What's Asian Beat

Asian Beat is one of the biggest amateur band contests held throughout many regions in Asia. It starts out from Area Heat in participating countries and regions. Each winner at Area Heat finals can proceed onto the Grand Final, where they will perform together on the same stage and compete to be the top of amateur bands in Asia.

Yamaha Corporation started this event as "Band Alert" in 1998, renamed to "Asian Beat" in 2001. In the past years, worldwide famous players were the judges such as Nathan East, Wes Borland, Tommy Aldridge, Sonny Emory, Billy Sheehan, James LoMenzo and Akira Jimbo. For further information, you can take a look at the history on this website.

The upcoming fifteenth Asian Beat competition-Asian Beat 2012 shall unfold in 11 regions and countries. The finalists shall meet in Singapore in November for the Grand Final. The fortunate audience will have the chance to hear 12 bands in competition -the 11 Asian Beat finalists and the one Russian finalist of band competition organized by Yamaha Russia as a special guest. Stay tuned to this site for updates about competition results in each venue, and for the latest information about the Grand Final itself.