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I’m so psyched. Three of my favorite CCM songs are doing well on the charts:
Ayiesha Woods‘ Happy is rising up the Billboard and Radio & Records charts, as is Brandon Heath’s Our God Reigns. I’m also psyched for Katie Giguere’s I Lift Up My Eyes, increasing in radio airplay at inspo stations across the USA. You can listen to the first two at the MySpace pages I’ve linked to, and you can listen to Katie’s song in snippets on your website.
Oh, and look at THIS! Deborah Gibson’s back on the charts! Haha! What goes around comes around! Jordan Knight does a duet with Debbie titled Say Goodbye and it debuts at #35 on the Adult Contemporary charts! It’s a back-to-the-80s comeback! Click on the link to Jordan’s MySpace page to give it a listen.
I’ve loaded the lyrics to Say Goodbye by Jordan Knight and Deborah Gibson on my Blogger page here.
Checking in on my MySpace page, I saw that the number of hits to the page jumped 110 notches to 669 from 559 the day before. What the…? I thought to myself. Why this sudden spike?
So I did a Technorati search (oh, sure, like y’all have never Googled yourselves) and found that - yet again! - my Web buddy and benefactor Bene Diction has superblessed me by linking to MySpace page, thanks, in turn, to another great Web friend, Dan Johnson, who included two of my originals, Magpasalamat and Superblessed (Saint Stephen’s Remix) in his podcasts, where BD heard it and deemed my music “very cool.”
Dan also recommended I upload some of the material onto the Podsafe Music Network, which is what other indie artists are doing. While I’m a songwriter, primarily, looking to sell my material to other labels for their artists to record, there’s a little birdie in me that’s also saying, hey, give it a shot, you never know.
It’s like Dan’s my godfather, you know? I praise God for giving me such encouraging online friends, brothers and sisters in the faith, united by Christ’s love and the passion for blogging to glorify God’s name. Wow.
Oi vey. This is what the family of God can do. What would a struggling Filipino-Christian songwriter in a third-world country do without brothers and sisters in the faith throughout the world to encourage them to pursue their dreams and make music for Christ?
Songwriting is one way to glorify God, after all. 1 Peter 4:11 “If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, who whom belong the glory and dominion forever and ever.”
So, I wasn’t able to record the song I wrote for Pinoy Dream Academy. The weather simply didn’t make for a conducive trek to Makati, which is a shame (who wouldn’t trek for P100,000?). However, there are always silver linings in the dark storm clouds, and God remains faithful. I received a reply from a gentleman from the ultimate Philippine talent agency for Christians, who indicated that ‘Heaven and Earth,’ one of my more recent tracks and one of the ones available for download on my MySpace page, had potential, and asked me for the lyrics.
By God’s grace, this could be the start! I hope it meets their standards, as do the other three I sent (all downloadable on MySpace). This Time, especially, is the only secular track on that list of four, and since the artist who’s recording it right now hasn’t officially bought it from me, I still have dibs on selling it to someone else.
On another note, management is looking for songs for Heart Evangelista and Karylle, and so now I’m now working on two tracks, one called I Choose You, a Kristy Starling-type ballad with Heart E. in mind, and the other, for Karylle, a track called Don’t Walk Away, with a Shanice Wilson vibe to it. Calling on the muses of Diane Warren, come and visit someone else for a change!
If you can remember me in your prayers, please do say a short one for these songs to find their marks and be accepted. Lord, please open this door for me, please, please, please.
Looking for some topnotch Contemporary Christian Music from upstanding men of God?
My favorite CCM male singer, Mark Schultz, has a new album coming out. The title of the first single - incidentally, the same title as the album - is Broken and Beautiful, and you can listen to it here. While not as catchy as some of his previous topnotchers, including Letters From War, I Am, and the spectacular You Are a Child of Mine, Broken and Beautiful is still light years ahead of some of what’s currently available.
