Success.
And we’ll have another an encore this Friday at Paseo de Roxas. On Saturday, it’ll be at Fountain place, Agdao. You can’t miss the part 2. See y’all!
Hello, buy me a beer if you like my content!Actually, the title says it all.
I’ve been going early out these days since the sembreak began due to morning shifts at the radio station. But on the other hand, I also suspect you’ll be seeing more of me fat if this keeps up. Morning shifts equals morning proximity at McDonald’s. Oh no! The station is too near one and those damn Hash Browns are clogging my arteries and fattening me! Being a DJ should have its perks and unperks, though. I mean, even if I get fat (theoretically) I suppose, being able to have control of the music you want to play and the requests that come your way is one of the best feelings in the world. It’s almost like a position of power. Drama, much. And while I have this freedom I suggest y’all send me samplers if you have any. Would really appreciate that.
And hey, this band thing is really getting out of hand. In a good way. I love that I’m playing in gigs again and that we’re starting a new band called Parchment. I love that I get to organize gigs. And that last gig I mentioned was so fucking successful that San Miguel wants to invest on us again. Oops, name dropping. Hahaha, yeah yeah. I mean, they sort of have this repertoire of being, how should we put it, kind of uptight in the past. But when I got to talk with one of the representatives of the company, he made too much sense that those pre-conceived notions about corporate uptight-ness were dispelled. He was telling me about how the concept of Octoberfest has been reformatted in such a way that the event outlets ought to be the one to drive the initiative to have a San Miguel sponsored gig. I mean, not only does this maximize their profit amidst the big investment on their part, but it’s as if the outlets see San Miguel as a sort of “milking cow”. Aptly put. That’s your business commentary for today.
What about kissing? Hmm…kissing. Let’s just say a kiss can mean a lot of things but sometimes you tend to feel that the world is dilluting its meaning. And sometimes, if you have enough sense in you not to let the few things in this life that are still beautiful and meaningful be a victim of this, you are a person who is not afraid to kiss.
Or you can also be a person who would rather not kiss. For its meaning’s sake.
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I so love Regina Spektor’s Fidelity. (Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-heart!) She sounds a lot like Feist, and if you were listening carefully then, you’d have heard of Mushaboom. Speaking of Mushaboom, The Postal Service has a beautiful version of it. KNOW YOUR MUSIC!
Do you ever notice that sign above the Taboan stage? I think it goes, Support Artistic Freedom…
Which is kind of ironic really. Consider that they have to audition bands before they get to play in Taboan. Consider that they mesh out the bands that are NOT “patok sa masa” or whose music is too un-mainstream for normal people to appreciate. Consider that a lot of bands in Davao are really not up for un-mainstreaming themselves. There isn’t that much freedom there after all.
Hello, buy me a beer if you like my content!I’ve poured out a lot of work for my new band Tramonto especially since we’re organizing this big gig on October 13-14 at The Madrazo compound (that’s between Quirino and Jacinto ext. - landmark, The Venue). It’s an event we call Davao Independent Muzik fest 2006. Sounds and reads tacky in itself, but our goal really is to get some really great Davao bands (who make their own stuff) to play out there. And get their rightful compensation for it. We’ll be playing on the 13th at Madrazo on the early part of the event. On the latter part of the night, we’ll be driving to Jack’s Ridge to play a gig there.
On the other hand, I will have yet another gig on the 14th at Myx-a-Tune (Juan Luna St.) and it starts at 7:00 PM.
It’s Jay’s going away gig.
Phew.
Now, all I have to do is finish my Philosophy term papers and I’m done with this stupid semester.
Hello, buy me a beer if you like my content!Over the week I’ve sat in conversations with my bandmates on stuff like how the Davao underground music scene is doing. Sad to say, the shape sounds pretty bad. It isn’t like last summer, when there were prime spots as to where underground bands could play, i.e. the now d’funked G Rock bar and Mastul. Seeing as both establishments closed down already, with Moonstomp as the only place condusive to the kind of music indie bands play (consider how the place can’t sufficiently accomodate the whole lot of a local indie crowd - which is pretty immense, mind you), then problems still pose itself for bands who want to come up with a successful gig. And by successful, the pre-requisites are pretty simple: We invest time and money over band practices just to get exposure and if possible enough money to buy booze to last the rest of the night.
Going along the vision to come up with a successful gig in spite of scarce incentives as well as problems on actually finding a venue, Davao indie productions Don’t Record Records and Red hat are teaming up for an Octoberfest gig. I say kudos to that, realizing how it’s hard enough to keep indie bands from staying together because of the lack of avenues and more so, making sure that the integrity of the kind of music they play do not sway to the masses or for venues that require underground bands to turn a leaf for the showbandish just so they can get a gig (i.e. Taboan or even San Miguel).
Reality tells us that Davao may have all the musical talent it requires to warm up a mature music scene, but there isn’t enough production force to keep the scene intact.
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Listening to a lot of Jeff Buckley lately. Personally, my take on Jamie Cullum’s jazz cover of Buckley’s Lover, you should have come over is more on the no no. Nothing can beat Buckley when he makes the most heartbreaking ballads I’ve ever heard. If you can call it a ballad.
Narda’s out in Davao by the way. CDs are available in the nearest Oddysey record stores near you.
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More announcements! I have gig with my band Tramonto at Myx-a-tune (Juan Luna St.) 7-ish up this October 14. Please support!
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