SPONSORS FOR HAPPENING FUSION EVENT!

Funk It! Productions Overview

Funk It! Productions is an event company founded by a group of college students hailing from the International College of Music (ICOM) in 2006.

 The company consists of students who are currently taking the Business of Music module conducted at ICOM every semester. Under the guidance of Ms. Jennifer Thompson (GM of Akademi Musik Industri Malaysia, founder of Anugerah Industri Musik Malaysia, seasoned veteran in the entertainment industry for over 20 years), the students are required to organize an event outside of the college as a project.

Funk It! Productions seeks to bring fusion into the spotlight of the local music scene and also bridge the gap between jazz and rock gigs to showcase even more local talent to Malaysians.

 A Night of Fusion & Funk with The Hiccups Electric Band

The Hiccups Electric Band is 4-piece funk fusion band made up of young virtuoso musicians.

The event will be to showcase The Hiccups Electric Band and introduce this band and their compositions to the local music scene. The musical theme for the night will be of the fusion genre. Special guest band Estranged will also be joining in the fun for the evening. Estranged is an accomplished funk/rock band based in KL with a strong fan base.

Besides introducing The Hiccups Electric Band, this event also seeks to promote jszz/fusion music and local music in general. The event seeks to show that music shouldn’t be stereotyped according to their genres, and that good grooves also mean a good time for everyone. Many jazz gigs and rock gigs have already been done in KL, so this event seeks to add a new dimension to the local music scene.

The event will be held in

Bangkok Jazz (situated at Chulan Square) on the 15^th of November, from 9:30pm till 11:30pm onwards. The estimated turnout for the venue will be 80-100pax, consisting mainly of musicians, college students, and young working adults.

The 2 hour plus event will feature The Hiccups Electric Band playing a full set (45-60min) and special guest band Estranged playing a half set (20-30min). There will also be games and other exciting activities throughout the evening. The Funk It! Production crew will be running the event.

Introducing The Hiccups…

Drums/Percussions/Band Leader - Elliott Koon Lhip Hoe

 Has studied at The One Academy and ICOM. Elliot has working a experience of 7 years in the area of recording, music sequencing and performing. A virtuoso that has been playing in events such as the Mont Kiara Carls Jazz Festival, Oasis Jazz fiesta, The Sun music festival and many more. Elliott is also a drum trainer for a few music schools and has been requested to play for local artists like Shelley Leong, Hanafie Imam, Roslan Imam, Zainal Abidin, David Patrick, Rozhan Razman, Az Samad, James Boyle, Alwyn Santiago,  Sham, Aubrey Suwito, Juwita Suwito, Hillary Ang, Jose Thomas, John Thomas, Steve Leong, David Yee, Mohd Khairil, Tok Kun, Shazee, Edvard Lee, Wee Lern, Greg Lyon, Julian Chan, Kevin Chu, Mia Palencia, Noreen, Ken Choong, Aluba, Charles Wong, John Mui, David Gary, Patrick Leong, Zack Kim, and a lot more.

Piano/Keyboards – Ch’ng Wee Lern

He graduated from ICOM with a degree in Arranging and is known as an ace sessionist for various private functions. He has played for Jazz Odyssey with Shelley Leong, local chinese artist Yu Heng’s concert at Sogo KL. He has also jammed with the likes of Greg Lyons, Rohzan, David Patrick, Sheila Majid and much more.

 
Guitar – James Khoo Jent Moo

 He is an ex-ICOM student who moved on to full-time at Yamaha education teaching electric guitar. He is also an active sessionist for private functions around the country.

Bass – Chow Ken Chung

 Graduated from ICOM in 2006 with a degree in Arranging. He has played in several venues such as Bukit Jalil,Times Square, Sunway Lagoon and more for big events like the Chinese PWHP 2006 and many others. He is also a very in-demand professional with Daniel (Malaysian Idol), chinese local artist Yu Heng, chinese Taiwan artist Ling Wu Zhong, Ah Niu and more. He is also active in the underground Chinese music scene and is currently in the underground rock band, Estranged.

Sponsors logos will be carried on all publicity and print material for the event and enable the sponsors to carry out cross promotional activities with the event.

Sponsorship return will take on the following form:

1. Official      Announcement as Sponsor.

2. Mention      by MC – all sponsors will be given credit by MC.

3. Invitations      – A number of exclusive VIP invitations will be given away to sponsors for      the company and giveaways.

4. Goodie      bag/Door gift– Sponsors can provide products to be added into the door gift      for the audience and also will be mentioned in the flyers.

5. Prize      Sponsor – Sponsor will get their products repeatedly advertised if used as      prizes for games.

6. Special      Feature by Media – Sponsors will be mentioned and featured by media      attending the event.

7. Banners      and flyers- Sponsors will appear on our publicity banners/posters and      flyers. Brands/companies may also advertise their posters in the venue.

Cost Of Sponsorship

Since we are a non-profitable organization, our cost of the event will only consist of publicity (i.e. posters, banners, flyers).

Cash wise, we are looking at an estimated budget of approximately RM 1200-1500.

However, sponsors who are interested in participating may also sponsor any form of merchandise, products, samples, branding etc.

In return, the liveliness of the event will be filled with the sponsors’ branding exposure throughout.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Daniel Foong  Jennifer Thompson

(017-3388316) (019-3334221)