That made D and I Apples and Oranges... Ansabeh?!
Last Sunday, we attended Jesus Christ Pillar and Foundation of Truth Church's service for two reasons - to finally oblige to Lara's plea for Chelai and I to visit her in San Pedro (Chelai didn't make it that day though) and for D to hear Akustik Jam live.
I heard this from Pastor Al:
'If (s)he's an apple and you're an orange,
celebrate your differences- make a fruit salad!
Love isn't about being the same - it's about being sweet with each other'
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
This is so us! While I don't carry even a single tune in my body, D sings well - It's so natural of him because he is born to a family of singers -
Kuya Winston, before migrating to London, was Anino ng Araw's lead guitarist. Ate Lani was once LICS' Glee Club President. Their parents can sing on a videoke for as long as you want them. And D himself was once part of Coro de San Sebastian and a frustrated band vocalist too. Too bad they disbanded because they have the craziest band name ever - The Nerve haha. So going back to the siblings, I joking said they can rival The Corrs, and name themselves The Talattads. Why not diba?
So after the service, we were fortunate to have Akustik Jam sing for us in an audition-type of set-up. aww sorry :)
 |
| The voices - (left to right) Anslee, Melissa, Jawo |
 |
| The Band - (left to right) Arthur, Jerwin, Josh, Archie |
BTW, they are my friend Lara's band! hehe tawa muna. :P
Because Lara is not a part of this band, but technically she helps them so part na rin?. Almost all of the members are part of Lara's church - so lucky of the church to have them as worship leaders. :)
D listened with his poker face on (imagine Simon Cowell). His reason (he said) is that he doesn't want to show any emotions so if ever he disapprove of the band, it will be easier (I can't see the logic in this actually :P).
The Verdict
I successfully extracted D's thought as soon as we were out of their earshot, even Lara's. :D
So here goes:
Melissa (the lady vocalist) sang first - Saving All My Love For You (watch it HERE). D said he was afraid he might hear some flat notes, she always almost lost it. So her first song does not totally impressed D.
When Jawo sang Moonlight Over Paris (watch it HERE), I saw from his eyes that he is impressed. He said, so if ever, Jawo can catch Melissa's voice. It's a good compromise.
It's Anslee's turn to sing Just The Way You Are (watch it HERE). He just nod. He said that Anslee seemed to be giving so much effort and that he'd do better on ballads.
And for the requests! Mel sang Sitti's One Note Samba (watch it HERE) and Para Sa Akin (watch it HERE). She's ok with it, just some flats because she didn't know the song well.
She also sang Superbase (watch it HERE), D liked it except for one part where she birit when it's not needed daw. Then a thought came up, he'll be impressed daw if Mel can perform Look At Me Now perfectly. demanding? :P
And for second to the last song, Jawo sang How Deep is your Love (watch it HERE), which is of course very good!
Anslee sang Beautiful in my Eyes (watch it HERE), and indeed this type of songs suited him perfectly.
Of course, we also have to comment on the people behind the singers. There's Archie, the guitarist. Well, D says he's very good. He said Jerwin is good at the beat-box also. But he's better on drums.
Some might say how dare him give comments like these. Yes, he might have no right to judge anyone's vocal powers because D seldom sings nowadays, but he still knows how to hear tunes. I just hope these guys takes criticism positively. Because after all, we are Lara's friends, which makes them our friends also right? :)
Whew! we only expected a song each, but they graciously gave us eight songs. Thank you guys!
D approved them. So unusual of him. Actually we've seen some singers already but he always say NO. But this time it's a YES!
So Yes we have our wedding singers already. We got Akustik Jam:)
I still need to provide contract though, because this group is relatively new to the business. It was actually I who told Lara that they should have contracts. So knowing Lara, I guess I'll be doing it myself. :P
No comments:
Post a Comment