A Video From Last Night's Gig...

Here's a video from last night's gig...



the first one that we had after more than 2 months of being inactive... sayang we did only 4 songs (This was the second song off that set...) kaya medyo nabitin nanaman kami pero okey lang kasi masarap yung tugtugan kagabi... sobrang na miss ko...

Practice Pics And Some From Last Night's Gig...

Should've been posting something about the gig we had a while ago pero sobrang sleepy na ako... so here's some pics we had during last Sunday's practice...





...and some from last night's gig...

Pratctice...

Hello everyone...

after 2 months of being inactive, we were able to have practice last night... yun lang nabitin kami nina Dennis kasi i was hoping that it would start at around 9:30 or 10pm pero lahat kami sobrang late dumating save for Dennis...

anyways, sobrang namiss ko yung mga songs and i'm glad that most of us are still familiar with them although the first 2 tunes that we Jammed seemed a bit awkward pero as we progressed eh naging sobrang ayus na lahat save for a song or two na medyo bihira din namin natutugtog...

as usual di pa rin nawala yung kulitan at yung semi-hi-light nung gabi eh yung baliw na nagwawala sa tapat ng studio na pinag-tripan din ni Jeff at Dennis... si maggot na sobrang late dumating eh may baon pang beer at alak... pampa-lubag loob nya siguro sa mga naghintay (kami yun)... sana mapadalas yung mga ganitong practice session nang malayo naman kami ni Dennis sa di magagandang mga bagay...

by the way... mukang 1st gig namin mamaya in a long while... sa Sazi'z ito... sana masaya...

Hello Hello! November...

Last post of mine was October pa... haven't been with my Candy-Mates since i got back from the US... Reason or reasons are...

Actually pwede naman pero...

Well, nakakamiss na talaga so maybe in a few days time eh magsama-sama kami ulit... Hopefully a practice session this weekend and a gig sometime soon...

How's everyone doing na kaya?

Maggot got herself a job na medyo maaga yung pasok... just waiting for her to get adjusted tapos pag okey na siya eh saka ko na sya kukulitin sumama ulit... Si Rene muna cguro pansamantala... Me, Jeff and Dennis is pre-occupied with work pa rin kahit di masyadong marami yung tugtugan lately.. pero come December... hay buhay nga naman... Celene yata is busy rin pero i think pwede pa rin nya ma-squeeze yung pagbabanda sa scheds nya...

ang lungkot nga lang kasi kahit buo kami eh di pa rin kami talaga nagkikitang magkakasama lahat... unlike Pillow who as of now, as usual eh wala nanamang singer (Apple has to leave the band to focus on her work)... But we've (Pillow) been able to practice twice na since i've got back... Palibhasa may new song kasi...

Hopefully... Hopefully...

Gusto Ko Na Tumugtog Ulit...

Grabe, tagal ko na talaga di nag po-post... ang dain na ng mga nangyari...

anyway, last few days na namin dito sa States and sobrang excited na ako makabalik sa Pinas... Syempre gusto ko na makita family ko and friends... miss ko na rin ang maraming lugar dyan sa Manila... haaay, ang mahal ng yosi dito at sobrang laki ng servings ng mga pagkain... lumobo nanaman ako dahil panay Pinoy food ang kinakain namin... pero lately, kumakain nanaman kami ng mga American food na kung minsan ay walang kalasa-lasa...

compared to my last trip here, mas masaya ngayon since nakakapag-adjust na rin kami ng mabilis at ang babait talaga ng mga taong nag-aalaga sa amin dito...

oo nga pala, we've been to Canada rin for almost a week... ang ganda ganda dun, sayang kahapon lang ako bumili ng Camera... ang dami ko sanang kinunan na mga pics... nakakapang-hinayang talaga yung Asobi Seksu na gig, nagpapicture kami sa Singer pero until now di pa sinisend sa akin yung pics...



ilang araw nalang at nandyan na kami, can't wait talaga... gusto ko na talaga tumugtog ulit...

Photo Sessions At Bandspotting...

the rains really did it for me last September 8, Tuesday... it's a good thing that Haydeys was able to make it last time at Sazi's... and since there were only 2 bands that night, we took the liberty of doing really long sets...



Haydeys is an Indierock band that boast some really melodic tunes, sweet guitar lines, catchy beats and lush keyboard sounds... they sing some of their songs in tagalog and do a cover of a Death Cab For Cutie song... They do show a lot of promise...

anyways, as for the photo sessions we did after our very long set, here are some worth sharing...









by the way, i was able to write new songs for Candyaudioline after millions and billions of years... hope we get to Jam them soon...

