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I'm tryin to blog as much as I can and keep this thing daily... Anyway, got back from 2 lovecore gigs. One at Dredd and another in Al's bar in pque. met up with the guys at 8:30 then rushed to fully booked fort to pick up our manager. Headed to Dredd just in the nick of time since our set was supposed to be at 10pm (we arrived 9:55). Good thing it started late so we were able to rest a while before getting on stage. the gig was great. A lot of younger bands (man I hate saying that it makes me feel old hehe). It was a great gig. I'm somehow enjoying myself again in playing ar gigs... just having fun playing without thinking of anything else. The long drive from alabang to eastwood was interesting. some heavy traffic caused Reg and Pao to go on a joketime spree which led to new jokes for Pao's joke bank. After Dredd, we went straight back to the south for another gig. Ate in Tropical Hut hamburger before the set and played. We also had a blast there and enjoyed some of the set of the bands. I enjoyed their sets particularly cuz some did some RATM covers and another band did a nice cover of Deftones. Nice! We did a pretty rockin set (in our opinion anyway) since we liked our sound in als more than how we did in Dredd. Reg brought along his amp so he really was familiar with his gear. Anyway, after the gig, we had a band mtg and finished up in the car for more details. We're really strategizing in how to reach the listeners more and to get the music out there. It was quite a night. The drive was tiring but it was good to be back on stage sharing our music and message again. See ya on saturday if ever :) Cy

95% and one down!

Just finished mixdown of the last track for my upcoming album! Praise God it's finally done! Just onto mastering then off to the CD replication! woohoooooo!!!! I can finally move on to the mixdown of the other one haha! A short intro on the latest album.... It's entitled Devotion. It's lighter than my typical chillout but not too ambient (if there's something in between hehehe). I wrote it as a sort of soundtrack to prayer and simply in being in God's presence. Really excited about it! Will be released in May! Cy

blag blog

My head hurts I dunno why... lack of sleep? the realization that the rain has stopped? I'm guessin hunger... I need to eat. Just finished another session of recording for the Lovecore album. I guess what I'm just mighty proud of is that we're doing it ourselves. We're taking it a day at a time with the DIY ethos and it's such a blessing we're in a position to be able to do it DIY style. It's tiring but it gets the job done and because we're not pressured with studio time and such, we can be quite the perfectionists in a good way. I know that sometimes studio pressure can help but we just try to strike a balance between being too perfect and giving it some slack. I'm off to eat.

I'm only happy when it rains...

I'm so glad it rained today. I just couldn't bear the heat in our house... even visitors can attest to that hehe it's not that cold yet since it's still summer time but the fact that it rained and the heat isn't as bad is something I'm thankful for. I just couldn't work properly with the heat. I even tried once to go to starbucks and spend the day there. I brought my headphones, keyboard, and laptop to work on some music but I just couldn't mix down music properly on my headphones. With the rain and all, I'm able to work comfortably in my own home and be productive enough. so far, I was able to finish a remix required for work, a logo design for a friend, and I'm just waiting for our guitar player to arrive for Lovecore album recording... It's gonna be a long night. Cy

Nice Saturday... REALLY NICE...

I initially planned to WORK yesterday. I opened the computer and loaded the CD with the files from  client to import. Lo and behold, their engineer exported all the files MUTED so I couldn't work at all! Since I knew the song I needed to remix, I decided to start on it. While working, my friend, Hope, texted if berns and I wanted to go see the Wanders coz he had extra passes. I've always wanted to go bring Berns to that so I said yes. Now I can see it for free! hehe We rushed to pick up Berns and went to Pagcor. When we got there, it was such a blessing to find out our seats were at the front!!!! I'm guessing that's the P3k tickets? Praise God! No wonder I never got to go get tickets coz God planned it for me to see it for free! Ang bait talaga ni Lord!!! Best of all, had I bought tickets before, I would've gone with the 1.2k but He wanted me to get the best seats. Wow! After the show we headed to Trinity beside MOA for some Dampa style dinner! most no of shrimps I've eaten in my life! Ang sarap! hehe After dinner we headed to starbucks. The one beside MOA was packed so we walked to MOA hoping the one there was still open... it wasn't. But because Starbucks today is like SM malls (they're everywhere!), we managed to find a 3rd starbucks all within walking distance at the Ecom bldg. We hung out there til closing at 3 and went home. Highlight of my night? While in the car on the way to pick Berns up, we were planning to request for our single on NU107. I took out my phone to request the song and pressed "on" on the radio. Once it turned on, Walis Tambo was playing! It was so funny in a way. I was so shocked at the same time amused at how the chain of events transpired. I wasn't able to key in anything on my phone and there I was listening to our song on NU. Nice... God's so full of surprises... :) Cy

I Need Your Help...

After the success of our In The Raw interview, our single was chosen to be the stand out track of the week. Quite easy to remember because it was during the holy week. Timely... We're now onto the next stage! Help us reach number 1 by texting NUVOTE WALIS TAMBO to 29107 for all networks. You can also call 6360099 on your landline and simply mention you're voting for Walis Tambo by Lovecore. Alternatively, you can add them at YM with "nurocktalk" and post your vote! It's that easy! VOTE AS MANY TIMES AS YOU'RE WILLING TO, FOR THE SONG TO REACH NUMBER ONE! YEAH! (Globe Telecom is having trouble receiving votes at the moment so as much as we hate the idea, landline or YM votes for now) Check out http://www.lovecoremusic.com to hear the single demo and more tunes! Thanks!!!! God bless Lovecore crew - Cy, Pao, Frame, Reg, Mara

Hard To Type

It's so hard to use my pinky finger at the moment coz i got a bad cut from (my dog) Techno's collar. It cut through the whole tip of my finger and any force  on it either opens up the skin or sends an aweful amount of pain on the area. Too bad, i was in the mood to blog haha I find myself having more time for other things lately than just spending time online so i guess it's a good thing. Gives me time to update my blog more haha til then. Cy