazing!

Looking forward to supporting all our amazing young bands now!

20/02/2022

Wahoo! Lots of entries coming in :) Thanks everyone. If you haven't entered yet and still want to, we'll give you to the end of half term. With £500 up for grabs, among other amazing prizes, it would be silly not to!

23/01/2022

Introducing our external adjudicator......Christian Phillips. Christian has been working as a professional musician for over 20 years, and is a composer, singer, multi instrumentalist and arranger. As well as being the adjudicator for BOTB-IOM, Christian will also be running some songwriting and arranging workshops for us.

Christian is the main member of the Sonic Executive Sessions, but is well known as a session guitarist. He's worked with Duffy, opera star Bryn Terfel, the Zombies, Colin Blunstone, The London Community Gospel Choir, members of Queen and The Tom Jones band. He is also MD of the Tenors of Rock show in Las Vegas.

As a composer he has been responsible for film scores, TV signature tunes, and has been the MD behind numerous music and entertainment programmes for TV, radio and theatre productions.

In 2009 Christian was awarded a royal television society award and a bafta. A film he also wrote the score and co wrote the script for was nominated for a kids screen award in New York. He has also been nominated for a Rose d'Ore in Cannes for his music for television.

17/01/2022

We're back! This year's BOTB-IOM will be held on Sunday 13th March. Application forms are now available, and the closing date for entries is Friday 18th February. Email [email protected] to get an application form

26/10/2021

We've taken a break because of the crazy last 2 years, but we're planning on coming back bigger than ever! Keep following for updates