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Ladies and gentlemen, live at Paco's Place, Mr. Eli Buendia.
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Congratulations. So, papano? Papano nangyari yung concert?
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Last time you were here, it was very vague. Wala sa radar yung time na yan.
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Sandali. I have to go back.
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You were here December of 21.
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21. Actually, matagal nang pinaplano yan.
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I mean, Diane, my manager, told me years before saying,
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oh, we're planning this, we're planning this.
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And I said, okay, okay.
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But there was always something in the way.
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And one of those things were, I guess, the commitment of the four guys.
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And me, myself, I was also kind of parang apprehensive, syempre.
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Pero it's not because I didn't want to do it.
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But the first thing that comes to mind when something like that happens,
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or when the four guys get together, is the circus.
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Obviously, inadvertently.
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So yeah, I was apprehensive about that.
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So not until parang Diane was saying, oh, we're signing the contract.
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And I said, okay, if you say we're signing the contract, then I guess I'm doing it.
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And then after that, a few days later, we met at the polo club.
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And we haven't seen each other for years, face to face.
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And it was super awkward at first.
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But I guess, diba, you get into the rhythm of it.
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And parang syempre, you recognize the faces.
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And all those memories come flooding back.
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And then parang it becomes easier as the night went on.
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And everyone was chill na and was ready to discuss the business at hand.
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So that's what happened.
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Ang nakakatuwa, no?
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Because nung sinabi mo na pirmahan na ng contract and all that,
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when I had Diane here sa podcast,
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yung context niya about taking care of the Eli Buendia brand, talagang seryoso yun.
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Talagang anong dynamics din yung manager talent?
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Where is the trust there?
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And I'll address that because may mga artists, may mga managers,
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nag-aaway, hindi alam kung sino masusunod.
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Pero kayo, papano nyo na-establish yun, kayong dalawa?
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Kasi may tiwala ron.
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Like may behind the scene conversations kami nila, Diane, and I'm like, wow.
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Yeah, trust really is the operative word there.
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You can't have relationship, any kind of relationship without trust.
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And I guess having been in another relationship with her,
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a different kind of relationship beforehand,
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That was parang given na.
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And kasi you get to know the person personally.
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And I wouldn't trust anyone with my career from then on.
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Kasi kayo up and down eh, di ba?
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Without her guiding me.
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Plus she was there also at that time.
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So parang, yeah, the dynamic is,
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it's like any other, again, any other business relationship, di ba?
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Siyempre magkakaroon ng konting arguments, which is natural and healthy naman.
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But the thing is, if you respect the person's opinion,
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it can only lead to better things,
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even if the arguments are sometimes really, really bad.
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And you want to kill each other, like your previous relationship.
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Pero it's welcome.
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Like I really do appreciate the fact that she has her own opinions about
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where my career should go.
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Objective eh, no?
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And I've always been, parang tawag dito,
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I gave enough credence to anyone who's objective about anything
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regarding my art or regarding my personal life.
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Because it's not really good to be so parang subjective about everything.
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Parang sumisip-sip na eh, no?
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So yeah, parang I really believe that it's a good relationship to have.
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So now, eto na, di ba? Polo Club.
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So sinabi, okay, you're doing it.
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So deep breath, nandiyan na kayong apat.
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When did it sink in na, man, we're really doing it?
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Ah yeah, I guess ano, the first rehearsals.
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This is prior to releasing the Instagram picture na,
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nag-rehearse na ba muna kayo bago kayo nag-release ng,
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kasi sabay-sabay kayo nag-release nung teaser na yun.
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Yung mga posts na yun came right after the first meeting.
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Ah, the first meeting, wow.
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Wala pang rehearsals yun.
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Parang naprogram na yung mga posts.
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And after that, a few days later, we had the pictorials for the marketing and everything.
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That was just one day.
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And then, yun na, yung rehearsals na.
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So what was it like, first day of rehearsal?
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Like, and ang question ko is coming from a fan perspective and a friend perspective.
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Because iba yun eh, yun pag nakita ko kayong apat,
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it'll take me back to my youth, yung mga days natin and all that.
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But kayong apat, nung nag-rehearse kayo,
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like, anong pakiramdam nun?
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Na ito yung tatlong kasama mo, and you seldom look behind.
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Ang pagkakilala ko sa'yo, when you play,
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bihira ka tumitingin sa likod eh.
