this is why we(PINOYS) have the right to sing the blues!!!

[blues2death]

because we filipinos are the blacks of asia!

 

filipinos, though we're slowly getting recognition all over the world when it comes to music...

are looked down upon by those who think they're(racially) better than us.

it's true, the first time i went to a sam ash music store(hollywood).. i was looking around the guitar department section, i heard this guy(salesman) looking at me and saying stuff like

you're probably FOB(fresh off the boat) and you don't even understand one word of english...so i'm not gonna bother asking you if you needed anything

i turned around to see if he was talking to someone else, but then i realized ako pala ang pinapatama! ako naman FOB naman talaga ako, at hindi pa malakas ang loob ko makipagaway sa salesman(three yrs ago to eh!) soooo...d ko pinansin. at pangiti-ngiti na lang ako, kunwari di ko naintindihan.

anyway, we filipinos are very talented in music! i learned that first hand that we take to music like a fish takes to water!

i've had students(guitar), all kids...different races.... ang mga pilipino ang pinaka-mabilis ang 'pickup' sa tinuturo ko sa kanila.

medyo OBOB ang mga *****, and it's not about the language barrier either as my filipino students are all born and raised here sa tate. i don't speak tagalog at all when i teach(nasa america ka e).

i won't reveal kung anong race ang pinaka obob sa music...coz that would be misleading and racist. but i feel that we have an edge on music, for some unknown reason.

one more reason, pinoys have the 'blues' birthright? we have very good understanding of suffering..... what with the current state of things going on in the homeland(yes, i do keep up with some of the news) we have been hit by a lot more blows to increase our suffering.

typhoons, naglulubugan na superferries, pagtaas ng presyo ng lahat! pagbaba ng sweldo...kurakot left and right mula sa pinakamababang gov't official to the highest ranking dud.

and through it all.... we still manage to play, sing our worries away!

blues bruddah eb(see GUITAR CENTRAL), i wish i could go

gigs ng mga blues brothers--blue rats, soulbenders, southern grass, bluejean junkies....nakaka-miss at nakaka-inggit kayong lahat!

bakit ako maiinggit? d ba nasa america ako, the land where the blues originated?

i actually went to a local blues jam....and everyone who was there....was white...not that there was anything wrong about that...but there was this dude who was acting really stuffy and aloof, with the impression that he was THE MAN about blues...

hhhhmmm....i managed to make some friends in the bar, some of them pretty cool....and while talking to them i wondered out loud..."this is great, but where are all the black at?"

i haven't been out recently, but i have heard no news about any black blues guitarplayer who has come out with anything....well maybe there are two in every twenty blues guitar players that are black!

this comes to mind...all the black kids are taking the hip hop/gangsta rap route...no budding black blues players anymore...well, not a lot in recent memory.

it's time to rise up, and claim our birthright pinoy blues brothers! arm yourselves with your strats, teles and 335s....equip your ts,zd and dumbol clones!

and post your blues jams on youtube! maybe you'll get somewhere someday!

long live pinoy blues!!!!

forgive me for my blog posting on a public forum

just me ranting, nothing to fear!

[william251082]

Oy! agree ako dito maganda angreputation ng mga Pilipino musicians sa Asia. May na-meet at naka-jam akong Korean dito na nagmamasters sa jazz, nung nalaman niyang Pilipino ako, sinabi niya kaya pala daw magaling ako kasi pilipino ako(even if it's true or not it made me feel good )marami daw magagaling na Filipino musicians sa korea.

[aya_yuson]

At sa buong mundo, walang kasing galing mag-chromotic spiders kaysa pinoy. May arpeggio scale pa! At kahit medyo maliliit ang ating mga thrust rod kumpara sa iba, walang kasing tibay. 

[blues2death]

kulit ni aya! spillover na dito ng music school!

kkkkkkkkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkkkkkkttttttttttoooooooooooooooozzz zzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!

[william251082]

At sa buong mundo, walang kasing galing mag-chromotic spiders kaysa pinoy. May arpeggio scale pa! At kahit medyo maliliit ang ating mga thrust rod kumpara sa iba, walang kasing tibay. 

oy! agree ako dito bakal ang mga thrust rod ng pinoy! tanong mo pa sa mga naging ex ko dito!!! oops censored! balik kay chromotic spider!