Brandon Heath is a spectacular young man with a distinctive sound. His mindblowing single Our God Reigns is steadily climbing up the charts, and why not? With elements of Chris Tomlin and Aaron Shust, Brandon Heath is your next big CCM singer-songwriter. You can listen to Our God Reigns in full on Brandon’s MySpace page.
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arren Barfield’s second single off his sophomore album Reach is Come Alive. Radio didn’t pick up on Saved as much as I thought it would, but Come Alive does have a more radio-friendly feel to it. Hopefully, it’ll be a bigger hit than its predecessor. You can listen to a nice lengthy clip of Come Alive on Warren’s official website, and I’m sure it’ll be posted in no time on his MySpace page.
Matthew West’s third single off his sophomore major-label release, History, is the title track. History has a certain feel about it that may take a while to grow on you, but its lyrics are certainly encouraging and I think it’s a sleeper hit waiting to happen. It certainly is quite different from the previous smash, Only Hope, and is a lot less poppy and a lot more rock-oriented than the carrier single of History, Thirteen (Next Thing You Know).
Finally, adding some ‘color’ to this mix, I recommend Wayburn Dean, an inspiring gospel singer whose Gotta Forgive ‘Em single is smooth R&B/urban CCM. Its crossover potential notwithstanding, Gotta Forgive ‘Em is an outstanding cut.
Got this meme from Andrew.
1. What are you listening to right now? The last song on my MiniDisc player was The Real Party (Trevon’s Birthday) by Mary Mary, off their phenomenal self-titled album.
2. What is the most annoying song in the world? I’m not generally annoyed by most songs, especially since the nauseating pop ones usually tend to grow on me for sheer novelty value. I never did like really heavy metal, so I guess I would identify that genre because it gives me a headache.
3. Your all time favorite band/artist? Tough choice there. For sheer number of years and loyalty, I would say *preparing self for Andrew’s bashing* Wilson Phillips. I am, however, a loyal, loyal, loyal fan of Avalon, Indigo Girls, and Deborah Gibson.
4. Your newly discovered band/artist is? I was pleasantly and happily surprised by Rascal Flatts. Country music is very hard to come by here in the Philippines, and the three songs they’ve been sending to radio (What Hurts the Most, Life is a Highway, and their latest, Me and My Gang) are playing virtually nonstop on my MiniDisc player.
5. Best female voice? Oh, too many, too many, especially depending on genre. To promote some of the lesser-known ones, give a listen to Avalon’s Janna Long and Melissa Greene (pop), Martha Wash (R&B/dance), and Ayiesha Woods (Contemporary Christian).
6. Best male voice? Again, too many, but among the lesser-known vocalists who are phenomenal are I’m partial to Elliott Yamin (pop), George Huff (R&B/dance), and JodyMcBrayer (Contemporary Christian).
7. Music type you find yourself listening to most? Contemporary Christian of the adult contemporary/pop variety, mostly. Acoustic folk, light R&B, and club/dance.
8. What do you listen to, to hype you up? Black gospel. Oh yes. I love me some Mary Mary, Joe Pace, Mahalia Jackson, Israel Houghton, and Shirley Caesar!
9. What do you listen to, to calm down? Piano-led love songs to Christ. There are several. Lately, I’ve been reconnecting to Christ with Where Joy and Sorrow Meet, a Melissa Greene-led Avalon track on their stellar album, Stand. I like songs that make me cry with guilt set free by love. Mark Harris’ Find Your Wings fits that bill perfectly.
10. Last gig/concert you went to? Oh gosh, I don’t remember. 98 Degrees and Jordan Knight? *blushes*
11. Band/artist you find yourself listening to the most right now? Avalon’s Stand is the full-length album that I’ve been overdosing on lately (and it’s been three months), haha. Add to that list Rascal Flatts and you get an idea of how white I’ve been lately.
12. Most hated band/artist? I don’t hate any musician; they do what they do. But I dislike everything that Paris Hilton stands for.
