at last

mga tsong paramdam naman kayo oo nga pala yung mga pic natin sa recording kailan ba victory party natin hehe syempre kailangan maraming chicks he he o kaya sa nymphets na lang pahinngi naman ako ng kopya ng album natin maski sampler palang tawag ako sa inyo bukas, pong pagong bilin ko na lang yung bass ni arjay cge sa mga nakakabasa ng post na ito salamat

tapos na at last...

mahirap mag-hi or hello pag naiinis ka di ba?

tang-inang mga pics kasi yan... ang sasaya naman nila...

oh well, it just goes to how how life is such an awful excuse for torture... you gain some, you lose everything. a one minute smile is usually followed by an eternity of sorrows. the price of victory is usually misery... and happiness is just tragedy waiting to happen...

"just like the sky" has just undergone it's final editing stage and has just been mastered although it's not yet final due to a failure in the mastering program... just the same, it's sounds great!!!

i've been thinking for sometime now on how it's going to be released... original plan is to offer it to foreign indie labels but since the recording cost was miles away from the original target cost... i guess i'll be offering the album to local major labels and hopefully score a distribution deal which could help me, at least get back some of the doe i threw away...

now... i'm just waiting for something REALLY ANNOYING to happen...

sorry guys!!!

sorry mga tsong kung wala ako nung buzznit, correction lang di ako pinako sa crus ako lang nagorganize ng local SINAKULO sa amin iginagawa ko na yun since im 14, thanks nga pala kay lara thank you pasensya na kay charles bago lang ciguro gitara nya kaya sya nagkakamali he he he!! sa inyo alan,charles, JP,eloha sorry ulit kung binitin ko kayo nung buzznit ill try not to do it next time nabasa ko yung mga post ni alan im sure lahat tayo ay exited na thanks guys sa pagunawa, salamat din pong pagong ng marami!!

we're almost done

hello everyone...

as of last night. we had finished re-mixing all of the songs... we still have one to two more sessions remaining. one is for a review session, although i can safely say that i am quite pleased with the remixed versions... the other session will be for the mastering... here's the temporay track listing of the album:

Soft Pillow Kisses
Just Like The Sky (2006)

o1 Taste Like Vintage Wine
02 Bean Bag
03 I Don't Know What To Say
04 So-Called Friend
05 16 Ft.
06 Beneath The Glare
07 Vodka Ice #3
08 Just Like The Sky
09 Under-Cover Angel
10 Your Shoes Are Untied
11 Mr. Right
12 Try To Smile
13 Losing Something

so there it is... hope fully it gets released the soonest possible time...

extra kwento... of the many indie labels i've sent offers to release this album outside the philippines, only two has replied... Matinee Records begged of saying that they are not signing up new bands at the moment because the have so many pending artist releases as of the moment... anothe label, elephant records from spain has shown interest and has requested me to send them copied of the album...

that's all for the meantime...

promise this album will com out in 4 months time or maybe earlier...

Soft Pillow Kisses Recording Update

hello everyone...

we were able to finish mixing the whole album last week. but after a few listens and talking things over with charles, i decided to re-mix the whole thing again.

the reason is that, we, specially me, feel that the sound made by our engineer was a bit far from what we really wanted to sound-out. dominic, the engineer, did a really great job of making us sound so splendid.

so wasting no time, me and dominic started remixing last monday (april 10). we were able to finish doing 6 songs and i guess this is definitely it. if you were present last buzz night (april 12), i domo-ed about 4 of the songs at mayrics... although two of the six songs might need a little bit of "beefing-up". "under-cover angel" still requires some keyboards just to off-set some of the sort comings that we had (heheheh) and some added percussions for "just like the sky" will be rendered as soon as we get to decide on what to add...

we plan to finish everything next week and hopefully decide on whether to send it to interested foreign indie labels or just simply release it ourselves...

by the way, the album will be called "just like the sky".

