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		<title>Filipino bands: Extraordinary on stage, ordinary off stage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Izah Morales</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By Izah Morales<br />
INQUIRER.net<br />
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<p>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.</p>
<p>Vocalist Henry Allen of Filipino rock band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/faspitch" target="_blank">Faspitch</a>, for one, says he and his bandmates play computer game Warcraft for pastime.</p>
<p>“We’re a geeky band. We grew up playing computers,” added Faspitch bassist Trevor Bicknell.</p>
<p><span id="more-205"></span>Faspitch is composed of Allen, Bicknell, Trick Berganos (guitars), and Russell Manaloto (guitars). They made their debut on the airwaves with the single, &#8220;Staying This Way&#8221; and eventually earned people’s attention with the song, &#8220;A Day Before Pisces.&#8221;</p>
<p>Allen describes their music as “new metal hardcore” with little elements of Emo (emotional). But he quickly added that they continue to experiment with their music, stressing that they don’t have a fixed sound.</p>
<p>Just like Faspitch, Cebu-born Filipino rock band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/urbandub" target="_blank">Urbandub</a> vocalist Gabby Alipe disclosed that off stage, they often hang out at home. “Sobrang normal lang kami [We’re just normal people],” said Alipe.</p>
<p>Alipe admitted though that on stage, they always perform with much pride. “On stage, ‘yung nakikita ng tao, mayabang kami [the people you will see are very proud],” said Alipe.</p>
<p>But before Urbandub became popular, bassist Lalay Lim recalled how they started, playing in gigs without pay or receiving a talent fee of P2,000 for a set of 15 songs.</p>
<p>For all-girl rock band <a href="  http://www.myspace.com/nyctinasty  " target="_blank">Nyctinasty</a>, vocalist Noodle Perez said the band had to do some sacrifices for their schooling. The all-girl band plays a mix of punk rock, progressive, metal pop.</p>
<p>“Hindi girly ang dating ng music naming [We’re not your typical girly band],” said Perez.</p>
<p>While they want their music heard, Perez said they declined to reveal their ages.</p>
<p>These local bands have achieved an extraordinary status. But after the volume fades out and they go off stage, they are just like any ordinary people living their dreams extraordinarily.</p>
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		<title>Blip.fm co-founder: music is social</title>
		<link>http://blogs.inquirer.net/soundtrip/2008/10/01/blipfm-co-founder-music-is-social/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erwin Oliva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
&#8220;Music discovery is social,&#8221; says Jeff Yasuda, CEO and co-founder of Blip.fm, a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Erwin Oliva<br />
INQUIRER.net<br />
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<p><a href="http://blogs.inquirer.net/soundtrip/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jeffyasuda.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-top:5px; border:1px grey solid" title="jeffyasuda" src="http://blogs.inquirer.net/soundtrip/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jeffyasuda-300x229.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="169" /></a>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.</p>
<p>&#8220;Music discovery is social,&#8221; 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.,&#8217; which is an independent music label).</p>
<p>Calling himself a former &#8220;bean counter&#8221; (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 &#8212; of course, they believe there’s business in the social aspect of music discovery now that you have the Internet as your platform.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’ve been in a band since I was 13 years old,&#8221; 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.</p>
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<p>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 &#8212; the first is a cute child whose photos are also on his desk.</p>
<p><span id="more-203"></span>Amid existing online social music services like Last.fm, Pandora, IMEEM, MySpace, Blip.fm launched sometime in July 2008, while Fuzz.com went live as early as March 2007, according to Yasuda.</p>