13. Song that makes you think? I always get a good mental workout dissecting the songs of Indigo Girls. “I did a paper on [them] in college but I didn’t know what I was talking about.”
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What is going on?
First, American idol Taylor Hicks signs his record deal with Clive Davis (J Records), making him labelmates with Alicia Keys, Gavin DeGraw, Ruben Studdard, and Fantasia, among others. No surprise there. Then his runner-up Katharine McPhee signs her record deal, also with J Records. No real surprise there either. Then Davis signs up rocker Chris Daughtry, an unusual move there, given that Daughtry did, in fact, end up 4th; Daughtry becomes Hicks and McPhee’s labelmates. And now, in a shocker that’s gotten me in a bit of a whirl, 6th placer Kellie Pickler signs a record deal with BNA Records, giving the blonde country girl a record contract and bragging rights to the same record label as Kenny Chesney, Terri Clark, and Lonestar.
In the midst of all this signing, where are the record deals of the two most talented individuals in the Top 6? Who is signing up 3rd placer Elliot Yamin and 5th placer Paris Bennett?
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saw a Bradford Shoes outlet at the SM Mall of Asia a few weeks ago, and the shoes on display immediately caught my eye. What was so special about Bradford shoes?
They promise height increase of up to four inches.
Now that’s a unique selling proposition in the Philippines, if ever I heard one, that could skyrocket these guys to profits in the millions, if marketed properly and driven by good word-of-mouth.
I’d never heard of Bradford shoes prior to seeing them on display at the SM Mall of Asia, and I’ll admit that many of the shoes on display looked pretty darn good. More importantly, they did not look like elevator or platform shoes, which is great for shorter guys like me, looking to avoid the stigma of being shorter than average (I’m 5″6 barefoot).
I was itching to buy myself a pair, save for the rather prohibitive prices (upwards of P3,000 for the average pair). The Wally, pictured on the left, goes for upwards of P4,000, which is well out of reach of my grubby fingers, plus apparently, they don’t have shoes in my size (I’m a 10 1/2, which makes me feel like a short and stubby Ronald McDonald).
Based on what I can tell from the Bradford Shoes website, Bradford shoes are locally manufactured (can you imagine?), so strike up another plus for local shoemakers, because the quality of these shoes looked awesome.
If any of you out there buy a pair of Bradford Shoes, do let me know if they’re good, so I’ll buy myself a pair too.
Update 1: PHOTOS! I bought the Adrian model. I love it!
Photo 1: Beside the fridge. You can compare based on the top of my head. In the left pic, I’m well below the fridge’s line. In the second pic, my head actually exceeds it.
Photo 2: Closeup.
Update 2: I have a new pair of Bradford shoes!
1. Sitcom Marathons. Don’t get me wrong, I love the great scare that comes with a spectacular horror flick, and the adrenalin rush that accompanies the decent suspense thriller, but Cathy and I love sitcom marathons at home. Turn on the electric fan, pop open the bag of microwave popcorn, and settle down to two hours of Friends, Golden Girls, or Will and Grace, and I’m a happy camper.
2. Cheap Chocolate. I don’t think I’ve ever had Godiva or any other chocolate that I’d have to sell my right arm to afford, but I truly enjoy the cheaper chocolates. Top of my list: Chocnut. Mmmm. With chocnut ice cream. Ooooooh.
3. Sugarhouse Cakes. I love Sugarhouse - a diabetic’s hellhouse and a sweet tooth’s nirvana - for everything it offers. Prime choices at Sugarhouse: Concorde, which is a delightful cake with light brown sugar logs; Turtle Pie, a pecan and mousse frozen cake, and cookies and cream, which, essentially is that: chocolatey cookies and irresistible cream.
