Shadow's Fall's "Retribution"

I met Shadow's Fall the first time they came to Manila. Actually, i knew they were coming and was really excited about their up coming concert but was saddened by the fact that i would not get the chance to see them as i was booked to be out of town that weekend. Luckily, PULP had decided to take the band to Boracay for a few days prior to the concert, which was exactly where i was booked to be!

So, one mid afternoon, i saw the guys walking down the beach with a videocamera and introduced myself! We got to chatting a bit then we went our separate ways! Later that night we ran into each other again only this time we were all drinking and having a great time!

I got to spend quite some time with Brian and he shared some stories with me as we sat on the beach passing a spliff to each other til it was dead and gone. Good fun and what a treat to hang with them, although i still wasn't gonna get to see the show! Fuck!

Retribution is an exclusive release in the Philippines done by PULP Live Productions! It contains 10 great tracks as well as a limited edition booklet which includes the lyrics to the tracks as well as photo's from their trip to Boracay (including a couple with me and my friends) as well as shots from their performances at A-Venue as well as the PULP Summerslam 9.

Grab a copy of this great new album and enjoy the songs and get tripped out by their trippy booklet!

Apparently i know Kelly Clarkson Songs!

Been working for PULP now for just over 2-3 weeks and its been really interesting! In my first week i just worked on the Super Junior Super Show. On the 2nd week, it was preparations for the PULP Summerslam. Now is my 3rd week and were getting ready for the Kelly Clarkson Live in Manila "All I Ever Wanted" tour.

At first my joy out of this came from loving the production side of putting together these big events. Like with Super Junior obviously its not music i listen to but man from the stage to the lights to the LED Screen and everything that came with it just made it so fascinating!

Now with Kelly Clarkson, its the joy of being able to put together her needs to do a concert! Yesterday we were youtube'ing her and realized that we all know or have at least heard so many of her songs. Songs were all catchy and great and im sure ill be singing along much more than i first thought!

Im excited for this show, even if im not that big a fan. I know its gonna be an awesome 19-song concert set and im sure she's gonna be putting everything she's got into this show! Are any of you guys coming? Would be cool to see friends there too!!! Lets go!

Rhea & Miggy are getting Married!

Hi Guys!

Were getting Married!

Check out our little video that we made just for you guys!

Hi-C and Playboy!

I really am quite lucky that i get to go to all these random events with VIP passes that let me frolic anywhere i choose to.

Last wednesday, Hi-C released her first solo album and celebrated it with her cover appearance on Playboy. Though i haven't heard the album, the songs are catchy and she's fun to watch!

Feel free to have a look at these photo albums.

Thats me in the middle :)

http://www.odysseylive.net/..miggy/albums/3950/

http://www.odysseylive.net/..miggy/albums/3949/

Blues Night at Brewsco

Brewsco celebrated a night of blues last night and we were booked to play along with DRT, Southern Grass and one more band who i dont quite know...

It was a wicked night! We had a couple of beers before going onstage, had a smoke as well with some of the guys of southern grass and decided to take the stage before SG as we were good to go and they weren't.

We weren't told how many songs to play or how long our set could be so we mustve played about 8 songs, typically that aint that much but our songs are quite long so what is sometimes a half hour 8 song set for us was more likely an hour or more! Good fun though, i think we all jived well with each other and were tight all throughout! We all enjoyed and the audience seemed to dig us as well with their screams and applauses.

I have to say that southern grass and drt played really good too! We kept drinking as the night progressed and finished the smokes that remained. When that band who's name i cant remember sound checked to fuckin' careless whisper i got the hell out of there!

Thanks to Joseph Araneta for hooking us up! We love playing for your productions man!

Junkies play Magnet and have a party!

We played last tuesday at Magnet in Katipunan and though there weren't all too many people there, we had a blast being onstage together and in front of some of our friends who hadn't seen us in quite awhile. Special thanks to Aussy for hooking us up with the gig the drinks and the food, we loved it all! Also a special thank you to Gasulina who not only played a great set before us, but went on to lending us one of their guitar amps! Awesome stuff man!

After the gig, we headed out to Route 196 for a few beers. I was happy to see that Gaijin was on the bill and even happier when we entered and found them already onstage! It was too bad that we were being charged and chose not to pay the entrance cuz we didn't even know if Gaijin was already the last band and maybe even playing their last song...so, instead, we went back to my place.

All in all it was Nino and Niko of the Junkies, Carla Laus who is an old friend from many years ago, Rupert Oldham who was the man in charge of booking us a fantastic 3 night series of shows in Saigon in Vietnam, as well as LC De Leon the guitar player of the year who plays and fronts Reklamo. Gabby Alipe of Urbandub and I are housemates and he came downstairs to join us too when he heard the noise we were making downstairs and soon followed Paul Velasco, drummer for Cosmic Love most notably but has played with many other bands already.

It was a great little crowd and in no time there were all sorts of conversations going on and was really good fun! We sound tripped, had shots of beers that came out of Red Horse Grande bottles, and of course...smoked our lungs out! It was crazy in its own ways and the laughter throughout was energetic. We spoke of the progress of Urbandub's Recordings, we made suggestions to Rupert of who else he should see while he's in the country, we made other plans as to other things we can do to show him a good time, i got to hang with Carla for a bit too but since i could tell she was tired, i shut up and let her take a nap. It was a cool night and though our place can get pretty hot even at night, this was a particularly cool night and everyone was comfortable.

I hope for more unplanned great nights like these to come in the near future! But thank God that it was only been we were drinking cuz i aint on holiday and its virtually impossible to get to work the next day had i been drinking harder stuff. Til the next time!

To Blog or Not To Blog

To Blog or Not To Blog
Current mood: curious
Category: Blogging

For those that dont know, i work in the music industry, under a few hats.

Im currently working full time for a music based website as its content manager and A&R. As part of that job im in touch with the different record labels as well as band managers, band members, production group heads, as well as a whole lot of the independent groups and it is part of my job description to feature them on www.odysseylive.net with their different endeavors and happenings.

I also work part time for a local production house / management firm called Sonic Boom and though the description is not exactly clear, a part of my responsibilities include being up to date with whats going on with the bands under our roster.

Beyond all that, i play bass for two bands, both of which have their share of friends and supporters and keeps me in touch with some of the other people i wouldn't see otherwise.

All in all, i've got quite a bit of friends and acquaintances in the music industry and am now thinking of starting a blog that speaks of what its like to be in this world. Now i know that alot of other people are in this world as well but somehow it is thought that my connection into this world is a complete connection and not just bits of pieces here and there...for example, i live with the Singer of Urbandub (a hugely popular rock band in Manila, Philippines), our neighbors include other bassists such as Nathan Azarcon and Nino Avenido, both of whom are established musicians with numerous prestigious awards under their belts, sometimes we hang out...i also attend presscon's and video shoots and sometimes even get invited to listening parties wherein we listen to an album prior to its release...by some of the most in demand bands in the Philippines.

So, what do you guys think? Will writing about these encounters be something entertaining enough for you to want to check out?