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

See You on March 27!

Hey everyone! I'll be playing as silverfilter this Friday at Checkpoint bar in paranaque. It's a nice cozy place in the bicutan area where the people can chill and experience the southern vibe. This is brought to you by Electronica Manila! We're trying to bring the gigs down south for the electronica fans there so  we hope to see your there! We'll also be having Watari's Machine, singleeyeperspective, Firefly Logic, Flavours and Caffeine, and Mighty Dax! It's the first leg of the Electronica Manila Live series there in checkpoint and we hope you can check it out. We're calling it The Listening Party as it's not a proper dance club but point is, music will be playing and people will be vibing for sure. Show starts at 9:30 til late. Best of all, it's FREE. No charge whatsover so you can just come and enjoy the music. Order all you want and party with the Electronica Manila crew. Make the most of these free shows from Electronica Manila as we aim to bring the music to the people with little or no cost to you. Just pure sharing of the music that we make and love. I'll be doing a live electronic techno set playing with a laptop hooked up to my midi controller and hardware effects boxes... I'm sure it's gonna be quite different from the typical band setting Checkpoint's used to. If I find time to make tunes for a new set, I'll probably do an all hardware set. I'm just pretty busy these days working on the album. I'd like to thank everyone who came last Friday at my Manor gig. I appreciate the support of everyone in this silverfilter project of mine and I'll definitely push more to bring you good music. Thanks and God bless Cy - silverfilter

Little Hardware Update

Recently pointed my head back to hardware and I just got myself a couple of Korgs... It's funny coz if you see my HW live set now, it looks like Korg's sponsoring me (I wish right?). Moving on, I got a Korg EMX and an ESX along with a Kaossilator, which I plan to use with my Kaoss Pad 3. All Korg products... wow. hehe The EMX is a music production machine with 5 part synth and 9 part drums whereas the ESX is a music production sampler. The Kaossilator is a fun little piece of equipment, which a lot of people see as a toy but I'm sure I could find some nice use for it for the live setting. Anyway, I'm hoping it'll jumpstart (it's working actually) my passion back for live regardless of venue, etc. I just want to play these days and get the music out again. Hopefully everyone can visit one time and say hi. God bless and that's it for the short update... Cy - silverfilter

lovecore update

Check out our latest BIG BIG update in my band's site. http://www.lovecoremusic.com Enjoy! It's still rough but we'll be building on it in the days to come God bless Cy

bored...

Having bought my guitar last December, I feel like I got bored now... Well, not entirely. There was something bout the search that kept me going for the guitars I've collected but as everything changes, my attention is now towards drum machines and synthesizers (once again). I didn't see the value in 'em "resalewise" which unfortunately is true compared to nicer guitars which can fetch almost the same, a little lower or possibly higher even after so many yrs. With electronic music gear, a few yrs down the line, it's old and dated and the producers are after what's new... that's why I love guitars. It's been the same since forever. Anyway, I wanna get myself an Elektron Machinedrum and an Elektron Monomachine. I dunno but I i suddenly wanted those two so bad that I'm now looking around what's left of my gear and selling what I could coz those two are awfully expensive. I don't want to go into detail here but I feel somehow, I lost the "fun" in music-making. I dunno why. I feel that I need to be a kid again and enjoy music for the sole of enjoying it and not thinking about other things like releasing material, playing out, etc. At this point, I feel like those two pieces would bring me back to being a kid waiting for his toys to arrive. It may take a while but I'm hoping it'll be sooner. I'm pretty excited if ever I do get them. All I know now is I have to be patient, wait, and attend to more important matters. I'm just looking forward to playing again like I used to, and fiddling with knobs and buttons with my new toys in front of me and all the time in the world. Cy-silverfilter

WANTED BAND

Hey guys! Helping out my tito here... We're looking for a back up band for Lou Bonnevie. Requirements: must be a full band for quite some time. You guys must be tight as a unit. With definite stage presence Into rock and roll/blues with the appreciation for the pop sensibility. New album will be touring soon so this is an immediate thing. Contact 09209268409 - Toto Thanks and God bless! Cy ps. pls don't email/txt me cuz I'm just helping out my uncle for this.

On leave for a week

I'll be away from the internet for a week so I'll be able to respond to any emails, posts by next week. Thanks. God bless Cy