Metrowalk RT sessions

i woke up this morning with a splitting headache. i guess i was standing too long in front of the speakers at last night's rock gig at Metrowalk (99.5 RT Sunday Sessions anniversary). i have to buy earplugs na haha. but then i won't hear the music... scratch that...

the lights were muy terrible... Metrowalk set up a couple of light stands a few meters in front of the stage. tapos the lightsman was using mostly red and yellow instead of the white ones! there were no lights on the stage mismo, sus! i remember the lights during 99.5 RT's Ripe Tomatoes gig at Greenhills (see samples here), it was one of the best so i was looking forward to tha same kind of lighting here. i guess it depends on the venue.

i knew i would end up with a bunch of underexposed, red, low contrast photos so i decided to shoot in black and white na lang whenever the lightsman felt like turning the stage into a disco haha. all that blinking! kaya siguro sumakit ulo ko!

ang ganda ng black and white... all you will see is how the light falls on your subject, there are no colors to distract you... photography is, after all, about capturing light.

abangan ang mahiwagang link! :)

MiG in Manila!

Got to see MiG Ayesa at his album launch at the SM megamall yesterday and yeah yeah, i know i went there to shoot MiG, i confess: i also lined up and had my CD autographed hehe. How often do you get to meet an international rock star right? And he is a kababayan at that so let's support him! Thanks also to the MAPsters for giving me their official MiG Fan Club dogtag! :)

The launch was well-attended and the crowd was pleased to finally see the man they voted for in Rockstar. The audience laughed everytime he made a joke and spoke in Tagalog (Filipinos love that). He sang 5 songs i think while playing the keyboards although I wish he had a band so he could have rocked out more. For his encore, at the behest of the crowd, he sang WE WILL ROCK YOU backed up only by the audience -- MiG asked them to play the WWRY beat by pounding on the catwalk/runway haha! astig!

I will be uploading the photos to my site soonest!

UPDATE: u can view the photos at arQuiza.com now! :)

TL Ako Sa 'Yo

Kitchie will be in S.O.P. this Sunday for the launch of the new Manila Sound album from Viva. She will be singing T.L. AKO SA 'YO... ay grabe kapag narinig niyo it's so cool! me bago na naman tayong kanta from Kitchie while we're waiting for her next album hehe. Abangan! :-)

naaliw lang ako sa kanta kasi i got to hear some words used only during the 70s like "dehins" and "utol" and "type kita" and i don't know if you guys really know what TL means hehe. TRUE LAB ano. ;-)

TL Ako sa 'Yo was originally sung by a band called Cinderella, kapanahon ng Hotdog, VST & Company and The Boyfriends (me album ang tatay ko ng mga yan haha, LP pa tawag noon -- long-playing! yung malalaking vinyl records). These bands were the creators of the "Manila Sound" in the 70s - it is a very light kind of pop music that uses Taglish, and the songs were usually about juvenile sentiments (crush, pers lab).

Other songs by Cinderella: Ang Boyfriend Kong Baduy, Superstar Ng Buhay Ko, Sa Aking Pag-iisa, and the immensely popular Bato Sa Buhangin.

end of lesson. nabibisto na edad ko eh hehe. :)

MiG's CD launched in the Philippines

What do you know, MiG Ayesa will be launching his debut album HERE in the Philippines! Filipinos will be able to get their copies of his CD on December 5, the Australians this January, while the the rest of the world has to wait until it's regular release on March 20, 2007 pa! MiG delivers on his promise during his visit here last August where he announced that he will be releasing his album here in December.

MiG was one of the final three in the first season of Rockstar: INXS. Born in the Philippines, raised in Australia, MiG is a singer-songwriter who has also starred in stage musicals like WE WILL ROCK YOU and RENT in London even before he joined the Rockstar competition. It is not surprising really that he decides to launch his CD here because this is probably his way of thanking all the kababayans worldwide who voted for him in Rockstar. :)

Watch out for MiG here in Manila, he will be promoting his album THIS WEEK (Dec. 4 - 8)!

DEC. 5 - MTV MUSIC SUMMIT, The Fort Open Field

DEC. 7 - his album showcase at the SM Megamall, 3 PM

Thank you to his fans the MAPsters (MiG Ayesa Pinoyfans) who are all so friendly and devoted to MiG (sobra! hehe). The MiG fans abroad are also great, they never fail to ask permission first before they use my photos of MiG, thank you for the respect (and the linkback!). :-)

CD info:
MiG
MiG Ayesa
MCA Music

Peter Frampton (Guitar)
MiG (Piano; Vocalist)
Matthew Wilder (Producer)
Rob Mathes (Producer)
Paul Buckmaster (Producer)

Track Listings:
Angie
Baby, I Love Your Way
Can't Find My Way Home
Day After Day
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Jeremy
Kiss From a Rose
Life on Mars
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Waterloo Sunset
Who Wants to Live Forever
Wrapped Around Your Finger


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www.teammigayesa.com