Hello everyone! My band, MAKILING, is pleased to announce that we are finally launching our 3rd album called “Malakas at Maganda”. The launch party/concert happens on DECEMBER 5, Friday, 8pm at Cubao Expo.

Makiling at Magnet Katipunan. Photo by Kiko Cataquian.
Check out our gigskeds after the jump!

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This is my arrangement of Jose Lozano’s “Ikaw Ako Tayo Magkakapatid” as commissioned by the Aliw Awards committee. This was the finale performance during the actual event itself. Performers are myself (Diwa de Leon) on hegalong, UP Concert Chorus, Umalahukan Creative Experience, Airdance and Bobby Gomez Group. The video is nice as I placed my [...]

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So there I was at the Aliw Awards 2008, waiting for the finale number which I will perform in. And while doing that, I roamed around, taking pictures with celebrities that I found. And here’s the result! (Photo taken by Jay Arcega using my camera)

Asia’s Songbird, Miss Regine Velasquez.
More photos after the jump!

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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 [...]

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I posted this a while ago at my band’s website. Our 3rd album, MALAKAS AT MAGANDA, is almost out so we’re really promoting it to everyone. Here’s a video interview of my bandmates during our final mixing session at Louie Talan’s Wombworks Studio. The album contains 24 all-original tracks and is actually a double album. [...]

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Hello again everyone, I won’t be making a weekly update this week. I’m currently so preoccupied with upcoming projects I couldn’t even think straight on what to write in my blog. Thankfully, it’s only blogging that confuses me lately.

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First of all, I’d like to give a shoutout to my friend Carlo Ople for featuring me on his blog. Thanks man, means a lot to me! Now to business, or should I say, music business. I’ve received another project yesterday. This time it’s to compose an original soundtrack for a movie by my director [...]

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Hi guys. It’s been more than a week since I blogged anything new. My apologies, but the past week has been really busy for me. Aside from my regular work, projects from all places keep arriving, and I’m only too glad to accept them all. For what use is a musician’s life if you don’t [...]

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