Another good news has arrived. Me, all together with my project NICK have received 9 nominations from VIMA ASIA 2014. Below you can find the complete list of the nominations & how to vote for us. So, if you think we deserve to win, kindly place your vote. Many Thanks!
Vote for Yacko & my band NICK at VIMA ASIA 2014
(Last day to vote is 10th of February 2014)
Best Dance/Club Song:
Dancing in The Rain ft. Midnight Quickie
Ghost - NICK (Random Remix)
Best Genre Bender Song:
Ink & Paint ft. Random
Best Hip Hop Song:
Ink & Paint ft. Random
Best Rock Song:
Y.O.N.E.X - NICK
You're the most dramatic queer in the world - NICK
Best Pop Song:
Never Enough - NICK
Intro - NICK (Teddyology Remix)
Best Music Video:
Never Enough - NICK
HOW TO VOTE:
1. Go to the following links:
BEST DANCE/CLUB SONG: http://bit.ly/vimaasia-dance
BEST GENRE BENDER SONG: http://bit.ly/vimaasia-gbender
BEST HIP HOP SONG: http://bit.ly/vimaasia-hiphop
BEST ROCK SONG: http://bit.ly/vimaasia-rock
BEST POP SONG: http://bit.ly/vimaasia-pop
BEST MUSIC VIDEO: http://bit.ly/vimaasia-musicvideo
2. Login using your facebook or twitter account
3. Search for my name & my band's name above for each categories
4. Click the man icon to vote
Showing posts with label VIMA music award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VIMA music award. Show all posts
Friday, February 7, 2014
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Voice International Music Awards (VIMA) 2013! Here I come!!!!!
Woohooo! It is confirmed that Yacko will be representing Indonesia to perform at VIMA 2013 at The View, G-Tower, Kuala Lumpur on the 24th of February. Without all of your tweets and likes, it's just going to be only a dream for me. But nope! you all help me making it happen! Super BIG BIG THANKS to all of you my friends!
Moreover, today VIMA also announced that me and Lawrence score the 3rd place of the BEST COLLABORATION and we will receive a crystal award! Nice!! Thanks VIMA! Also Props to MASIA ONE for the 1st place. Being able to feature Pharrel and The Game in your song. THAT IS SUMTHIN!
Will update you later on VIMA2013. Wish Me Luck!
Moreover, today VIMA also announced that me and Lawrence score the 3rd place of the BEST COLLABORATION and we will receive a crystal award! Nice!! Thanks VIMA! Also Props to MASIA ONE for the 1st place. Being able to feature Pharrel and The Game in your song. THAT IS SUMTHIN!
Will update you later on VIMA2013. Wish Me Luck!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Featured in Free Malaysia Today
4 days a go, Free Malaysia Today published an article about me related to VIMA2013. Thanks so much FMT & VIMA. Here's the original link to the article and here's the article:
Yacko, rapper who likes teaching
December 29, 2012
Yacko
signed her first record contract when she was 16 years old. She and her
group Pumpkin Crew joined a compilation called Pesta Rap 2 (1996) with a
single called Nongkrong.Then, after finishing her masters degree in Business Administration
& Applied Science in Australia, Yacko’s first solo hip hop album
entitled Refleksi (EMI Music Indonesia) was released in 2005.
The album was produced by Sydney’s DJ and musician DJ Edo under the record label of Arqetech Studios. Two years later, Yacko released Mendua (RizkyRekordz) which was under heavy gauze layers of catchy hooks and melody.
In 2010, Brrapp! (produced by NSG), Yacko’s first single from the upcoming album was released and managed to capture lots of attention from the crowd. All Nite Long (produced by Doe) featuring Lloyd Popp came next and followed the huge success. Eleven remixes were crafted by various DJs and the song was on heavy rotation in the clubs. Third single, Filthy Rich feat. Lawrence Philip was number 1 at Paranoia Dance Chart for two weeks in a row.
She’s the one who’s living a double life, hectic & busy 24/7. A college lecturer by weekdays and a rapper as fate would have it. Having performed at different venues in Indonesia and alongside international artist like Lil Jon in Singapore, Yacko definitely caught people’s attention. If you are into a performer that is high-caliber, full of stamina and energy, Yacko’s performance is surely not to be missed.
How does it feel to be nominated for a VIMA award? What does this nomination mean to you?