April Buzz

hello everyone...

salamat nga pala sa mga naligaw sa buzz night last wednesday... we had a good sized crowd and quite a very enjoyable atmosphere that night...

hmmmm... i liked Slavedrum's set, they somewhat relaxed my tensed nerves. the beats, the guitars, the bass, the sampled loops and vocals where all in their proper places... i guess these guys really know what thet're doing. A very rare thing in the local music scene...

next was tether. this one was a reunion of sorts (all original members intact)... save for the out of tune instruments, they were very impressive and powerful... on a sour note however, according to one member, they are thinking of not continuing with the band anymore... well, i tried convincing him not to but... oh well, some people just don't know...

skies of ember followed... they are still one of the really great bands that have yet to be given a chance to be heard by more people. although i was a bit disappointed at their choice of song to covers...

soft pillow kisses followed. our first song was great but during the second and third songs we were beginning to look like a bunch of morons on a field trip courtesy of charles' brand "GRETCHS" new guitar... i guess we were able to redeem ourselves during the fifth and sixth song. eloha's voice was way up this time around and according to friends, she sang in tune, well it could've been better if it weren't for the stupid accent... i would like to thank Lara (Ex-Pillow bassist) for filling in for our current bassist William who at that time was scheduled for crucifixtion at a local "senakulo" event that he himself organized...

after pillow, candyaudioline took the stage... well the two straight practice sessions did the band good save for me and mavi's occassional out of tune singing - feeling ko, sobrang lakas ng monitors to a point na nakaka-conscious... we played mostly obscure candyaudioline songs, the high point for us was during "waste my time" and "light a candle". actually, that was the very first time that we (current line-up) played those songs live. the last time that those songs were played was when me and selena started dating more than two years ago... by the way, selena was present that night... there was supposed to be a coup of sorts but the other ex-candyaudioline members (Ayn, Ralph and Roel) did not show up...

kings and pawns followed... by this time i was a bit exhausted so i just listened to their set from outside... i think they did two new songs which were really good...

last band up sa my science project... sayang itong banda na ito... they have a really great keyboardist, great melodies and have become a tighter unit during their past few buzz night appearances. but... they have two flaws... one is that they lack guitar lines that could compliment the keyboards. puro nalang kasi keyboards yung nagdadala eh pero minor flaw lang yan... and pinakamalalang flaw ng bandang ito is the vocalist... i'd rather go for a vocalist who sings out-of-tune that one like him... nakakasira sya sa banda... dapat sa iyo dennis mag-weezer ka nalang... i've told him already at every opportunity that their songs should be delivered in twee-est fashion - meaning malambot, malambing at relaxed... may mga tao talagang marunong lang makinig... hanggang dun lang...

Buzz Night

hello everyone!!!

Buzz Night is on the 12th of april, it's going to be next week - holy wednesday. So far there are a few bands confirmed. and they are...

shimmer
soft pillow kisses
skies of ember
my science project
candyaudioline

... i'm still waiting for daydream cycle, kings and pawns, and tether to confirm...

Update!!!

HELLO EVERYONE!!!

of the three songs we planned to mix last night, only "...vintage wine" was done... time was short but we did manage to mix another one, "your shoes are untied" this one sounded really great... i did not expect it to sound this good...

NOW I'M REALLY EXCITED!!!

soft pillow kisses recording update...

here's the line-up of the songs we recorded and plan to release this year either via foreign independent lebel or thru d.i.y.

the album is called "just like the sky"

we have already mixed 6 songs:

16ft
bean bag
so-called friend
try to smile
under-cover angel
just like the sky

although 2 of the songs "under-cover angel" and "just like the sky" will be remixed again as soon as we get eloha to redo the vocals...

tonight. we'll go back in the studio to mix "taste like vintage wine" and "beneath the glare" and hopefully "i don't know what to say"...

after this we still have 4 more songs to finish namely:

vodka ive #3
your shoes are untied
losing something
mr. right

i'm hoping we get to finish recording before the holy week...

i'll be sending this entry thru email to some foreign labels who might be interested in putting out the songs...

wish me luck...