The smashing hit single of OneRepublic’s “Apologize” which featured as a remix version in Timbaland’s “Shock Value” Album garnered popularity and draw a lot of attention from the music industry. The single broke the all time record for most airplay of any song in Top 40 history. The band started from 2006 and was consistently ranked as one of the top musical acts in MySpace due to high exposure to the online community. Last week November 20, 2007, the group launched their album “Dreaming Out Loud“.b
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There’s a lot of things keeping me from acting normally for the past weeks. ^_^. However, these won’t hinder me from blogging and at least visit some blogs and able to comment on some posts. I do have several draft posts since the start of my “so called” vacation status. Aside from these, we are still processing our SmartBRO SME application on one of Smart’s Wireless Centers. We’re hoping for an immediate approval.

This is my random post which includes 2 different topics related to my “kinaaabalahan” from the past weeks. Traffic surge to my blog due to my previous music album review posts and the Smart MyTV tests.
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The events are still fresh in my mind as the news about the Rivermaya’s “disbandment” issue came into view months ago. Rico Blanco left the band and the ones remaining continued on the promise to their fans and supporters. Mike Elgar, Mark Escueta and Japs Sergio created a new 12 track album entitled “Bagong Liwanag” which highlights the previous ups and downs of the band as well as the current issue they were facing in. Six of the tracks contains vocals while the rest are all instrumental. Who wouldn’t thought of creating a new album out from Rivermaya without Rico. The three gentlemen are also backup vocalists and composers and this won’t hinder them from creating and producing such album.
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The country’s best soul siren diva Nina has released her 2 Disc CD compilation which includes the Special Limited Edition CD together with her previous album NINA. It is out now since 2nd week of October 2007 in music stores all around the metro. The special limited edition Disc 1 comprises of 9 quality produced original and revived songs in which the first five of these were hit classics from Barry Manilow. Disc 2 was Nina’s previous hit CD entitled “NINA” and was included in the edition. The album was produced under Warner Music Philippines.
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I bought the original sequel to the successful “Kami nAPO Muna” Album tribute that debuted a year ago. This CD is the 2nd part of the tribute album which was recently released this first week of September 2007. The price tag was P300 instead of 250 which I thought earlier before I went to Music1. I chose to buy the original as a part of my advocacy to support Filipino music artists. I heard before that there’s a sequel to the previous album so I visit the website of TitikPilipino for a list of newly released album from time to time. When I saw the CD on the list one day, I planned on when and where to purchase it. And so I did. The moment I had the original copy of the album was the time it hit the top 5 most purchased album on Odyssey music stores. Truly, the power of APO’s phenomenal hit songs with todays collaboration of the hottest bands and artists is a testament to its success. This would never be possible if it wasn’t for MYX music channel. This explosive finale to the phenomenal tribute album will dominate the airwaves again in the coming months. I’m sure of this.
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Let’s support OPM artists by purchasing original copies not pirated ones. For those of you who doesn’t know, I started purchasing original OPM Audio CD’s seriously exactly a year ago. I don’t purchase all of them, just the ones that I like. I began this liking of having the latest albums of different OPM artists to be included in my music collection. I truly love music and every album release from my favorite artists initiates me to save some money so I can buy the album as soon as possible. I don’t usually stick to where I purchased an original CD. I roam around the malls nearest to my place or If I happen to be inside the mall to look for music stores. I go to Music One, Tower Records or Odyssey… they may be different but the CD I want to buy there are just the same. The feeling after purchasing an original audio CD is rewarding. You have an original audio CD and at the same time support the OPM artist and the OPM music industry.
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It’s nice to hear Jed Madela sing one of those classic and revived hit songs of the 80’s from his previous two albums. I just can’t get enough of his singing prowess, the way he sang the songs full of life and energy. Listening to his album brings back fond memories of yesteryears. I’ve been experiencing “the water effect” whenever I listen to Jed’s majestic voice. His high notes gives me the goosebumps. Haha. I don’t know why.
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