Marié Digby - Too Good to be True

"Too good to be true."

Before anything else! I felt bad that I didn't write much about Jam for Japan Benefit Concert. For a little background it was a six hour gig, (no kidding) 30 local and international acts representing different genre of music, all in one event for one cause - to give help for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami happened in Japan few weeks back. The event raised up to 17.5 M pesos and I am so blessed that my 500 pesos was part of it :)

Okay, Seems like some people are looking for my blog entry about Marié like what I did before. Though, I may not be able to write as deep or as detailed compared to my first blog about Marié Digby, but one thing’s for sure, nothing changed since the first day I met her and until now :)

I remember after my lunch date with Marie last August 2, 2009, I was able to blog my experience on the same date and was on a cloud 9 feeling for weeks trying to remember all the details everyday. I know the fact that not everyone has an opportunity like this. I am, really blessed.

Meeting her last April 1st felt exactly like meeting her for the first time two years ago. I saw her walking from the entrance door towards the backstage room and my heart was jumping for joy. It literally felt like I just found my long lost friend again. As she stand right in the middle of the stage, she looked for the Digbyholics. She only performed two songs but I am glad I witnessed her short set because it was one of her most emotional performances ever.

Marié Digby at Jam for Japan - This event raised 17.5 M for the benefit of the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. I am grateful to part of this event.

After her two songs, me and Jackie went to the backstage room hoping they will let us in. But it didn’t happened. After few minutes, she went out and as she walk, I can see the huge smile and directly hugged me tight right away. It was surreal. She told me she was very happy to finally see me again with the rest of the digbyholics and mentioned that she’s very excited the future meet ups. My moment was when we were from the backstage to the free seating up to the exit area. Why so called my moment? Well because when she went out from the backstage room, she approached me right away and gave me a long super tight hug and I wasn’t even aware that we were walking side by side holding each other’s waist. LOL Simple gesture yet memorable. ♥ She made me feel that I am important. :) Oh, she also did mentioned that she saw my Breathing Underwater cover somewhere on the web - in front of everyone. I don't exactly know what to feel but I was so embarrassed that time. I mean, to hear that from the artist that you covered. Haha :)

I let her sign my Breathing Underwater album and she was like, “You bought one again?! This is like your 5th album already.” And I said, “more like the 7th I think.” She was in awe. LOL

After my dinner date with the Digbyholics, we went back to the museum to wait Roxy’s dad and meet up with Kuya Jude. As we wait, Rox and Mikha saw Marie having dinner talk with a couple of her friends and managers. They all signed “wait” and Marie went outside again to meet us, talked to us and even took pictures again.

Dinner at Shakey's

and Central with the Digbyholics

What is not to like about this international artist? She’s down to earth, appreciative, and carefree. She’s one of a kind. I was never a super fan to anyone locally or internationally except for her and I made the right choice! Thinking to this day, I would never ever forget that all I really want is to let her sign my albums. Who would have thought? On my blog two years ago, I did mentioned.. “You just witnessed a dream that actually came true.” Still the same, as you read this blog, you just witnessed a dream going beyond the expectations. This isn’t talk shit, but it is too good to be true. ♥

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Kaleidoscope Heart

Inside is not a heart but a kaleidoscope :)

Now a days in our new generation of auto tuned music in the mainstream like Ke$ha and Lady Gaga,which I call a machine produced songs, L.A. based singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles is one of the proofs that REAL musicians with REAL voice and talent still exists.

If you ask me to write a list of who I want to see perform live, she's probably one of the top 10. I've been a fan ever since her "Love Song", "Bottle It Up", and "Gravity" in 2007. And so when I heard that she is going to release a new album, I knew from there that it's going to be worth the purchase.

When I first heard about "Kaleidoscope Heart" it already caught my attention because of the catchy album title. Thought it was just an extension of her upbeat and catchy song melodies.. To my surprise, a large portion of the new album is somewhat mellow and soulful. The little intro was just perfect! "Inside is not a heart but a kaleidoscope" :)

She definitely continues to show the world how good of a songwriter she can be.

