my favorite artist ,KITCHIE

the 2nd kitchie nadal album,Drama Queen is out on the market peeps,this is the best opm release of 2007 my friends,released by the mighty GMA records too,get up and listen,aaawww.
the artistry and thoughts given to the production and performance blew every other releases this year,for me.the album invites u to listen as she paints colors ,pushes your imagination to new heights,and the music frames the work so well.sadly,why can't other opm artist make albums ,as good as this?tell me....

my roots,important,it is.....yoda

Family has always played a big part in our success.we pride on loving our family and keep it close to our heart.i love my brother Julius and my sister Des,in the picture on the left is joshua ,Des eldest son.a smart and exceptionally talented
young man now.on the right are two of my only idols in this life... ,romy Sr and Cena,my Papa n Mom
.they are the best,hardworking n wise ,these two kept us alive in spite of the hell we gave them growing up.
i remember my papa watching over us ,as we have dinner,and asking me if i still hungry ,and attempt to move his share of food into my plate.how unselfish,romy is.
and my mom cena,knowing i was sick n still at school deciding to talk the teacher into releasing me for the day,and on a rainy day picked me up.happiest day of my life to have loving parents like these.wish i can be a good dad too.

on playin live

sometimes i do miss the gigs,the nervous energy before each performance,the fear of missing notes on your solo,and the souncheck jams before each show.
but band life is also hard on the heart ,its about 5 people or so....moving as one and if one is out of time then...wham....
everyone's dead.

on this old photo(baby is at my back see....)she sang in this band,i moved from being a stationary keyboard player to a mobile synth whako,i used the old heavy Roland AXIS controller ,and a rack of modules,the yamaha TX81z,AKAI S1000,Roland MKS 80,MKS 50 and an emu vintage keys module.

AS a CHILD

i grew up with music around me,romy Sr.my dad sings well and my mom loves to play records and she forced us to get piano lessons so young.she got me an old RCA Victor phonograph player when i was 8yrs old,i spun 45s til they skipped and died.my first album was an orange vinyl SOUND OF MUSIC soundtrack.i was buying my own albums when i was in grade school,and had a guitar gift from papa when i was grade 4.and then in in the 60s the beatles came and i got an album...HELP

My Workplace at home

the mix position where projects are finished off.2 monitors act as main reference,a KRK V8 and a n event BAS system,to the right(not on this photo,but on photo third below)are a pair of yamaha Hs50ms and an alesis monitor one.on the table is a TASCAM FW1082 firewire controller,so i dont have to mix with a mouse,to the right is the remote TRANZPORT.above is an analog reel 2 track to mix on.left is the rack with outboards




below is the FRONTIER TRANZPORT a wireless remote for
the computer so you can control it anywhere in the room.











the keyboards are all controlled by my AKAI MPC1000 sequencer and the YAMAHA kx88 .most of the boards are vintage analogs.

PBB HOUSEMATES album and Sept show 2007

the 1st batch of PBB housemates was set to make an album this year ,i was asked on board as producer for the album and it went on the sales shelf this september.we did the recording in 2 weeks and the fabulous FAS replicators did the 5,000 copies in 2 days.boyet of soundsrite mastered the album,Joey of the WORKSHOP played guitar on the songs too.
the album was released by Star records and we did a FREE show at the ARANETA COL.to launch it.

SSL preamps sound so heavenly

i love the SSL DUENDE,the way you get access to a channel strip from a console
(on software from the developers of the real thing)
plus their wonderful SSL xlogic mic pre,EQ combi channel.
it helps ,when you have great equipment to work with.
i myself buy gear to inspire me (like a new toy)...... gives me the excitement to get to work ,
on my music.
like a good movie,book,or a new CD that fires me up...new gear makes me want to get back to work...again n again.

reflexion filter for studiomicrophones

the SE reflexion filter,
a large diaphragm condenser microphone picks up a lot of extraneous stuff,
so SE electronics built a filter wall behind the mic to kill the reflecting sound ,
preventing it from coming back into the rear of the mic.
it totally changed the room sound everywhere i tried it.