Category: Music Stuff

Another rockin’ night. Radiopilipinas invades the pearl of ortigas. Masaya at cozy ang lugar. Malapit pa sa audience ang stage. Very intimate at nagenjoy magperform halos lahat ng banda. Sarap na sarap din sa tugtugan ang mga manonood.

Here are some pictures:

Maraming salamat sa lahat ng dumalo. Kita kits ulit next time.

Another one of those exciting nights for the bar tour of radiopilipinas. It was almost like a night of steaming guitarists fingers. One band came all the way from pampangga just to showcase their music. The place was filled with appreciative people who enjoyed the night at Cubao Expo.

Here are some pictures:

Thanks a lot to all the bands who performed and to all the people who came. Thanks to joey of genre bar for the variety of beer they placed on our table. .. and the sweet chocolate bites. Probably hinting that we are gonna be having corporate sponsors next time. Sana nga…

The third leg of the radiopilipinas bar tour continues at this small artistic place in front of miriam college in katipunan called mag.net. Some bands had to cancel due to emergency reasons but the place was not spared from the fun and excitement of the bands who gave their best performance. Here are a few photos:

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As usual, I couldn’t get a picture of muffin as I was onstage. I hope kuyakurt or anyone else did took a picture of muffin.

The event was broadcasted live on radiopilipinas internet radio and was recorded for future rerun.

Thanks a lot for all the support.

And so the bar tour continues, this time in the heart of ortigas center. Ten bands performed with great enthusiasm. And the night went on until the early morning.

Unfortunately, I was not able to capture an image of Zero Over Tokyo. Here are some pictures of the performers of the evening:

See you on the next bar tour!

The Radiopilipinas Bar Tour kicked off with a blast at 9mile bar in kalayaan ave., qc. Bands who’s songs are being regularly played on the internet radio performed to a responsive crowd. Spotted among the audience are talent scouts from several record labels as well as producers who enjoyed every song the bands played.

The audience enjoyed the band and the band enjoyed the audience. It was one funfilled evening where samples of songs from radiopilipinas was heared live.

A live broadcast of the night didnt push through due to technical difficulties. However the staff was able to record the audio of the performances and will be broadcasting it in the days to come. Watch out for it.

Another night of indie jamming. The night was fun-filled with exciting performs and a jam-packed venue of responsive crowd mostly composed of people from the songwriters community.

There was no free beer unlike that one held earlier, instead there was a free shot of brandy. Sayang wala ang Tabass or else they would have enjoyed the Granma.

Here are a few pictures of the night’s performance:

Thanks to Crude Oz who gave away copies of their album for free.

Thanks a lot to all the performers and all the audiences. The night was a great success. The bands enjoyed the audience as the audience enjoyed the bands.

It was unfortunate however that we didn’t get to broadcast the show live on radiopilipinas internet radio. We had our equipments on the set but for unforeseen reason we failed to get an internet connection. We will try our best to broadcast on the next show on jan 31. To all kababayans outside manila and out of the country, you can enjoy the fun by tuning in on jan31.

The show was a joint project of radiopilipinas.com, indiepinoy.com and songwritersph.net.

Its my comeback in producing shows. Indie Orgy Nights is a collaboration show of radiopilipinas, indiepinoy and songwriters philippines. This was held at Genre Bar which is located at the 2nd floor of Allan’s Grill at that new artist haven called Cubao Expo (formerly Marikina Expo) right at the back of what used to be Rustans and beside what used to be COD.

The last time I produced shows was around mid 1990s at mayrics. All those Gimik Asembli series which reached part 15 spanning several years was a huge success for that production outfit I created called Bright Red Music Productions. Kearny Rosete of One Big Family Prods told me the sad news midway of the indie orgy nights that Mayrics is now closed. The owner has called it quits. Although there are efforts from different bands and production outfits to revive the place.

Anyway, Indie Orgy Night was grand. Showcasing great bands and having the place filled up with really great people who knows how to appreciate music. From the original line up, carpe diem was absent. So there were dream kitchen, the bernadettes, hooligans, tabass, geek city riot, blue martian cookies, muffin and where’s charlie.

Here are a few pictures of the night. Not really good quality since I was just using my cellphones camera. Sadly I wasn’t able to get a picture of muffin onstage for obvious reasons… nasa stage ako. If anyone has a pic just post it here para makumpleto.

The night was supposed to be ended with Joey Pepe Smith, but the show ended early and he came in too late. His band mates were there anyway enjoying the party.

remnants of the new wave era with former bassist of halflifehalfdeath on vocals

came in with their singer who had no voice, so it was the guitarist who has to do the singing

in replacement of the absent band, hooligans was a late addition to the line-up

celebrating their 2nd anniversary as a band, they showed the crowd how to have fun

a veteran band from cebu who used to be known as happy days

finally blue martian cookies gets to sing spaghetti band version live

really rocking band with the classic pinoy rock ambiance, where’s charlie ended the night with a really hard rock.

