OLU, Finland (AP) – Emotional artists are lining in Finland to remove the honor of music from thin air.
This year’s Air Guitar World Championship Arrive to his climax on a section of the western city of Oulu on a last Friday evening. This is the 28th edition of an event, which in its three days, brings the contestants from 13 countries together.
The contestants are judged on the performance of two songs in two different tours, each up to 60 seconds. Passion is one important, but the rest is a lot for the contenders. Props and costumes are allowed, but backup bands and real equipment are off-lymph.
Last year’s last year’s last year, Canadian Zachri “Ichbod Fame” Nools, against eight national champions and seven contenders, who emerged from the qualifying round. The challenges include American champion Saladin “Six String Cell” Thomas and German Champion Patrick “Van Airhowan” Kulek.
The winner is chosen by a five -member jury of art professionals. Any crown will win a real guitar – the “flying fin” created by Finnish guitar manufacturer Matty Navlain.
The championship was first held in 1996. His organizers said that “According to the ideology of the competition, the war will end, climate change will stop and all bad things will disappear when all the people of the world play air guitar.”
According to the rules, “an electric or an acoustic air guitar, or both can be used.” The jury took into consideration “originality, music, the presence of the stage, technical qualifications, artistic imprint and ability to handle by air.”
Each jury member performs with a mark between 4.0 and 6.0. The scores of each contestant from the first and second round – the first with a song selected by the artist and the second with one by the organizers – is combined together and the candidate with the highest total score win.
The Associated Press