Rebolusyon Rekords Pilipinas

Somebody (Matt of PPX?) sent a MusikMAX BICOL CD to Francis Brew’s In The Raw radio show on NU107. As a result, two tracks from MusikMAX BICOL received the Standout Track Of The Week honor two weeks in a row. Last week it was KAHON by Pepsi Paloma Experiment, this week it is Chocolate Brown Coffee by Stolenshots. Here are my posts on my multiply site about the matter:

Last week I received advice that several songs from MusikMAX BICOL CD were played and reviewed by Francis Brew on his In The Raw radio show at NU107. Schweet!

KAHON by Pepsi Paloma Experiment was being played on NU 107 as In The Raw Standout Track of the Week! Cool! Nag-TXT brigade kami; vote, request and msg to the max.

Maraming salamat kay Francis Brew! More power to IN THE RAW - still going strong after 18 years na!

Ang sarap ng feeling kasi walang payola, paki-usap or pagma-makaawa, hehehe.

and this week…

Last Saturday, I received advice that several songs from MusikMAX BICOL CD will be played and reviewed again by Francis Brew on his In The Raw radio show at NU107. This is PART TWO of his review (but of course, with 19 songs spanning 78 minutes on the MusikMAX BICOL CD - a 2-hour radio show is not enough).

I wasn’t able to tune in coz I was holed up in the hospital watching over my 15-month old daugther who got the dangerous Kawasaki disease (she’s out of danger now).

This afternoon, while driving around Makati I was surprised to hear “Break the Silence” by Black Gulaman being played on NU107 BUT… the announcement after the song was for “Chocolate Brown Coffee by Stolenshots“… hmmm, something’s wrong.

So I YM’d nurocktalk to clear out the confusion and get the real score… without further ado, the official IN THE RAW STANDOUT TRACK OF THE WEEK is…

Chocolate Brown Coffee by STOLENSHOTS - the hilarious ska band from Legazpi, Albay! Cool!

Samahan nyo kami sa TXT brigade; vote, request and msg to the max.

VOTENU Chocolate Brown Coffee

REQUEST NU Chocolate Brown Coffee

SEND to 29107

Thanks a lot to Francis Brew, more power sa show mo!

This is a very late posting I know, nevertheless we want to let the public know that our Bicol romp last July 2008 was a HUGE success. We officially released the MusikMAX BICOL CD via launch parties in the Bicol region as further strengthening of the MusikMAX concept of local music scene focus.

MusikMAX BICOL launch at Wharf Galley in Naga City, Camarines Sur

We designated two tracks as carrier singles: DALOY by IDLE PITCH and ALBAY SONG by BUCKYARD BOYZ. By the time we got to Bicol, these two songs were already enjoying considerable airplay via organic requests (and MASSIVE legwork by our coordinators Jonjie San Vicente in Naga and Irle Sabdao in Legazpi). In fact, ALBAY SONG cracked the Top 10 of OKFM Legazpi’s Top30 countdown, accordingly the first time a local act from Legazpi got into the OK charts.

EYESCREAM band takes their MEMORIES music CD down south of the NLEX as they embark on a Southern Mall Tour this summer 2008. EYESCREAM will play the songs from their “MEMORIES” debut CD to the Pinoy rock crowds on the following dates and venues…

• February 29 at SM Dasmarinas in Cavite
• March 8 at SM Molino in Cavite
• March 14 at SM City Lucena in Lucena City, Quezon

On the last leg of their Southern Mall Tour, they will hold a full concert at the Central Park Garden Cafe in Lucena City, Quezon. Central Park Garden Cafe is the premiere live concert venue in Lucena City for top music acts in the Philippines such as Bamboo and Imago bands.
Catch the Eyescream guys and beat the summer heat! Watch them live, Epoy on vocals, Poldz on drums, Henry and Pipz on guitars and Jeff on bass.

EYESCREAM, their debut CD Memories and carrier single Memories are all over the NU 107 ROCK AWARDS 2007 Nomination List. Help EYESCREAM get into the FINAL NOMINEE list by VOTING ONLINE - click here!

You can watch the music video of Memories by Eyescream on Youtube.

EYESCREAM is nominated on the following categories:
- Artist of the Year
- Album of the Year for Memories
- Vocalist of the Year for Epoy Quipse
- Guitarist of the Year for Henry Galvez
- Bassist of the Year for Jeff Dela Cruz
- Drummer of the Year for Poldz Domingo
- Song of the Year for Memories
- Listener’s Choice
- Best Live Act
Again, please help EYESCREAM get into the FINAL NOMINEES list of NU107 ROCK AWARDS 2007 by VOTING ONLINE - click here!

Why EYESCREAM band is in the nominations? We’re just as curious coz NU only played the Eyescream’s Memories for a short while (actually a few times) but the song did not make it to their playlist, even with massive text SMS requests, wala pa din. Wala lang, venting lang. Hahaha.

tags: NU rock awards, eyescream, Pinoy rock

I thought it was a special and memorable blues night, great line up, nice venue, nice sound, nice vibes.

I had the gig captured on two video cameras and I also recorded the audio multi track (drums overhead, kick, bass guitar, guitar 1, guitar 2, vocals and the stereo mix from the house). My impression after skimming the captured video and audio material is that we may be able to make something out of it, (DVD anyone?). We did not capture all, but we captured a lot.

Lots of footage and clips of Lampano Alley, Kulukati, Snakecharmer, PLUG and The Long Johns.

I’ll be posting music videos on an installment basis coz it takes a ton of time to edit the video to the mixed sound track. iMovie has only 1 video track and I’m doing multi-cam edits that need to be synced to the audio - yeah, it’s a torture and pain but have to do it that way until I get Final Cut Express HD.
The mixing of the multi-track audio parts is kinda easy, mostly balancing and taming the spikes, to retain the live feel, as much as possible 60% should come from the house mix.

Anyway, here is the first music video installment….

Tumblin Down by PLUG “live” at 19East

This video playlist on Youtube has all the videos from Blueskrieg at 19East, performances from SNAKECHARMER, KULUKATI, LAMPANO ALLEY and PLUG.
You can also Download d music video clip on my Multiply site.