I am on vacation taveling for 2 weeks. Traveling is not my thing as I like consistency. However, listening to you after the end of the day, I feel at ease again. Thank you.
It’s amazing the diverse ways we encounter music. You seem to have gotten wind of most Filipino guitar solos through the tapes sent to you by another guitar enthusiast which indicates to me that you must have been born long after most of this music have gone off the air and off the consciousness of the average Filipino. Most of us, however, even the ones that appear to be much older than you, heard these pieces of music being played or listened to by their even older parents which is the case with me. Wala Kang Habag, for example, was a favourite of my mother while Walang Kamatayan was taught to be my a fourth-grade chum. A grade school classmate who was also a next-door neighbour introduced me to Maala-ala Mo Kaya which was the only song his mother knew by heart. My Filipino family physician strung together several hits from his LP collection that contained Diggin as sung by Diomedes Maturan. I wanted to play this on my guitar but lacking the ability to transcribe music just by listening to it like you have, I picked up the sheet music during one of my home trips. Did not show any copyright dates but it said the music was composed by Ruben Escare and the lyrics were provided by Levi Celerio. With it, I picked up another piece, a much lighter and livelier one called Waray Waray, which was composed by Juan Silos Jr. with the words provided again by Levi Celerio. His prodigious speed and excellence in providing beautiful lyrics to music was well known to all Manila musicians of the time. But he also composed his own music; Mawala Mang Lahat was one of them. Thanks to RUclips you can listen to it as sung by Ruben Tagalog.
Aside from the mp3s given to me by fellow RUclipsr friend, I also have some rare tapes of Juan Silos Jr and Pedro Concepcion. I bought these tapes in the early 1990s and I even bought several copies of the albums so I still have extra copies when one becomes in bad shape due to frequent rewind and play. Last year, I bought a cassette player with usb cable and I extracted the audio from these tapes into mp3. Some of these songs are not new to my ears coz my father used to play them too on the guitar..."oido" style but not so accurate. These music are already dead, and even I'm not a good guitar player, I'm trying my best to revive as many pieces as I can.....just to remind those who can play it better....that we have also our own guitar music available....It's a pity they just ignore these old Philippine music.
Ang mga kundimang hindi nawawala o namamatay sa ating mga alaala... 💖💖💖
Sarap pakingan ng ating musika......pilipino tayo
I am on vacation taveling for 2 weeks. Traveling is not my thing as I like consistency. However, listening to you after the end of the day, I feel at ease again. Thank you.
Nanaig pa rin ang aking pagiging Pilipino kahit sa ibang bansa (Calif) na ako nakatira. Ibang iba ang estilo mo Joel.
Maliit pa ako, yn mga naririnig kong tugtugin pagmay nanghaharana sa mga kapatid ko
😃wow! sa tagal ng panahon na paghahanap ko ng version nito, kayo pala meron nito,, salamat sir joel.
Kmuzta kna idol!!? I really admire your skills!! No one can beat you!! That why my father always play ur piece.. Love u po!!!?
Thank you Ms Rhica......amateur lang ako sa gitara....God Bless you
It’s amazing the diverse ways we encounter music. You seem to have gotten wind of most Filipino guitar solos through the tapes sent to you by another guitar enthusiast which indicates to me that you must have been born long after most of this music have gone off the air and off the consciousness of the average Filipino. Most of us, however, even the ones that appear to be much older than you, heard these pieces of music being played or listened to by their even older parents which is the case with me.
Wala Kang Habag, for example, was a favourite of my mother while Walang Kamatayan was taught to be my a fourth-grade chum. A grade school classmate who was also a next-door neighbour introduced me to Maala-ala Mo Kaya which was the only song his mother knew by heart. My Filipino family physician strung together several hits from his LP collection that contained Diggin as sung by Diomedes Maturan. I wanted to play this on my guitar but lacking the ability to transcribe music just by listening to it like you have, I picked up the sheet music during one of my home trips. Did not show any copyright dates but it said the music was composed by Ruben Escare and the lyrics were provided by Levi Celerio.
With it, I picked up another piece, a much lighter and livelier one called Waray Waray, which was composed by Juan Silos Jr. with the words provided again by Levi Celerio. His prodigious speed and excellence in providing beautiful lyrics to music was well known to all Manila musicians of the time. But he also composed his own music; Mawala Mang Lahat was one of them. Thanks to RUclips you can listen to it as sung by Ruben Tagalog.
Aside from the mp3s given to me by fellow RUclipsr friend, I also have some rare tapes of Juan Silos Jr and Pedro Concepcion. I bought these tapes in the early 1990s and I even bought several copies of the albums so I still have extra copies when one becomes in bad shape due to frequent rewind and play. Last year, I bought a cassette player with usb cable and I extracted the audio from these tapes into mp3. Some of these songs are not new to my ears coz my father used to play them too on the guitar..."oido" style but not so accurate. These music are already dead, and even I'm not a good guitar player, I'm trying my best to revive as many pieces as I can.....just to remind those who can play it better....that we have also our own guitar music available....It's a pity they just ignore these old Philippine music.
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Gayunon!!!