In the Mood to Parenthesize!

The few times I get the chance to actually sleep early I always blow it on the Internet. I figure I HAVE to check my mail, or I HAVE to look at that website, or, in this case, I have to update my blog! I guess I'll forever be the insomniac because I just never really try to make it any different. But since I'm already losing sleep, I might as well give everyone an update. (And ofcourse, as I'm typing this I also have the Nokia site and Yahoo! Mail open in other tabs.)

I have a radio guesting on Wave this Tuesday from 2 to 3 PM. I'll be singing some tracks from the album and some of my favorite songs. I suppose there'll be a Q&A type of thing at some point during that hour as well. I hope Pam (the DJ) won't ask too many personal questions. I'm so guarded about my privacy! (Which is so weird because I have this blog.) It'll be my first PUBLIC interview so I hope I'll be able to express myself well. I always thought that I'm a much better writer than I am a speaker. I mean, with writing there's always Wite-Out and backspaces. But with speaking...you say something and it's out there forever. You can't take it back. Ah well. It can't possibly turn out so bad.

Coincidentally, my album will be hitting music stores this week. Merchandising (the big posters, paperboard cutouts, and whatnot) won't be up till August. Meanwhile, my manager will be working out deals for a promotional billboard or two along EDSA. (Me on a billboard? Tha-hat's just crayyy-zee...) As for the music video, the final product might actually be done tomorrow! I'm excited to see how it turns out. (I can't really act to save my life, but hey, I had fun doing that video.) Anyway, I think I need to prepare for a busy July.

Before I go, I just wanna send a special shoutout to my bandmates--Marc Santos, Gigi Arcay, Oman Peredilla, and Franklin Benitez! (MGA IDOL!!!) On Wednesday we'll be playing at Hard Rock Cafe in Makati, so if you're free, do drop by! Hit me up and leave your full name so I can put you on the guestlist. :) This is a limited time offer only so don't wait! Hehehe...Till next time!

This Just In!

My first single, You're the Inspiration, debuted on Wave 89.1 yesterday morning at 7:30. It's just a SHAME that I don't get up that early! I suppose I was in Stage 4 of sleep while my song was being played on the radio for the first time. And now I will never know what it sounded like. Well I mean of course I know how the song sounds...But I'll just never know how it sounded the very first time it was on air. (sigh.) Well I guess it'll be more exciting to just be sitting in my car one day listening to the radio, and then out of no where it'll start playing. That would be crazy! I wonder how I'd react. That'll be something to blog about. Hehehe.

My album, Now & Then, will be out some time this month or early July. There are a few things that have yet to be finalized but everything seems to be in order. I'm glad my manager tells me what to expect step by step, so I don't get too shocked by anything. I think I will make this my motto: "Hope for the best, be ready for the worst." That way I'm being optimistic, but also practical. If anyone thinks of a better motto, let me know.

By the way, if you live in Metro Manila, I encourage you to request for my single on Wave. :) You can call 632-9283 or text WAVE [space] 891 [space] YOUR NAME and MESSAGE to 2968. If you do, then maybe I could actually hear my song while I'm awake! :D