<p>Blip.fm actually was an idea that emerged during a smoke break, Fuzz and Blip.fm software engineer Ian White reveals. As one of the co-founders was already into Twitter (now a popular micro-blogging service) and music, it hit them: why not mash all these ideas and come up with a new one.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was initially launched as a tab in Fuzz.com. But now it’s totally independent,&#8221; says Yasuda referring to Blip.fm.</p>
<p>Inspired by the “What are you doing?” question on Twitter, Blip.fm asks people, “What are you listening to?” Just like Twitter, people can post up to 140 characters of text. But instead of the usual, sometimes cryptic, messages, Blip.fm includes streaming music attached to that message. The message could be anything from a shoutout to, er, cryptic messages from fellow music lovers. People have the choice to tune in to what you’re listening or create their own playlist and invite you and other people to listen.</p>
<p>Like other online social music services, Blip.fm is powered by the people, the users, the music lovers – your &#8220;trusted sources&#8221; for musical nourishment, as Yasuda puts it. So it all points back to the human element that makes music discovery a social activity.</p>
<p>But there’s more: Why can’t you and I be the DJ for once? Since Blip.fm was created as also an online streaming music service, the co-founders are giving everyone a chance to become the &#8220;tastemakers.&#8221; For once, you and I can be the cool DJ, spinning the records online.</p>
<p>Finally, there’s the element of immediacy. Simply put, Blip.fm is living in the &#8220;Now.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Why can’t I share my music now? And tell them why they should listen, now,&#8221; Yasuda says.</p>
<p>How does Blip.fm work?</p>
<p>Well, it’s user-generated. It is powered mostly by third-party music that the service finds online (or music people search and find through Blip.fm). The service itself does not store music except those music Blip.fm or Fuzz owns copyright. So don’t be surprised that you will sometimes stumble upon music that sucks because they’re incomplete or just barely audible. But that&#8217;s really rare.</p>
<p>How many people are tuned in to Blip.fm? Yasuda declines to disclose this detail but says users spend an average of 30 minutes listening to music from Blip.fm, a big leap from an average of 20 minutes when it was unveiled.</p>
<p>Why are people spending that much time on Blip.fm?</p>
<p>Yasuda says they have devised a way to keep people from tuning out. They have created a badge system for top DJs, while they also have introduced a reward system called &#8220;props,&#8221; which people can earn and give to other people whom they find interesting. It’s like a virtual pat on the back of people who share your taste.</p>
<p>“That makes our service a lot of more interesting,” Yasuda admits.</p>
<p>Blip.fm has also built a widget, an instant code which people can embed into their own blogs or whatnot to showcase their &#8220;blips.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a few weeks, Blip.fm will be on Facebook, according to Yasuda. Currently, Blip.fm works with social network services like AudioScrobble, Twitter, Pownce, Haiku, Last.fm, Friendfeed, among others. So you can spread your musical taste through this other social networks.</p>
<p>Now, how does Blip.fm make money?</p>
<p>Yasuda says they have &#8220;referral links&#8221; for MP3 music bought through their service. Blip.fm gets a cut from MP3 music sold through their service. They will also soon launch other revenue-generating services like &#8220;buy ticket&#8221; or &#8220;buy t-shirts&#8221; through the service. Of course, they also have the usual online advertising as another source of revenues.</p>
<p>At this time, Yasuda says that Blip.fm has been a surprise to the co-founders since it was launched because it is gaining more listeners from different parts of the world.</p>
<p>“We believe and play on the belief that music is social,” Yasuda adds.</p>
<p>We hear you, Jeff.</p>
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		<title>Spears, Winehouse lead MTV Europe award nominations</title>
		<link>http://blogs.inquirer.net/soundtrip/2008/09/29/spears-winehouse-lead-mtv-europe-award-nominations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TWO known and controversial women in the music scene are leading this year&#8217;s MTV Europe award nominations.
Excerpt:
LONDON &#8212; Despite their personal problems, Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse remain a favorite with fans and lead the nominations for best act at this year&#8217;s MTV Europe Music Awards, it was announced Monday.
