The Conflict Between wins @Cheers Battle of the Bands
by Tim Wenger
The @Cheers Battle of the Bands has come to a close, with an unlikely winner pocketing $10,000. The Conflict Between, who were not scheduled to play in the final round until the day of, ended up with a nice Christmas bonus and a clean financial slate, at least as far as the band is concerned.
The competition kicked off in October, with multiple rounds pitting the winners of each show against each other, leading up to the final on December 21. One of the bands scheduled to perform in the finals dropped off for unforeseen circumstances the day of the show, and the Conflict Between was called in to take their spot, having the highest judging scores from previous rounds.
“We were just finishing up a CD, and were wondering where we were going to get the money to pay for it,” says front man Jerimiah Ramos. The band has just completed recording their debut album, and was able to use the funds from the competition to pay for it. “It was just crazy how it came, we were able to just write a check, finish that cd, and then we just split the rest five ways. It gave us some extra holiday money.”
“I was humbled and surprised that we made it to the final round,” Ramos says. “We’re new, so we don’t draw a big crowd right now. I’m pretty confident in how we are as a band and our live show. When it came to those final rounds, we were just worried about the draw. If it was all judges, we felt good.”
“I went to a few different shows, and the bands I saw in the finals were who I expected to be there,” says Ramos. “Overall, we felt like it was run very well. @Cheers and Mastermind did a good job of promoting themselves.”
Their album, recorded at LaunchPad Studios, is scheduled for released at the end of March. “John Connor recorded and produced it, just kind of walked us hand in hand considering it’s our first album, put a lot of sweat into that thing.”
The Conflict Between is a Christian rock band, but they don’t want that to scare anyone away. “How we came together has a big background in [church],” says Ramos. “I think it’s important for people to know that, we’re not shy about it, but the way we go about it and how we live our lives, [the music] doesn’t come off religious or judgmental,” Ramos says. “Our angle is, ‘Hey, we’re no different, we’re the same as everybody, we just have a belief that may be different.”
“I think it’s going to be a big year for us,” Ramos says. The group is looking to expand out to some other regional markets around Colorado this year, and just shared the stage with Random Hero on January 25.
Online: facebook.com/pages/The-Conflict-Between
Category: Local News
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