And so Mr. Joemil’s review came this morning, something that brightened up my day. He sent his review in PhilMusicSG yahoo group. The thread can be viewed here (I don’t know if you can view it but in case you can’t, you need to sign in your yahoo account and be a member of the group site). Here’s his reviews:
Here comes the critics, as expected, after releasing the Banda Fantastica 2 album to the public. And to start with, here’s Mr. Noypee’s CD review. The email was sent by Cyrel Mondarte of Saint Trend to the PhilMusicSG yahoo group. At first, I was hesitant to open the link. ‘Baka pangit ang review ng song namin…‘. But I guess, sabay bawi, I decided to open it. It could be another avenue for improvement.
According to Mr. Noypee:
Last Saturday, Banda Fantastica 2 album was launched. After all the months of composing, arranging and recording, at last, the product of our sweat and blood finally came at hand. During the course of the preparations for the album, there were really hard times. I never thought composing and arranging song would be difficult. But after all the hardships, the outcome is overwhelming.
Pre-album Launching
Writing song lyrics could be the easiest part. It’s just like writing your current set of heart and mind in a piece of paper in a poetic manner. There were a lot of lyrics written, including songs titles like “Runaway”, “Are you happy” and “Her Masquerade” but arranging song to fit the lyrics was not an easy job. It ended up having the guitar riff first, and then thought of suited lyrics. Carlou and Wax separately created there own riffs, but ended up combining the 2. Carlou had the initial concept of the song (struggles, hardships then standing up concept). And so, “Enemy Within” came. I wrote the song one very early morning (2am) because of insomnia attack so I decided to write a song.