Being nominated for a VIMA award makes me feel deeply honoured. But being nominated in 7 (supposed to be 6. sorry typo) categories? I am shocked!! Never really thought about this since I only want to contribute and share my passion to others but it feels amazing to know that my music has been recognized outside of my own country. Of course I won’t go this far without the help of the music producers I work with, NSG and Lawrence Philip. They are equally responsible for being nominated for the awards.
What efforts have you made to promote your nominations to your fans?
I post every single news about VIMA nominations in my official blog which also linked to my other social media site such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, ReverbNation, Path, Instagram, and others. I also announced the nominations when I perform and urge my friends and fans to vote. Moreover, my management team (2313) also help creating press release about this nominations and distributing it to local media. As a result, you will be able to read this news in online local media. Few radio interviews were also conducted to gain awareness.
Do you believe that social media platforms such as Facebook, Youtube and twitter are relevant marketing and publicity tools for a musician? What efforts have you made to engage with your fans using social media?
Definitely! Publicity at no cost. It helps you to share any news that you would like share and highlight right to your targeted market, friends and fans. I believe people that follow you in Twitter, like your page in Facebook and subscribe to your social media site at least will be disclosed to and aware of the information. But of course in order to increase the possibility for them to vote, needs to be supported by more integrated strategy. For example, providing the link to vote in the post and giving those who vote my unreleased track send to their e-mails. Please read the efforts that I have made in the answers above and visit http://itsyacko.blogspot.com to read the posts.
How would you best describe your music?
Raw and Other Hip Hop. Raw because l like raw sound, lots of distortion, and crazy sound. Other Hip Hop means my basic is always been in Rap music and Hip Hop culture. Where Hip means digging more knowledge where I interpret in my lyrics and Hop means to jump and to explore to other sound and noise. That’s why I add the term “other” since you might hear other forms of Hip Hop music which also explain the reason that I tend to work with range of different music producers to capture their signature sound.
Share with us two of your favourite quotes.
“I reached my dreams by having the courage to pursue them, you can do it too” – I always believe that it is not enough just by having a dream. Courage is another element that you need to pursue your dreams and if I can do it, others can do it too. It’s a self-motivation quote but also can be used to motivate others.
“Tak pernah sekalipun aku mundur dari jalan yang kupercaya” – another quote that I make to focus on the things that I believe. Never doubt the things and the paths that you choose. I choose to be a lecturer and a rapper because those are things that I really passionate about. Both have the same roots, to share and be shared, as well to inspire and be inspired.
What are your songs about?
Pretty much ranging from I-don’t-care-about-haters-attitude to criticising the government to lesbian, gay and transsexual. I am just trying to reveal all the feelings that I have by writing it down to my lyrics. But I have to admit, writing about love has always been a difficult one for me. LOL.
What is your biggest achievement to date?
This year I have been nominated in three different awards, in total I received 11 (supposed to be 10. sorry typo) nominations. Shocking and grateful to know that you work has been recognized not only locally but also in SouthEast Asia.
What is your advice to up and coming musicians ?
Be consiflex. Be consistent to your objectives but stay flexible in your approach. Means you have to set up your objective. For example, if your objective is to make an album, you have to stick with it. What you need to be flexible is the strategy, choose who you want to create network with, get support from a (management) team, friends and fanbase, gain more experiences and knowledge to add to your original style, absorb any ideas to your flavor and you don’t have to always listen to what other people say to develop your song. At the end of the day, you cannot please everyone and haters will always be there to watch you fall. One thing for sure, you cannot fall apart, if you are being true to yourself and have the courage to pursue your dream.
What was the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you while performing?
There was one time that I had to use ear monitors since the room where I performed didn’t really have a clear and good sound monitor to listen to the beat. To tell you the truth, I hate ear monitors because they do no good and most of the time it ends up in technical errors where I can’t hear anything. That gig was a big failure to me, nothing came out of my ear monitors and I lost the tempo of the beat.
What are your thoughts on music piracy?Would you give your music away for FREE?
It might be difficult to stop but you can trick it. You can try to legalize it by officially giving your music for free. Means that you can choose your own platform for your music to be downloaded for free, for example I use www.likelovelife.com to direct the people to download my music for free and legal. This way you can track how many people download it legally. I also use the free download to trigger the people to listen to my music. Eventually, if they like my music, they will buy the official CD or purchase it in iTunes. I also differentiate the bit rate of the song between the free download and the one in the store. If you want the best quality one you can purchase it.
