Band Name: 9 Maps
Band members: Sherin Siew (vocals, keyboard, guitar), Ciosa Houlihan (vocals, guitar, ukulele), Gabe Andre (drums)
Based in: Hong Kong
Sherin: We started our musical journey when ... we played together back in high school in a band or two.
Ciosa: We [weren't used to playing] music like this.
Sherin: We played Michelle Branch and some really emo songs.
Sherin: What happened after we left school was ... one of our friends passed away. So we both wrote songs for her, like a eulogy. After a while, I was listening to my iPod on shuffle and this song came up. We decided to pick it up again. We were aiming for the Tom Lee competition and we came second. Then we thought we might be able to get something bigger out of this. We just continue what we are doing without any regards for an angle. This is more for the process, I guess.
Ciosa: We played acoustic because ... you can play it anywhere.