Singer Beyonce is also up for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>TWO known and controversial women in the music scene are <a href="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20080929-163532/Spears-Winehouse-lead-MTV-Europe-award-nominations" target="_blank">leading this year&#8217;s MTV Europe award nominations</a>.</p>
<p>Excerpt:</p>
<blockquote><p>LONDON &#8212; Despite their personal problems, Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse remain a favorite with fans and lead the nominations for best act at this year&#8217;s MTV Europe Music Awards, it was announced Monday.</p>
<p>Singer Beyonce is also up for an award and is expected to perform at the November 6 event in Liverpool, northwest England.</p>
<p>The 27-year-old former member of Destiny&#8217;s Child is competing against Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Kanye West and Lil Wayne in the &#8216;ultimate urban&#8217; category, one of 10 awards at the event voted for by music fans.</p>
<p>In the &#8216;best act of 2008&#8242; category, Spears will be up against soul singer Winehouse, who has struggled with drugs and alcohol, as well as Coldplay, Leona Lewis and Rihanna.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Abstraction of music</title>
		<link>http://blogs.inquirer.net/soundtrip/2008/09/25/abstraction-of-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Anna Valmero
Inquirer.net

Manila’s sonic hatcheries crack out the incubators at Club Dredd at Eastwood City for the third Electrostatic Sound Conference held September 24. Manila sound art musicians along with a guest Australian artist played their compositions and shared their music to their followers and to new crowds. The event, spearheaded by New Media Arts [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By Anna Valmero<br />
Inquirer.net<br />
</strong><br />
Manila’s sonic hatcheries crack out the incubators at Club Dredd at Eastwood City for the third Electrostatic Sound Conference held September 24. Manila sound art musicians along with a guest Australian artist played their compositions and shared their music to their followers and to new crowds. The event, spearheaded by New Media Arts Manila, was held to support the musician’s friend who was shot several weeks ago.</p>
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<p>“Sound art is an abstraction on what we usually considered music with rhythm, melody and harmony elements. You take away those elements and you come up with sounds that you organize to form the art,” said Singapore-based guest artist Darren Moore. “It encompasses an area of music that may not be mainstream in genre, but with a definite following.”</p>
<p><span id="more-201"></span></p>
<p>As a form of contemporary art, the media fuses different sounds produced by musical instruments, everyday materials and recorded sound produced by animals, TV or a typical conversation. As such, the content varies because music is relative and perceived differently by people. As such, the pattering of the rain can be a symphony or not, depending on the listener.</p>
<p>“You can use any material to produce sound and use that raw sound in your composition or you can synthesize it, depending on the effect you want,” Moore said. “For me, I want to focus on the micro sounds so I use my laptop and some tuners for my piece.”</p>
<p>Given the freedom to compose a sound art piece, artists can produce music from any material of their choice and couple that with images to add visualization to the piece.</p>
<p>Tad Ermitano took this fusion of music and visualization a level higher. During his turn, he used the sound vibration produced by an amped speaker to provide the motion to a set of small metal balls and colored paint, thus producing a “non-Newtonian fluid” or fluids that do not follow Isaac Newton’s model of fluid dynamics.</p>
<p>According to Ermitano, sound art is not limited to the organization of sounds to come up with music. For his piece, he added the live-act motion of his non-Newtonian fluid as to redefine the concoction of music and visualization in sound art.</p>
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		<title>Just Shake Yer Head Na Lang</title>
		<link>http://blogs.inquirer.net/soundtrip/2008/09/09/just-shake-yer-head-na-lang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Emjay Polina
&#8220;OK pa ba kayo dyan?&#8221; This was one of the very rare moments Ely Buendia spoke onstage (and this was midway through the first set). It would have been the perfect question to ask him: Was he still fine? His calm demeanor onstage all throughout the first 15 songs belied the unstable mental [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By Emjay Polina</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;OK pa ba kayo dyan?&#8221; This was one of the very rare moments Ely Buendia spoke onstage (and this was midway through the first set). It would have been the perfect question to ask him: Was he still fine? His calm demeanor onstage all throughout the first 15 songs belied the unstable mental and physical state he was in. We didn’t know his mother just died 2 days ago and we did not know how extremely pressured they were to push through with the concert with just less than a week’s preparations.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the video of that night&#8217;s events:</p>
