FlipMusic's 4th Release: my single, "PHOBIA" for FREE DOWNLOAD

INRODUCING.."PHOBIA"

After the long silence, Pow Chavez now releases "Phobia." a song about people who are afraid to love and a song about people who doesn't want to get hurt, but is on the brink of falling in love again. Which is the reason why, of all titles, it has been named as such.

For almost the rest of Pow's life, music has been a p...art of this artist's system, every single day, it's impossible for this person not to at least hum even a few notes or listen to a song. It's been a passion that keeps Pow sane and afloat in life, being an avenue of releasing inner emotions and creativity, music has brought out the best in this performer.

Started of from being a solo singer representing their school a few times before, to singing in small bars then being a vocalist in an RnB/Hip-hop acoustic band, to trying to penetrate the mainstream music industry joining ABC 5's (now TV5) first and only season of Philippine Idol in 2006 (and proudly landing 5th out of 40,000 hopefuls), to going into hibernation and now coming back with the only band this vocalist has ever had, JOINT, not only as a singer, but also as a songwriter.

In Pow's quest to spread the music, with the help of the FlipMusic family, this hyperactive person now offers the first-ever ballad this artist has written. Composed of 3 verses done a few years back, it only evolved as a full song early this year with the help of BoJam's expertise in producing great music that made Pow able to release all the creativity in completing its lyrics and coming up with the best melody that will make the people feel the emotions overflowing from the singer.

This song goes out as our Christmas gift, especially to all Pow's family, friends and co-artists/musicians who has trusted and appreciated what the artist loves doing, that is singing for the people, while sharing the happiness and the love felt in this passion we call MUSIC.

Now, we are proud to introduce the track, "PHOBIA," lyrics and melody done by Pow Chavez and produced by BoJam of FlipMusic. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND GOD BLESS!!!

THE LINK:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ygkzzzzxyum

For the previous releases you can download them at
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e68b28b00a5cb618d1014a7a667fa2b4b7f021623fcca0d7a543906a5faff527

"PHOBIA" --sneak peak of my single

Just to give you an idea what my single is all about...you may also checkout www.youtube.com/ThePowch for the latest videos and updates.

MY SINGLE...coming this Christmas Eve 2009

FREE DOWNLOAD brought to you by our FlipMusic Family, this Christmas Eve 2009. Check out all original, first few uploaded original tracks by Champ, LDP- The Lyrically Deranged Poets and Yumi, for FlipMusic's Compilation Volume 1.

Here's the link - http://www.mediafire.com/?h2djmejzuz0 . or http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e68b28b00a5cb618d1014a7a667fa2b4b7f021623fcca0d7a543906a5

FLIP MUSIC RELEASE

FREE DOWNLOAD! FlipMusic's 3rd Release: Now we go R&B with Yumi's (aka Apol Lacsamana) Come Back Home. Here's the link - http://www.mediafire.com/?h2djmejzuz0 . You can also download the previous releases here - http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e68b28b00a5cb618d1014a7a667fa2b4b7f021623fcca0d7a543906a5fa

FLIP MUSIC RELEASE

2 more days to go! FlipMusic's 3rd Release is on December 18. Yumi's (Apol Lacsamana) Come Back Home. If you havent downloaded the first 2, here's the link - http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e68b28b00a5cb618d1014a7a667fa2b4b7f021623fcca0d7a543906a5faff527

QUOTE OF THE DAY

IN REFERENCE TO GENDER..(here we go again..)

"..kung ang lalaki ay IHO, at ang babae ay IHA...ako naman ay..IHI?!"

We need those things for the in between too you know?

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"'Pag binato ka ng bato...ilagan mo."

...masakit yun eh. Pwede din naman saluhin mo ulit tapos ibato mo pabalik para di ka na mahirapan maghanap.

Just a thought.

TEXT QUOTE OF THE DAY

Maaga pa noon, at kadarating ko lang sa bahay, nagpapahinga sa kwarto bago maligo dahil galing ako sa pagsagwan sa Manila Bay kasama ang buong koponan ng UP Dragonboat Team, ng may nagpadala ng isang quote sa aking telepono..

"Wag kang titikim ng masarap para hindi ka maghanap....at wag mong sarapan ang pagpapatikim, ng di ka hanap-hanapin."

