An overload of Gary Valenciano’s original songs was what the full-house audience at the Newport Performing Arts Theater got in Reenergized Manila, the latest iteration of Mr. Pure Energy’s concert this time for Valentine’s.
WATERWALK RECORDS announces the release of Sambahan, a 10-song series project that contains worship songs from grassroots, church-based songwriters who connected and collaborated through an unconventional ‘lab’ setting via the synergetic fellowship, KONEKOLAB. Its first single,
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FOLLOWING the beat of the family drum, Jonathan Nemesio Regalado III became a drummer as his brother and their father are. But there was no familial drum for Isaac De Alva III, who grew up with no musicians in the family. Still, he found the beat irresistible.
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sumali ako…
Hindi ko inakala na magugustuhan ko (When I was in high school, I was able to watch a marching band. I decided to join and didn’t realize that I would enjoy it),” Mr. De Alva III said.
Currently the Vice-President of the Percussive Arts Society Philippines (PAS PH), Mr. De Alva III pointed out that percussion is not limited to a drum set there are, after all, various types of mallet percussion instruments such as xylophones, the marimba, and glockenspiel.
Adjeng
Back in the day, artists would have to buy time to release their next recordings to maximize the traditional route of promoting their current singles.
As digital format is now the norm, and there’s even a new normal going on, releasing songs in quick succession may just be the right fit for today’s listening public. When listeners have short attention spans, the key must be to assure them you have enough material to keep them looking ahead.
Lady singer Adjeng, who just last month released her debut digital single “O Sige Lang” to relatively rousing reviews from music critics and industry friends, obviously understood the current flow of things. She’s releasing a follow-up called “If Only” barely a month after the aforementioned song.