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<p>Ten minutes before Lally Buendia (Ely&#8217;s sister) went onstage to announce that the show has to be cut short, our friend Di said she was feeling weird about something.</p>
<p>&#8220;Kinakabahan ako. Ewan ko basta kinakabahan ako,&#8221; she said over and over again that I almost strangled her. I jokingly told her she’s not going to get raped on our way back to Quezon City and to told her to stop. But to our great shock, the unthinkable happened &#8212; there are no more 2nd and 3rd sets. Ely had to be rushed to the hospital due to severe &#8220;emotional and physical stress.&#8221; Raimund took the stage first, his voice a bit shaky it sounded like he’s going to break down any minute. He handed the mic over to Buddy and Ely&#8217;s sister for the formal announcement that would break all of our hearts. It took a while for the disbelief to subside. We left the field after an hour of debate and &#8220;pagmumura.&#8221;</p>
<p><span id="more-200"></span>Me, my three friends and the rest of the 20,000 Eraserheads fans and curious folks who flocked The Fort last night eagerly waited for this event for almost two months. This would have been the biggest and most successful concert this year and not to forget &#8212; the most remarkable. There were no major promotional events, no TV and radio commercials, no posters &#8212; just plain word-of-mouth and incessant blogging. They started selling tickets Wednesday and, well they just easily sold out. This just goes to show how much the people missed this foursome. The Eraserheads faithful are very much alive. Well just imagine how many more people would have flocked if the concert was really free (as was originally planned before the &#8220;Dastardly Dementors&#8221; ruined the tobacco company&#8217;s plans).</p>
<p>There was really no sign of impending doom at the start of the show. The whole thing was unbelievably organized. Entrance and exit points were well marked and people promptly fell in line. There were no pushing or shouting. And to me and my friends&#8217; great relief &#8212; there were no JJ&#8217;s ( Jumping Jologs a.k.a. Killer Orcs a.k.a. Goth wannabes) in the area. Actually the crowd was mostly students and yuppies (mostly people from Peyups). &#8220;Parang isang malaking malaking UP fair lang &#8216;to,&#8221; a former dormmate said. And to think hours before I was fretting about getting mercilessly pushed about and having my belongings robbed off me.</p>
<p>So much for the drama….</p>
<p>How did the whole thing start off?</p>
<p>The crowd started going wild during the ten-minute countdown. That was one of the longest ten minutes ever. The excitement can hardly be contained anymore. And then the lights were on, the magnificent sparks flew, and then &#8212; Raim’s drumbeats. I always knew they&#8217;d kick off with &#8220;Alapaap.&#8221; That unforgettable bass line that followed immediately was more than enough to get each and every one screaming and jumping. Each &#8216;Head got their spotlight –the hyperkinetic Raimund Marasigan (donning a lady’s wig) on drums, the super-cool surferdude Marcus Adoro (my favorite) on lead guitars, the calm and steady-looking Buddy Zabala on bass and of course, the enigmatic and deeply-troubled Ely Buendia on vocals and rhythm guitar. Together at last after six years. I was very lucky to have caught them perform twice during my freshman year at UP Diliman. I was always at the front row before, this time I was at the &#8220;Gen Ad&#8221; section where I could hardly see their faces. I didn’t really care much just as long as the wide screens were there and the audio system was just directly in front of us.</p>
<p>Watch the video of the song, &#8220;Alapaap&#8221;:<br />
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<p>They sounded really really good. Hands down. It&#8217;s as if they never disbanded and just grew even more musically sophisticated. &#8220;Alapaap&#8221; did not disappoint. If you are a fan of the &#8216;Heads, you really know that they have the tendency na &#8220;magkalat&#8221; during live shows. They&#8217;re just performing in the spirit of fun and you could feel it. Those were the heady days.</p>
<p>A quick succession of melt-in-your-ear old pop hits followed (mostly from their Ultra, Circus and Cutterpillow albums). There was the very popular college favorite &#8220;Ligaya,&#8221; then came &#8220;Sembreak&#8221; (during which UP students and alumni screamed Go UP! as familiar campus sights were flashed on the big screen).</p>
