Hello everyone! As a musician, I know that it is quite a challenge to get good breaks in my field. That is why I’m offering some help to my fellow musicians that are looking for career opportunities. Here are some job openings I found but are available only in the Philippines, taken from the website [...]

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I have been in the home recording and music scene since the year 1998 and I can that I have seen and tested the most commonly used software by my musician friends. I will enumerate here three PC softwares and my thoughts on it.
1. Cool Edit Pro 2.0 / Soundbooth CS3 - This is [...]

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Ever since the opening of Philippine Ragnarok Online’s Valkyrie Server, I have been closely monitoring the status of botting on the server. I’ve also been very vocal about my opinions on what Level Up is doing (or not doing) against bots and how the botters are constantly challenging the gaming company. Although I’m talking about [...]

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Tell me something about yourself.
My name is Ayah Diamon, 16 years old. I don’t know where to start hehe…Let’s see, I’m from Davao city. And still in high school. I’m a short person, only 5′1 >.< I’m basically just any other average ragnarok player who plays ragnarok almost 7/24.
I’m a cat lover; in fact I [...]

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So you’re a songwriter/composer waiting for your next musical idea, but is currently experiencing “composer’s block”? Well I have just the tip that may help you. I have here a basic list of what you need to be prepared while waiting for that one idea.
1. Pen and Paper - You never know when your next [...]

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Hello world!
My name is Diwa, and I’m starting this new blog dedicated to home recording tips, and the journal of my life as a composer, songwriter, violinist, and musician. The old posts you see here are related topics taken from my old blog. But I’d like to consider this blog as a reboot of everything. [...]

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His name is Jacob Armen, he’s a drummer. So what? Well, to start of he’s only 7 years old, in this video at least. He’s got the talent, raw power and improvisational prowess at his age. Just watch it and see what I’m telling you.

I’ve seen a new video of him performing now that he’s [...]

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Whenever I play a Final Fantasy game, I always look forward to listening to its soundtrack. So far my all time favorite FF soundtrack is… a mix of Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy X. Too bad FFTactics never gained as much popularity as the other [...]

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I remembered when I first played Final Fantasy VII for the Playstation. I was quickly caught up with the game’s opening scene and the music was really the most responsible element. Find out why after the jump!

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One of my all time favorite bands is this almost-all girl band from Ireland. Sure, they wrote some of the most popular songs such as “Runaway” and “Breathless”. I’m not saying that I don’t like these songs, in fact, I love most of their songs, but [...]

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