4. Yellow Cab Pizza. I love pizza, and I love Yellow Cab Pizza most of all! Their Anchovy Lovers’ pizza rocks my socks, and their Roasted Garlic and Shrimp pizza is just, I mean, wow. Words can’t describe it. Sure, the quality deteriorated significantly since my first Yellow Cab pizza four years ago, but it’s still tons better than a lot of what’s currently out there.
5. Cello’s Donuts. I love Cello’s Donuts. I’ve never been shy about it, saying it not just once, but twice! This entry makes it three times. Tsk tsk. As I said in a previous entry, Cello’s Donuts “make Go Nuts, Hot Loops, Dunkin Donuts and Mister Donuts taste like deep fried flour nuts off the street.” Cello’s Donuts makes “delicious, mouth-watering, greaseless confections that melt in your mouth with just the right amount of sweetness without being overpowering.”
6. Tickling Cathy and Nathan. Cathy hates to be tickled; Nathan loves it. I like giving it, so tough luck for the former, and cheers to the latter. One extra thing I’ve tried to show Nathan in spades: telling him “I love you.” I actually tell him I love him every day - more than I tell Cathy, that’s for sure. Tsk tsk. Time to text the Mrs.
7. Bubblegum pop. Don’t deny it, there will be days when you want cheese. For a good dose, I pop in a special minidisc I burned for that purpose, which features, among other poptarts of the music world, Wilson Phillips, Steps, Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync, and Deborah Gibson (back when she was Debbie), among others.
8. Listening to the Bible on MP3. Since I got the New International Version on mp3, I’ve been catching up on Bible books I never took seriously. Amos! Obadiah! Jonah! Micah! Nahum! And Genesis has never been more fun. Kudos to the voice talents who voiced over the gay guys in Genesis 19:5! Butch, baby, butch!
9. Crime/Suspense. Thank God for SkyCable. Now, I get to watch The Profiler, Cold Case, The Closer, and, my favorite, Bones! It can be very tense at night. 
10. Buffets. I love food (is it obvious?), and I love buffets. Give me a free pass at any of the great buffet places - Dad’s, the Shang, Alba’s, Mandarin, or the Spiral at the Philippine Plaza, among them - and I’m all yours, baby.
11. CCM. I love Contemporary Christian Music. Currently stuck in my player: Avalon’s Stand. Drop by my MySpace page, please, and download your own copy of Heaven and Earth. 
12. Magnetic earrings. Cathy hates earrings on guys, but unfortunately, I think it’s pretty cool. Since I can’t get my ears pierced because I love my wife, I found a place that sells magnetic earrings.
13. Fuzion Smoothies. I LOVE FUZION. I love how their fruit smoothies are sweet but not too sweet. I love how their salads are refreshing and not too wet to get all watery on me. I love how their pastas are cooked just right. I love their service. I love their alcoholic smoothies, which I’ve had only once for fear I wouldn’t be able to drive. I love the colors of every single Fuzion locale. Did I mention I love Fuzion?
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I learned over the KATHA Yahoogroups that Pinoy Dream Academy is looking for song submissions. Sixteen songs - in the vein, I imagine, of A Moment Like This, Believe, and Inside Your Heaven, among other American Idol I-will-survive-and-triumph-over-adversity tracks - will be chosen, and each composer gets P100,000.00.
Wow. I want in on that action.
And here’s a chance for you to get in on that action, too! LOL Give me a song title that I can use for my entry to the Pinoy Dream Academy songwriting competition. I’ll use the song title I like best, and will give the person who suggested it P3,000 if the song (with your title!) makes it into the finals.
Last night, I laid down demos for three tracks: Incomparable, Heaven and Earth, and Incredible, at . While I’m happy with how the first two tracks - worship songs - went, I wasn’t really able to finish Incredible,which started out in my head as a fliphop (Filipino hiphop) track but for some strange reason (uh… the fact that its singer and composer is a white boy?), upon production, morphed into a trancey, clubby toe-tapper.