Yacko, rapper who likes teaching
December 29, 2012
The rapper from Indonesia is a lecturer by day, and a rapper by night.
The album was produced by Sydney’s DJ and musician DJ Edo under the record label of Arqetech Studios. Two years later, Yacko released Mendua (RizkyRekordz) which was under heavy gauze layers of catchy hooks and melody.
In 2010, Brrapp! (produced by NSG), Yacko’s first single from the upcoming album was released and managed to capture lots of attention from the crowd. All Nite Long (produced by Doe) featuring Lloyd Popp came next and followed the huge success. Eleven remixes were crafted by various DJs and the song was on heavy rotation in the clubs. Third single, Filthy Rich feat. Lawrence Philip was number 1 at Paranoia Dance Chart for two weeks in a row.
She’s the one who’s living a double life, hectic & busy 24/7. A college lecturer by weekdays and a rapper as fate would have it. Having performed at different venues in Indonesia and alongside international artist like Lil Jon in Singapore, Yacko definitely caught people’s attention. If you are into a performer that is high-caliber, full of stamina and energy, Yacko’s performance is surely not to be missed.
How does it feel to be nominated for a VIMA award? What does this nomination mean to you?
Being nominated for a VIMA award makes me feel deeply honoured. But being nominated in 7 (supposed to be 6. sorry typo) categories? I am shocked!! Never really thought about this since I only want to contribute and share my passion to others but it feels amazing to know that my music has been recognized outside of my own country. Of course I won’t go this far without the help of the music producers I work with, NSG and Lawrence Philip. They are equally responsible for being nominated for the awards.
What efforts have you made to promote your nominations to your fans?
I post every single news about VIMA nominations in my official blog which also linked to my other social media site such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, ReverbNation, Path, Instagram, and others. I also announced the nominations when I perform and urge my friends and fans to vote. Moreover, my management team (2313) also help creating press release about this nominations and distributing it to local media. As a result, you will be able to read this news in online local media. Few radio interviews were also conducted to gain awareness.
Do you believe that social media platforms such as Facebook, Youtube and twitter are relevant marketing and publicity tools for a musician? What efforts have you made to engage with your fans using social media?
Definitely! Publicity at no cost. It helps you to share any news that you would like share and highlight right to your targeted market, friends and fans. I believe people that follow you in Twitter, like your page in Facebook and subscribe to your social media site at least will be disclosed to and aware of the information. But of course in order to increase the possibility for them to vote, needs to be supported by more integrated strategy. For example, providing the link to vote in the post and giving those who vote my unreleased track send to their e-mails. Please read the efforts that I have made in the answers above and visit http://itsyacko.blogspot.com to read the posts.
How would you best describe your music?
Raw and Other Hip Hop. Raw because l like raw sound, lots of distortion, and crazy sound. Other Hip Hop means my basic is always been in Rap music and Hip Hop culture. Where Hip means digging more knowledge where I interpret in my lyrics and Hop means to jump and to explore to other sound and noise. That’s why I add the term “other” since you might hear other forms of Hip Hop music which also explain the reason that I tend to work with range of different music producers to capture their signature sound.
Share with us two of your favourite quotes.
“I reached my dreams by having the courage to pursue them, you can do it too” – I always believe that it is not enough just by having a dream. Courage is another element that you need to pursue your dreams and if I can do it, others can do it too. It’s a self-motivation quote but also can be used to motivate others.
“Tak pernah sekalipun aku mundur dari jalan yang kupercaya” – another quote that I make to focus on the things that I believe. Never doubt the things and the paths that you choose. I choose to be a lecturer and a rapper because those are things that I really passionate about. Both have the same roots, to share and be shared, as well to inspire and be inspired.
What are your songs about?
Pretty much ranging from I-don’t-care-about-haters-attitude to criticising the government to lesbian, gay and transsexual. I am just trying to reveal all the feelings that I have by writing it down to my lyrics. But I have to admit, writing about love has always been a difficult one for me. LOL.
What is your biggest achievement to date?
This year I have been nominated in three different awards, in total I received 11 (supposed to be 10. sorry typo) nominations. Shocking and grateful to know that you work has been recognized not only locally but also in SouthEast Asia.
What is your advice to up and coming musicians ?
