Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Yeng living her dream

MANILA, Philippines - It was six years ago when Yeng Constantino first dared to confirm if music was truly her path by joining the first edition of ABS-CBN’s reality singing search Pinoy Dream Academy (PDA). Her winning the title Grand Star Dreamer stamped her every right to pursue the dream of making it big in the music industry.
Since then, success, seemingly, has never been elusive to her. Hawak Kamay, her first composition, became an instant hit and continues to appeal to many until this day. Various recognitions and performances here and abroad followed. Her songwriting skills also made her a notch higher from other artists in the local music scene.
“I’m thankful to God that I am able continue to share my talent,” says Yeng, who, obviously remains the most visible from among her PDA batch. “To all those who support me all this time, thank you so much. And I’m happy whenever I get recognized for my work.”
Setting aside the financial comfort she gets to enjoy, Yeng confesses to feeling doubly happy whenever her songs become familiar tunes even to kids. “When I was a child I dreamt of going up on stage with those blinding lights to perform in front of many people.”
Indeed, Yeng is now living her dream and, even without any expectations, she is getting more than what she wanted. Having met and shared some insights with her favorite artists mean so much to her. “Nakausap ko si Chito Miranda na parang friend ko lang; nagtwi-Twitter kami at naka-BBM ko pa s’ya. And  Raymund (Marasigan), my favorite musician, produced this album (Metamorphosis, her fifth album which is released under Star Records).”
She considers Metamorphosis as the highlight of her sixth year in the music circuit as it carries 10 all-original tracks, nine of them are her compositions. Through album, the now 24-year-old singer also introduces music enthusiasts to a new sound that perfectly complements her new look — red hair, high heeled boots, metallic pants paired with long-sleeved blouse.


Nine Inch Nails to go back on road after reinventing itself

LOS ANGELES – Industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails is planning to hit the road again for a world tour after reinventing itself and adding new musicians.
Founder Trent Reznor, who took a hiatus after the band’s “Wave Goodbye” tour in 2009, told music website Pitchfork.com on Monday that the band is “reinventing itself from scratch.”
Reznor said in a statement that bass player Eric Avery, formerly of Jane’s Addiction, King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew and Josh Eustis of electronic act Telefon Tel Aviv would join him in the revamped venture, along with previous collaborators Alessandro Cortini and drummer Ilan Rubin.
“I was working with Adrian Belew on some musical ideas, which led to some discussion on performing, which led to some beard-scratching, which (many steps later) led to the decision to re-think the idea of what Nine Inch Nails could be, and the idea of playing a show,” Reznor told Pitchfork.

Indie Band To Continue Lawsuit Vs CN Blue, Agency

MANILA, Philippines - Indie band Crying Nut will not withdraw its copyright infringement lawsuit against boy band CN Blue and its agency FNC Entertainment stemming from the use of one of its songs on a TV show and DVD without permission.
In June 2010, CN Blue performed Crying Nut's "Deadly Offside" on music show Mnet "M! Countdown." The TV performance was included in a DVD released in Japan.
Last week, Crying Nut filed a 40 million won (P1.5 million) lawsuit against CN Blue and FNC Entertainment for copyright infringement.
FNC Entertainment said it was "M! Countdown" which made the request for CN Blue to perform the song
Mnet has admitted its fault and said that it paid Crying Nut last year for the use of the song. It apologized to Crying Nut and CN Blue.
FNC has also apologized to Crying Nut on behalf of CN Blue.
In a statement, FNC Entertainment said, "We would like to express our utmost regret on the recent happenings involving CN Blue. We admit without excuses that it was the agency’s fault for sending our artists to the stage without fully checking the audio files due to the urgency of a live broadcast," according to ENewsWorld.
"We would like to sincerely apologize on behalf of the members to the Crying Nut party, who has been troubled through the series of recent events. We deeply sympathize with problems that arose in this situation and promise to make sure this will not happen again in the future. However, concerning the DVD, as several new media and the broadcast station have been saying, we would like to once again state that the company did not participate in the commercial production," the agency said.
But despite the apology and compensation it got, Crying Nut will not back down and will proceed with the lawsuit.