Gloc 9: Talumpati Album Launch @ Eastwood City, Libis

February 24, 2011, Eastwood City, Libis was the venue of Gloc 9's "Talumpati Album" launch.  The event was packed by loyal supporters and attracted a lot of attention from the Eastwood crowd.  The young and the not so young were skin to skin as they jockyed for the best vantage point to capture the moment.  Cam phones, point and shoot, and SLRs clicked away as Gloc 9 rocked the house with choice cuts from his album and joined in by his collaborative partners like Aiza Seguerra, Tanya Markova, Jaq Dionisio, Aia de Leon, and Sheng Belmonte.  Other guests include Elmo Magalona and Mike Villegas.

The event was a huge success!  As a sign of his appreciation, Gloc 9 accomodated the more than 1 1/2 hour line for autograph signing and picture taking with the fans.  Talk about class!  No wonder he is so blessed! 

Congratulations Gloc 9!


If you have a National Artist as your fan you have got to be
SPECIAL!  Buenvenido Lumbera lining up for an autograph.
We're not worthy!

With Aiza Seguerra

With Elmo Magalona



With Tanya Markova

With Jaq Dionisio

With Aia de Leon

With Sheng Belmonte

Good Times Magic 89.9

I was listening to Magic 89.9 Good Times with Mo Twister, Grace Lee, and celebrity guest DJ G Toengi this morning and boy was it a blast!

It was music day and they had Cookie Chua and Mike Villegas as guests. Wow! Did they play good music together! Mike Villegas was a real guitar demon I tell you! Add in G Toengi…her voice along can really turn you on! No, no, no, I mean that in a nice way ok? She’s got this soothing voice and her wit…well, let me just say that she gave Mo Twister a good run for his money! G, by the way, who is also a singer, belted out a song by Karen Carpenter in a duet with Cookie! It was absolute heaven! The day’s program was an acoustic trip! Mike and Cookie’s rendition of “Come Together” by the Beatles gave me goose bumps all over! It was as if I teleported to a bar somewhere drinking beer, picking on “roasted highland legumes”, and strumming on my imaginary guitar!

I remember the time when I was still in the seminary when I tried playing the guitar. As the old saying goes, “nothing worthwhile comes in easy!” This is also true when learning to play an instrument. Countless hours of practice, memorizing chords, and calluses! Man, if you don’t want calluses on your fingers---guitar is not the musical instrument for you! Unfortunately, basketball got the better of me and gave up on the guitar. At least my son took up the cudgels.

In hind sight, I regret having abandoned guitar playing. Maybe I’ll start learning again. There’s a lot of guitar playing tutorials in Youtube anyway. Hmmm…maybe I will indeed!