Be consiflex. Be consistent to your objectives but stay flexible in your approach. Means you have to set up your objective. For example, if your objective is to make an album, you have to stick with it. What you need to be flexible is the strategy, choose who you want to create network with, get support from a (management) team, friends and fanbase, gain more experiences and knowledge to add to your original style, absorb any ideas to your flavor and you don’t have to always listen to what other people say to develop your song. At the end of the day, you cannot please everyone and haters will always be there to watch you fall. One thing for sure, you cannot fall apart, if you are being true to yourself and have the courage to pursue your dream.
What was the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you while performing?
There was one time that I had to use ear monitors since the room where I performed didn’t really have a clear and good sound monitor to listen to the beat. To tell you the truth, I hate ear monitors because they do no good and most of the time it ends up in technical errors where I can’t hear anything. That gig was a big failure to me, nothing came out of my ear monitors and I lost the tempo of the beat.
What are your thoughts on music piracy?Would you give your music away for FREE?
It might be difficult to stop but you can trick it. You can try to legalize it by officially giving your music for free. Means that you can choose your own platform for your music to be downloaded for free, for example I use www.likelovelife.com to direct the people to download my music for free and legal. This way you can track how many people download it legally. I also use the free download to trigger the people to listen to my music. Eventually, if they like my music, they will buy the official CD or purchase it in iTunes. I also differentiate the bit rate of the song between the free download and the one in the store. If you want the best quality one you can purchase it.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Vote Yacko to win VIMA2013 & My Unreleased Track "Proposition" Will Be Sent to your E-mail
Vote Yacko to win VIMA2013 and get the chance to download my unreleased track "Proposition" for free!
Here's what you gotta do:
Happy Voting!
BIG THANKS!
Here's what you gotta do:
- Click this Voting Link
- Vote Yacko in all categories. If you have voted, the green button will change its colors.
- Print Screen your proof of vote like the image below (for all categories) then send them to my e-mail: itsyacko@gmail.com
- Sit nicely and I will send you "Proposition" for free.
Happy Voting!
BIG THANKS!
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Spread This Flyer and Start to Vote
Again, this online flyer was designed by Joe HolyBay. BIG THX JOE!!!! :)))
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
VIMA 2013 Voting is now Open! Vote for Yacko!
The public voting for VIMA MUSIC AWARDS 2013 is now open! Voting links will be open until Dec 28th, 2012. Global Judges will begin evaluating from Nov 30th until Dec 30th,2012. The public voting makes up 30% of the overall scores for each act.
The remaining 60% will be determined by global judges and a further 10%
from the social media presence of each musician.
VIMA music awards is the most participated music event for independent and unsigned musicians in Southeast Asia. VIMA 2013 attracted more than 1300 song submissions from musicians from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei.
FYI, Yacko is nominated in Best Hip Hop Song, Best Hip Hop Act, Best Overall Female Act, Best Genre Bender & Best Collaboration. So if you think I deserve to have any of these awards and represent Indonesia in VIMA 2013 that covers Southeast Asia, then Vote for Me! :)
You don't have to register to vote. Just click each link below:
Best Hip Hop Act
Best Hip Hop Song: That Girl Yacko feat. NSG
Best Overall Female Act
Best Genre Bender: Filthy Rich - Yacko & Lawrence Philip
Best Collaboration: Yacko & Lawrence Philip - Filthy Rich
Terimakasih banyak Indonesia! #IndonesiaStandUp
VIMA music awards is the most participated music event for independent and unsigned musicians in Southeast Asia. VIMA 2013 attracted more than 1300 song submissions from musicians from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei.
FYI, Yacko is nominated in Best Hip Hop Song, Best Hip Hop Act, Best Overall Female Act, Best Genre Bender & Best Collaboration. So if you think I deserve to have any of these awards and represent Indonesia in VIMA 2013 that covers Southeast Asia, then Vote for Me! :)
You don't have to register to vote. Just click each link below:
Best Hip Hop Act
Best Hip Hop Song: That Girl Yacko feat. NSG
Best Overall Female Act
Best Genre Bender: Filthy Rich - Yacko & Lawrence Philip
Best Collaboration: Yacko & Lawrence Philip - Filthy Rich
Terimakasih banyak Indonesia! #IndonesiaStandUp
Monday, November 26, 2012
Do you want me to perform at VIMA 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Feb 24, 2013?
If you say yes to this, if you think I got what it takes to represent Indonesia in VIMA 2012, please help me win the public polls: WHO SHOULD PERFORM at VIMA.
