Showing posts with label the voice of the philippines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the voice of the philippines. Show all posts

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Watch: ABS-CBN Christmas Station ID 2013

The theme song for ABS-CBN's Christmas 2013 station ID is called Magkasama Tayo sa Kwento ng Pasko and you can watch the recording sessions below featuring Lea Salonga, Bamboo Manalac, Sarah Geronimo and company. The song features lyrics written by Robert Labayen. The music was arranged by Jumbo Bojam De Belen with additional music arrangement by Thyro Alfaro.

Vocal arrangement for the song are by Jumbo De Belen, Jeli Mateo and Thyro Alfaro. It was also mixed and mastered by De Belen and Daryl Ronald Rendell Barbaso. The video of the recording sessions was uploaded on YouTube on October 24, 2013.

Watch the recording sessions for the ABS-CBN Christmas 2013 Station ID below:

The first lines of the song goes: "Bawat Pasko'y may dalang himala. Malakas mang ulan, ito'y titila. Bubuhos and pagpapala. May kapiling ang nangungulila. Ano mang lungkot, tayo'y aahon. May lunas sa sugat ng kahapon. Sa isa't isa'y mayro'ong paglingap. Mga pangarap ngayo'y magaganap."
Bamboo Manalac during the recording session. He's joined by fellow The Voice coaches Sarah Geronimo and Lea Salonga.
The video shows all judges from the ABS-CBN reality show The Voice of the Philippines (Lea Salonga, Sarah Geronimo, Bamboo Manalac) with the exception of apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas. Also lending their voices for the song are The Voice of the Philippines finalists Myk Perez, Mitoy Yonting, Janice Javier and Klarisse de Guzman.

The video was directed by Melo Saliendra and Peewee Gonzales.

Monday, June 10, 2013

The Voice of the Philippines to Premiere This Saturday -June 15, 2013

The Voice of the Philippines, the country's version of the very popular reality television franchise will start airing this coming Saturday on ABS-CBN. The Philippines will be the fourth country in Southeast Asia to get into the popular franchise which started as The Voice of Holland in the Netherlands. The first three Southeast Asian countries to get the franchise are Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand.

The show's main host will be actress Toni Gonzaga with her sister Alex Gonzaga and Robi Domingo as media correspondents and backstage hosts.

Serving as judges and coaches in the show are Sarah Geronimo, Bamboo Manalac, Lea Salonga and Apl.de.Ap. Sarah Geronimo, the youngest among the four judges, who rose to fame as singer after emerging as the winner of Star for a Night, a singing competition which aired then on GMA 7 and hosted by Regine Velasquez. Geronimo continued to achieve success as a singer while dabbling in television, movies, hosting and modelling.

Bamboo Manalac is one of the most popular musicians in the Philippines. He is a former vocalist for Rivermaya and Bamboo, two of the most successful rock bands in Philippine music history. Manalac now performs as a solo artist. He released a solo album in 2011 titled No Water, No Moon which contained the songs Questions, Please, Back On My Feet, In This Life, All Hail the Fool, Just Go and Ikot ng Mundo, among others.
Lea Salonga is most well-known worldwide for her performance as Kim in the musical Miss Saigon. She received multiple awards for her work on the musical including Olivier, Drama Desk, Theatre World, Tony and Outer Critics awards.

apl.de.ap is of course the Filipino American member of hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas. He is also a rapper, producer and drummer. Together with The Black Eyed Peas, they've released seven successful studio albums - Grass Roots, Behind the Front, Bridging the Gap, Elephunk, Monkey Business, The End and The Beginning.