CAN’T get enough of the song “Umbrella, ella-ella-eh, eh, eh…?”

If it keeps ringing in your eardrum over and over again, then surely, you would not want to miss hearing it live from the multi-awarded artist Rihanna as she jams with Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Chris Brown at the Bonifacio Global City Open Field on November 16, 2008.

Globe and MTV Philippines will be giving away discounted ticket prices for those who will avail the tickets from October 15 to 31, MTV Philippines announced.

A platinum ticket regularly priced at Php 10,000 will be sold for Php 8,000, gold ticket priced at Php 5,000 will be sold at Php 3,000, silver ticket costing Php 3,000 will be sold at Php 1,500, and bronze ticket costing Php 600 will be sold at half the price of Php 300.

At the age of 19, fashion icon and R&B sensation Rihanna attained the status of international superstar. She acquired multiple number one hits, two music awards from MTV, and three billboard awards.

Aside from the success that she has attained in the music scene, she also extends a hand to charity organization for the needy children.

Not only does Rihanna holds the record of being multi-awarded, but also multi-talented Chris Brown has his own share in the limelight for selling worldwide three million copies of his self-titled album, Run It, and 1,920,665 copies in the United States. (Izah Morales)

By Marjorie Gorospe
INQUIRER.net

Looking for good old fashioned Christmas music but a fresher sound?

Filipino Band Bloomfields – known to cover music of the Beatles and other American Rock and Roll music – has recently unveiled ts Christmas album “Pasko natin ‘to,” which is also its carrier single composed by Jay Jay Lozano, lead singer and guitarist of the group.

Pasko Natin To is Lozano’s actual first attempt at making a Christmas song back in October 2005.

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By Izah Morales
INQUIRER.net

ON stage, you see them bringing the house down as they rock the house with their eardrum-popping music. But off stage, they are your ordinary people like you and me.

Vocalist Henry Allen of Filipino rock band Faspitch, for one, says he and his bandmates play computer game Warcraft for pastime.

“We’re a geeky band. We grew up playing computers,” added Faspitch bassist Trevor Bicknell.

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Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

ADMIT it. Your musical taste is largely influenced by friends or at least people close to you. And you often want to share it with everyone or at least to those who share your taste. That is essentially the idea behind Blip.fm.

“Music discovery is social,” says Jeff Yasuda, CEO and co-founder of Blip.fm, a tab service originally under the Fuzz.com website. (Actually, Yasuda’s card reads Founder and CEO of Fuzz Artists Inc.,’ which is an independent music label).

Calling himself a former “bean counter” (read Investment Banker) and a VC (venture capitalist), Yasuda and his co-founder Brian Venneman set up Blip.fm out of their love for music — of course, they believe there’s business in the social aspect of music discovery now that you have the Internet as your platform.

“I’ve been in a band since I was 13 years old,” says Yasuda as we talked in his music-filled room that he calls his office. Everywhere you look, there is music. There’s an exclusive photo of Pearl Jam’s frontman Eddie Vedder wearing a wig and a rather funny and amusing photo of Yasuda and his funky band and a lone fan listening.

Yasuda has a vast collection of music posters of various concerts and known musicians, which gives away his own musical taste. Of course, his first guitar was hanging on one wall, reminding him about his roots. He describes Blip.fm and Fuzz as his second baby — the first is a cute child whose photos are also on his desk.

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