Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Happiness is a new phone... kinda confusing nga lang going back to a NOKIA after all these years :-( 
--MXRR at 2:44 AM
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My new monitor of choice... Mackie HR824 nearfield monitors... i will be posting my reviews as soon as i get accustomed to the sound of these babies :-)
--MXRR at 2:43 AM
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TOYZ
Toys will be toys... specially for boys! I've been really busy doing arrangements and guitar work ... I just did a thirty ... yep, count em' thirty song arrangements for a nursery rhyme album. I usually don't do stuff like this, but the oppurtunity of doing something for kiddies doesn't come everyday.
I'm also doing several arrangements for my friend Jonathan Manalo who has finally decided to work on his album... which will contain rearrangements of his hits... From " Tara Tena" to "Pinoy Ako" this is going to be one album to watch out and certainly fun to do. I'll be posting the songs i will be doing for him.
I'm also doing a live event wherein i am Musical Director... haha that's a first... a friend of Jaymsterbean asked me to do MD chores for an event involving ... Makiling Ensemble, the Dawn and an Electronica group who i can't remember the name...
I also am back to using a NOKIA ! after years of using the amazing phone from Smart... then the voyager which is the next generation smartphone... my daughter finally persuaded me to avail of the retentiion package on my postpaid plan... so i'm the proud owner of a NOKIA N70... which has 3G capabilities... now if i could only find someone who i can actually talk to using 3G that would really be cool... oh and did i mention the phone was free? :-)
Another friend of mine named Edwin Marullano has just released his album... and watch out for his song " Walang kadaladala kong Puso" a catchy little ditty, which given the right airtime might actually make it big. Oh, my name does appear on that album as well.
Mixsonic is currently undergoing a renovation of sorts since our new studio is turning out to be a real sweet room. I'll be posting pics soon .
Milo just got back from the US and bought me a new pair of Mackie HR824's... a really, and i mean really amazing pair of speakers. Just have to get used to them though. I've been using my old but trusted Yamaha NS10m speakers for almost three years now. I guess it's time to move on to a better sounding pair.
--MXRR at 2:16 AM
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Sunday, March 12, 2006
Neng and me... Neng is worship leader for a church in Las Pinas... Faith Music Manila... they have an album out distributed by Praise Music
--MXRR at 3:45 AM
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here's a picture of happiness as my cam is now working fine.
--MXRR at 3:42 AM
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Got my cam fixed again... hehe so here's me with Pauline Luna... from Eat Bulaga... as she did vocals on a song with Oreo.
--MXRR at 3:40 AM
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Happy Unlucky?
I was really bothered with the unfortunate accident i had with my cam... so i tried to look for a service center in Manila via the web... and guess what? Fuji cameras can be serviced by the people at YKL whose office is in Sto. Domingo in QC... i got my LCD replaced in like 30 mins. :-)
I also got my red Nissans aircon fixed, so i'm using it again ... Driving a big vehicle around Manila is getting to be unpractical what with the rising cost of fuel. :-)
Ok now on to the hassles... Sara , my househelp woke me up this morning telling me that she can't cook because we ran out of LPG ... hmm, now that's strange considering i just bought the last tank about a week ago. Since it was too early for me... hehe I get out of bed usually around 10 am, I told her to call up Abe, my moms trusted homeboy... I thought it would be good for him to do something since he has been kinda sad and at a loss now that my mom has gone to the great beyond. Something or someone seems to have chewed off the hose and the metal tube behind the gas range... bummer. Got a new set of hose and LPG tank and he got the thing working again ... less the oven and one small burner... hey! i still have 2 burners, not bad... but i might have to replace it soon. On my way home... i got into a small accident involving another car as i was turning left on Meralco Ave. towards Pasig. I failed to notice the car behind me since i figured i was ahead of the guy and that i was turning left and he had the last option to avoid me but accidents do happen so i just told him to just go to Noel, my car mechanic to have his bumper fixed and that he can just charge it to me. :-(
I just hate arguing over something as trivial as that... since i figured that the cost wouldn't really be big ... (it was an old Toyota anyways) since the damage was really ... really small i hardly saw anything but the guy insisted there was a small dent... I just wanted to get home early. Hey, i am thankfull it wasn't a bad accident, and that no one got hurt.
--MXRR at 10:31 PM
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What's up with ...?
First thing off... i'd like to congratulate Gloc 9 for winning in the recently concluded Pinoy Hip Hop Awards... way to go bro!!!
Bummer!!! I droped my Fuji E500 Digicam and broke the LED screen... so i won't be able to post new pics. :-(
Oh well... maybe i'll get my hands on a new one later on. How's that for hoping? LOL
Things have a really funny way of screwing up ... but i am quite sure that it'll get better... It's just a matter of time...
I miss my Mom.
--MXRR at 3:00 AM
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Before i dropped my cam... Alexie got this pic with me and my Taylor during rehearsal for a recording session.
--MXRR at 2:55 AM
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I just love this guitar... :-)
--MXRR at 2:52 AM
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Here's another pic of me and my Taylor
--MXRR at 2:47 AM
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Friday, March 03, 2006
A different world?
The sad part of my life is just beginning to take it's toll on me... It's been a little over a week and a half since my mom has passed away and I miss her so much more ... I've talked to my sister and my brother about things that has to be done now that my mom has gone... the tasks of getting order back into out lives is now up to me... something i really hate to do... i've been used to just being in charge of my life and my own family matters. I've spent so much for my moms hospital bills and her funeral only to find out that there are still bills to be paid, debts my mom had. I am forced to now run my mom's business, as well as dividing what little property she had among my siblings. I gave my brother use of one of the properties and my sister plans to take over my moms household. I just find it unfair that i was the only one obliged to spend for all my moms expenses. They both tell me that they're in a bit of a financial slump right now and that they simply can't afford the extra burden of sharing expenses. Still on the bright side... now i can always check up on both of them since i know where they are.
I went to back to work this week and I'm doing a new album for a new artist named OREO
being produced by Paolo Zarate. I'm back to doing engineering and guitar work. At least i still have music to turn on to despite the rough times ahead. I also am in the process of working on my new band's music... which deserves another blog post soon.
I just found out that Star Records will now do their albums inside their recording studios located at the ABS compound. I guess i won't be doing engineering work for Jonathan anymore... I hope they still get me to arrange stuff and play guitars on some of the albums. Personally i still think my work speaks for itself. I hope they come up with albums close to or even better than the albums i did for them or else that would really be a shame. I wonder what projects i'll be doing this year?
--MXRR at 2:19 AM
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