Insanara

Insanara was among the Top 30 Semi Finalist out of approximately 2500 bands nationwide who submitted an
entry for Nescafe Soundskool last 2010, but apparently , the band was unlucky to be part of the Top 5 Grand
Finalist.
The band didn’t end there, but despite of the struggles in the music scene, the group continued their passion of
creating more music and songs, targeting individuals who are passionately in love, in a narrative form.

Off to an unusual start, this band started out in a family of musicians. One day, their frontman Jason just got tired
of doing the showband district and decided he wants to write his own songs. He asked his cousins to perform with
him as a band and voila, Insanara was formed. Not many of us might know this, but “Insanara” is actually a fusion
of the words “insan” or “pinsan” (the Tagalog word for cousin), and Sanara which is reversed for Aranas, the middle
name they share. Quite a catchy name, if you ask me. It’s one you won’t easily forget!
Such is Insanara’s beginning, but I think it takes more than a group of musicians to form a band. I think that it’s
when Jason made the choice to create his own songs that the band really started. It required the decision. If that
decision wasn’t made, things would have laid out differently.
But because of that decision, Insanara is alive and existing today, and they are letting their music out to the world!