Makibaka Music Video Trailer

This music video was produced as a trailer of the limited copy Makibaka CD (with the cover art below painted by Jay Jamoralin). Maraming salamat sa lahat! At yang pasasalamat na yan ay nakasulat dito haha!

Makabayan rock at the first El Pasubat Festival 2011

Wohoo! Watch the video dito. Coverage by Loujaye Sonido. Salamat ulit JM Quiblat and the Villavicencio family for inviting us at the first ever El Pasubat Festival of the historic town of Taal, Batangas.

Panata sa Bayan now available in Click Music Philippines

Great news! Song Panata sa Bayan is now signed up at Click Music Philippines, a KBP partner music promotion company. Do support the song (and the artist too) by loading up and downloading via Load Central at P25/download. Ikaw ano ang iyong panata sa bayan?

Support Makibaka, help make it #1!

Makibaka landed in #46 today February 3! Moving up 8 positions from yesterday and overtaking about a hundred songs since entering the Reverb Nation charts for the rock genre in the Philippines about two weeks ago. Please support the song and help it land in #1. All you have to do is PLAY or DOWNLOAD the song here http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_6868090 and SHARE it via Facebook, Twitter, or even email using the embedded tools in the site. Support patriotic and progressive OPM!

Makibaka is the first track in my independently produced rock album Makibaka! Rakenrol Tungong Pagbabago. Ayi Muallam of Bulatlat.com wrote a cool review of the album in Makibaka: Music Inspired by the Struggle for Change. Lead guitar riffs in Makibaka were performed by classical guitarist and people’s musician Tony Palis.

And just in case you’re interested in the album, check it out at www.makibakathealbum.com. Thanks!

Panata sa Bayan

New year. New post. New song. Panata sa Bayan is a new song for a stronger commitment for change the country needs and the struggle we believe in. Check it out! Rakenrol!

Beatles Rock Band will be released on Sept 9 (Cinematic and Gameplay Trailer here)

Beatles Rock Band is a game for Playstation 3 and XBOX 360 (For PC users, we can always use an XBOX or PS emulator to run the game, hehe!). A game developed by Harmonix in close partnership with Apple Corps – yep, the company that recorded the fab four’s songs. It will be available for game consoles by 090909. Cinematic trailer below and gameplay preview after the jump.

The Jerks will be rockin’ vs VFA today

I am and will always be a fan of The Jerks, one of the original Filipino bands in the rock and blues genre.

Though they have been around since 1979, the Jerks have recorded only two albums since then. The first was a live performance record which was released under Backdoor Records in 1994, and the second (and the last so far) was a self-titled studio album recorded under Star Records in 1997. The second album received the “Best Album” award at the 1998 NU Rock Awards, while the song “Reklamo ng Reklamo” received the “Best Rock Song” award at the 1998 Katha Awards.