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Rodney College band Soup of the Day is aiming to make the Smokefree Rockquest national finals, after receiving the ZM People’s Choice award at the Northland Regional Final.
The regional final was held at Forum North in Whangarei on June 22.
Band member Oskar Primbs says they were ecstatic to receive the award and look forward to putting together five original songs for their finals video submission.
“We were really grateful to everyone who supported us to give us an opportunity to make the finals and are keen to continue writing music together,” Oskar says.
“The performance itself went really well, and we got to see everyone enjoying our music.”
Last year’s People’s Choice winners, Live Wire from Mahurangi College, also competed. They failed to make the finals but picked up the Smokefree Best Vocals award.
Band member Aniwa Heke says they were very surprised to receive the award, as there were some strong vocalists in the competition.
“It was a real honour to receive it and even though we can’t make the finals this year, we will be back to compete again in future,” Aniwa says.
Meanwhile, another Mahurangi College musician, Riley Popham, is making a name for himself in the industry after releasing an EP and performing on Jesse Mulligan’s Radio NZ show last month.
Riley, who goes by the stage name of Seven Zen, has been performing at local venues for a number of years using his loop pedal to perform his own cover renditions and originals.
He also picked up the APRA Best Lyrics Award at the Auckland solo/duo finals for Rockquest.
To follow Seven Zen visit facebook.com/SeVeNZen.SOA/