About the appearance of the album, I'm really disappointed that labels even consider about releasing cardboard albums especially in our era that most of the people just download them free and illegal. For a second, I was even hesitant to buy the album right away to a point that I was thinking if a cardboard album is worth buying. But obviously, I still bought the album, opened it as soon as I walked out the music store to check the CD, and guess what? It has a booklet with lyrics!! So hyped about it. Cus the last time I bought a cardboard album, it was just literally the cardboard and the CD.

So anyway, my favorite tracks are Uncharted, Hold My Heart, King of Anything, Let It Rain, and Breathe Again. Something that a girl can definitely relate to. Or maybe it was just me? hehe

Please do write a comment below if you already had the chance to listen to it. I love feedbacks :)

Quest Crew

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the 10 winners of meet and greet passes to Quest Crew mall show from Newport Mall's twitter account. I know what exactly you are thinking. It's probably my 3rd or 4th time to win something this year. But this time, I won the passes effortless. The only rule is to Retweet. So, like what they said.. I just RT'd the tweet with a word from me. What word? "WUHOO". Haha no kidding. Or maybe I have an eye catching twitter name.

For those who are wondering who the hell are the Quest Crew, they won in America's Best Dance Crew in third season. Yep, like the Jabbawockeez. To be honest, I wasn't really aware about the dance group until some friends mention it to me on Twitter and from RTs. But to my surprise, Victor Kim, one of YouTube musicians that I love, is a member of Quest Crew. I just figured when someone RT'd his tweet about flying to the Philippines. So, I wasn't really super excited to meet the Quest Crew, but to meet Victor Kim in person.

Victor Kim:

So I was too excited and DM'd my email address to get the full details how to claim my prize. After maybe an hour or so, I received their email and it says that I have to claim the passes in Eastwood Cyberpark in QC between 2-5pm and the M&G is on December 5 at The Fort. I thought it was just in Newport Mall since they are going to perform there on December 3rd :(

The Agony. I'm thorn between Victor Kim, the time of my availability, and the distance. So near yet so far.

Though I still asked a favor to my co winner, Vince, to get the tickets for me but yeah I wasn't able to attend for some personal reasons. I told him to give my passes to someone in the crowd who's deserving. He gave it to a boy who's wearing a Quest Crew shirt with his dad. I hope he enjoyed watching them. I hope it's a dream come true for him to finally meet his favorite dance crew :)

Even if everything is there in front of you, it doesn't mean it's already the right thing to do. You cannot push one thing that is not really meant to happen.

Priorities first. Use time wisely.

Ironically, same thing happened months ago when I got Meet and Greet passes to see the Boyce Aveue but the email sent to me was meeting Jabawockeez that I wasn't able to attend too.

Sky Sailing

After months of waiting.. I finally bought my Sky Sailing album! The reason for the delay is that, I realized music stores usually produce a deluxe versions of some of the artists a month or two after the standard edition has been released. I usually have the habit of buying the album as soon as the moment it was released then get all disappointed and upset because after the month, they will release another album with bonus tracks and even DVDs with live acoustic sessions.. (*ehem* like John Mayer's)

But on Sky Sailing's album. Unfortunately, there's no deluxe version of the album. LOL its okay, still enjoyed the tracks anyway :)

So a little background about Sky Sailing. I assume not everyone knows the 'group' AKALA MO LANG YUN! hehe. It's an Adam Young album too. Before Adam Young named his band "Owl City" he was formerly known as the "Sky Sailing". Why different? Try listening to the tracks and compare. It's the complete opposite of Owl City's style. Sky Sailing is more of the intimate piano/guitar style of music with deep lyrics. In short, it's acoustic-ish. Basically, this album is the more serious part of Adam Young and I've read that the songs are more personal.

My favorite tracks by far are: Brielle, Blue and Red, I Live Alone, and Sailboats.

Please take a moment to listen to the tracks. Very much recommended. Then let me know what are your favorite tracks as well :)