Do you know what “wido” is? It is actually a term or a dialect here from my country which means a person with the ability to know the chords or notes of a certain song by just using his own intellect or instinct. Wido can play a certain piece even they just heard it once. They are talented people indeed and I think i can consider my cousin as one of these intellectual individuals who have such a nice gift of talent. My cousin is truly fascinated into music. He got his own guitar when he was just in high school. Since then, he started to show his ability to play those chords without asking anyone to help him. He taught himself how to do this and that until he became more skilled in using his guitar. It was the typical Gibson guitar as far as I know and then he switched to an electric guitar and eventually bought another instrument as he wanted to explore more about music.

He Just got this brand new Bass Guitar which actually look different from a typical one. Interestingly, the bass guitar has 4 big strings only which produces heavy and dark tones. He told me that base guitar is more of a background music to give more color or texture to a song. He’s really into music and now he also got a new keyboard and I am pretty amazed because he’s able to play it with no ease despite of the fact that he hasn’t undergone any training or course about it. He’s trying to make some experiment now and make his own recordings. I am not really sure if he will be using that tc electronic nova system to produce a higher quality sound but what i know is he try to combine all his recorded music into one track. He doesn’t have a drum set though but he told me that he’s actually aiming to buy one to complete his music set. He needs a huge space to occupy all his instruments too. Anyway, i don’t think i can be a “wido” like him (a weirdo maybe LOL) cause i think it is more of being a talent than being a skill that you can learn.

I was born when Janet Jackson was in the lime light of the music scene. I was in elementary when everyone gets crazy over her. I was too young to appreciate her music at that time. I started to love her songs when i reached college, however, it’s a bit late for me because she started to lose the limelight at that time.

I find Janet Jackson not a strong and powerful vocalist compare to other solo artists like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey but her songs and her performances are truly amazing.

She is one of those great dance-oriented singers along with the former American Idol Judge Paula Abdul, Madonna and Jennifer Lopez. She is also know for giving great concert performances.

And now that she will be heading to Manila this February, I’m sure most of her fans will come over to see her performing live. The concert is a part of her Number Ones—Up Close and Personal World Tour. It will be held at PICC Plenary Hall, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. I have heard that she will be touring over 30 countries.

Some of her hits are What Have You Done for Me Lately, Nasty, When I Think of You, Control, Miss You Much, All For You, and more.

My Music Monday Entry for this week is from the band Matchbox Twenty with their greatest hit, Unwell. The song is about people who claim to not be crazy even though they’re suffering from various occurrences that could lead them to be labeled as such. I also love the ,music video.

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Who among us can forget the songs “The Impossible Dream” ; “What I Did For Love” ; “Wives And Lovers” and “Strangers In The Night”? These are timeless hits that we commonly sang in videoke bars. These hits are from the American Jazz singer, Jack Jones. He was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1960s. And he will now spread the magic of his great voice on his “Jack Jones’ Greatest Hits Tour this coming October 16 at the Araneta Coliseum. This event is in celebration of his 52nd year in show business. My dad is a big fan of this guy and we actually have some old cassette tapes of his hits. Well, i grew up as old school music lover and Jack Jones is one of my favorite jazz singer. I’m sure most of his loyal fans here in the country will grab the opportunity to meet him live at the Areneta.

This week is Alanis Morissette week. So here is one of her signature hits, Head Over Feet. Enjoy!

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Attention Guitar lovers! The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and “The Guitar Friends” are staging the first ever Philippine International Guitar Festival whcih already started this month at the CCP. “The Guitar Friends”, for those who don’t know, is a group of guitar aficionados of varying level of expertise who share a commond bond, their love for their guitar. The director of the event is no other than Maestro Jose H. Valdez who is ranked by the CCP Encyclopedia of The Philippine Arts as one of the pioneers of classical guitar in the country.

The festival will graced by various performers including renowned international artist Steve LKin, artistic/music director and conductor of the Children’s Orchestra Society Michael Dapap, Kasilag Guitar Quartet founding memeber Perfecto “Perf” de Castro, and respected guitarist Sixto “Butch” Roxas. Also performing are the Kasilag Guitar Trio, Tabs, UP Guitar Orchestra, Fundacion Centro Flamenco, and the winners of Namcya 2009 Guitar Category competition.