In short..WAG KAYONG MAHILIG SA MASARAP PARA WALANG PO-PROBLEMAHIN!!!

Sa Araw Na Walang Magandang Nangyare...

Sa araw na walang magandang nangyare...may mga magandang bagay ka pa palang pwedeng maisip at masabe...

"Anumang bagay, kahit gaano kasakit, darating ang panahon, magkakaroon ng magandang kapalit..."

Realization lang, dahil sobrang sira ang araw ko. Hanggang may isang taong lumapit at humingi ng advice saken...akalain mo namang may makakaisip pa na magtanong saken. Sabi nya saken, salamat daw at nakinig ako sa kanya, sa isip ko naman, salamat din, kasi may sense na pumasok sa sistema ko, kahit inis na inis ako sa araw na 'to...ito kasi yung advice ko sa kanya eh. At naisip ko naman, totoo naman. Kasi saken, nangyare yun eh.

Pagkatapos ng lahat na masakit, biglang may dumating na sobrang gandang kapalit. Madaling makikita ng mga tao ang kapalit na yun. Lagi nya kong napapangiti...

The Crazy Past Few Weeks..

It's been a while since I last posted something here...I haven't been so creative honestly. But I guess, I have been into new things.

But focusing on the most important things I experienced the past few weeks, I would think about the typhoon first. It was damn crazy. It seemed like it only happens in movies, news...but no, it was for real. I didn't think it was that serious, until I saw posts of videos in my Facebook account. Cars floating, people on the rooves of their houses, dead animals, trash all over...I was worried about family and friends who could possibly be in those flooded areas, while we were among the lucky ones who were part of the 20% who was safe from flood waters.

So this is how it feels? Our home wasn't flooded, thank you Lord, but it hurts to see our fellow countrymen, and even some of my closest friends go through this. I can't do anything, but to offer prayers and other kinds of help. Yes, I tried to help, but let's not go into detail with that anymore...

This, for me, is just alarming. I hope that we, Filipinos, find it in our hearts, just as we found it easy in our hearts to donate and help victims of the typhoon, to take care of the environment given to us. Because whether we deny it or not, this disaster is also a reason of our neglect.

Let us choose to protect our lives to live, instead of earn means for a living. So in the future, hopefully, we don't have to worry about victims, but instead worry about being better citizens of this country. After all, when disasters like these come our way, whatever we earn doesn't matter. It's our life and the lives of others that REALLY DOES MATTER. Peace y'all.

This video goes out to all our countrymen. Never lose hope. We got someone who has never ending love for us...

SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 09

It's easy to remember!!! Wanna have fun on weekends, right?

FRIDAY Nights at 730pm:
Enjoy good food and a laidback ambiance, to go with your booze as Pow sings at HENRY'S GRILLE, along Maginhawa St., near corner Malingap St., (in front of Bayantel building) Quezon City, in an acoustic setup with Pow's guitarist, Alwyn. Only two sets for that night! So come as early as you can!

SATURDAY Nights at 8pm:
If you wanna party and enjoy more booze, BOOZE STOP is the place to be! With Pow performing with the rest of the crew of JOINT, bringing you R&B, Hip-hop and Party Music for 3 crazy sets, making sure that you can party all night!!! You can find the bar along Kamagong St., in Makati. So let's go and parteh on a SATURDEH!!!

FINALS AT MANILA OCEAN PARK'S "THE BANDSTAND"

Tonight's the Final Night at The Bandstand! The band, JOINT, will be competing against rock band, BEER, to be the grand winner as we perform in three crazy rounds of heart pumping music. This is gonna be liberation for my part, as this is where the application of all the experiences and lessons I've learned in the past, as I fight against the stigma that I've had.

We (the crew) are no longer nervous, as we told ourselves that we will just be there to have fun, enjoy the music and share the passion to the people who are gonna watch. Yes, and that's the name of our game! Enjoy each moment on stage as if it was the last!

We still got our judges there, Jeffrey Hidalgo of the original Smokey Mountain, Skarlet of Put3ska and Sir Eugene Villaluz of The Minstrels, to give us important feedbacks for that night as we wrap up this season of The Bandstand.