[jimy james]

At sa buong mundo, walang kasing galing mag-chromotic spiders kaysa pinoy. May arpeggio scale pa! At kahit medyo maliliit ang ating mga thrust rod kumpara sa iba, walang kasing tibay. 
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pareng aya, balita ko ipa pa "check out" mo yung truss rod mo kay georgie benson? LOL!!!!

[aya_yuson]

At sa buong mundo, walang kasing galing mag-chromotic spiders kaysa pinoy. May arpeggio scale pa! At kahit medyo maliliit ang ating mga thrust rod kumpara sa iba, walang kasing tibay. 
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pareng aya, balita ko ipa pa "check out" mo yung truss rod mo kay georgie benson? LOL!!!!

Baka hindi niya malimutan ang thrust rod ko.  Chromotic 'ata ini! Experimental pa!

[jimy james]

Baka hindi niya malimutan ang thrust rod ko. Chromotic 'ata ini! Experimental pa!

LOL!!! bka isama ka ni mama georgie sa dressing room niya for some "private lessons" LOL! tapos ite take home kapa niya sa hotel niya.... pag ganun at least arborin mo yung Ibby GB niya! Hahahaaaaa!

[butoyonly]

hehe..magagaling talaga pinoy sa blues, apir sa inyon lahat..oi gino, sup!? jam naman tayo minsan hehe ^_^

[william251082]

Baka hindi niya malimutan ang thrust rod ko.  Chromotic 'ata ini! Experimental pa!

Hindi kaya ni George Benson mag scaling ng arpeggios!!!

[jimy james]

hehe..magagaling talaga pinoy sa blues, apir sa inyon lahat..oi gino, sup!? jam naman tayo minsan hehe ^_^

Cge bro. txt ka lang... may drummer at bahista nako d2. pag day off mo, jam tayo. Ingatz lagi bro! RAKENROL! God bless!

[aya_yuson]

Hindi kaya ni George Benson mag scaling ng arpeggios!!!

Iisang tao lang naman ang may kaya ng arpeggio scale, eh. 

[rjtorres]

Iisang tao lang naman ang may kaya ng arpeggio scale, eh. 

Haha, spillover! Ang sarap sana kung nandito pairn siya at nagrereply.


Sana we pinoys created a music of our own no? Parang samba and bossa nova, blues, jazz... Bakit kaya tayo nakikigaya lang? Dahil ba ang expertise natin ay novelty songs - at hindi siya gusto ng maraming musikero? Hehe

Gawa nga tayo ng Pinoy blues. Yung pagnarinig ng 'kano sasabihin niya - "hey man, that guy's playing some Pee-noy blues!" 

[william251082]

Haha, spillover! Ang sarap sana kung nandito pairn siya at nagrereply.


Sana we pinoys created a music of our own no? Parang samba and bossa nova, blues, jazz... Bakit kaya tayo nakikigaya lang? Dahil ba ang expertise natin ay novelty songs - at hindi siya gusto ng maraming musikero? Hehe

Gawa nga tayo ng Pinoy blues. Yung pagnarinig ng 'kano sasabihin niya - "hey man, that guy's playing some Pee-noy blues!" 

Narinig mo na ang mga arrangement ni tita king? tinutugtog ng Phil. music ensemble, miyembro din si perf don dati. Yun ang mga authentic Filipino music and considered as great artforms in the philippines.

Kilala mo si Jazhombie? yung moderator ng music school at jazz blues cafe? pakingan mo ung mga soundclips nya may mga malulupit na ethnic jazz. May influence ng Phil. ethnic music.

[blues2death]

so can we consider the music we do as pinoys..

basta may emotion at ma-feel....pinoy blues na to?

have a listen to kudiman.... time signature nya ay pwede sa 12/8...just like the blues. hhhmmm, is kundiman considered pinoy blues? hhhmmmm

well, i know for certain...if it's good music, then it's good music.

[Lahed92801]

so can we consider the music we do as pinoys..

basta may emotion at ma-feel....pinoy blues na to?

have a listen to kudiman.... time signature nya ay pwede sa 12/8...just like the blues. hhhmmm, is kundiman considered pinoy blues? hhhmmmm

well, i know for certain...if it's good music, then it's good music.

I wanna make a blues arrangement of "Dungawin mo Irang" 

[rjtorres]

Narinig mo na ang mga arrangement ni tita king? tinutugtog ng Phil. music ensemble, miyembro din si perf don dati. Yun ang mga authentic Filipino music and considered as great artforms in the philippines.