Recent 70's Bistro Clips... 2 Songs...

recently had time to do this... Rommel from Sonnet LVIII took these... kinda funny because of the way he played around with the nightshot mode of my camera... he even made some effort to get really up-close shots of us... hehehe, had to darken these up a bit to hide some undesirable details... the sound quality suffered a bit but at least you'll get a slight idea of what we sound like, specially our guitars when you're near the stage...

here are two of the three songs we played last time around...

An Empty You...


Felt So Fine...


Thanks Rommel...

Bitin Sa 70's... Lasingan Sa Studio...

Medyo nabitin kami last Monday when we played a gig at 70's Bistro... it was supposed to be a bawi gig since the last time we performed there about a week ago eh medyo kalat kami... todo prepare pa naman kami sa gig na ito since we really wanted to do better this time around... yun lang since the main band (Parokya Ni Edgar) was already complete we had to cut our set from 5 songs down to 3... kaya instead of playing the songs we practiced eh we had to settle playing songs na medyo lengthy... actually isang song lang naman yung mahaba eh yung last 2 were not really long songs...

so after taking a short breather and shots of isaw and hotdogs at the nearby isawan, we decided to satisfy our 'tugtog" cravings by having an impromptu parctice thing... actually it was supposed to be an inuman session but i thought it would be nice if we just jammed together while having our inuman thing... di kami nag sisi and it was really fun... specially during the second round... i think by this time lasing na ako... nmalamang uulit ulitin na namin ang ganitong sistema ng pag-papraktis at di magtatagal eh mga drunkards na kami... tingin ko ako lang cguro since yung apat eh medyo sanay uminom eh... anyway, feel good talaga yung dating and it made me feel relaxed and not really rushing things like i usually do during practice... before going home, me, dennis and maggs went for a quick mami... di na nakasama sa amin sina Jeff and Celene...

going back to the gig, we sure did well than last time... i watched it on video and enjoyed every song kahit na nag 3 songs lang kami at kahit parang baliw yung mga kuha ni Rommel (Sonnet LVIII) sa video... hope in the future mas tight pa kami at mas more presentable while playing... i think it's about time for candy to shine again... our two new members has really blended well with us... Celene is a really promising vocalist, Jeff naman is a very good drummer... Maggot has been showing some improvements lately while me and Dennis on the other hand have been successful in avoiding the regular places (Sauna's, Health Clubs and Strip Joints) we usually like going to...

also i think it's about time to update our Blogs, Multiply and Myspace acoounts...

Brain buzzing

It's been 3 weeks nearly closing to a month since I joined Candy. To tell you the truth, I'm still overwhelmed that I'm actually singing with them. And yes, I won't deny the fact that I'm indubitably new to the whole scene.

I will never forget the time when I attended the first practice with them. I still find it funny that I was hushed and that I was all shaky the whole time. I guess I was still adjusting and feeling out every member. Nonetheless, I guess it was obvious that I was very conscious of how I should sing their songs that I made sure I took down notes for every song we practiced that night. The next day was my first time to sing with them in front of a crowd - hell, it was nerve-racking. I tried holding the lyric sheet by hair's breadth. I had it recorded on video and I could barely watch myself. I was out of tune and I couldn't even hear myself singing at all. In spite all that, it was relatively a very good experience for me.

Weeks passed and we had lots of late night practices and a couple of gigs scheduled in different places. Within that period, I was already able to adjust with all of them - Allan, Dennis, Rene, Gotheng (even if I've just been with her twice), and Jeff (obviously). I quickly got the hang of their behavior of scrutinizing things - even me. I guess they were surprised I was having fun messing around rather than being all sensitive about it. I even find it funny when they said I looked like Scrat or that I should play the guitar-like keyboard the way Jimi Hendrix did. I'd laugh it off and get back at them after. Priceless.

I don't dismiss the verity that for every time we had a gig or a practice I get so tired that when I get home I flump right into bed. It'd take me 2-3 hours of sleep before I get up to work. I barely get enough sleep.

But, it's all worth it.

I'd wake up in the morning - all re-energized and uberly happy, regardless if I wasn't able to rest much. It was the music and at the same time I'm enjoying the company of new friends. This is long enough and I'd keep this short, I might get too melodramatic. It's that - I am happy. I know I still have much to learn and experience with the band and yeah, I'm excited just thinking about it. So yeah, to Allan, Rene, Jeff, Dennis and Gotheng - thanks for bringing my sanity back. I'm looking forward to more music-playing with all of you :)

Playing Old Songs

Hello everyone...

it's been a while since my last Candy-Post...

i guess it's safe to say that we're back and everything seems to be alright again... Our two new members, Jeff and Celene has really helped a lot in making things interesting again... Practice has never been this fun and fruitful... although we've yet to experience playing a flawless gig but i guess we're getting there...

last night's practice was great... we focused on playing songs that we seldom play... "for all i care", "out of fuel", "broken to pieces", "all smiles", "can't sleep", "nearby town", "pretend that we're smart", "light a candle" and "painful" were just a few of the songs we practiced last night and Jeff's playing brought back the decency in all of these songs specially in "broken...", "painful", "out of fuel" and "can't sleep"... we sounded more like an indierock band which focuses more on it's indie-ness... even songs like "we've been there" and "my silver chair - dance version" gained some "twee-ness"... unlike before with our past drummer wherein these song rocked a lot...