Incredible is still quite raw, so I didn’t upload that track, but you can listen to Incomparable and Heaven and Earth, which I intend to submit to Victory’s music ministry for consideration, on my MySpace page by tomorrow.
I’m headed into the studio again tomorrow to lay the instrumental tracks to three original worship songs (Incomparable, Heaven and Earth, and I Desire) and two praise songs (So Good and Testify).
I’m particularly excited for the praise songs, because I’ve been playing with a Darkchild feel to the tracks, taking inspiration from Mary Mary (He Said), Brandy (What About Love?) and Michael Jackson (You Rock My World). At the same time, I’m a little inspired by some of the old school dance/hiphop sound of Soulshock & Karlin (Mary Mary, CeCe Peniston) and Warryn Campbell, so this should be an interesting project.
If we want to reach out to the youth of the nation, we need to work with their music, and let’s face it, I stand a better chance of touching someone’s heart with some hot hiphop/R&B jams than my current, admittedly stodgy Michael W. Smith/Mark Schultz A/C creations so far.
Is the music keepin’ it real? I don’t know. Is the praise real? Fo’ sho’.
Congratulations to Amelie Mauresmo, who defeated big-match jitters and Justine Henin-Hardenne, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, to win Wimbledon, her second Grand Slam title. Big week for France, which could win the World Cup tomorrow.
Good luck, France! Here’s one Filipino rooting for you.
Thanks, Cindy, for getting me in on this.
1. You once admired my courage to speak boldly for conservative values. The same courage allows me to speak boldly for the biblical view of the Gospel. If I’ve lost favor with you, so be it. But the courage is still the same, and it will cease for no man. - La Shawn Barber
2. There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. - Indira Gandhi
3. If the Creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out. - Arthur Koestler
4. You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 today and we don’t know where the hell she is. - Ellen DeGeneres
5. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde
6. What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? - George Elliot
7. Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. - Ambrose Bierce
8. The next best thing to winning is losing! At least you’ve been in the race. - Nellie Hershey Tullis
9. A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just have one thing to say to the authors of that study: D-uh. - Conan O’Brien
10. For fast acting relief try slowing down. - Lily Tomlin
11. When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So, what the hell, leap! - Cynthia Heimel
12. Rather fall with honor than succeed by fraud. - Sophocles
13. Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men - the other 999 follow women. - Groucho Marx
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I’ve been a chart geek since 1990 when I started making my own Personal Top 20 (the very first #1 single on my personal charts? Release Me by Wilson Phillips). Thanks to the Internet, I can browse Billboard’s charts without having to buy the superexpensive magazine flown here each week.
This week sees a lot of things on the charts that are interesting only to chart geeks like me:
- Nellie Furtado’s #1 in the US with Promiscuous (featuring Timbaland) and #1 in the UK with Maneater. One artist at #1 in the UK and the US with different singles? That hasn’t happened since Usher’s Confessions Part Iand Burn, respectively.
- Nellie/Nelly is the second name to have topped the charts with a male and female artist (Nellie Furtado and rapper Nelly). The first name? Taylor (Dayne and Hicks).
- Look! Bananarama’s #2 on the Dance charts with Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango). I’m thrilled for them; I’ve been a fan since the mid-80s and supported them even with their brief 90s flirtation into Japanese pop territory (Avex Trax).
- Timbaland is HOT. Aside from Promiscuous, he’s produced SexyBack, the new single of Justin Timberlake (Timbalake? LOL). Glad he’s back; Timbaland’s in my Top 4 of favorite Afro-American producers (the other four being Darkchild, Jermaine Dupri, and Babyface).
I’m battling a sore throat right now. I know it’s probably punishment for talking too much, but it’s really uncomfortable, and, combined with a mild headache, giving me reason to regret coming in to work. Ugh.
Even more upsetting, this sore throat will inevitably cause me to miss choir practice, for a second week in a row, over at Victory - Fort. This upsets me because two weeks ago, I was asked to help take care of the tenors, and, well, it looks bad that I miss two weeks in a row after being given that important position.
