Gracenote

Gracenote was founded at the hallways of St. Scholastica’s College Manila where all the band members are taking up majors in music. There they shared their influences and interests to form the foundation of the band, Gracenote. From there they played in minor productions, then after achieving the first runner up title at the Sing for Cancer: Battle for the Bands 2008, Gracenote was on its way to greatness.

At a front act gig at the University of the East, they met their manager, Alan Ortiz, who then worked his way into organizing the various business matters of the band. That same time, the band got in the regional eliminations of the Nescafe Soundskool last October 18, 2008, where they got a chance to enter the finals.

After a short tour and some mentoring by the Nescafe Soundskool team at Boracay, the Finals Night at the Ultra Sports Complex proved to be one of the highlights of the band’s history. There they shared the stage with 6 Cyclemind and played the song Sandalan, and Gracenote’s original song, “Far Away”. Although they did not win in the event, they gained valuable experience and friends they will never forget.

Several gigs, and a few months later, Gracenote once again joined another competition, the DZUP: College Collision Year 2, an annual fundraiser event held by DZUP that was held at Tiendesitas last March 15, 2009. There they won first place.

As of this writing, Gracenote has now just released its first self-entitled EP album.

Gracenote comes from the musical term “grace note”, a notation that signifies an ornament that serves to decorate a part of a song. For some, decorations seem small and unnecessary, but in the world of music these little superfluities make all the difference.

We are a collection of artists whose collective goal is to simply make good music. As individuals however, we are funny, eccentric, and sometimes totally out of this world. Yet we still manage to create songs that seem so familiar yet so different from anything you’ve ever heard.