A rendition of Oh Holy Night in saxophone. If you notice, the audio and video aren’t exactly in sync. I cannot figure out why during the editing. I also had to do several takes by the way.

Hope you guys have wonderful and meaningful Christmas this year. I also hope you enjoy the music.

Aquarela won their first award at the 22nd Awit Awards held at The Arena, San Juan, last Dec 7, 2009. Usahay, a cebuano song composed by Juanito Angos, which is included in their album Changes, won Best World/Alternative/Bossa Award. The song features Miguel Juteau on guitar, Evelyn Juteau on vocals,multi talented Dix Lucero on sax.

-from Aquarela’s Multiply Site

Congratulations to Aquarela! Wow!

Mr. Big is currently touring. I can only hope they do it here in the Philippines. I will watch. Most of my few friends will watch too, I’m sure. I really hope to see them. Damn, that’d be good. Too good even. Hehehe.

I got into them back in highschool, around 6 years ago. We played a number of their songs. I brought the influence home, got my friends into them, and played more mr. big music. They’re just good. Pure and good.

If you they’re really coming here, I hope you could inform me.

Eagles – Joe Walsh’s song “One day at a time” reminds us to live just about how the song said it: One day at a time.

It’s a pop-rock song with a feel-good touch to it. Just saw the DVD playing back when I woke up yesterday and found the song good.

One day at a time

Well you know I was always the first to arrive at the party,
Oh…and the last to leave the scene of the crime.
Well it started with a couple of beers,
And it went I don’t know how many years,
Like a run away train heading for the end of the line.

Well I finally got around to admit that I might have a problem,
But I thought it was just too damn big of a mountain to climb,
Well I got down on my knees and said Hey,
I just can’t go on living this way,
Guess I have to learn to live my life one day at a time.

Oh yeah, One Day at a Time.
Oh yeah, One Day at a Time.

Well I finally got around to admit that I was the problem,
When I use to put the blame on everybody’s shoulders but mine,
All my friends I use to hang with are gone,
But I hadn’t planned on living this long,
Guess I’ll have to learn to live my life one day at a time,
It was something I was too blind to see,
I got help from something greater then me,
Now I have to learn to live my life one day at a time.

Photo by woodleywonderworks

During the 1st Quarter of the year, God has proven (yet again!) how awesome He is. Oh no, I’m not talking “awesome” as a cliche here. If you’ve been financially provided without getting employed, getting into something you’re passionate about, getting an aunt miraculously healed and personally seeking Jesus in her heart, opening opportunities for business and more learning, and getting closer to Him — isn’t that awesome enough?

But throughout everything He’s brought me into, He made me feel alive again. He brought me to what makes me feel most alive. And that maybe, just maybe, I was designed to be something else than what I used to think of myself.

“I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.” – Eric Liddell

I’m sure Mr. Eric felt most alive when he ran. That was his design.

I’ve been getting serious into my music again after so many years. And God has blessed me with a mentor I never thought would have the same heart and passion to guide me through it. And this is my zone. I always knew it was, I just never took it this seriously.

I have decided to write about it because I want to trace back after 6 months to a year – have  I gotten any better?

What about you? What do you do that you feel God’s pleasure? What makes you feel most alive? Do you ever strive to get better at it?

It’s the sweetest gig I had with them so far. Why? Because…

Haha. Kiddin’. They were the dancers and I just tripped having photos with them.

Thanks to Jannette for the great photos.

AQUARELA (and others)

Miguel Juteau

Evelyn Juteau

Dix Lucero

Tim Mallillin

Neil Lolin

Michael Alba

Miguel of Aquarela doing a guitar solo on a song we only can wonder what.

More photos when you click on the picture.

Thanks to Jannette for taking our photos.

Long-delayed photos.

Click on the photo for more pictures.

Thanks to Jannette for taking our photos.

Thanks to Jannette for taking this picture.

This is my zone.

This is the moment, the unexplainable experience, the spirit, the zone, or whatever you would like to call it.

I’m not complaining that I have a lot of work to do right now. I’m even thankful it is sustaining me, and I love what I do. It’s just this: at the end of the day, if there is anything else I would like to do, this would be it.

I don’t know if I’ll mean this by tomorrow when I wake up, but I would gladly give up everything just to do this my whole life. Maybe more. I don’t know. But whenever I’m here, it just feels so good.

I don’t know if I’m making sense.

On the side note, I still owe a lot of Aquarela pictures to post. I also owe some pretty good random posts here.

If you’re an artist, listen and weep.