TV3,GAMA Bands Alive ...living the music

HM
Profiles coming soon.

NOBLES
As a seed germinates when it falls on fertile soil, so has God raised up Nobles on a fertile soil. The name Nobles came about as a result of knowledge in diverse types of music like; Jazz, Oldies, High life, Afro pop, Gospel music, etc possessed from individual members.

Nobles have gained about 30 members who have interest in all kinds of music over the past one year. They have an effective executive body of 12 members but yet to have a manager. The executive body is headed by the president; Michael Okire.

Nobles have had opportunities to perform at Funerals in different parts of Ghana. Nobles have also had music lectures from great musicians like Paul Quartey (Legon Mass Choir), Derrick Addo (Holy Hill Chapel), Rex Omar, Bessa Simons and many others. The greatest desire for the group is for band to play in higher stages and have lectures from other great musicians.

We are not complacent, we wish to achieve and impact more. (Nobles, Impact, Expressing Talents And God Is In Control). We love our fans and we are expecting them to vote and support us. God bless our fans.

VISION (One Band)
Vision band started in 2006 with young students who knew how to handle and play instruments in their various churches. But the fact was we were splitted and needed a way of coming together. A woman by name Mrs. Betty Appiah then organized a programme with the idea of organizing all talented youth who were good in music to come together and form the Talent Discovery Band (T.D.B).

We then came together as a band which was directed by Mr. Cephas Atidoe. It's first time on stage was 5th April 2007 when Prempeh College was having a band Competition. On that same day the name Talent Discovery Band changed to Vision Band.
The members in the band comprise of David Andoh, who is the lead vocalist as well as a multi-talented instrumentalist. Jonathan Tetteh, the percussionist, Isaac Henry Ato, lead guitarist, Emmanuel Akoto, bass guitarist, Joshua Effisah, Derrick Opoku, both keyboardists, Bernard Gyamfi, trombonist, Maxwell Nartey, vocalist and Prince Opoku drummer.
We joined Bands Alive to help bring back live music and to have exposure and to explore our talents. We give thanks to Bishop Asamoah Okyere of the Wesley Methodist Church, Rev. Nana Agyenim Boateng of the Prayer Care Ministry, Lawyer Alex Williams and all who made Vision Band a reality.

All we say to our fans is that we love them so they should keep voting for us and we will never let them down; Keep us in this competition by texting Vision to short code 1732 on all networks.

REFIRE
Profiles coming soon.

SWIFT
Profiles coming soon.

AKAAK
AKAAK Band started as a gospel band in 2004 at Taifa, a suburb of Accra. The band was led by Andrews Adu-Appiah. Due to some pitfalls and lack of musical instruments the band collapsed for some time.

However, in 2006 the group was revived and became a firm band. The band consists of ten members, nine boys and a girl.

In 2008 GAMA Films and TV3 instigated a reality show 'BANDS ALIVE' but due to various problems, we could not participate. AKAAK band has rehearsed tirelessly to join the show this year with the aim of getting publicity and obtaining musical instruments for the Band.

In March 2009, the Band was selected to be amongst the twelve bands for the reality show in a tensed and competitive audition judged by renowned Ghanaian musicians.

For the sake of the show; the Band now consists of 8 boys and a girl. We want to tell our fans that we love them and they should keep voting to keep us in the competition because we will not disappoint them.

KTK BAND
Kantanka as the name goes KTK was formed by Apostle Dr. Safo.

We are ten in number and we are all boys. We started playing as professionals in the year 2000. We had our basics as learners in 1998. Therefore we played for two years; that is 2000 to 2002.
During that season, we went on a break for five years where some of us started schooling. Others also had a job after having completed Senior Secondary School.

It was last year when we heard that there is a programme coming on at TV3 called Bands Alive and we knew we definitely had to participate.

GRUV
Gruv band was formed in Tema at Blessed Generation on the 9th of May, 2008. The band has 10 members, Tei Joshua, Leader and a Keyboardist, Clement Rockson, Keyboardist, Samuel Donkor, Joel Angmor both drummers, Derrick Anderson, Bassist, Steven Arthur Guitarist, Eric Tetteh, Yaro Abiba, Celestine and Bartels, all vocalists. .
Our aim is to tour the world and spread Ghanaian music. We want our fans to vote for us and they won't be disappointed.

WIZZY (Music for the Soul)
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air" says John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the USA. This has been the drive that Wizzy band has anchored onto.

Wizzy from Wisconsin university situated at North Legon is a band that has soul music at heart.
It was formed by Opanin Ameyaw Wiafe when he discovered that Wisconsin university students were pregnant with a lot of musical talents and for that matter the need to deliver.
Wizzy Band comprise of Emmanuel the first Keyboardist, Henry the Second Keyboardist, Elijah lead guitarist, Collins Bassist, Charles the drummer,Kwasi the percussionist, Obuom ,Regina, and Opanin are vocalists.

