Music is life (from FM’s blog)

I exercise my vocals every now and then. It is my medicine. Here is a set of pictures Pia took of me. (upon my instructions I prod her to shoot at every opportunity. I always look at the photo journalistic quality of the moment) These "reality" shots are gonna be of value one day. I can use these for the documentary am doing, and probably even a book one day.

I was vocalizing to the new track that we did with Ely B. and THE NEW BAND. Yup, we will have a new band. An album of music, a documentary movie, a foundation, yes all of these will happen. AND I WAS VOCALIZING WHILE TRANSFUSING A PACK OF RBC.

I still hear the voices of Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Tupac Shakur, Kurt Cobain, The Notorious B.I.G. and Frank Sinatra to name a few. And their voices rise from their graves.

I am lucky to have been a recording artist and one day when I leave this world, just like the names I mentioned, my voice will be heard. Always. At a touch of a button or switch, I am "alive" again.

In essence music is life. Music is immortality.

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........Kagabi, I was listening to eraserheads - the reunion concert cd. Then I decided to listen to FM instead. I think it’s better. I heard him rapping, as if he were alive, with Gloc9’s Lando and with Parokya ni edgar’s Bagsakan, then eheads’ superproxy. But nothing can beat the sound of Kaleidoscope syempre.

I slept late last night because I was reading francisM’s blogs. I cant help but cry. I just finished reading it this morning. My eyes were swelling.

I realized that life is really too short to waste time. We have to enjoy life's pleasures and pain. Facing reality is scary. But we have to deal with it.

His blog really hit me.

Eraserheads - The Final Set

Magsisimula na yung concert wala pa rin akong ticket. Nakapasok na sa vip yung mga friends ko. Di na ako nageexpect na may makukuha ulit akong murang vip pero buti na lang nacontact ko ulit yung binibilhan ko ng ticket. Nag-meet kami ni manong buboy sa harap ng ambulance sa vip. As usual, patago niya binigay.
Palaging bongga na ticket ang binibigay nya sa akin. Sobrang mura, mas mura pa sa nakuha ng mga nambabarat kong kaibigan. So mas barat pala talaga ako. Sa unang Eheads the reunion concert, binigay nya sa akin yung pinakaharap, s-vip (ahhh super very important person?), ngayon naman binigay niya vip all access at may access pa ako sa backstage. Yung 5k na ticket binenta lang nya sakin sa halagang 2k. Mas mura yun presyo nya dati 1.3k lang dati svip. Sobrang traffic sa Moa, muntik ko na hindi masimulan yung concert. Ganda ng pwesto ko, maluwag at mahangin. Katabi ko nanaman si Marc Abaya. Mukang pinagtatagpo yata talaga kami ng tadhana. Kaso kasama niya gf nya ngayon. Naghahalikan pa sila sa harap, tabi, at likod ko. Sa harap ko si Yasmien Kurdy, sa gilid ko si Aia ng Imago, sa likod ko magkasama si Kean ng Calalilly, ney of 6cyclemind at yung vj ng MYX. Sa pagkakaalam ko nasa paligid ko lang si anne curtis, jericho rosales, chito miranda, at si teddy (ko) ng rocksteddy.
Astig yung concert ever. Nakanta nila halos lahat ng mga kanta na gusto ko marinig compared sa unang concert nila na medyo bitin pero sulit na rin. May solo part si raymund marasigan at marcus. Si buddy parang wala akong matandaan. Naging acoustic yung bandang gitna ng concert. Siguro dahil bawal mapagod si ely. Sa the reunion concert medyo heavy music ginawa nila di katulad ngayon medyo steady lang. Marami din hinagis si ely sa audience like yung jacket, guitar picks, sapatos at medyas. Ayos sa trip.
Kinanta nila superproxy at kaleidoscope ni francis m. to pay tribute. Nakakakilabot ang el bimbo lalo na nung sinunog ni ely yung piano at tapos tumugtog siya dun habang umaapoy, at maraming confetti na naglalaglagan with fireworks.
Tinatamad na ko magtype at magkwento. Pero basta sulit. At happy ako sa napanood ko.