Celene on the otherhand fit's this bands requirements .. She sings in ways i like my songs to be sung although she's still having problems with some songs specially the higher pitched ones... i think a few more practices and she'll be able to do it properly...

i'm very thankful to Rene for filling in for Maggot every now and then... hopefully when everything's really back to normal, we'll see more of Maggot... it's still catching up time for both new members and Maggot has more important things to do... when that time comes, it'll surely be a blast...

lot's of things to look foward to and lots of old songs to fool around with...

Nice Gig Nice Gig Nice Set...

it's the 2nd time around for us and inspite of the very little improvement i'm still very optimistic about our current situation...

the Strange Geometry gig at Route 196 just a while ago was slightly better than the one we had at Sazi's 3 nights before... the intruments were tight and i guess we weren't our usual loud self but it felt quite good... as if everything was in order (thanks to Jeff's steadiness) save for the vocals which at times was quite embarrassing... still Celene improved a lot compared to the first gig... she was more prepared this time around that she even bought with her alcohol and cotton which she made good use during our set... even i have been singing off key thanks to my slightly deaf left ear...

anyways... it going to be another long climb from here but i guess it'll be more fun this time around...

nice set to the following bands... Phantom Sizemore, The Shocking Details and Gentle Isolation... wasn't able to catch Dress and was to tired to watch Outerhope but i did here a lot of praises for these two...

Thanks Eloha (Ex-Soft Pillow Kisses Vocalist and one time Candyaudioline Keyboardist) for dropping by and taming the beast named Dennis... Thanks too kay, Christian and Sir Carl, at kay Joey and Jared ng Phantom Sizemore para sa strap...

Practice And Bulalo...

we had another practice last night in preparation for tonight's 70's Bistro gig... i was really amused at Jeff... i made him play four songs which we haven't jammed yet... Still he was able to execute them in just one take, to almost near perfection, simply by just listening to the songs repeatedly... i just wish that Maggot had that abilty... speaking of Maggot, i wasn't able to make her sing again... as usual, she wasn't able to prepare... anyways, we had to cut the practice short since jeff had to rush back home... i later learned, through Ayn that it was his birthday... Sayang, medyo late a rin kasi and we had to take Maggot home too...

on our way to Maggot's place, we stumbled along a bulaluhan somewhere in Blumentrit, San Juan near F. Manlo St.... Masarap... yun lang, a medium sized bowl at a PhP120 is a bit pricy pero talagang masarap... syempre, di mawawala ang kulitang Dennis at Maggot... Bilib talaga ako kay Dennis, pati yung bantay ng Bulaluhan eh nagawan nya talaga ng panlalait... i was hoping to talk to them about my plan for Candy pero i decided not too because i've yet to decide on it... nakakalungkot nga lang kasi talagang alangin pa rin lahat and i think matatagaln pa bago maging steady kami ulit... we really want Jeff to be our drummer, even Jann Paul suggested that he was perfect for us... Pero if we'll have Jeff as our permanent drummer, we still have to look for a back-up just in case his other bands need him... Hay naku nga naman... if ever nga pala, dapat ko pa pala ipa-alam sa mga bandmates nya ito...

Hmmmm, sana maraming Elaine sa Manila... Hehehe, tanggap na ni Rene na di na cya papayat... Sana bigwasan na ni Maggot si Dennis... Sana yumaman na kami ni Dennis...

Rene's Request...

didn't have anything to do last Saturday so i called up Dennis and Rene and asked then if they'd like to watch Ice Age 3 with me... i was able to watch the movie a few days ago via download and was really laughing my head off inspite of the mediocre quality of the download...

Ice Age 3 is really a treat to watch... i was expecting Crash and Eddie to continue their craziness in this film but i guess they had to give way to a new character called Buck in that department... Even Diego was had a number of quite funny scenes himself... Sid was super all through out and Scrat too... Ooops, guess i have to stop from here...

Me, Rene and Dennis was able to watch the 3D version of the movie by accident which made the trip even more enjoyabe... i suggest you watch i too...