We joined bands alive to exhibit and equip the talents God has given us in a unique way.
Special thanks to the wonderful people of St Pauls Anglican Church Achimota, Ghana Twins , more especially Mr. and Mrs. Ampadu, Mr. Kissi, Mr. Charles Adu Gyamfi (SRC President Wisconsin University), CEO of Wencon Consultancy Services, Jerry Adobofoe, Wisconsin students and lecturers, and Kwasi Ababio.

We are sure that we have all it takes to win this competition. For this reason we say to all our fans to keep voting for Wizzy by texting Wizzy to 1732 all networks.

HARMONY BAND (Rhythm and Sound)
Harmony was formed in about a month prior to Bands Alive in the year 2008. Dedication and self devotion by both members and managements of the band is what has kept the band together.

Sammie, Nat, Ken, Eric, David, Justice, Nancy, George and Boat make up the promising musical squad Harmony (Rhythm and Sound). Due to some challenges faced by the management of the band, Harmony moved from her origin (Bubiashie-Alhaji) to the Infiniti Nite Club, Banana Inn under the management of Baafour Gyan, Ghana's football striker and till date has been able to sustain the group.

Nana Yaw Asare, Manager, as we all call him is the main reason why the band has been in existence to date. All members of the group promise the whole of Ghana to take live band music to places and always serve it hot in whatever rhythm or sound.

VOKALS
Profiles coming soon.

UP (United Praise)
UP, meaning United Praise was established by one Mr. Robert Tsahey on the 10th May 2007 and has fourteen members in all but currently has nine members on the Bands Alive programme which comprise of Cassandra, Emmanuel, John, Emmanuel, Perpetual, Solomon, Obed and Theophilus.

The band is located at Tema Lashibi. The group seeks to help bring back live music into the system since most occasions are overshadowed with spinner. UP plays all kinds of music including Highlife, Gospel, R&B, Reggae, Hip life etc. UP came into this competition with one mindset to give out the best in songs, to win the hearts of people who love good music and also to win the competition since the sky is only the beginning for us.

What keeps the band moving is the fear of the lord, discipline and hard work. The band interns to release it's album with good and quality music after the competition. We encourage our fans to keep voting for us to keep us in the competition.

UP WINS 2ND EDITION OF BANDS ALIVE

30TH JUNE, 2009

The female lead Band, UP pulled a major upset to win the ultimate prize in this year’s edition of the live band music competition, Bands Alive. They were able to clinch victory from the highly tipped to win, KTK Band, pushing them to second, followed by Vision Band and HM Band in that order.

The four bands each pulled out amazing performances on the night with two rounds of competition. They opened with self-compositions and climaxed it with classic oldies in the second round. Apart from UP Band which performed a Kontihene song, all other three bands performed Western oldies.

In the first round of the competition, the four bands did a song composed by themselves. KTK took the challenge to perform'Fa wo ho bo Nyame' and 'Synthetic world' originally performed by Jimmy Cliff.

Followed was HM who did 'Sanba' and 'Holiday/ Aint no stopping us now', a song originally done by Madonna/ Mcfadene Whitehead. Then UP mounted the stage to do 'Sakawa love' and 'Krohenkro' originally performed by Nana Kontehene. 'My heart for you/ Medi makoma ama wo' and 'Let's have good time/ Land of thousand voices', a song originally done by Kool & the Gang & Oyis Redding.

After the two rounds of competition, it appeared that KTK and Vision topped the night and were the favourites of the huge crowed that gathered in the auditorium of the National Theatre to witness the finale to the 14week thriller.

At the end of the night, KTK topped on the judges’ scorecards, followed by Vision, UP and HM in that order. However, when the public votes were added, the tables were turned completely. This triggered disapprovals from majority of the crowd, raising questions about the credibility of the show.

On the night of the finale, the Judges carried 50% of the decision making process while the public decided the rest. The stage kept blazing when one of the music directors that helped grommed the bands during their stay in the competition, Bessa Simons made audience feel the thrill as he had the opportunity to perform some of his tracks.

UP won a full set of musical instruments, 2,000GHc, and a recording contract with MTN, the title sponsors. KTK won a set of musical instruments and 1,000 GHc, Vision won 3,000 GHc and HM won 2,000 GHc.

The Judges comprising Rex Omar, Prince Mydas and Mark Tonto were around to do their usual thing. The dynamic presenter KKD also added more flavour to the show. It was really a memorable night for the fans who trooped in the National Theatre to witness the event live.

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