Freashmeat: SAM is a YEAR OLD!

The UP Jammer's Club Freshmeat in August 2011 is the 2nd gig ever played by SAM. Now, it's 2012, and it's another Freshmeat! The band was supposed to play 3 songs but had to cut short to 2. Nonetheless, this event is close to our hearts, and had fun doing it!

A Night For Given: Benefit Gig at Blackbird(+) Makati

(photo by Jef Carnay)

Last September 1st, Save Alex Movement played their first Metro gig ever! This was for task Force Given Grace's fund raising event called "A Night For Given" held at the now defunct Blackbird Bar in kamagong Street in Makati.

Headlining the event was veteran group The Jerks, who played a very rocking set with both original favorites and classic covers. Datu's Tribe also performed, along with Earthfishfish, and Death or Glory. SAM opened the night with classic covers from Hall and Oates, Lenny Kravitz, among others. The band did a longer set than the usual 3 songs, finishing the night with a total of 7!

Another performer was Ms Monique Wilson and Gabriela, who together recited a spoken word number about women's rights.

In attendance were Given Grace Cebanico's parents who thanked every one for organizing such an event for the cause. See an article about the event HERE.

Indie Overdrive - An IndieCulture.com Production

Indie Culture's first major event was held last April 20 at IC's Bar and Cafe in Los Banos. Ofcourse, Save Alex Movement was there! Thanks for inviting us guys! 


The band played 3 songs, cut from the original 4 that they prepared so that other bands could still have ample time to play. Two of the three songs were rehearsed just the day before the event, and was pulled off quite, well, good enough (thank God not much noticed our mistakes! hehehe). SAM did a cover from Duffy, a song called 'Mercy', and two songs from Hall and Oates, 'Kiss on My List' and 'I Can't Go For That'.


Hosted by Genesis De Guzman and Ira Balmes, the gig line up included:


Angkan Kidz/Gracias

Riki
Chlara
Last Action Heroes
Lost in Melody
Juniper Face the Corner
Save Alex Movement
IndayBote
En Memoriam
Nina Virgin

Surely this is one for the books! Too bad the band didn't have enough time to rehearse their first original song, which is something to watch out for in upcoming gigs.


Here are some photos courtesy of theindieculture.com

UP Jammers' Club's Pound 4 Pound XVII: Wreck and Roll

This year's Pound 4 Pound was held at the LB Square in Lwata Bar with about 14 or so bands performing... Ofcourse Save Alex Movement was there!

Thanks to The Indie Culture for posting the pics! Check out more photos on their website HERE!

December 8, 2011 Gig at the Social Garden

This was a gig of firsts! It was the first time we played without one member (Eric, who was down with the flu), was the first time we played a 30-minute set (6 songs all in all), and this was our first paying gig!

We got to the venue a little late, some of the other bands had started to perform already (the first and second group did 3 songs). We almost didn't play when the organizer said we could play only one song! But it was just a little miscommunication--we were still playing the originally planned 5 songs, after their welcoming program.

We started out with a Fiona Apple cover of "Criminal" which got off a little shaky but we managed to catch up to tempo soon enough. Other songs got the crowd pleased as we played familiar tunes to the "young once" (the audience is composed mainly of graduate students and faculty), with some Hall and Oates and Alan Parson's Project covers. We were to end the set with "Love On The Rocks" by Sara Bareilles but had to extend by one song since they loved us so much! Haha! So we ended up playing Adele's "Right As Rain" for our last song.

We were happy to have gone thru the gig smoothly without Eric, albeit a little bumpy start and quirky keyboard solos that weren't supposed to be. But then the organizer approached us and handed over some...cash! Now that was a little unexpected, and was truly appreciated.

Until the next gig, hope to see you soon!

Save Alex SESSIONS (Volume 1)

The Save Alex Studios (also known as The Sunday Room)

It's been quite a while since the band got together to jam, the last one being in August... Since then, they have put up a little space where they can "freely" hone their sound and rehearse without time constraints (themselves being their only limit).

So for the first time, they practiced at the Save Alex Studios a.k.a. the Sunday Room--a small rehearsal studio space beside 10-0-71 Digital Post. It is a space they share with another band, Sunday Brew, wherein they all pitched in to complete the equipment needed in the space.

SAM is rehearsing for upcoming gigs this December 8 and 9, with about 6 to 7 songs on the line up. Watch out for SAM's upcoming video blog coming soon!