Ely Buendia (NPPA Images)With Pupil frontman and pop icon Ely Buendia now a regular blogger for Yahoo! Philippines OMG! three more Pinoy music stalwarts are joining Yahoo!’s blogging ring.
Meet jazz musician Johnny Alegre, Wolfgang manager Lizza Nakpil and the Dawn’s former guitarist Francis Reyes.
In the next few days and weeks, you’ll see them blog on Yahoo! Philippines OMG! Y! Rocks on everything from the future of the Pinoy musician in the age of digital downloads to recording encounters with the hotness that is General Luna to the extraordinary tattoos adorning the torsos of your favorite rock gods.
Johnny Alegre (Contributed photo)Johnny jazzista
Johnny Alegre, who is a recording artist for Candid Records (U.K.) and MCA Music Philippines (Universal Music Group), has interests beyond the jazz he writes and plays with his band Humanfolk.
His crossover activities have brought him to the realms of rock and world fusion, the humanities (he is a Palanca awardee for Literature) and technology (he was columnist for PC Digest, later Computerworld).
He digs Beatles ephemera, DC and Marvel comics, classic rock on vinyl, indigenous Philippine percussion instruments, and collects an assortment of electric guitars and stomp boxes.
Lizza Guerrero Nakpil (Contributed photo)Lizza the she-wolf
Lizza Guerrero Nakpil strikes shock and awe in the hearts of many by simply being fierce and fab. She steered Rivermaya to its pinnacle and now does the same for Wolfgang.
She also chronicles the misadventures of her Serial-Killer Cat on Facebook and runs Indios Bravos Arts & Antiques, an art gallery.
Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil, the author, historian and grand dame of Philippine journalism, is better known these days as Lizza’s mom.
Francis Reyes (Contributed photo by Nina Sandejas)Francis brews it all
Francis Reyes is this gen’s Renaissance man. The former long-time guitarist for the Dawn was also a DJ for the late, lamented NU107, and one of the judges who shortlisted the breakout talents for Yahoo! Philippines’ Y! Rocks concert held simultaneously in Manila, Cebu and Davao last December.
If you click on his Facebook account, he’ll tell you he’s a “freelance music arranger/composer-music journalist/photog EX-'ROCK STAR' & a musician forever. thank you if you are part of this page;your positivity is deeply appreciated :)”
He speaks the Elvish language of musicians, to wit: “guitars-Variax 700; Hamer Vector XT; Hamer Monaco XT; Gretsch Electromatic Pro-Jet; Yamaha LP400 Lord Player; Fernandes USA Custom APG85S with sustainer; no-name lap steel with onboard filter/fuzz. all strung with .011-.048/.049 gauge strings.”
But he promises to write in English for Yahoo! Philippines OMG!
Keep checking Yahoo! Philippines OMG! Y! Rocks for Johnny, Lizza and Francis's blogs.
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