Not quite sure what time the show starts, but be there early enough to save you your seats, around 8pm ;) NO ENTRANCE FEE INVOLVED! Just pay for your fare and your meals! haha!

See y'all!!! PEACE! GOD BLESS!!! =)

*If you don't get enough, on Saturday, we will be at BOOZE STOP for a whole night of R&B/HIP-HOP music starting at 9pm. Located at Kamagong St., Makati. Time to partey! =)

"THRILLER" at The Bandstand (by JOINT)

Here's another performance from The Bandstand, last August 14, 2009. This is my favorite among all our performances in this battle of the bands at The Manila Ocean Park. Of course, "Phobia" is a different story, that is an exception 'coz it's my original creation!

I just love the arrangement. I love the adlib part, where the 'scary' spoken part of the original version is changed to a melodic one...I think we looked good on stage with the costumes we wore! I love my crew's effort to pimp themselves up =)

Confession: Yes, I sorta messed up with the lyrics as they got mixed up inside my head! It's quite a long song and so difficult to memorize! I was having jitters because of that! I felt like..."ooh...the top 5 bands..." and talk about top 5?! Idol sorta haunted me that moment! I was booted out during the final 5 contestants night and I performed a song that was also giving me jitters because of its lyrics! Good thing, they weren't asking me to wear a dress!

But the stigma's gone as our band survived the final 5, ranking 2nd among the bands that night! Special mention to the effort of our family/loved ones and friends who went to see us and give full support most especially with the voting! Thank you so much! We love you all! We earned a sure 25% that night because of you! The cheers gave me extra confidence 'coz I knew these people would never doubt me (as well as the band).

This night gave me a realization about the song, "Thriller". Aside from it being a 'long song', I never realized that it was THAT beautiful. Good lyrics, a different story narrated (a horror love song? Who's crazy enough to write something like that?!!), a crazy music video in the form of a mini movie...and do I need to mention that it was performed by my idol? Well honestly, this wasn't one of my favorites among Michael Jackson's songs, but it is now, as I've absorbed the entirety of the song into my system from listening to it over and over. Just when I did that was the time I was able to reflect and analyze how the songs goes. Talk about the SCIENCE of this song! Wonderful! David Foster is CRAZY!!! Insanely great!

Bandstand Performance of Phobia

We had good reviews for this performance. We were 2nd overall for that night, and it really made me cry after hearing all the praises.

This song is a product of one of my loneliest moments (as well as BoJam's) and it was overwhelming to know that the judges, who are important names in the industry appreciate and liked what we've done.

I say, this song is also a product of PASSION and EXTREME LOVE.

*video on judges comments to follow =)

Schedule of Gigs

This month of August:

- Wednesday nights at Queba Restobar, N. Domingo, Greenhills, San Juan, 10pm
- See y'all Saturday nights at The Booze Stop, Kamagong St., Makati, 9pm =)

- AUGUST 14, Manila Ocean Park's "The Bandstand", 7:30pm -- your votes and presence matter! As every Friday night could be the last!

Live Performance of PYT (by Michael Jackson) at The Bandstand, Manila Ocean Park

WORD IN MY HEAD

TOYLET (toy-let) a term I made up for people like me!; parallel to "boylet" and "girlet"; shorter term for "tomboylet"; mas cute naman pakinggan ang toylet di ba? para naman meron din ang mga kagaya ko! fair lang! ;)

KAKAIBANG PAG-IBIG

Minsan, wala ka lang magawa at biglang mapapaisip ka. Mapapaisip ka ng mga bagay na di mo naman inaasahan na magbubunga ng isang kanta kagaya nito...heheh makata ba?

Nabuo ko ang kantang 'to noong papasok ako sa dating kong pinagtatrabahuhan sa opisina namen sa Pasay. Nasa jeep ako noon. Sobrang natatawa ako sa sarili ko pero pigil na pigil ako kasi magmumukha akong sira dahil wala naman akong kausap at bigla akong tatawa ano? Malay ba ng ibang mga pasahero?!

Ang kantang ito ay nabuo dahil sa mga taong pinagtitripan ang aking "pagkatao" na magbago na daw ako, at sayang. Sagot ko naman, mas sayang lang kung babae nga ako at mapupunta lang sa mga kagaya nilang MAPILIT!

