Rock N’ Rogue is a concert series held in Encore (formerly known as Embassy) and is produced by JB Music, Encore and J2nes in cooperation with Rogue Magazine and Channel [V]. According to Jerico Fernando, VP-Sales and Marketing of JB Music store chain and co-founder of J2nes, Rock N’ Rogue aims to promote the local music industry into new heights and provide the bands with the best audio equipment.
Having attended the first two concerts myself, I could really say that the concert experience in Encore is incomparable. You can’t go wrong with sound equipment when the concert you’re attending to is produced by one of the biggest retailer and distributor of musical instruments and audio equipment in the country.
You just have to be there to believe it.
“I just want to give people a nice time, like watching rock bands in a big club with superb sound system,” says Fernando. “Many clubs around town fail to offer a really good musical experience because they lower their costs, including the sound system”.
Rock N’ Rogue had its successful launch last April 29 featuring Urbandub, with the band also celebrating its 10th year in the music industry. The Encore Main Room was jam-packed with Dubistas in perfect attendance. Gabby Alipe (Urbandub vocalist) even confessed that it was their longest set ever, with the band performing almost 20 songs from their five album releases. The band also did not expect the number of people that actually showed up for the event.
Two months after the launch, Bamboo took the Encore stage to give their fans a “musical beating” through their wide array of hit singles and also a few well-known Rivermaya songs. Nathan Azarcon (Bamboo bassist) even jokingly thanked Rico Blanco for writing the songs that they played that night. The second installment of the concert series was another success, and I am glad to have been part of it, in a way, by taking photographs and occasionally singing along to the songs I was familiar with.
Still in the lineup to perform this year are The Dawn, Wolfgang and Razorback.
Interested? See you at Encore!
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