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Saturday, July 14, 2012

My OPM Myx Countdown Votes This Week - Jurassic Pards


The trend continues for the third week in a row where the top OPM song that I'm voting is not even in the OPM Myx Countdown.  I have been listening to the countdown but none of the songs there have made yet an impact.  So for now, here are my votes for the OPM Myx Countdown this July 13, 2012 -

#1 Jurassic Pards - Akyat Bahay Gang (4 votes per day)

#2 Toto Sorioso - Himala Ay Nawala (3 votes per day)

#3 Ney - Shut Up (2 votes per day)

#4 Giniling Festival - Hipon (1 vote per day)
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Friday, June 29, 2012

Discovering Jurassic Pards


One of the joys of concert watching, especially in the local concert scene, is that I get to discover new acts whom I've never heard of before.  It kinda takes me out of my comfort zone, especially if the act that I discover plays something which is not normally in my pop-filled countdown.

One of those acts is local hard metal band Jurassic Pards!  They're such a joy to watch!  The night we watched them in B-Side at the Collective in Makati, the lead singer wore a jeepney sign saying Alabang Sucat and wore this really large dark-rimmed glasses, a really nice green jacket and a cap.  And I think the band used a special microphone since they really sounded awesome!  I mean, you can really hear the lyrics of their song!  Grabe!!  

And the lead singer's voice was topnotch!  Talagang shriek kung shriek!  And he played with his voice too producing some 'sound effects'.  Admittedly, both Mahtab and I became their fans that night!  To think they were the first band to perform pa ha!  Although they only played about four songs to a very sparse audience - kami lang at ni Mahtab ang audience dun that night - it was a worthy effort kasi they made some new fans kahit papano!
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Monday, June 18, 2012

Rocking with Robin Nievera, Chris Cantada, Jurassic Pards and Giniling Festival








Anyone who says OPM is 'naghihingalo' should go out more and seek out clubs and bars where true OPM talent plays! I admit I am a belated fan of OPM mainly because I was a 'charts' guy and I only discovered the Myx OPM Countdown two years ago! Que horror! So it was only last year din that I decided to watch the gigs of the bands I liked. They're not exactly household names yet (I think you'd have to be an ABS-CBN or GMA talent to be one, nowadays) but talent-wise and music-wise - they are as creative as the new music that I listen to from all over the world.

So yesterday, after I got notice here in FB that Chris Cantada had a gig in B-Side, I decided to drag my friend Mahtab to come with me. My only other gig experience in a local bar last year with Eevee, Ajka and Letter Day Story was a lot of fun as I got to interact with the band members! This time though, I only got some photo ops since there weren't many people in the bar!! Harang!!

The good thing was, it actually felt like a private show!! Parang birthday ko lang!! Without my rowdy friends! Both Mahtab and I enjoyed the music of both Chris and Robin and we were also happy to discover the music of two bands - Giniling Festival and Jurassic Pards!! I mean, we were like seven only in the audience, but these two bands performed like we were 1 thousand screaming fans! Such professionalism and dedication to their craft. A lesser artist would've just given a B-show but these guys gave their A-performance - screaming fans or none! They really got my respect in that aspect.

Oh well, I'll still be using FB to prowl for gigs from my other new favorite OPM acts. Sana lang wag mag-conflict with my 'other' events. Luke Mejares' show kasi will conflict with my Wimbledon - sayang.....oh well.....ganyan talaga buhay.....
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