Musika - Music

Michael Jackson Passed Away!

2009-06-25T17:03:00.000-07:00

Los Angeles, at around 12:30 pm, Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call from MJ's home. The death of MJ was not immediately clear, but it was said that he died in a cardiac arrest.

Michael Jackson, the sensational gifted "King of Pop" who made his name at an early childhood became one of the world's most influential star in the music industry. His career was at it's peak in the 80's and deteriorated his career in some series of scandals.

Michael Jackson was perhaps the most exciting performer in his generation. With his 1982 album "Thriller", it remains the biggest-selling album of all times, more than 26 million copies. Who can forget the "Beat it", Billie Jeans", and the famous dance groove of undead, "Thriller".

Michael Jackson was known for his frantic, crotch-grabbing dances moves, my favorite, the "moon walk". Together with his high-pitch voice, he made every stage performance an out of this world experience. His garnished gloves and tights, military-style jacket were his trademarks on stage.

Years had passed, MJ became an increasing odd figure. Because of his desire to get white skin, he had gone to some surgery to change his appearance, he was said to have skin cancer. He encompassed himself with children in his famous Neverland ranch. It was on 2005 that MJ had a serious scandal, of molesting a 13-year old cancer survivor in his ranch on 2003. He was accused of throwing the boy with alcohol and fumbling him. It was this scandal that took a fearsome fall in his career and image, and fell into serious financial problems.

Despite all that was happened in the lifetime of MJ. He will remain a legend. His contribution to music industry is unforgettable. He will always remain my idol. Rest in peace MJ.

Eyes On Me Interpretation

2009-04-22T22:14:00.000-07:00

Another song that you'll like if you played Final Fantasy 8 in Playstation. Eyes on me was it's original soundtrack. Well, this song is about a girl who's been into a man. Fantasizing that she would be noticed by this guy. Until one day, she saw this guy smiled at her. And thought of herself if she's just only dreaming. Sometimes seeing our beloved watching at us is like a dream. You want to pinch yourself or the one close to you to prove if your on reality. If you are caught by the one you are staring, it also proves that they are also staring at you. :)

Eyes On Me - Faye Wong

Whenever sang my songs
On the stage, on my own
Whenever said my words
Wishing they would be heard
I saw you smiling at me
Was it real or just my fantasy
You'd always be there in the corner
Of this tiny little bar

My last night here for you
Same old songs, just once more
My last night here with you?
Maybe yes, maybe no
I kind of liked it your way
How you shyly placed your eyes on me

Oh, did you ever know?
That I had mine on you

Darling, so there you are
With that look on your face
As if you're never hurt
As if you're never down
Shall I be the one for you
Who pinches you softly but sure
If frown is shown then
I will know that you are no dreamer

So let me come to you
Close as I wanted to be
Close enough for me
To feel your heart beating fast
And stay there as I whisper

How I loved your peaceful eyes on me
did you ever know
That I had mine on you

Darling, so share with me
Your love if you have enough
Your tears if your're holding back
Or pain if that's what it is
How can I let you know
I'm more than the dress and the voice
Just reach me out then
You will know that you're not dreaming

Love's Divine Interpretation

2009-04-12T21:13:00.000-07:00

When I first saw this song many years ago, it was like I was listening to it for a week or two? I like its lyrics a lot.

Then the rainstorm came, over me
And I felt my spirit break
I had lost all of my, belief you see
And realized my mistake
But time through a prayer, to me
And all around me became still

Everyone of us comes to a time when we feel all alone. Lonely, feeling cold, its as if we were left behind. No one is in our side, comforting us, caring for us. So we come into a realization of the things that went wrong.

I need love, love's divine
Please forgive me now I see that I've been blind
Give me love, love is what I need to help me know my name

Beyond all wrong, love will always be there. Everyone needs love. It's the reason for all things. Love can make all wrong things go away.

Through the rainstorm came sanctuary
And I felt my spirit fly
I had found all of my reality
I realize what it takes

'Cause I need love, love's divine
Please forgive me now I see that I've been blind
Give me love, love is what I need to help me know my name

Oh I, don't bet (don't bend), don't break (don't break)
Show me how to live and promise me you won't forsake
'Cause love can help me know my name

Show your love to your loved ones now. For you don't know what is there to come. Maybe it's the last time you'll be seeing each other.

Well I try to say there's nothing wrong
But inside I felt me lying all along
But the message here was plain to see
Believe me

In times of pain, don't hide it. Share what you feel inside. Seek help. No one is an island. And you'll find that all you're pain will subside.

'Cause I need love, love's divine
Please forgive me now I see that I've been blind
Give me love, love is what I need to help me know my name

Oh I, don't bet (don't bend), don't break (don't break)
Show me how to live and promise me you won't forsake
'Cause love can help me know my name

Love can help me know my name.

