Calm before the storm? Law of averages? Whichever you call it, one thing is for sure. Last night’s tale will definitely be written amongst the list of the most humdrum and futile jams in the music room’s history. If not for the will, determination and the love for music with the few musicians who showed up, there was nothing much to speak of.
Nevertheless, it was indeed a breath of fresh air to see versatile keyboardist Atty. Pecky Casuela in the room finding precious time to take a break from his busy schedule. Multifaceted musician and percussionist Vincent Garrucho was in the house as well along with bassist Rick Trinidad who arrived much later but did not really participate that much.
It was very tranquil in the room early on with just the house music playing and no jammers on stage. Consistent early bird Jp Bugarin and I were just chilling and chatting for a good few hours at the center table while waiting for the others to arrive. It was so calm that you can practically imagine hearing the sound of crickets stridulating and cockroaches prancing around in the room playing hockey. Talk about an appropriate description…hahaha!
When Pecky arrived, there suddenly came a glimpse of hope. Pecky and I were the only two guys on stage to start off, with the maestro on the keys and myself on bass. Vincent dabbled with the percs and drums occasionally while we did some popular jazzy tunes and some catchy OPMs. We just enjoyed the musical interaction with Pecky breezing me through the chord patterns of the songs we played. We did enjoy the jam despite being just us, one and a half hours straight at that as proof before we took a break.
After the break, Rick joined us and played the bass briefly while I played the drums. With no vocalists around to speak of, we ended up doing some simple instrumental chord progressions just to be able to record on video. Better than nothing, I guess.
Later on, music room regular patron Nikki Segundo walks in along with his son and a good old music room friend. Boots Bautista, a fitness professional like myself, is a professional drummer, as well. Having stopped playing drums for some time, it didn’t take long before Boots found himself back behind the kit. With Pecky already gone home, it was just Rick, Vincent and myself available to back him up. With no one else manning the rhythm section, Vincent had no choice but to play the guitar and do vocals. At past 4am, we had our fill playing, packed up and exited the stage.
After the jam, The rest of the guys still stayed around to chat, for some more beers and cigarettes at the smoking area. At 5am the guys were finally done and on their way home. All’s well that ends well. Praise be to God!
Next Friday, March 23, a newly formed group comprising of musicians from the popular bands Wolfgang, The Breed and Blue Rats, that was recently put together by renowned guitarist/vocalist and frontman Kowboy Santos, will be performing in the room for us next week. It promises to be another humdinger and epic night for everyone. So to all the rockers out there, it definitely will be something for you to look forward to. Mark that date.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE! GOD BLESS US ALL!
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