BUBBLE GANG
I'm sure a number of you are familiar with a TV show on GMA-7 called Bubble Gang. For those of you who aren't, it's basically a comedy show with different skits. Several of the biggest comediennes and actresses are alumni of this show. Last night was their Christmas party in which Overtone got to play. We were basically invited by Ara Mina who saw our gig in Yaku last Thursday. The venue, which belonged to Ara, was Ostuario along Timog.
The night didn't start so well. While we were somewhere on the way Ramon from Ear Candy (the sound system provider) called us up asking if we were playing full band. As far as we knew we weren't. Ara saw us playing acoustic and Jay Server (the one who booked the gig) didn't say otherwise. So we only brought our acoustic gear and headed for the venue. Later when the sound system arrived we noticed that they had a drum set in the truck. They were informed that there might be need for it. Ramon then called Jay Server. Jay said the gig was full band. He apologized he didn't tell us sooner and said that he'll just pass for our stuff. Of course the gig being in QC and our stuff being back in BF, Jay was going to take a while. We were an hour from show time. Eventually we had to play with or without our full band gear. We setup for acoustic and played a set that wasn't so well received (that's putting it lightly). It was obvious we were stalling. Somewhere mid-set Jay Server arrived.
We cut the set short to setup. In the meantime Micheal V. and Oggie Alcasid hosted the program. Man were they funny. We couldn't help but crack up at all their wisecracks. Ara on the other hand was making sure we were all ok. They're raffle had all sorts of stuff from the stupid, Mitsuboshi electric fans; to the grand, trip for two to Hong Kong. An iPod was given somewhere in the middle. As they wrapped the show up we prepared for our set.
The set turned out to be a giant jam, with all the performers in the room it was inevitable. Tito used to back Oggie up so his material was easy. However, most of Oggie's ballads we turned into punk (that's Oggie's doing). I must say they sound better. We did everything: pop, opm, rock, alternative, reggae, you name it. Everyone taking their turns. Even Amanda Paige sang. She's been hanging out with us a lot so she knew our repertoire.
All in all not a bad turn of events. Though it started really really crappy, it ended on a pretty high note. Ara was commenting that that's the rowdiest they've ever got. Dang were good!
The night didn't start so well. While we were somewhere on the way Ramon from Ear Candy (the sound system provider) called us up asking if we were playing full band. As far as we knew we weren't. Ara saw us playing acoustic and Jay Server (the one who booked the gig) didn't say otherwise. So we only brought our acoustic gear and headed for the venue. Later when the sound system arrived we noticed that they had a drum set in the truck. They were informed that there might be need for it. Ramon then called Jay Server. Jay said the gig was full band. He apologized he didn't tell us sooner and said that he'll just pass for our stuff. Of course the gig being in QC and our stuff being back in BF, Jay was going to take a while. We were an hour from show time. Eventually we had to play with or without our full band gear. We setup for acoustic and played a set that wasn't so well received (that's putting it lightly). It was obvious we were stalling. Somewhere mid-set Jay Server arrived.
We cut the set short to setup. In the meantime Micheal V. and Oggie Alcasid hosted the program. Man were they funny. We couldn't help but crack up at all their wisecracks. Ara on the other hand was making sure we were all ok. They're raffle had all sorts of stuff from the stupid, Mitsuboshi electric fans; to the grand, trip for two to Hong Kong. An iPod was given somewhere in the middle. As they wrapped the show up we prepared for our set.
The set turned out to be a giant jam, with all the performers in the room it was inevitable. Tito used to back Oggie up so his material was easy. However, most of Oggie's ballads we turned into punk (that's Oggie's doing). I must say they sound better. We did everything: pop, opm, rock, alternative, reggae, you name it. Everyone taking their turns. Even Amanda Paige sang. She's been hanging out with us a lot so she knew our repertoire.
All in all not a bad turn of events. Though it started really really crappy, it ended on a pretty high note. Ara was commenting that that's the rowdiest they've ever got. Dang were good!
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Tuesday, December 14, 2004.
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