To all who came to rock, thanks a lot for your support. The bands enjoyed the crowd. And the crowd enjoyed the bands.

Sa uulitin muli.

 
Back To The Edge 2
October 26, 1995
Mayric’s Music House
Espana, Manila

Almost 13 years ago, this concert was held as a follow up to the successful first part held two months before. The concert was broadcast live on NU107 (jsut like the first one) and had other big name sponsors along with Red Horse Beer who was the sole sponsor of the first part.

A petty squabble between my band’s lead singer and the club’s manager was still fresh at this time therefore we werent able to participate in this event. But all of us were there to enjoy the gathering of new wave fanatics.

It was unfortunate that I wasnt able to capture the audio broadcast of this event. Most of my shots were submitted to Front Act Music Magazine which I worked for. What was left with me were the rejected shots for which I am posting here.

The Eraserheads covered mostly the cure and other new wave songs they used to play. Dodong Cruz (the Youth) did some solo numbers with his guitar. Cookie Chua and GP of Color it Red followed the performance of Dodong in the same “acoustic” manner. The star of the night was Sugar Hicup which actually launched their first album. Other bands who performed were Iris, Dry Water, Wet Paint, Days of Sirius, and a jam which featured Alfie of halflifehalfdeath on vocals.

Cookie and GP of Color It Red

The Eraserheads doing the cure and other new wave stuff.
 

Sugar Hicup who just launched their debut album (featuring five years)


Jamming the rest of the night with Dodong (the Youth), Aldrin (Days of Sirius), Alfie (halflifehalfdeath), and Bong (Days of Sirius).

Please help me identify this band. I can see melody on vocals and ely on bass.

After over 10 years I was able to play at mayrics again.

The last time I play at mayrics was in around 1997. I was with the band LVNA then. I was also playing for lastiko, lolita carbon, Ysagani Ybbara, and some other singers. Mayrics was the home of most budding musicians during those days. Only a few were able to come up with an album then since recording was too expensive and indie was not that popular yet. THese photos were taken in 1995 in front of mayrics. Notice my old punk look.

Last Aug 7, our band was called to play at mayrics. We will be opening the night with 4 songs. Our band was temporarily called Elm Street. We arrived on the venue at around 8:30 as we are supposed to take the stage at 9. But everything was delayed and so we sort of tambay outside the venue. When we arrived the place was full of UST students. I think mayrics serves dinner kaya puno ang venue. But almost all of them left when the band started as entrance will be charged if they stay on.

I noticed that the signboard outside was missing. Probably it was being repaired. But I noticed the whiteboard of scheduled bands looks totally worn out. I suspect this is still the same sign board used way back then.

This favourite spot is now gone. So most of the people now sit on the gutter.

Inside mayrics the place seems to be wider. The stage became bigger and the control of the house sound set up is now behind the bassist on the right side of the stage. Unlike before which was located under the stairs. The guitar amps are now all peavey. Even the drums. Looks like the mayrics got a sponsor for this. Gone are those twin reverb fenders which miyo, nitoy, pio and chikoy enjoys. Still the instruments are not feed thru the house. So its up to the players to adjust their volumes for a good mix. Pretty much the old way. As I hooked up my 5 string ibanez bass on the peavey bass amp, I totally forgot my emg pickups are loud. And so we did our first song with too much bass. Couldnt adjust the tone during the song as we did a fast first number. The succeeding songs became more mixed.
This picture was taken in 1994 at mayrics. That is jet our lead singer of LVNA. At the backdrop is a poster of LA105 and Musicians For Peace. All of these backdrops are gone now.

After our set, a couple of promising bands performed. Both young and energetic. Then after a barrage of “emo” “scremo” bands which I found intriguing especially how they mixed the emo-thing with punk rock complete with attitude and colorful get up plus the jumps and slams.

There are still bands who would goes onstage and plugs in their guitars and starts playing without minding how they sound like. They may not even know what the knobs are on the amps except for the volume. As long as they hear their instruments then they start playing. Really amateurs who need more experience. But the energy is there. Even one guitarist couldnt figure out how to turn off a feedback from his guitar which lasted almost two songs. Only surfaced on the last song when he realized he was sitting in a feedback position in front of the amp. Or maybe he didnt actually figured it out but was just surprised the feedback was gone when he stood up. LOL.

Mayrics really brought back memories. But the crowd was totally different now. Still see familiar faces especially from the crew. But the audience and their tastes of music is now totally different. Someone from the organized mass movement of the 80s-90s decade brought up an idea of having a reunion concert in mayrics bringing the old people (audience and bands) back to the place. I am excited about this.