Kilala mo si Jazhombie? yung moderator ng music school at jazz blues cafe? pakingan mo ung mga soundclips nya may mga malulupit na ethnic jazz. May influence ng Phil. ethnic music.

Ooohhh... sige, I'll try to look for it..

[BAMF]

My 2c.

All that granted, we Filipinos are just too...I don't know what term to use..inconsolable optimists ?

I mean, see what we've been through even in the last 30 years of our history. It took a lot for us to go up in arms as a people.

When the price of rice increased, we clenched our teeth, smiled, and ate less. When the price of gasoline soared, we grit our teeth, smiled, and learned how to curtail travelling or start using public transportation.

We find humor in the smallest of things. We find silver linings in the darkest of clouds. When Korean and Japanese youths throw themselves off buildings for taking home mediocre grades, we just push on. Or find something else to do if school doesn't work out. When things went wrong with the economy in Indonesia, the streets were filled with rioting people.

Wala. We're an inconsolably happy people and an international study affirms us as the 17th happiest people in the world, despite being the 148th (out of 180) economy in the world. Easy to please, difficult to anger. Eto nga garapalan na naman sila sa senado o, with all the double listing of expenses ni Villar. Me nakikita ba tayo sa kalye bukod sa mga hardcore na aktibista ? Wala. It's our strength, and yet it is also our weakness.

Its hard to draw lonely blues from a happy heart. We can play it, maybe we can even feel it, but I don't we as a people will "BE" it.

Me.

because we filipinos are the blacks of asia!

 

filipinos, though we're slowly getting recognition all over the world when it comes to music...

are looked down upon by those who think they're(racially) better than us.

it's true, the first time i went to a sam ash music store(hollywood).. i was looking around the guitar department section, i heard this guy(salesman) looking at me and saying stuff like

you're probably FOB(fresh off the boat) and you don't even understand one word of english...so i'm not gonna bother asking you if you needed anything

i turned around to see if he was talking to someone else, but then i realized ako pala ang pinapatama! ako naman FOB naman talaga ako, at hindi pa malakas ang loob ko makipagaway sa salesman(three yrs ago to eh!) soooo...d ko pinansin. at pangiti-ngiti na lang ako, kunwari di ko naintindihan.

anyway, we filipinos are very talented in music! i learned that first hand that we take to music like a fish takes to water!

i've had students(guitar), all kids...different races.... ang mga pilipino ang pinaka-mabilis ang 'pickup' sa tinuturo ko sa kanila.

medyo OBOB ang mga *****, and it's not about the language barrier either as my filipino students are all born and raised here sa tate. i don't speak tagalog at all when i teach(nasa america ka e).

i won't reveal kung anong race ang pinaka obob sa music...coz that would be misleading and racist. but i feel that we have an edge on music, for some unknown reason.

one more reason, pinoys have the 'blues' birthright? we have very good understanding of suffering..... what with the current state of things going on in the homeland(yes, i do keep up with some of the news) we have been hit by a lot more blows to increase our suffering.

typhoons, naglulubugan na superferries, pagtaas ng presyo ng lahat! pagbaba ng sweldo...kurakot left and right mula sa pinakamababang gov't official to the highest ranking dud.

and through it all.... we still manage to play, sing our worries away!

blues bruddah eb(see GUITAR CENTRAL), i wish i could go

gigs ng mga blues brothers--blue rats, soulbenders, southern grass, bluejean junkies....nakaka-miss at nakaka-inggit kayong lahat!

bakit ako maiinggit? d ba nasa america ako, the land where the blues originated?

i actually went to a local blues jam....and everyone who was there....was white...not that there was anything wrong about that...but there was this dude who was acting really stuffy and aloof, with the impression that he was THE MAN about blues...

hhhhmmm....i managed to make some friends in the bar, some of them pretty cool....and while talking to them i wondered out loud..."this is great, but where are all the black at?"

i haven't been out recently, but i have heard no news about any black blues guitarplayer who has come out with anything....well maybe there are two in every twenty blues guitar players that are black!

this comes to mind...all the black kids are taking the hip hop/gangsta rap route...no budding black blues players anymore...well, not a lot in recent memory.

it's time to rise up, and claim our birthright pinoy blues brothers! arm yourselves with your strats, teles and 335s....equip your ts,zd and dumbol clones!

and post your blues jams on youtube! maybe you'll get somewhere someday!

long live pinoy blues!!!!

forgive me for my blog posting on a public forum

just me ranting, nothing to fear!

