RoXin's Blog (63)

BAGWIS releases "UMALPAS KA!" EP to support national Filipino Youth Movement Building

BAGWIS releases UMALPAS KA! a collection of rare studio recordings previously unreleased on Soulworks records. All funds made from the sale of the EP sale will go directly to support the three day conference… Continue

Added by RoXin on July 20, 2009 at 9:54pm — No Comments

Mr and Mrs LaQuesta Go Dancing.... CPMS Style...

A few months ago, CIRCA Pintig members Louie Sison (Director) and Giau Trung (Producer) approached me about an upcoming theater production of Noel Alumit' s Mr. & Mrs. LaQuesta Go Dancing, a one-act play. I remember Louie mentioning a particular scene blending tradition ball room dancing music and ethnic tribal rhythms... hmmm. I was pretty curious abou… Continue

Added by RoXin on February 4, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Mr. Music Goes to Washington

Mr. Ted Reyes, singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, editor and journalist has headed to D.C. as an official journalist for the Filipino Express to cover the inauguration of Barack Obama. Congrats Ted! Thanks for representing our people abroad here in the states and covering a historic moment through the eyes of a Pinoy. Continue

Added by RoXin on January 17, 2009 at 2:21am — 4 Comments

Oh the Chicago Snow!!! Will this keep effecting our weekends!!!

Photo from www.chicagoweekendfun.com We just got back from sunny L.A. California on our return back to our humble city of Chicago with.... well all I could see was... SNOW!!! Yesterday, it took me over an hour to dig out my car on t… Continue

Added by RoXin on January 13, 2009 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Lost Poetics on Hataw Pinoy TV

You first saw and heard them at the very first CPMS fundraiser last year, then they made the headlines on Chicago's Filipino American Community Builder newspaper, then they went on to perform more shows and eventually released their first album "Running in My Veins" available on cdbaby.com. Check out the original video posting… Continue

Added by RoXin on January 12, 2009 at 11:26am — 1 Comment

You just gotta check this out...

"Trapped Within My Soul" by "?" hehehehe... feel free to leave Mark and others a comment on the original video post here: http://chicagopinoymusic.ning.com/video/trapped-within-my-soul Very nice job... you guys better get this recorded... like soon... like next week so you can submit this to the comp!!! - RoXin Continue

Added by RoXin on January 7, 2009 at 2:54am — 12 Comments

2009 Rock Opera: You've made yourself heard... is anyone listening?

Hey there CPMS! Happy New Year! 2008 has come and gone and in just one year the CPMS community has sought to bring the Pinoy music scene together by organizing our first meeting, organizing the first fundraiser in… Continue

Added by RoXin on January 6, 2009 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

Merry Christmas CPMS and a Rockin' New Year!

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Make sure you come out and celebrate with us on the 26th for the Nightmare After X-Mas show at Silvie's and submit your music for the Chicago Pinoy Music Scene CD compilati… Continue

Added by RoXin on December 24, 2008 at 10:44pm — 5 Comments

ITS A GHOUL'S NIGHT OUT!!!!

Costumes mandatory!!!! Hehehehehe.... It's Justin's Birthday too!!!! Wooohooo!!! Happy Halloween CPMS!!! See you there! - RoXin Continue

Added by RoXin on October 29, 2008 at 8:43pm — 3 Comments

Bring the “Noise, Noise, Noise” an interview with singer and songwriter Imelda DeLaCruz

Photo by sierraromeo Imelda DeLaCruz has been composing and performing her own original music for over a decade now and continues to woo our hearts to her melodic stories on stage. Each song is moment, captured through verse and melody… introducing you to characters that you can’t help but recognize. For many of us who listen to he… Continue

Added by RoXin on September 29, 2008 at 9:00pm — 4 Comments

What is the FUTURE OF MUSICIANS: Seminar for local Musicians in Chicago at the Old Town School of Folk Music

What's the Future for Musicians?