Google's Free Music Downloads for China

2009-04-05T21:47:00.000-07:00

Big music record labels in the world works with Google, in offering free music downloads to anyone in China last Monday. This companies hope to seek profit even it is said that piracy is rampant in China. But the plans of Google is to build more traffic on their site and get some new advertisers by allowing the China people to search and download for free musics.

Analysts says that it the best way for Google to take on China's leading search engine, Baidu, where its Web traffic grown partly because of its free links to unlicensed music.

Well, piracy is very rampant all over the world, all of us knows it. It's up to these industries to cope up with their competitors. Use any strategies and means for the business.

For more: Google and Music Labels Bet on Free Downloads in China

Francis Magalona Passed Away

2009-03-05T22:20:00.000-08:00

The Philippine King of Rap passed away.

Francis Durango Magalona, FrascisM, famously called as the Master Rapper, passed away today, March 6, 2009 at the age of 44. After the long battled of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, where he was diagnosed last August 2008.

Francis was a breakdancer in the early 80's. And eventually went into acting and followed the footsteps of his mom and dad. Then he went into emceeing and release his firts album Yo!, with the nationalistic hit Mga Kababayan (My Countrymen) in 1990 as his first scene in the music industry and making it the first Filipino rap album in the Philippines. Just like any other raps, FrancisM's rapping was political conscious and ryhmes were though-provoking.

FrancisM contributed a lot to the hip-hip genre where his works were featured in some international hip hip publications like the All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop (2003) by Backbeat Books. Also on the May 2004 issue of The Source, as US based publication.

The works of FrancisM includes, Mga Kababayan (E.P. Dance Remix) 1990, Gotta Let 'Cha Know (E.P.) 1990, Yo! 1990, Rap Is Francis M 1992, Meron Akong Ano! (I have something!) 1993, Freeman 1995, Happy Battle (featuring his band "Hardware Syndrome") 1996, The Oddventures of Mr. Cool 1998, Interscholastic 1999, Freeman 2 2001, The Best of FrancisM 2002, Pambihira Ka Pinoy (Single) 2004, F Word 2008.

FrancisM was married to Pia Arroyo, where they have eight children: actresses Maxene and Saab, Francis Jr., Unna, Nicolo,Clara, Elmo, Arkin.

Master Rapper, FrancisM was a great loss in the Philippine music industry, but his memories and works for his country will live forever.

May you rest in peace.

A True Definition of a Music Lover. .

2008-05-15T23:48:00.000-07:00

"If a man hears a woman
singing in a bathroom,
he'll make a hole
and put his ear on
instead of his eyes. ."

Collide: My Interpretation. .

2008-05-15T04:24:00.000-07:00

This is just one of the interpretation of Howie Day's song, Collide. Just set back and read in as my way of interpreting this song. .

The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you Yeah

Will, obviously, the song speaks of a relationship. Not just any ordinary relationship, but a starting relationship between two people. " You're barely waking. And I'm tangled up in you", he was falling in love to her long before she knew it.

I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again

 "I'm open, you're closed", maybe the two of them have so many differences, but even of their difference, the narrator just keep on following the girl  "Where I follow, you'll go", he's afraid that he might not see her again  "I worry I won't see your face Light up again".
 

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find
You and I collide

"Even the best fall down sometimes", the narrator is afraid, because they have differences, he sees that even the best relationship falls down, how much more to them, many differences. But he finds a little hope, "Even the wrong words seem to rhyme", that even there's difference between them, even his mind was full of doubt, the two would seem to collide, " I somehow find You and I collide".
 

I'm quiet you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know I'm always on your mind

In this verse here, the narrator found out the the girl has also feelings for him. "I've found I'm scared to know I'm always on your mind", but he wanted to just sit back because the guy just wants to see the girl from afar.

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find
You and I collide

"Even the stars refuse to shine", even lovers in a relationship refuses to admit how they'd loved much each other. But the girl admitted her love in time, "Out of the back you fall in time".

Don't stop here
I lost my place
I'm close behind

This is the bridge part, the boy said to the girl not to stop in everything she'll do. Because he will lost his place on her, he's just there in everything she'll do.

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find You and I collide

You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide

This last part, maybe the girl is saying this to the boy. Even the differences, the two realize the they can be with each other. Even with the doubts, love will still work out.

My Story of HeroHeroine...

2008-05-01T04:52:00.000-07:00

This song is by Boys Like Girls. And here is my Story of this song.

I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?

And I feel a weakness coming on
Never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart on lockdown
And then you turned me around
I'm feeling like a new born child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded

Have you experience on having seeing your crush in an incident? Will, we all know that everyone of us has crushes. Yeah! There's that one time that I'm having my tiredest day in school. And you know tired, I almost get to sleep. Then accidentally I glanced at one of the window. Then before my eyes, their it is, the most beautiful girl of my life, passing by the window. That instance, my sleepiness, gone, and I became alert. I even answered the questions that my prof gave to the class. There then I remember the song HeroHeroine!