<p>Here are the videos of their &#8220;Ligaya&#8221; and &#8220;Sembreak&#8221; performances respectively:<br />
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<p>&#8220;Hey Jay&#8221; was just as engaging as well. &#8220;They tried…They really tried… to tell us we’re too OLD. Too old to really be … BOLD.&#8221; Ely spoke these first few lines from &#8220;Toyang&#8221; &#8212; a song reportedly about a former flame with whom he had a love child. This song was one of the major highlights of the first set.</p>
<p>Everything would have been really okay except that they just don&#8217;t talk to the crowd. There is total dead air in between songs. We were half-expecting Raims to jump up and just grab the mic from Ely. All they did instead is tune up their instruments a bit before hitting off with another pop ditty. People chanted &#8220;GROUP HUG!!&#8221; and &#8220;Magsalita naman kayo!!!&#8221; to the band to ward off the increasing tension among the four of them. Apart from the really great 1st set of playlist, the silence in between is really creepy. They went on with &#8220;Fruitcake,&#8221; &#8220;Kama Supra,&#8221; and for the rock ballad &#8220;Kailan&#8221; Ely invited Jazz Nicolas of Itchyworms to play the keyboards and he just let the crowd sing the last part: &#8220;Kailan ako lalaya sa anino ng pag-iisa, Mga rehas lang ang tanaw. Nanginginig sa seldang maginaaaaaw.&#8221; &#8220;With A Smile&#8221; became quite an emotional piece that my friend Di almost burst into tears. For &#8220;Shake Yer Head&#8221; Ely was so hyper he was literally shaking his head a lot and even let his oversized aviator shades fly off his face. If Ely was hyper at one point, Buddy was frowning over a slightly malfunctional bass effects.</p>
<p>Three more pop favorites were sung: &#8220;Kaliwete&#8221; (with lots of Macoy’s guitars), &#8220;Huwag kang Matakot&#8221; and the walang-kamatayang &#8220;Huwag Mo Nang Itanong.&#8221; The first set ended with an obscure &#8220;Lightyears&#8221; (from Fruitcake). Most people were asking: &#8220;What song is that?&#8221; It certainly wasn&#8217;t the type of ending song they&#8217;d want to hear but it was great nonetheless. Ely afterwards just held his guitar in one hand and kept looking sideways (as if looking for someone to take it off his hand). Then the lights started to go out one by one, and the only thing shown on the screen is the big timer once again counting to 20 minutes before the 2nd set – that would never be.</p>
<p>Raymund, on his Subsandwich mailing list said that they prepared three sets for what he previously called the &#8220;Magical Mystery Show.&#8221; “The first was just a warm up. The remaining two was going to be the fun part. There were more videos and light shows and pyro in store for everyone,&#8221; he said. True enough, their more popular songs were not yet played: the riff-driven favorite of mine &#8212; &#8220;Superproxy,&#8221; the cult-favorite anthem &#8220;Pare Ko,&#8221; the wild &#8220;Pop Machine,&#8221; the likewise controversial &#8220;Tikman,&#8221; the upbeat &#8220;Magasin,&#8221; the beautiful &#8220;Torpedo,&#8221; the weird &#8220;Spoliarium,&#8221; the sappy &#8220;Hard to Believe&#8221; and another controversial song &#8220;Alkohol.&#8221; I was expecting they would end with the bittersweet &#8220;Ang Huling El Bimbo&#8221; or the more emotional &#8220;Para sa Masa.&#8221;</p>
<p>After all the disappointment, the question now remains: &#8220;Will there be a Part 2?&#8221; There better be. Raims said it himself during one of the numerous news interviews that followed afterwards. &#8220;Babawi kami,&#8221; he said. No word yet on the date or place. They just wanted to assure that Ely gets the rest he deserved. In the end the people wouldn&#8217;t really care if they reunite for real (a highly unlikely possibility) or not. They just want to see the foursome perform as a whole again even for just one marvelous night.</p>
<p>To cap a truly disappointing night, we headed to our favorite KTV tambayan Ucle Tat’s at Matalino St. We sang every Eraserhead song we can find in the catalog and screamed our hearts out until four in the morning. We did not want to feel really defeated after all.</p>
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		<title>Third Eye Blind: louder and &#8216;political&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.inquirer.net/soundtrip/2008/09/04/third-eye-blind-louder-and-political/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erwin Oliva</dc:creator>
		
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MANILA, Philippines &#8212; “We’re radical then…but we’ve changed. We never claimed this mantel of Emo,” Third Eye Blind’s (3eb) Stephan Jenkins (guitar and vocals) declared, as he explained how the band’s music has changed since their eponymous debut album in 1997.