Ang concept nito ay mala-jukebox ang atake sa pagkanta...at ang background music ay pinangungunahan ng acoustic guitar. Tipong bossa ang style ng pagtugtog, pero parang hindi ako convinced kasi, parang iba pa ang tawag dun eh at parang iba pa ang timing nito. 'Di ko lang maalala ang tawag dun! Malalaman ko din!

Dahil sa tuwa ko, 'di ko na din natiis, pagkatapos ng ilang buwan, eto na at isheshare ko na ang kalokohan ko! 'Di ako nakatulog hangga't 'di ko sya na-edit, kaya inumaga na talaga ako! Pero eto na ang lyrics...pang-kantahang lasing lang ba! ENJOY!

(wala pang title 'to at chorus...nirecord ko lang talaga yung idea...sayang naman, baka mawala!)

"Mamahalin kita, mamahalin kita,
Kahit na tayo ay magkaiba
Mamahalin kita, mamahalin kita,
Kahit na kilos mo'y nakakaduda...
Mamahalin kita, kahit 'di ka natutuwa.
Basta't walang nais kundi, ika'y ibigin...

IIbigin kita, iibigin kita,
kahit na sa'yo ay balewala
Iibigin kita, iibigin kita,
kahit na sa'yo ay walang makuha...
Iibigin kita, kahit tila (tibamba ka/ika'y bakla).
Basta't walang nais kundi, ika'y mahalin..."

JUST WONDERIN'...

"...ang ihi ba nga tao, iba-ibang direction? may isang direcho lang at minsan may parang kalat?"

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ABOUT RESPECT...

"Kapag ang taong tulog, naglalaway, masarap ang tulog. Kaya konting respeto lang. Wag kayong maingay."

MY SCHED =)

HERE'S WHAT KEEPS ME BUSY:

WED - QUEBA Restobar, N. Domingo, Greenhills, San Juan, 10pm
FRI - HENRY'S GRILLE, Maginhawa St., UP Village, QC, 8pm
SAT - BOOZE STOP, Kamagong St., Mkti

JULY 18 - "GLAM ROCK FASHION SHOW" Amoranto Stadium, QC 10pm
JULY 19 - "G&G: GOALS & GIRLS" PREMIERE, TV5, 4:30PM - 5:30PM
JULY 24 - LIBERTY PARK, Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong, 8pm
JULY 28 - ABSINTH, Greenbelt, Mkti., 8pm
JULY 31 - "THE BANDSTAND" Manila Ocean Park, 7:30pm

PHOBIA live at MagNet

PHOBIA is one of the few songs I've written so far (and is gonna be part of my album, hopefully to be released very soon!)...it's about someone who's scared of falling in love, but is on the brink of falling into it. So this person asks that "someone" if he/she can find a way into this person's heart. Talk about being a "sigurista" for not wanting to fall for someone who might be gone...but that makes sense somehow, right?

Or maybe, this is just my point of view? Since I wrote this! But yeah, everyone has their moments. And everyone has to go through things that would break them to make them stronger. Lemme know what you think. Listen to the lyrics (or read along!)...

(This video's not taken with a professional cam, so apologies...hopefully, in the future, I get to buy a better cam!)

PHOBIA

I am afraid to love, didn’t wanna take a risk no more

I don’t wanna exhaust all my energy for someone who’ll be gone in the end

Don’t wanna get close to you, ‘coz I am afraid you might go away

Do you have what it takes to uncover my heart?

CHORUS:

Can you melt this heart of steel?

Can you break my heart of stone?

I don’t wanna love again

If I’m gonna be alone in the end

Can you melt this heart of steel?

Can you break this heart of stone?

I don’t wanna love again

If I’ll find myself alone in the end

So broken and burned from the things in the past

(So broken and burnt)

Don’t wanna wait for the time I’ll say at last

(I don’t wanna wait)

This is the reason why

Don’t wanna be by your side

‘Coz of all the fears I hide

By all the pain inside

Don’t wanna get close to you

‘Coz you just might make me blue

Baby, help me let it go

Let it go and start anew

BRIDGE:

I told myself not to fall, no, no, no

Never easily trusting no one at all

Don’t tell me that you’ll stay

If you just might go away

Don’t wanna wait for the time that my heart would break