a musing: derivations of a non-conformist idealist

So here’s me trying my hand, er, my throat and lungs at singing again.  My favorite musical is being re-staged in Manila next year and they’ve called people to audition.  And I’m trying out with the first two songs below.  No songs from any musical allowed, only pop-rock songs.   Not really my forte (forte?!?! [...]

I think RENT was the first CD I bought.  And I loved it!  I loved the songs, the story…  That’s also why when the show was produed here in Manila, I didn’t go see it.  It was like a radio-nut-not-wanting-to-watch-tv thing.  Anyway, this song is pretty cool- it’s actually a duet between this HIV-positive flirty [...]

This is for you and for you and for everyone who gave away (pieces of) their heart which other people gladly took and then stomped on.  Don’t ask me why after all that you’re still alive.  Maybe you just don’t feel you’re already dead.  Just kidding!  It’s just a song.  A sad song.  Turn the [...]

Go to youtube.com/watch?v=w0-61uWE4MA
Been a while since I put up a video of me singing.  And after a long time of not having time to sing, you kindof lose it- how you once knew how to breathe properly, how to feel what you’re singing…  So, that’s me trying again.  Nothing much to do here at home, [...]

When you have some time to spare… maybe, just maybe, you’ll take out your video camera and try to sing again. Maybe you’ll decide on Elliott Yamin’s and Kyla’s hit and record yourself singing… And then, you’ll upload it to youtube and to your blog. And here it is. Don’t [...]

Another song from 2001. I tried to splice two videos together to show the “conscience” part getting sung separately. Funny. Leave comments here or at youtube. Thanks!
Oh, and someone asked that I sing No Goodbyes again and to dedicate the video to his friends. I’ll try to do that as [...]

Hmm, I think I actually started writing this song late 2001 then maybe finished it (got the final arranged music on tape) around January 2002. Anyway, here are the contents- a brief note and the original unrevised lyrics- of the notepad file I had for this song around that time. (That’s my old SMART [...]