Rocktober Praise!

That picture was taken last Saturday. It was the first ROCKTOBER PRAISE gathering of musicians, my husband is more than honered to have participated in such event, sadly though, I was not present at the said gathering because I'm off to a different meeting which is equally important.

The one in the red shirt is my dear husband sporting his new white guitar. These guys can talk about chords the whole day, discuss gadgets and online finds such as guitars from musciansfriend.

This Thursday, they'll get together again for another rehearsal for a Friday event. See? 

supposedly gift for a music lover

I've mentioned in my other blog that we are forgoing gifts this Christmas (well, at least for the remaining persons that we weren't able to buy a gift yet) Sadly that includes my husband.

I hope I can buy him something that he loves, which can only be a gadget for his guitar- or better yet a new yamaha fg700s Folk Acoustic guitar, I'm sure he'll thank me endlessly for that but I'm sure he'll understand why I am not giving him any gift this Christmas. Except for my gift of undying LOVE which is priceless. :)

And I think that is the best gift anyone can receive anytime of the year di ba?

Guitar gadget = excited husband

My husband is a musician and I understand how passionate he is with his music including all of the instruments and gadgets such as guitar electronics that goes with it. I don't know if I already mentioned here that he just purchased a second hand gadget for his guitar and of course excited as he us, he posted about it on facebook something like..he's been waiting for it for the longest time (unfortunately he forgot to mention that the post is about the gadget) people we knew thought I was pregnant because of his post. Funny.

But not everything is fun with regards to his passion. Recently also, I was terribly mad (ok angry) because of a recording gadget the band bought from someone. For the nth time I reminded my husband to consult me with every purchase specially if it involved the whole band so we won't get into trouble. I hope he understood and I hope he learned his lesson from that incident too.

New bass amplifier

Two weeks ago our church bought a  new bass and guitar amplifiers, unfortunately we found out that the bass amp is defective which stressed me a lot because you know why? my husband is the proponent of all these new purchases. It bothered both of us that the receipt is no where to be found and that there is no more bass amp that is the same price with what we had.

When they finally found the receipt last week (to my relief) they went to the music store immediately and yes they were able to replace it but the replacement is much higher and way out of our budget. I don't know how he (my husband) encouraged our Pastor to go for it.  They said it's nice quality though, for me it will look and sound the same, I won't even recognize the difference (aside from the size). I just hope this really is a good buy and that we won't be needing bass head to compliment it. 

Anyways, it is good to see how slowly the church needs are being supplied and met. I know someday soon, we will have our own complete sound system na :) Praise the Lord!

Singing career

To tell you all honestly, I am secretly wishing for a very good singing voice. I envy those who sing very well. Sure I can carry a tune (but that's all I can do) and I sing in the church but that's it. I can't eve sing solo :( Most of the time I'm afraid I get out of tune and be completely lost with the whole song.

So yes, I admit I am not really a good singer and I have no future plans of pursuing a singing career (well, unless my husband buy me a TC Helicon that I can use. That's a vocal effects that can  make your voice sounds better.

Another problem is that I find it hard to memorize a whole song which is funny because whenever I try to sing a song I end up changing the original lyrics ( which send my husband into laughing spree). 

So there, no future singing career for me.Thankful though that my husband can sing and is a vocalist of a band.

4 guitars

in the house, yes, you read it right. My husband now keeps four kind of guitars,  ( Two electric, 1 acoustic and 1 bass) he owned two of them, an electric and the acoustic, the bass is the one that we used in the church (given to the band by a friend) and the other electric-that I do not know but it's been sitting in our house for months now.

I won't be surprised if someday our house will be full of musical instruments, drum set, flute (he owns one too!) keyboard or even Selmer Saxophones and violins. My husband breathe music :) and I am learning to live with it :D Have a blessed weekend everyone!

In love with guitars!

My husband owns two guitars, an acoustic and electric one, if you'll ask him on his most prized possession (material thing) he'll surely say it's his guitars. But because he loves music, I think he's never satisfied :) Last Saturday, he said he dreams o f having this Taylor guitar too someday

and tonight, when I show him this martin m38 acoustic he just said wow! and of course muttered that I'll have that too someday! hehehe!! I think he wants to have the best! Told him, I'll give him that as a gift when I get rich! :)


but he said naman, he's happy he have his two for now :)

Music Players

Do you own one? I never had one and I don’t intend to buy one for me anytime soon, however I wanted to give one to my dearest husband because he breathes music and I know an Ipod will make him one of the happiest man in the world. Now, that’s exaggerated but I tell you being in love with music and having 2 broken MP3 players doesn’t sound so good right?

So how much do you think will it cost me if I ever get him the cheapest ipod? Where can I find best deals? Do you have an old one that you want to dispose? Maybe I can buy it. Just let me know.

Charice and Celine's duet

Filipinos are very talented, music runs in our blood :) There are lots of good singer here waiting to be discovered.

HOME TO YOU

by : JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY

I get up and battle the day
Things don't always go my way
It might rain but that's okay
I get to come home to you

Sometimes life may get me down
And I get tired of gettin' kicked around
I feel lost in this maddening crowd
But I get to come home to you

Cause you are my best friend
And you are where my heart is
And I know at the day's end
I get to come home to you

Hangin' out in our old sweatshirts
You let me complain about a hard day's work
I don't know what I did to deserve
To get to come home to you

Cause you are my best friend
And you are where my heart is
And I know at the day's end
I get to come home to you

Yes, I get to come home to you
Oh, I love comin' home toyou
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Isn't it great to have God where you can come home to? isn't it great to have someone to cheer you up after a long days work? Isn't it great to have a best friend who'll comfort you on a sad day? Isn't it great to have JESUS?

hope you enjoy this song as much as I do!

Arnel Pineda's journey

I have never seen Arnel Pineda sing live..saw him in you tube and in different TV guestings but never on a live performance.

For those who do not know yet who Arnel Pineda is..he is now the lead singer of the famous "journey"..Open arms,faithfully..those are some of their songs..

I guess we Filipinos should be proud of him..Filipinos are very talented specially in music..and we keep on wowing the international audience..remember the girl who guested in Ellen De generes show last December? Arnel..like her was also discovered through youtube.

So last night, for his despedida party at Hard Rock..off we went together with my hubby of course, how can he let it pass? Music is also in his blood..and truly he enjoyed it..and he became an instant fan of Arnel. I enjoyed it too..specially when he sang “Open Arms”. I was wondering..where is that voice coming from? Hubby said..from his hair.. he maybe small but he has powerful voice.

Siempre I have to thank my boss for the invitation..If it wasn’t free..I maybe think twice before going..hehe!

I just hope Arnel remains to be as humble as he is now..and hope the plan of bringing the Journey here come December will push through..I’m sure gonna be there.

Best wishes on your journey to stardom Arnel!! Kudos to you!