Here's what you gotta do:
BIG THANKS!
Here's what you gotta do:
- Like VIMA MUSIC AWARDS facebook Page.
- Find their post about: Who should perform at VIMA music awards night? We have 12 slots available
- Select my name: YACKO
- Or you can just click this link -->> http://www.facebook.com/VimaMusicAwards?ref=ts&fref=ts
Friday, November 23, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Breaking News! Yacko nabs 5 nominations in VIMA 2013 - Southeast Asia
Anotha big news has just struck me! After ICEMA and PARANOIA, VIMA 2013 just informed me that I have been nominated in FIVE categories. They are Best Hip Hop Act, Best Overall Female Act, Best Hip Hop Song (That Girl Yacko feat. NSG), Best Collaboration and Best Genre Bender (Filthy Rich feat. Lawrence Philip). Holy Moly!!! FIVEEE!!! I still can't believe this and never stop thanking God. And of course, INDONESIA, I will need your biggest support to vote for me!!
FYI, VIMA stands for Voice Independent Music Awards. VIMA 2013 is considered the most important and participated independent music awards of Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei). The awards, now in its 4th installment, will recognize the winners at an awards ceremony on February 24th, 2012 at The View, G Tower, Kuala Lumpur.
VIMA is organized by Bite Media and Saintz & Sinnerz, an international marketing and brand company specialising in social media,lifestyle and entertainment. VIMA is supported by TUNE Hotels, De Lena Fashion Jewellery (Croatia), 8TV, The Malay Mail, Heyday Streetwear (Singapore), Galaxtar.com, Hard Rock Hotel Penang,Rentak Sejuta, Indie TV Indonesia, Genesis Pro-Audio, Guitar Store,Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia, FMTnews.com, Seventh Tribe Studio (Kuching), MyTamilChannel, Year One Events & Talents, Distronesia (Indonesia), BAKED COOKIES, Rosiegraphie (official photographer) & Depanmonitor.com (Indonesia).
The criteria for winning:
"This time, 10% of the overall scores will be allocated to evaluate how well musicians engage their fans online. We also advise nominees to work closely with their media friends to create more buzz and publicity about their nominations so that they get in the public votes, which make up 30% of the overall scores.The final 60% is determined by global and regional judges” said Meera Thuraivel, CEO of Bite Media and co-founder of VIMA.
Voting will begin from 26th November 2012 until December 28th,2012 The voting link for public and judges to listen to all songs will be announced on all VIMA platforms on November 25th, 2012.Fans and musicians are advised to join the new VIMA Facebook page for all updates at http://www.facebook.com/VimaMusicAwards.
Updates and announcements can also be found at www.bitemymusic.com
The complete nominees list can be found here
FYI, VIMA stands for Voice Independent Music Awards. VIMA 2013 is considered the most important and participated independent music awards of Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei). The awards, now in its 4th installment, will recognize the winners at an awards ceremony on February 24th, 2012 at The View, G Tower, Kuala Lumpur.
VIMA is organized by Bite Media and Saintz & Sinnerz, an international marketing and brand company specialising in social media,lifestyle and entertainment. VIMA is supported by TUNE Hotels, De Lena Fashion Jewellery (Croatia), 8TV, The Malay Mail, Heyday Streetwear (Singapore), Galaxtar.com, Hard Rock Hotel Penang,Rentak Sejuta, Indie TV Indonesia, Genesis Pro-Audio, Guitar Store,Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia, FMTnews.com, Seventh Tribe Studio (Kuching), MyTamilChannel, Year One Events & Talents, Distronesia (Indonesia), BAKED COOKIES, Rosiegraphie (official photographer) & Depanmonitor.com (Indonesia).
The criteria for winning:
"This time, 10% of the overall scores will be allocated to evaluate how well musicians engage their fans online. We also advise nominees to work closely with their media friends to create more buzz and publicity about their nominations so that they get in the public votes, which make up 30% of the overall scores.The final 60% is determined by global and regional judges” said Meera Thuraivel, CEO of Bite Media and co-founder of VIMA.
Voting will begin from 26th November 2012 until December 28th,2012 The voting link for public and judges to listen to all songs will be announced on all VIMA platforms on November 25th, 2012.Fans and musicians are advised to join the new VIMA Facebook page for all updates at http://www.facebook.com/VimaMusicAwards.
Updates and announcements can also be found at www.bitemymusic.com
The complete nominees list can be found here
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