Late last week, Cathy and I were talking about Nathan and how he always waits for us to come home before he falls asleep (nine out of ten times). With Mondays coming home late because the car’s coded until 7PM, Tuesdays coming home late because of Cathy’s class, Wednesdays coming home late because of choir practice, and Thursdays coming home late because it’s professionals’ support group discussion night, I’ve pretty much missed four days out of seven with my son. It’s not easy, and if I look at those days, I think the only thing I can really give up are my Wednesdays (because Monday, I’m stuck in Makati until 7, Tuesdays I can’t let Cathy go home at 9PM!, and Thursdays are essential for Cathy’s and my spiritual growth). Cathy, meanwhile, thinks that isn’t a good idea that I give up being with the choir, given that it’s my chosen ministry and I’m kinda good at it.
So I’m praying for guidance from God and asking Him what to do. The truth is my throat has always been fragile (or maybe it’s actually quite resilient, but the rate that I talk is too much even for the most resilient vocal chords) and the kind of singing required of us - especially for me, because I am not a natural tenor - can really strain it. I don’t want to give up the choir ministry, but I also don’t want be resposible for Nathan’s awful sleeping habits when I come home late four days a week!
Compromises are possible. I suppose I could commute Mondays, so I don’t have to wait until 7 to go home. Then Fridays, I can leave at 5PM and be home by 630PM. Or we could attend a small group closer to home, but that wouldn’t make any sense because leaving at 5PM would just mean arrival at the small group at a late time anyway.
Anyway, I’m optimistic that I will be well by tonight (because I don’t want to miss tomorrow’s discussion group - I’m bringing two friends along!). I hold on to God’s promises, that He knows I trust Him, and Nahum 1:7 tells me that He cares for those who trust in Him, as He is good, my refuge and strength.
Be blessed!
If you’re looking for value for money, get this spectacular “Best of” album, now available at all Tower Records and MusicOne outlets throughout the nation!
If you recall, Wilson Phillips is that girl group that burst onto the 90s music scene with three #1 hits from their self-titled debut album, setting a record that has not been beaten to date.
With Hold On (the Billboard Hot 100 Single of the Year), Release Me, and You’re in Love, Wilson Phillips - Chynna Phillips and sisters Carnie and Wendy Wilson - dominated the early 90s music scene with their trademark harmonies, pleasant looks, and quality topnotchers, courtesy of master tunesmith and producer Glen Ballard (who would later go on to Grammy success with Alanis Morissette).
Aside from the three aforementioned topnotchers, Wilson Phillips also had Impulsive, a #4 hit, #12 hit The Dream is Still Alive, Top 40 hits You Won’t See Me Cry and Give It Up. Greatest Hits also features Daniel, another hit on the Adult Contemporary Charts; live versions of Hold On and Hotel California; bonus tracks from Phillips’ solo album and the Wilsons’ debut opus.
All these great tracks for only P299! That’s incredible value, so get your copies of Wilson Phillips’ Greatest Hits today!
And in case you’re curious as regards why I’m so crazy about Wilson Phillips, check in tomorrow, when I post a picture that could lose me all credibility with my online friends. Ah well, anything to promote Carnie, Wendy, and Chynna. If any of them would write or call me, I would DIE.
I very rarely make sports-related posts, but today, I just had to, in light of the strange goings-on!
Wimbledon. Hingis is out?! Safina and Venus Williams are out? Gonzales, Grosjean, Agassi, Ljubicic, Roddick?! What in heaven’s name is in the water over at the All-England?
Boxing. Pacquiao beats Larios, sure, but that game looked soooo fixed. Why back off in the third when you’ve obviously got your man seeing yellow canaries? FIXED.
World Cup. France beats BRAZIL?! What the heck?!
Man, it’s cuh-razy out there. Go Henin-Hardenne! Go Roger!