3eb is definitely not an Emo band. It is an American alternative rock band that [...]]]></description>
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<p>MANILA, Philippines &#8212; “We’re radical then…but we’ve changed. We never claimed this mantel of Emo,” Third Eye Blind’s (3eb) Stephan Jenkins (guitar and vocals) declared, as he explained how the band’s music has changed since their eponymous debut album in 1997.</p>
<p>3eb is definitely not an Emo band. It is an American alternative rock band that emerged in the 1990s with lyrical rock staples like “Semi-Charmed Life,” “Graduate,” and “How’s It’s Going To Be.” Their successful 1997 album Third Eye Blind remains their biggest, selling 6 million copies, according to Jenkins.</p>
<p>However, a decade in the music business has made the band a lot more “integrated,” “louder” and “political,” according to Jenkins who seemed in the mood to give long answers to questions by local journalists during a press conference here.</p>
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<p>3eb is scheduled to play a one-night concert in Manila on September 5, as part of the Oktoberfest festivities led by San Miguel Corp.</p>
<p>What kept the band from coming out with a new album?</p>
<p>Jenkins replied, “I came out of a lyrical slump.”</p>
<p>The recent US political climate has somehow inspired Jenkins and the rest of the band to finally finish 3eb’s fourth album, reportedly dubbed Ursa Major. It will be under the Sony label and is expected to come out February 2009.</p>
<p>“We now have a stronger sense of who we are as musicians,” said Jenkins who was with Brad Hargreaves (drums and percussions) and Tony Fredianelli (guitar and vocals).</p>
<p>During the press conference, Jenkins kept coming back to the “US political consciousness” that has recently emerged – hinting probably on the upcoming elections – which he said has influenced the songs in the new album.</p>
<p>The band agreed that writing the new album was “challenging.” In fact, Jenkins who answered most of the questions posed by journalists, explained that 3eb’s new music is &#8220;extroverted&#8221; now due to more interactivity happening within the band.</p>
<p>Asked about the band&#8217;s thoughts on how technology has changed the music industry, Jenkins said YouTube and MySpace have allowed bands to interact directly with their fans and vice versa, effectively removing the once-powerful music executives from the picture.</p>
<p>“Power is now in the hands of the band,” Jenkins stressed, noting that today&#8217;s bands “don’t need to dance on top of the table” to make it in this cutthroat industry.</p>
<p>Asked about music piracy and emerging initiatives to let people decide how much are they willing to pay for music online – as exemplified by Radiohead&#8217;s strategy to sell Rainbows – Hargreaves retorted, “it’s unstoppable,” referring to music piracy on the Internet.</p>
<p>The Internet has, however, helped 3eb reached out to younger fans who are less familiar with their music. “More youngsters are now embracing our music,” Jenkins said, thanks to social networks like MySpace and Facebook.</p>
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		<title>Sugarfree goes live with an orchestra</title>
		<link>http://blogs.inquirer.net/soundtrip/2008/09/03/sugarfree-goes-live-with-an-orchestra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Izah Morales</dc:creator>
		
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THE music resonates in your ears as if you’re listening to a real live concert.
Sugarfree Live! album brings both the live concert feel where you can hear percussions and strings harmoniously mixed to the beat of the Sugarfree music. The band’s concert with the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) on September 29, 2007 was recorded in [...]]]></description>
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<p>THE music resonates in your ears as if you’re listening to a real live concert.</p>
<p>Sugarfree Live! album brings both the live concert feel where you can hear percussions and strings harmoniously mixed to the beat of the Sugarfree music. The band’s concert with the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) on September 29, 2007 was recorded in an album that includes a collection of the band’s 18 hit singles.</p>
<p>Sugarfree’s bassist Jal Taguibao said they want to offer something new to their listeners, such as their performance with an orchestra. According to Sugarfree’s vocalist Ebe Dancel, the listeners may expect a new arrangement for their songs as they played side by side with the MSO.</p>
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<p>Asked about their favorite songs in the album, each of band members, Dancel picked “Wag Ka Ng Umiyak,” Drummer Kaka Quisumbing chose “Tulog Na,” while Taguibao picked “Burn Out.”<br />
<span id="more-196"></span>Having been in the music industry for nine years, the band believes that it has yet to fulfill a dream of performing for Filipinos in the United States. They already have played in Singapore. In fact, they recall during their gig that the Filipinos in Singapore were singing along with them.</p>
<p>“Someone came up to me and said your songs reminded me of hope,” says Dancel.</p>
<p>The band members admitted that they would have pursued a different career if they were not musicians.</p>
<p>Taguibao said he wanted be a synchronized swimmer, while Quisumbing would loved to become a dancer. Meanwhile, Dancel wants to volunteer in a non-government organization for kids.</p>
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		<title>An Eraserheads reunion repeat? Watch their video from The Fort</title>
		<link>http://blogs.inquirer.net/soundtrip/2008/08/31/an-eraserheads-reunion-repeat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erwin Oliva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[IN a heartfelt letter to fans posted on the Subsandwich mailing list, Raimund Marasigan assured fans that Ely Buendia was okay and thanked the fans for their concern.
He also hinted that he was ready to do another Eraserheads show.
