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...scene this vibrant, it's hard for any act to rise above the clamor, but Up Dharma Down might just be doing so. Beloved of air-punching fans and chin-stroking critics alike, this genre-defying quartet was pegged by BBC radio DJ Mark Coles last year as the Manila band most likely to cross over to the lucrative Anglophone market of North America. Its internationally viable sound shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who knows the environment it sprang from. "The Philippines is used to following global music trends," says Toti Dalmacion, Up Dharma Down's manager...
...Manila got its first taste of Up Dharma Down in 2004 at a bimonthly showcase for untried acts. That sensational evening at Café saGuijo-a proving ground for Manila's young bands-immediately caught the attention of local cognoscenti, and the next time the band played, the venue was packed. Since then, Up Dharma Down has won national music awards for its debut album, Fragmented, and it was nominated for Best New Artist at the Philippines' 2006 MTV Music Video Awards. It was also the first Filipino band to appear on MTV's Advance Warning, a showcase...
...Marketing and distribution opportunities presented by the Internet and other digital technologies may help Up Dharma Down overcome the problems posed by location and limited capital, however, and the industry is certainly keen to ensure such opportunities are exploited. MTV is working with local music companies to stage the provisionally entitled Philippine Music Congress in January 2008. The three-day forum will include discussions on making and selling music in a borderless digital marketplace. Channel V's online initiative, the AMP website, has already helped a handful of acts, like Rivermaya in Singapore, make regional headway. It also raises...
...though, Up Dharma Down needs to deliver that all-important follow-up album, and continue building its fan base. Millare certainly hasn't let the kudos go to her head; in fact, she has set a straightforward goal for the band's immediate future. "The most important thing," she says, "is to be heard." She could be speaking for young musicians in bars all over Manila...
...woman of color, how do you feel about being played by Angelina Jolie in the movie? -Dharma Kemp-Bresett, NASHUA, N.H.I have heard some criticism about her casting, but it is not about the color of your skin. It is about who you are. I asked her to play the role--even though she is way more beautiful than I am--because I felt a real kinship to her. She put her whole heart into it, and I think she understood why we should do this movie. We had something to say that we knew we should say together...