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! ;)