[blues2death]

My 2c.

All that granted, we Filipinos are just too...I don't know what term to use..inconsolable optimists ?

I mean, see what we've been through even in the last 30 years of our history. It took a lot for us to go up in arms as a people.

When the price of rice increased, we clenched our teeth, smiled, and ate less. When the price of gasoline soared, we grit our teeth, smiled, and learned how to curtail travelling or start using public transportation.

We find humor in the smallest of things. We find silver linings in the darkest of clouds. When Korean and Japanese youths throw themselves off buildings for taking home mediocre grades, we just push on. Or find something else to do if school doesn't work out. When things went wrong with the economy in Indonesia, the streets were filled with rioting people.

Wala. We're an inconsolably happy people and an international study affirms us as the 17th happiest people in the world, despite being the 148th (out of 180) economy in the world. Easy to please, difficult to anger. Eto nga garapalan na naman sila sa senado o, with all the double listing of expenses ni Villar. Me nakikita ba tayo sa kalye bukod sa mga hardcore na aktibista ? Wala. It's our strength, and yet it is also our weakness.

Its hard to draw lonely blues from a happy heart. We can play it, maybe we can even feel it, but I don't we as a people will "BE" it.

Me.

blacks are almost the same way. the only difference is that they recognize themselves as a force to be reckoned with----the filipino beast has yet to awaken, and i think there's one way that we can get it.

it's when you get to experience being pinoy in another country. this is just my opinion.

[rjtorres]

ibig sabihin ba, kapag naging "blues"-ero ang mga pinoy, magiging aktibista rin tayo? Magkakaroon narin ng mga movements against injustice (tulad ng racial discrimination sa mga African-Americans?)

Hehe. 

[blues2death]

iba naman yun rj eh

having the blues, or singing about the blues is about

"a good man, feeling bad"

kahit na may masasama nangyayari satin tulad ng pagkasawi sa pag ibig o yung nalalagi na pagkawalan ng pera...

nakukuha pa din iexpress ang sarili natin sa anumang paraan para tayo ay pasayahin ang sarili.

ung dinedescribe ni bamf ay yung sobra namang natin pabaya sa ating mga karapatang pang tao sa ating lipunan. medyo may pagkapolitika ng kaunti...

pero hindi ako sangayon sa pagiging aktibista...may ibang paraan na mas mapayapa kesa sa pag rarally.

naniniwala ako na ang musiko at ang musikero ang makakapagbago sa malungkot na estado ng bansang pilipinas. hindi lang basta nanggaling sa diwa ng tugtugan...pero yung pagmamahal natin sa pagtugtog ang magbibigay liwanag at ipagkakaisa ang mamamayan at bansang pilipinas!

di lang basta ipagkakaisa ang mga layunin natin bilang bansa kundi bilang magkakapatid ....ahem...nawala na sa topic tuloy...bamf kasi e.

[william251082]

Kahit bigyan ka ni Erap ng 500 pesos at libreng dyolibi, hindi ka sasama sa people power nya? (buhay pa ba si erap?)

[BAMF]

I don't know if this is "swak swak" , but here goes.

When the blacks were worked to death in the cottonfields, they created the blues, which can really tug at your soul and drive you to suicide. When the indentured tenant Filipino was worked to death he sang "magtanim ay di biro, maghapong nakayuko, di man lang nakatayo, di pa rin nakaupo...". In a happy tune ! Hahehehe. Ewan ko ba. But it seems to make sense tho.

[ironmat]

i love playing the blues man! piano or guitar! blues for me is a medium to show that im happy or blue. when my father introduced me to hendrix when i was young. una kong napakinggan eh yung red house. and then the obsession began. kahit metal ang tugtugan. sinisingit ko parin yung love kong blues. riff or lick. sir blues2death has a point. we filipinos are being discriminated not only in asia. but in the world. i stand for being a blue baby! 

[aya_yuson]

I agree with Jobet/Bamf on this one. Pinoys are too darned happy almost all of the time. Napaka-dali tuloy nating utuin.

But the Pinoys whose eyes are open sing the blues every day, of that I'm certain.

How can we witness homeless people sleeping on dingy streets while people in high office laugh all the way to the bank and not sing the blues?

Magkaisa!

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