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It was as if Elton John was breathing in my neck last week, like a devilish whisper the automatically sets your mind into some kind of trance. Daniel is leaving tonight on a plane/I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain. Oh now, I know wher…

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Parents!Papa and Mama.There is so much to say about them. And a blog entry wouldn’t be enough for the gratitude i felt for them. and love of course.we’ve had hard times… and of course good times. we get into discussions, disagreements over simple and…

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Ingenious, plus it comes with a behind the scenes video.

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I remember the first time I sang the national anthem after the February 1986 People Power uprising: it was at a gathering of the Christian organization I belonged to at school and we had decided to open the program with a prayer and then the singing of the Lupang Hinirang. It was unusual for our [...]

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Okay, like it or not, rigged or not (and I even have my reasons to back this one up), the fact is American Idol is here to stay, or at least it looks like it, proving and pulling once again its enormous strength in its eighth year, despite the Paula cu…

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Just like the Oscars (which has just announced its nominees today), the Grammy’s list is always an attempt to balance artistry and entertainment, though for the Oscars’ sake, it has been towards the latter in recent years. People tend to get bo…

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I’ve been trying to search for the title of this song that I keep hearing on the radio during the “90′s Hits Flashback” but as much as I try to figure out the lyrics of the song I can only discern the words “Flyyyyy” and “Butterfly”. So I tried to se…

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For me, nothing beats watching a great player create beautiful music with an acoustic guitar. Artists like Phil Keaggy, Michael Hedges, and Eric Clapton (just to name a few of my favorites) make it look and sound so easy: for them it’s an effortless action, the music seemingly magically flowing out of a simple combination [...]

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If I was gonna do a version of Sam Cooke’s classic, I would have to name it A Change HAS GOT to come. Damn, it’s been a long time comin’.A Change Is Gonna Come (Live) – Playing For Change Band from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.You can check out some in…

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Young Michael on the cover of the recent Newsweek.Hasn’t so much devastated me, at least not having that urge to play his songs and download his videos, or worse horribly mimicking his moves and screeching falsettos. I did though, the screech, only to …

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My friend was in Sweden for a week. I was happy for her for the travel opportunity and all and I’m also happy that i have a chance to finally have a Popsicle CD since it is their native country! So i asked her to look for one but after visiting three r…

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