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I was commissioned by the Aliw Awards committee to arrange the song “Ikaw Ako Tayo Magkakapatid” (composed by Jose Lozano) for hegalong (2-stringed guitar), chorus and kulintang ensemble. They have chosen the performers to be myself on hegalong, the UP Concert Chorus and the Umalahukan Ensemble.
This the our first rehearsal. I took a video of [...]
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Kolorete movie (produced by Cinema One, directed by Ruel Lozendo), my first solo full-length film original soundtrack, has released it’s official poster. I hope you guys can come and watch the film premiere on November 19, at Robinson’s Galleria. I composed all the original music in the movie and arranged all non-original songs.
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Ok, so I’ve just become part of the Plurk network. I’ve been a member for almost a month actually but I only really tried to use it just this week. I never expected to be so hooked. I’ve been observing how my online habits changed a bit since I started Plurking. And so I made [...]
Yes, I bought another toy, as part of my current quest in building my own home recording studio. It was, I admit, a sudden purchase because it was on sale at JB Music store when I only planned to window shop. The Zoom G1X Guitar Multi-Effects is an all-around gadget for tweaking the sound not [...]
I was able to get a private invite at Playboy Magazine’s (Philippines) November issue press conference. It’s all thanks to my new plurk buddy and fellow blogger Azrael, thanks pare! In this month’s issue they are featuring Cassandra Ponti, one of the winners of Pinoy Big Brother’s first batch now turned professional model and actress. [...]
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I have another new toy! I bought myself an electric guitar, Samick Greg Bennett Signature Series Les Paul to be exact! Why did I buy, you ask? My solo music projects are increasingly demanding a real guitar sound. You can only do so much with electronic midi music, nothing beats the sound of an authentic [...]
His name is Russell Peters, a professional Indian-Canadian comedian who is known for his race related humor. I’ve been watching all his videos on Youtube these past days and have been laughing like crazy. I still laugh even if I’ve seen one video more than once. But my favorite video is when he imitated the [...]
So there I was at Level Up’s office again back in October 30, 2008. I was asked to come for a TV interview with YSpeak, a program on channel 23, on the topic of cosplaying. Together with me were 3 other cosplayers, and surprisingly, one of them was none other than Zeph, also known as [...]
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Hello to all my loyal readers, I like to share with you the latest single of my band, Makiling, called “Sabay Sabay”, this will be included in our upcoming 24-song album, MALAKAS at MAGANDA.. The song is about helping each other and sticking together no matter what. I hope you like it!
See you all at [...]
The pRO Valkyrie booth was featured at Level Up’s website/blog. The booth was setup by myself and the moderators of Master Diwa dotcom forum formerly known as pRO Valkyrie forum. This is the very same booth where I held my mini concerts during Level Up Live 2008.
This is actually our first time to run [...]
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