Pentatonix has outdone itself again ! It's latest Christmas 2013 rendition of "Angels We Have Heard on High" is truly astounding ! Pentatonix is one of my favourite A capella groups. Enjoy and have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New year every one ! … [Read more...]

Attending my son’s recital, I heard Bruno Mar’s “Just the way you are” being played by the music school’s string ensemble. I was impressed with the performance that I told myself, if only classical musicians would play more contemporary songs, I’m sure a lot of young people will be interested in classical instruments. So I began to search online for contemporary songs played by classical instruments and stumbled upon The Vitamin String Quartet. Luckily no need to claim for workmans comp insurance as there were no injuries hehehehe. :-) The Vitamin String Quartet or known as VSQ is a group of Los Angeles based musicians who are known for its series of tribute albums to rock and pop music. The group’s musical philosophy is to apply rock n' roll and pop attitude to classical technique. As of to date they have recorded about 261 albums already. Here are some of their most popular recordings with them playing some of the most popular songs to date. I’ve chosen three of my favorite and … [Read more...]

The Philippine Department of Tourism is targeting close to 10 million tourists by 2016. As of 2011 the number of Tourist arrival is only close to 4 million. Tourism is of course a very important as it not only showcases the beauty of our country making us very proud as a people, from an economic standpoint, it generates jobs, brings in money thereby helping the economy move forward. Equally important as well is not only foreign tourism but domestic tourism as it also gives more or less the same effect as foreign tourism. Years ago, the Department of Tourism has come up with several slogans and campaigns to encourage domestic tourism and I believe the best one they come with is “Biyahe Tayo” or in English “Let’s go travel.” The song is performed some of the Philippine best recording artist. As you all know some of the best singers and song writers in the world are Filipinos so it wouldn't be a surprise that the song is of such superior quality and has a very catchy tune especially … [Read more...]

Looking  for movie re-runs to watch, I came across one of my favorite movies, TRUE LIES starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and  Jamie Lee Curtis. It is an action packed filled comedy movie that is both strong in terms of action and comedy. I love watching this film. When I watched the movie the second time, I was intrigued as to what music was used in the last scene and the one where Arnold was dancing a marimba, I mean a Tango with Tia Carrere. Doing some internet search, I found out that the song is entitled Por Una Cabeza which means "head of horse" in Spanish. It  is one of the most famous and popular tango songs by Carlos Gardel (composer) and Alfredo Le Pera (lyricist), written in 1935.  The song is quite popular and has been used in several movies including  Planet 51, Schindler's List, Scent of a Woman, Delicatessen, All the King's Men, Bad Santa and several T.V series. I can't seem to get the tune out of my mind. I listened to it over and over again in youtube. Here's the … [Read more...]