Free

Here’s FREE, a song for a free mind and the struggle for a free society. Also a contribution to this year’s Software Freedom Day (SFD) and the campaign for Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) spearheaded in the Philippines by the Computer Professionals Union (CPU).

Thanks to everyone who listened and downloaded the song at Reverb Nation and Jamendo! Thanks to everyone who shared, posted, tweeted and blogged about it, and bought a copy at Band Camp! Thanks a lot for the continued support to makibaka music and this makabayang OPM artist. Rakenrol!

(Update October 2, 2011) Free has been listed along with two other songs at the Resources page of the Software Freedom Day wiki. Thanks a lot softwarefreedomday.org! An OGG version is available at the wiki page wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Resources/FreeASongForSoftwareFreedom.

Below is also a video featuring the song and with behind-the-scenes footage of Software Freedom Day Philippines. Thanks Developer Society!

Finally, Makibaka live at Mendiola

Finally, we were able to perform Makibaka! at the foot of Mendiola bridge. Performing live at a rally in Mendiola. We missed you Rosel, Loujaye, and Pol! A hundred days of PNoy and nothing has essentially changed. Click here and download the song.

This is Net-25 Convergence’s official theme!

Here’s a second rendition of Net-25 Convergence’s first and official theme. Convergence is the longest running Information Technology show in the Philippines airing every Sunday 8 PM at Net-25. The song calls out to this tech-savvy generation to use technology to bring forth a better future for the Filipino people. Rakenrol! (Update 10/26/2010)

Makibaka live at Rhythm and Rhymes

It was fun time jamming Makibaka! with Concerned Artists of the Philippines’ Roselle Pineda at Agham-Youth’s Rhythm and Rhymes for the Environment. Looking forward to performing it again next week, this time with Tony, Roselle, Pol, and Loujaye. We also performed DKK’s Gatan and Balang Araw. Click here for the recorded version of Makibaka and here for Balang Araw. Video by Marion Ramirez.

Makibaka!

Makibaka! is a song for and about the people’s struggle for change! Maraming salamat Tony Palis and Walkie Miraña for helping out with the recording! (Music, lyrics, and arrangement: Karl Ramirez; Lead guitar and lyric consultant: Tony Palis; Supporting vocals: Walkie Miraña) Photo from Arkibong Bayan. You can download the mp3 by right-clicking this link and selecting save as. More songs here. Lyrics after the jump.

Tagapagtanggol ng Bayan

Tagapagtanggol ng Bayan is a song I wrote for the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL), a nationwide voluntary association of human rights lawyers in the Philippines committed to the defense, protection, and promotion of human rights, especially of the poor and the oppressed. * Written and performed by Karl Ramirez * Year: 2010 * If the above play button doesn’t work please try this one.

Alagaan ang Kalikasan

Alagaan ang Kalikasan (was originally titled ‘Pansinin ang Kalikasan’) is the official theme of CDRC’s 30-minute disaster preparedness segment airing at Radio Veritas DZRV 846 khz every Friday 7:30am. It has been a year since I’ve written and recorded this song and I think the best way to celebrate its timely message is to sing and record the song one more time. A jazzy fun beat this time around. Have fun listening! If the play button above doesn’t work, try this one.

Change

Here’s my cover of Taylor Swift’s song Change. Cover arranged and performed by yours truly. Enjoy! You can download the MP3 by clicking here.

Lyrics used in the cover version after the jump.

Ka Satur at ang Magsasakang Pilipino

Coming from a peasant family in Sta. Rita, Pampanga, Makabayan senatoriable Satur Ocampo brings with him to the Senate the Filipino farmers’ aspiration for an abundant harvest, genuine agrarian reform, and social justice.

Kapit-bisig sa pagbabago

“Kapit-bisig sa Pagbabago” is the official theme of Pagbabago’s People’s Criteria. Composed by Dreamworker Too, arranged by yours truly, and performed by Walkie Miraña, me, Dreamworker Too, and  Batang Thomas Tay.

A trailer version of the song was used for Kodao’s coverage video of the Philcoa street launching of People’s Criteria. Check it out and the lyrics after the jump.

Pagbabago sa Senado: A Song for Makabayan Senatoriable Ka Satur Ocampo

Our big boy Elian, Marion, and me in a pose with Makabayan senatoriable and Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Ka Satur Ocampo.

Here’s an original song I’ve written, arranged, and performed for Ka Satur Ocampo’s campaign for change in the Senate. Hope you guys like it.

Pagbabago sa Senado | MP3 | Music and Lyrics: Karl Ramirez

You can download the MP3 by right-clicking THIS LINK and clicking “Save As”.

This May 2010 Elections, we will be voting for Elian and his generation’s prosperous and progressive future! We’re putting a hundred percent of our trust to the Makabayan senatoriables. We will be voting for them, voting for change in the Senate, voting for our son’s future.

\m/ Rakenrol Liza Maza and Ka Satur Ocampo! Makabayan sa Senado!