Showing posts with label Yeng Constantino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yeng Constantino. Show all posts

December 31, 2013

2013 Favorites

Favorite Movie - Iloilo
I would like my dream movie to be like this, personal but well-crafted, dramatic but real, insightful but not didactic.




Favorite Song - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell "Get Lucky"
Good ol' electronic music that makes you feel good,  gets you up to the dance floor and doesn't make you throw up.




Favorite Album - Emblem3 "Nothing To Lose"
Guilty pleasure of 2013.  If you're a child of the 90's, listen first before you judge. :)




Favorite OPM Song - Yeng Constantino "Chinito"
Never mind the music video that's derivative of a Taeyang-Dara K-Pop collaboration.  Mind instead that this laid-back love ditty has got to be one of the most original OPM songs to come out in recent years.




Favorite Music Video - Miley Cyrus "We Can't Stop"
Get past through Miley's tongue-wagging and explicit exhibitionism but focus on its well-photographed images and meaningful art direction that serve the song's lyrics right.




Favorite Viral Video - Ylvis "The Fox"
Just because the video introduced us to a song that never fails to make me smile or laugh!




Favorite Game - Candy Crush
Seriously, who didn't get addicted to this game this year?



Favorite App - Waze
Finally, I can now drive anywhere! Thank you to whoever invented this!


January 26, 2013

Yeng Congstantino - B.A.B.A.Y.

I am not sure about Yeng's dancing in the music video but what I'm sure of is Yeng's immense talent as a singer-songwriter.  I've always believed in this kid since I worked with her in Pinoy Dream Academy.  Writing the now OPM classic "Hawak Kamay" in her teens is no easy feat.  She just has "it".


"B.A.B.A.Y" is the lead single of her 2nd collaboration album with Raymund Marasigan "Metamorphosis."  The album contains all original songs, very rare for OPM artists these days.

I'm excited to hear the rest of the album.  My most favorite Yeng song, by the way, is this very relatable and poignant teen ditty.


June 24, 2007

Rock Enroll!

Sige na, hindi ako mahihiya pero nanood ako ng concert ni Yeng last night, yebah! :) Nakakuha kasi ako ng dalawang VIP tickets kaya inimbita ko na si CF na certified Yeng fan dahil crush daw niya (Haha! Joke!). Ako rin naman, humahanga rin sa musicality ng batang ito. Biruin mo, 18 years old lang siya pero halos lahat ng kanta sa album niya, siya ang nagsulat. Pop ditty man o commercial pero pag pakinggan mong mabuti ang mga komposisyon niya, alam mong merong "it" ang bata! Kung hindi siya malalamon ng sistema at patuloy siyang mag-grow as an artist, imaginin mo na lang ang mga kanta na pwede pa niyang malikha 10 years from now.

Siyempre nanood din ako bilang suporta sa kanya kasi naging kasama ko rin siya sa trabaho. Naging katipar pa minsan. Nasubaybayan ko 24/7 ang naging journey niya para marating ang kinalalagyan niya ngayon kaya affected din ako. Haha! At proud din, siyempre.:)

Masaya ang concert! For a first-timer, kineri ni Yeng. Nag-enjoy ang mga fans. Nag-enjoy din ako. Kahit si camera-shy CF, nag-enjoy rin daw siya at hindi lang naman daw dahil sa mga dancers. Haha! Ang pinaka-strength talaga ni Yeng ay kapag kinakanta niya ang mga songs na komposisyon niya o mga gusto niya. Kaya mas nag-excell siya sa mga numbers kung saan kasama niya ang kanyang dating banda na Morning Glory, sa mga numbers na kinanta niya ang kanyang favorite rock classics (expected nang favorite niya si Alanis pero na-surprised ako na kilala niya si Shawn Colvin), at siyempre sa mga numbers kung saan kinanta niya ang mga sariling komposisyon. Medyo okay lang siya sa mga numbers kung saan ginawa siyang Showgirl (meaning song and dance number) o di kaya ay ginawa siyang Sarah (meaning pop/birit songs). Like I said keri naman niya, kaya lang mas nakikita mong ang puso at passion talaga niya ay dun sa naunang prod numbers na sinabi ko. Ironically, mas nagustuhan ng mga fans ang numbers na nagpaka showgirl at Sarah si Yeng.

Ito ngayon ang nakikita kong magiging problema ni Yeng. Kasi obviously, ang career path niya ngayon ay maging next "pop princess". Actually hindi lang problema kundi parang nasasayangan ka rin sa bata. Habang pinapanood ko kasi ang concert, mayroon akong feeling na mas may maibibigay pa siya kung mas nagkaroon siya ng freedom to sing the songs na gusto niya. Kaya lang, the kind of songs that she loves ay hindi pang-Aliw kundi sa rock scene kung saan pwedeng maki-headbang o maki-talon at maki-sing along ang audience. Kaso pag iyun naman ang ginawa niya, 100 percent namang mai-alienate niya ang kanyang mga fans na naging idol siya dahil sa Hawak Kamay at Salamat.

Oh well. Ang sa akin lang, sana kahit pop si Yeng, hindi pa rin niya makalimutan ang kanyang passion bilang musiko. At kahit sandosenang Thanks To You pa ang ipapakanta sa kanya, makagawa man lang siya ng isang Hawak Kamay, okay na ako.

December 16, 2006

Grand Dream Night, Tonight!

Shameless plugging na naman po! Grand Dream Night na tonight ng Pinoy Dream Academy. Sana manood po kayo. Promise, entertaining ang mga production numbers. Based sa rehearsals kanina, I particularly love Yeng & Jay-R's Himala duet, the use of The Dawn's Enveloped Ideas as the umbrella song of the love medley, the fun production number of the faculty and ex-scholars, Panky's version of Queen's We Will Rock you and Yeng's rendition of her own composition Ang Awitin. Alam ko tight ang mga text votes kaya it's anybody's ball game talaga. Personally, I'm rooting for Yeng to win because after all has been said and done, this is still a talent contest and Yeng has "it"! :) Tsaka pinaka plus points talaga niya sa akin is her being a prolific songwriter. 'Yun naman kasi ang edge ng show namin against PI. May mga songwriters kaming contestants. Kaya sana singer-songwriter na commercially-viable ang mananalo sa PDA.

Pero I think any among Jay-R, Ronnie or Yeng will win tonight.

Mami-miss ko rin ang show na 'to. Honestly, mas nag-enjoy ako working dito kesa PBB. Mas clear kasi sa akin ang konsepto ng show and at the same time, I love music. Mami-miss ko rin ang mga alaga namin ni Marcus na scholars. Haha. Na-assign kasi kaming mga SE's to be the handlers/managers of the scholars while they're inside the academy. Napunta sa amin sina Yvan, Davey, Oona & Nyora. Sadly, walang nakapasok sa mga alaga namin sa Honor List of 6 pero mami-miss ko yung mga one-on-one sessions namin with them. Enjoy palang maging manager! :D And for that, I will post my picture with Nyora. Hahaha!