Before anything. I just spoke to Day Cabuhat and she informed me that Ely&#8217;s condition is now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IN a heartfelt letter to fans posted on the <a href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/subsandwich/">Subsandwich</a> mailing list, Raimund Marasigan assured fans that Ely Buendia was okay and thanked the fans for their concern.</p>
<p>He also hinted that he was ready to do another Eraserheads show.</p>
<blockquote><p>Before anything. I just spoke to Day Cabuhat and she informed me that Ely&#8217;s condition is now stable and they&#8217;re very thankful for all your concern.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for coming t the show. We really felt the cheering and the singing and the love you all gave.</p>
<p>Thank you for understanding that the show had to be cut short.</p>
<p>Ely was in no condition (emotionally, physically) to play but he did. And he gave it his all which is more than we could ask from him. Given the circumstances he was in.</p>
<p>We all wish him well. We are all confident that he will recover soon.</p>
<p>I promise to give you another Eraserheads show as soon as possible.</p>
<p>Again thank you very much</p>
<p>Rayms</p></blockquote>
<p>For those who missed the show, here are three of the songs they&#8217;ve played.</p>
<p>Eraserheads perform &#8216;Ligaya&#8217;<br />
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<p>Eraserheads perform &#8216;Alapaap&#8217;<br />
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<p>Eraserheads perform &#8216;Sembreak&#8217;<br />
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<p>More words from Raimund and his new motto, which he posted on Subsandwich list:</p>
<blockquote><p>After the first set i was so hyped. i went looking for buddy to check up on him cos his bass effects was malfunctioning.</p>
<p>I found him coming out of Ely&#8217;s tent and said Ely was rushed to the hospital.We were all stunned and after a quick production meeting and meeting with his family we had to announce that the concert had to be cut short.</p>
<p>We prepared 3 sets. The first was just a warm up. The remaining two was going to be the fun part.</p>
<p>There were more videos and light shows and pyro in store for everyone.</p>
<p>After getting fans family and friends safely out of the venue maps I headed over to Saguijo bar to meet Sandwich, Pedicab, Cmbio and some friends to hang.</p>
<p>After a few beers Buddy arrives so we decided to play the second set on borrowed equipment. Thanx to Mark Maya for the stix. We had a little help from ebe, kris, vin, aia and tani. by the time we were playing el bimbo Marcus shows up so he got to play also.</p>
<p>I guess we just did not want to go home to our posh hotel rooms all down and defeated. I&#8217;m thankful we have great friends to support us, cheer us up when we&#8217;re sad, pick us up when we&#8217;re down.</p>
<p>here&#8217;s my new motto: drum now ask questions later.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>(UPDATE) Eraserheads concert cut short, Buendia rushed to hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Tapalla</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Erika Tapalla
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines &#8212; The Eraserheads Reunion Concert was cut short Saturday night when lead singer Ely Buendia was rushed to the Makati Medical Center after collapsing backstage during a 20-minute intermission of the planned 30-song concert.

The concert’s sudden end was announced by Buendia’s sister Lally who went onstage with Ely’s band mates Raimund [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By Erika Tapalla<br />
INQUIRER.net</strong></p>
<p>MANILA, Philippines &#8212; The Eraserheads Reunion Concert was cut short Saturday night when lead singer Ely Buendia was rushed to the Makati Medical Center after collapsing backstage during a 20-minute intermission of the planned 30-song concert.</p>
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<p>The concert’s sudden end was announced by Buendia’s sister Lally who went onstage with Ely’s band mates Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala, Marcus Adoro and concert organizers stating that the band’s lead vocalist and songwriter was in poor health. The band members apologized to the audience for cutting short their performance.</p>
<p>MTV Philippines President Francis Lumen asked the crowd for a minute of silence to pray for Buendia’s health.</p>
<p>“He had a slight attack because of stress due to the recent passing of his mother (Lisette Buendia), and their sound check which lasted till 3 a.m. today (Saturday),” said MTV Philippines and Radiohead director for marketing Ronald Esguerra in an interview with INQUIRER.net. “But we have received word that Ely is now in stable condition.”</p>
<p>Organizers also belied erroneous reports that Buendia is undergoing triple bypass surgery, adding that the Eraserheads frontman actually wants to check out of the Makati Medical Center and go instead to his personal doctor.</p>
<p>Esguerra confirmed reports that Buendia was transferred to the Philippine Heart Center last night after he requested to see his doctor. &#8220;But he is okay and in stable condition,&#8221; Esguerra told INQUIRER.net in a telephone interview.</p>
