Hmmm… just thought I’d update you guys as to what has been happening to me lately (not that I’d think you guys would be interested, but hey… it’s my blog anyways! Hehehe)…

Okidoki… let’s see… where do I start… (scratches head…)

 

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• MEASLES!!! There has been a huge outbreak of Measles over at my wife’s office in Makati! More than 100 employees have been diagnosed with the highly contagious disease since 3 days ago. All of them have already been sent home and given “leaves” due to the virus. Her office will be shutting down for 1 whole day tomorrow for fumigation. Even the Australian Embassy located a floor below them has already reported 10 cases of employees infected with the same sickness. The problem with measles is that it has an incubation period of 2 weeks before you can actually discover symptoms that you’re infected with it. I just hope our kids don’t get infected as well.

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• Just finished being part of the screening and judging committee of this year’s 20th Awit Awards. This has been my 7th consecutive year participating in the Philippine music industry’s most prestigious event. The Award’s Night will be held at the Aliw Theatre sometime around July 2007. Exact date has not yet been determined. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners-to-be!

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• Oh! Guess what…?! I was messaged by “Kevin Jones”! For those not familiar with the name (or with 80s songs in particular)... Kevin Jones is the lead singer, composer and guitarist of the 80s New Wave band called, “Two Minds Crack”. They are the group that sang “Upside Down”. Still not familiar? The song goes: “You’re turning me on, You turn me around… You turn my whole world upside down…”. Now do you remember? Apparently, he stumbled upon an article I posted a long time ago here on my blog wherein I featured the band, named “Candles”… the band I was managing. I also showcased the band’s own stripped-down remake of… (you guessed it!)… the song “Upside Down”. Kevin’s message was short and simple… he messaged to just let me know that he really enjoyed Candles’ rendition of his composition. Coming from the actual singer and composer of the song… and being the 80s music sucker that I am… it meant a WHOLE LOT to me! I was the one who insisted the band included the song in their debut album which was released August last year (2006). The whole album was recorded, mixed and mastered in my recording studio with me sitting in as sound engineer. I even did backup vocals for it. Although, our “Upside Down” didn’t come out as a carrier single, it came out with the album long before 6CycleMind released their very own version of the 80s hit about a month and a half ago and which they are currently promoting. Which version was better (Candles or 6CycleMind)? I’ll leave that up to you guys. For those who want to listen and judge for themselves, here are the two versions:

“UPSIDE DOWN” (6CycleMind Version)

“UPSIDE DOWN” (Candles Version)

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Guess that’s all for now! More updates soon!