Community Movement Building Through Music Series 3: Last October I had the chance to talk with Poptimes Magazine community builders Ted Reyes, Sheryl Garcia-Reyes and Brijo Miguel about the the scene they are helping to build, their amazing accomplishments and the future of Poptimes and the whole national scene in general.
Poptimes Magazine and its community has been up and running since 2006… actually, it seem more like a sprint! In just a few years, they have released two major North American music compilations Rock in the Box 1 & 2 with the later including a print zine, three holiday Rock the Yuletide compilations, helped produce a number of other local projects and show and continues to be a force that is helping shape the future for Filipino-American Music.
Also features music from the very first Rock in the Box Music compilation. Listen in on the podcast now!
There are things in the everyday life most people don’t like to talk about or divulge. But fortunately, there is a Chicago-based Pinoy Rock band that refuses to candy coat the realities that most of us experience.. particularly those experiences that can often times be painful into creative and thought-provoking music. On this podcast we interview SO3 (Sons of the 3rd) a four piece outfit that combines a raw untamed sound with intensive riffs along with howling and fierce poetic vocals.
Your host RoXin and guest Nara pull together a string of Pinoy Classics and a few contemporary music that has influenced their music creation. Includes samples from Mike Hanapol, Noel Cabangon, The Jerks, Joey Ayala, Grace Nono, Asin & Pinikpikan.
I have a little secret….. I’m a fuckin’ thrill seeker… You know, when I was a lot younger, I used to watch thunderstorms approach and always wondered what it would be like to run into the storm and be picked up by the violent winds and soar through a dark sky. I would imagine what it would be like to be caught in a tornado’s wind tunnel, hurling past large debris thinking that at any moment I could be smashed to pieces! Pure intensity, chaos, and thrill! Now imagine that feeling with precise, pounding groove rhythms…. this is the Madrhymes realm.