<p>According to Jing Garcia, former music journalist and currently technology editor at Manila Times and a friend of the Eraserheads members, Buendia collapsed backstage after the last song before the intermission, which was “Lightyears.” The band had already played 15 songs by then.</p>
<p>Buendia <a href="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=42335" target="_blank">suffered a heart attack</a> on January 7, 2007 and had already <a href="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=42572" target="_blank">undergone surgery</a>.</p>
<p>The concert, which was staged at the Fort Bonifacio Global City open field in Taguig, started at around 8:15 p.m. and paused for a break at around 9:30 p.m.</p>
<p>The Eraserheads opened their much-awaited reunion concert with “Alapaap” and “Ligaya,” complete with fireworks display.</p>
<p>After waiting at the open field for an hour since the intermission hoping for further developments, loyal fans of the band calmly left the concert area after being treated to a thrilling first set.</p>
<p>MTV Philippines’ Esguerra said that while he is hoping for a second Eraserheads reunion concert, there is still no word on whether another one would be staged.</p>
<p>“We have received no word of a Part Two but we also hope there will be one,” he said.</p>
<p><strong>With a report from Pocholo Concepcion, Philippine Daily Inquirer</strong></p>
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		<title>Getting ready for Eraserheads reunion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erwin Oliva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JUST like the fans, former Eraserheads drummer Raimund Marasigan is excited. In a message posted on the Subsandwich mailing list, he narrates in very short sentences the days leading to the one-night reunion concert that would finally bring together his former bandmates in what would probably be the biggest gig in Filipino rock and roll. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JUST like the fans, former Eraserheads drummer Raimund Marasigan is excited. In a message posted on the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/subsandwich/" target="_blank">Subsandwich</a> mailing list, he narrates in very short sentences the days leading to the one-night reunion concert that would finally bring together his former bandmates in what would probably be the biggest gig in Filipino rock and roll. The former members of the band are set to play August 30 at the Fort Boni open field in Global City in Taguig.</p>
<p>He writes:</p>
<blockquote><p>It’s been unbelievably crazy these past few days. I taped a few tugtugan episodes with Pedicab and Rivermaya, taped a Pedicab myx live episode, played a Cambio gig in route 196 , paid our respects to tita Lizette, played a Sandwich gig in up Manila, finished mixing the duster album and take care of last minute production details.</p>
<p>Marilou and R.A. treated me to something green and hairy. Maps played imago and duster gigs. Tarikim skipped school. I gave tix to the teachers haha.</p>
<p>I love my job. I thank God for this opportunity and blessing.</p></blockquote>
<p>Filipino director Quark Henares has also posted a brief video on YouTube of the Eraserheads Reunion concert soundcheck. The video shows now Pupil frontman Ely Buendia singing &#8220;Sembrek&#8221; and Buddy Zabala backing him up on bass guitar. INQUIRER.net has confirmed with Henares that the video clip indeed came from him.</p>
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<p>&#8220;After doing Ziggy Stardust, some adjustments are made and Ely starts doing the opening rifts of one of my favorite Eheads songs. You can actually hear me proclaiming &#8216;wow&#8217; when it begins,&#8221; writes Henares in the description of the video he posted on YouTube.</p>
<p>Here are the rest of Marasigan&#8217;s message to fans on Subsandwich mailing list:</p>
<blockquote><p>We had soundcheck midnight last night. My drum kit was tuned and inspected by Cholo of Ernville and Mike d. Thanx for the cymbals cholo.</p>
<p>I got Jamie and the Sherps Mickey, Tel and Jerry as my crew.</p>
<p>Brand new dad Darwin was there. Soupstar&#8217;s got a new baby in the family.</p>
<p>A few friends dropped by. the Itchyworms, Pupil, Mark Maya and AIA, Sinosikat, Direk Quark, Erwin Romulo, Direk Marie, and then some.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a bit embarrassed were getting super rockstar treatment. We&#8217;re checked in a five star hotel, assigned a chauffeured van each, personal bodyguards (which i refused until later tonight) and we can actually raid the mini bar haha(after 20 years in rock n roll).</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t get enough sleep. for the first time I&#8217;m actually excited about the concert. Went to the gym to sweat out last night&#8217;s beer. I&#8217;m having bacon eggs and fruits in the room as i&#8217;m typing this.</p>
<p>Earnest just dropped veda off. the kids are trashing the room. I&#8217;ll get a massage when they go swimming.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait to play. I&#8217;ll see you all tonight.</p>
<p>Be safe.</p></blockquote>
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