Register Here About FMC Future of Music Coalition is a national non-profit education, research and advocacy organization that identifies, examines, interp… Continue

Added by RoXin on September 19, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

CPMS PODCAST is now here!!!!

I am very excited to announce that the CPMS community now has an official PODCAST! In order to help promote bands and artists and to diversify content available to the public, a new podcast website has been created at www.chicagopinoymusic.com. This podcast will feature Filipino bands and artists through interviews and live performance, commentary from fans, producers,… Continue

Added by RoXin on September 5, 2008 at 12:30am — No Comments

Be there!

Git yo Rock on! This Friday! Come out and support Chicago Pinoy bands and celebrate community member's birthdays! RSVP here. See you all there! Keep Rockin' CPMS! Continue

Added by RoXin on September 3, 2008 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

Chicago Pinoy Bands Rock the Box in New York!!!

ACI9, Bagwis, Indiagos & Lucid Blur have all just returned from Rockin' the Freakin' Box for Soul Records and Poptimes Magazine Rock in the Box 2 CD Compilation. We had a blast.... Meeting other musicians from all across North America, Slam dancin' and crowd surfin', taking a good look at what the North Amer… Continue

Added by RoXin on September 1, 2008 at 8:00pm — 22 Comments

If you had a chance to ask Bamboo a question.... what would it be?

I figured, Martyr's Bar is pretty intimate. A lot of other people got to meet and talk to artists like Aiza and Parokya the last time the played there. If you had a chance to meet the band.... what would you want to know? Mine would be a one word question..... "Pepsi?"… Continue

Added by RoXin on August 28, 2008 at 10:00am — 33 Comments

Summa time in da city.... CPMS style! Things about the site, Representing in NYC, CPMS Compilation & THE RUMOR MILL!!!

Ah, summer..... yes. Many of us have spent the last few months hittin' bbq's, visiting family, hangin out with friends, checkin out the last batman movie (except me...argh!) but anyhoo... I've been workin' to pay the rent lately and its been keeping me real busy! It's been some time since I last blogged here on CPMS… Continue

Added by RoXin on August 28, 2008 at 12:30am — 2 Comments

THE ROCK INSIDE THE SECOND BOX: Historic second volume of Filipino compilation album due in August

NEW YORK– This August, Soulworks Records, the New Jersey-based independent Filipino-American record company will release the highly anticipated second volume of the historic rock compilation series, Rock in the Box. This latest volume features the songs of 16 of the best Filipino-American and Filipino-Canadian bands in the scene today. Here is the official lineup of artists, the state they represent and their song entr… Continue

Added by RoXin on July 30, 2008 at 8:22pm — 5 Comments

MYX TV to cover historic Rock in the Box Weekend

NEW YORK– The premiere Asian-American music channel on Direct TV, MYX, will take part in the historic Rock in the Box Weekend on August 29 and 30 in New York City. It was reported that the music channel will be sending a crew to cover the historic event and will feature some of the bands that will be playing, as well as the ones in the compilation album, Rock in the Box 2.… Continue

Added by RoXin on July 30, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

ERASERHEADS WILL REUNITE FOR 1 NIGHT

ERASERHEADS WILL REUNITE FOR 1 NIGHT by Ricky Lo Yes, it’s confirmed: The Eraserheads are reuniting after many years of being apart, not for good but only for one show slated for Aug. 30 at the CCP Open Grounds. According to the STAR source, all the original members (photo) are performing — Ely Buendia, Buddy Zabala, Marcus Adoro and Raimund Marasigan. This piece of good news should make the Eraserheads fans very h… Continue

Added by RoXin on July 30, 2008 at 8:00pm — 3 Comments

CPMS BAND OF THE WEEK: MADRHYMES

If you are pinoy in Chicago and have been around in the early metal days where the only place you could see and meet other pinoy musicians playing original music was the Thirsty Whale out in Downers Grove (ahem,.... Mark), you might have wondered where pinoys might have taken the sound in the near future...say two a… Continue

Added by RoXin on June 23, 2008 at 8:08pm — 38 Comments