Bamboo says music scene on the verge of something big
When boy bands and acoustic acts dominated the local music scene not too long ago, an anthemic rock piece called "Noypi" came out out of nowhere and opened a new chapter for Pinoy Rock.
That was in 2004.
Nine years later, vocalist Bamboo Mañalac feels something as momentous is due to kick Pinoy rock to higher gear.
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"Something is bubbling and I can feel may mangyayaring malaki. We're on the cusp of that, whatever that is," he told Yahoo! OMG.
Bamboo famously split with Rivermaya in 1998 and then roared back to the moribund band scene with a new group also called Bamboo and the song “Noypi.”
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Now a solo artist himself, Bamboo sees a new flourishing phase for local bands and not necessarily with him at the helm.
A good time to be an artist
He feels the return of a renewed atmosphere, regardless of whoever will serve as its flagship act. "I like what's happening now,” he added. “Today is a good time to be an artist; when there are no limits and no restrictions to what you can do."
He himself released an eclectic, jazz-tinged solo album “No Water No Moon” in late 2011.
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Today, Bamboo has expanded his gigs, appearing regularly in ABS-CBN’s Sunday noontime variety show ASAP and recently endorsing Tattoo Home Broadband.
If Bamboo’s intuition is correct, what do you think is going to drive the next phase of Pinoy music?
