From dismal to euphoric was the end result to last night’s action packed shindig in comparison to last week with everything happening quickly and progressively from start to finish. The energy was fierce and fiery from the very first band that performed with the momentum carrying on all the way to the last batch till closing time at past 5am.
The festivity started quite early with consistent early bird and guitarist Loren Orendain being the very first in attendance arriving ahead of his surprise guests. Apparently, a handful of Loren’s musician friends had planned to drop by to play. The group comprising of Bobbit Uson, Roy Secillano, Larry Velasco, Paul Viloria, Khuji, and Jeng Tria was a collaboration of musician friends majority of whom were members of the rock band Mutiny.
The group proceeded with a series of catchy chord progression jams to warm up before exploding into a frenzy of hair raising and ear shattering classic rock tunes spearheaded by Mutiny power vocalist Paul Villoria to the absolute delight of the crowd. They jammed some familiar covers of classics both by local and international artists. Surely an utter treat and thrill to all the rock enthusiasts in the crowd. My hats off to these guys for an awesome jam.
Quickly after the first wave of musicians had finished their stint, house band honcho Tinnie Esguerra, Nitoy Adriano, bassist Rick Trinidad, jazz guitarist Dolf Cruz, vocalists Mayette Clemente and her brother Nando Alberto then took over. I joined them to add to the roster, alternately playing the drums and the bass. We did some jazzy instrumentals and some vocal songs courtesy of siblings Mayette and Nando along with Luisa Distor who joined in towards the end of the jam. A totally delightful mix of contrasting genres enjoyed and experienced by all from start to finish. What a night! Praise and thank God.
It was great to see Air Force brat and childhood friends Leo Diano, Red Aquino and Pito Lawas in the house. Both based abroad (Australia and Macau respectively), Leo and Red fortunately were both in town timely on a Friday night. The three music room pioneers, fresh from their brief rendezvous abroad together, decided to round themselves up to make a pilgrimage back to their music room home base while Red and Leo are still around. Welcome back to the music room guys!
Utmost appreciation to another Air Force brat and childhood friend, Chef Raymond Donesa, for preparing and sharing with everyone his “to die for” paella masterpiece. Honestly, I am not really fond of eating paella but this one was totally amazing. I actually found myself having multiple servings before I stopped eating. Super tasty and delicious is definitely an understatement. More power to the master chef!
My gratitude too to batchmate Jun Bediones, Selo Cruz, Cali Tiansay, sis-in-law Ana Mara, Allan Coscolluela, Reynald Perez, Kikoy Ventura, my Mom, my wife Vicky, Dondon and my niece Tina Mara and her friend for joining us last night.
And finally, i thank all concerned for cooperating and adapting to the change in making our maiden beer charging system work. Problem solved.
And so, we look forward to another fun week ahead.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE! GOD BLESS US ALL!
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