Seeing your crush is like taking a heroine (I haven't tried that). You feel like a hero and got to save the day from all those bad elements. And make the day memorable forever.

Your Guardian Angel : My Own Interpretation

2008-05-01T02:09:00.000-07:00

When I see your smile,
Tears run down on my face.
I can't replace.
And now that I'm stronger, I have figured out,
How this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul.
And I know I'll find deep inside me,
I can be the one.

It hurts the most when you see your love one hurt. What makes your world turns cold and break your soul is when you see the sufferings. And you'll find out that your the one that can heal the cold and broken heart.

I will never let you fall.
I'll stand up with you forever.
I'll be there for you through it all.
Even if saving you sends me to heaven.

And you'll do your best to protect that loved one. Climb a mountain, cross the deepest see, or do the most embarrassing thing you've done in your entire life, you'll do it for that person, even in the face of death, you'll save the person for the sake of true love.

Seasons are changing,
And waves are crashing,
And stars are falling all for us.
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter,

I can show you I'll be the one.

Even time passes by, the love that you felt will never fade. Wait for months, year, decade or even centuries, the feeling would be the same just to prove your love, just to prove that you are the one.

'Cause you're my, you're my, my-e-y-e-y,
My true love, my whole heart.
Please don't throw that away.
'Cause I'm here... for you!
Please don't walk away and,
Please tell me you'll stay... here!

And you tell your love what you feel. The feelings that is deep inside. You said to your love not to take for granted the feelings of your heart 'cause you are there always. You do all the things to make him/her stay and not to walk away.

Use me as you will!
Pull my strings just for a thrill!
And I know I'll be okay,
Though my skies are turning gray!

You tell your love to said the thing that he/she wanted, the things that he/she wanted for you to do, for you tell him/her that it will be ok even if its difficult, even if its hard, even if your skies are turning gray.

Gasulina!

2008-04-30T01:32:00.000-07:00

Gasulina was born on October 2005 when the town's (CDO) music scene died. They had a variety of influences ranging music from the 70's to the 90's Rock n Roll and with the incorporation of their music and in the heights of their live performances. These gives gasulina their own distinct sound. These boys from cagayan de oro philippines believe that education can make a world of difference, a world of peace, music, love, justice and ofcourse HOPE for the nation. Presently, the band is going to release its first full length album (RISK) this coming June 2008. The band is also looking forward for their album tour in Manila, Cebu and all over Mindanao, with their participation and as a host band in mindanao of ROCK ED PHILIPPINES, they made their way to enter manila's gigging circuits.

The band members are my schoolmates, especially the vocalist. We were classmates in one of the subject. At that time, the band was not that popular in Cagayan de Oro. And now they're making their way to make their dreams come true. Go Gasulina!

For more of Gasulina: http://gasulina.multiply.com/

My favorite song...

2008-04-29T05:48:00.000-07:00

I haven't said my favorite song. It's Burn by Usher. I always listen to this song. When I'm playing my playlist, Burn will always be in the scene. What I like about this song is that it is about breakups and ending relationships. "You know that it's over / You know that it was through / Let it burn / Got to let it burn", the man in the song (Usher) breaks up with her woman but found her sad about feeling bad about what happened to their relationship. However, he says that she must deal with it before she can accept the truth. "It's been fifty-eleven days / Umm-teen hours / I'm gonna be burnin' / Till you return", the direction changes after the realized that breaking up with her was a huge mistake and that he wanted her back to him.

Big Girls Don't Cry ft. Sean Kingston

2008-04-29T01:53:00.000-07:00

I was working with my program on VB when I heard Fergie singing her song. I found out that it was a remix with Sean Kinston. They made a nice remix together! Got to have a copy of that remix.

How six songs collide: I just love this mashup song.

2008-04-28T06:51:00.000-07:00

How six songs collide by Norwegian Recycling; I have heard this a long time for now, but the music just keep playing in my mind! ah.. LSS (Last Song Syndrome) state. Hehehe.. The song is compose of six songs, 1. Jason Mraz – I’m Yours 2. Howie Day – Collide 3. Five For Fighting – Superman 4. Angela Ammons – Always Getting Over You 5. Boyzone – All That I Need 6. 3 Doors Down – Here Without You. Man this is way too cool! What a nice collision!

Check this out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzNGzZ-UnQY

Mashup music: Have you heard of it?

2008-04-27T23:16:00.000-07:00

I found another exiting music genre. They called it mashup, read as mash-up. created from the combination of the music from one song with the a cappella from another. These songs may be considered part of the European bastard pop musical genre. A mash-up is a song created out of pieces of two or more songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the music track of another...Mash-ups are incredible fun and a fascinating way to reexperience some of your favorite tunes.

Tabularaza : SheWowAh

2008-04-25T06:23:00.000-07:00

Tabularaza is an alternative rock band from Cagayan de Oro city. Their third album, and one of their song title, "SheWowAh" was one of my favorite.