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Dahil naalala ko when we were playing LA,
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hindi mo nga alam na ako na yung pumapalo sa'yo sa With a Smile
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because you seldom look at the back sa mga kabanda mo.
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But when you were rehearsing with the three of them,
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what was going through your head?
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Yeah, I was really excited for the rehearsals more than anything, talaga.
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Because we all had plans.
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We all wanted to do, try new stuff, first and foremost.
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Try to play songs that we've never played live.
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From the catalog, no?
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From the original catalog.
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Yeah, from the original catalog.
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So I think being in a band with the E-heads,
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you're always on your toes.
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And I was appreciative of that.
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And that was what kept, I think, the whole rehearsals lively.
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And feeling ko nga, we would have rehearsed for three months or more.
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If it wasn't the December 22 deadline na,
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I mean, we could have rehearsed on and on
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because we just wanted to play, you know?
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It wasn't enough.
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Something you thought that wasn't there,
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all of a sudden, yung apat magkakasama, parang uy!
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Oh yeah, I had no doubt, bro, na that would come back.
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It was always about that, about playing together.
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The whole personal bullshit was there,
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but unnecessary when you come to think about it.
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I mean, our fans don't care about that.
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For a long time, I thought I did.
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I thought that was the most important thing to me.
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But then, when this came around, parang I did realize na,
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yeah, of course, it's normal, di ba?
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Again, with any relationship,
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you're gonna have arguments,
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and the best thing to do about it is to, first of all, be humble
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and realize that you're not the only person in the room.
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This is a band, di ba?
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And you're not the only—
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No man is an island, kumaga, to reiterate the cliché,
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pero it's basically that.
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So may maturity coming into this project.
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Definitely, definitely.
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I think everyone grew, not just from being apart,
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but also from seeing new artists come up
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and learning from them also and learning from the past
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and seeing or hearing what people had to say
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about the Eheads' legacy.
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And of course, we were listening.
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We weren't just fooling around,
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even if we were doing our own stuff.
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It's always in the background, di ba?
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They're always going to compare you to what you did before.
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And I said this already, di ba?
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For the longest time, I didn't buy into that, di ba?
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I was always like, I'm going to do my own thing, right?
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But there are some things that—
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It's not really you can't escape it,
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but there are some things that you have to face.
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Para coming to terms, no?
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Coming to terms, exactly.
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And that's different from being forced to acknowledge something, di ba?
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You realize na this is a part of you.
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And if this thing is parang causing you whatever, anxiety,
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or kung ano man personal hang-ups you have about it,
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you really have to face it.
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And the only way to face it is really just to face it head on.
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Deal with it head on.
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Deal with it, yeah, exactly.
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And this is how I chose to deal with it.
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Even if up until the meeting when I was sitting at the table—
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Well, they were already there.
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Fashionably late.
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Not deliberately.
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Makati, what do you expect?
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Up until that moment, I was like,
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do I really want to do this?
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Tapos may mga, syempre, iba na eh.
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There's lawyers there, di ba?
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There's the friends and families there.
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Kanya-kanya manager.
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Managers are there.
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And it's not the same.
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But di ba, nothing stays the same, right?
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So you just have to accept it, right?
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Ang sinabi, take away the people around you guys.
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Pag kayong apat lang daw ang pinagsama sa isang kwarto,
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it becomes magical in terms of it becomes organic.
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Kung kayong apat lang nga nandun,
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na walang nakakarinig na sa inyong apat, di ba?
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I mean, like I said,
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I, myself, and I guess the three guys also would have wanted
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it to be the same way like before.
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When you guys started,
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like kayong tatlo lang, ay kayong lima lang in the room,
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jamming, but it's not like that anymore.
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Yeah, you can't help that.
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But there are quiet moments in them,
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kahit there's like tons of stuff going on around you,
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like in the pictorials and rehearsals,
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and you just find your own little corner
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and you just shut out the whole world.
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And it's still the same.
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You still have the same dynamic.
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The interpersonal relationships are there.
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And somehow, with this particular production,
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that kind of shined through.
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All the bullshit was just cast aside.
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So, unong pinag-uusapan niyo yung December 22 show,
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was there talks of taking it worldwide?
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Or was it just, dito muna tayo, let's focus on this?
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There were always like,
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kailangan people realize that this will probably be the last
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show, at least in the Philippines.
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Even though we did already two shows prior.
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Pero, I mean, that's all marketing naman.
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If you ask me, I wouldn't say last anything.
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Or I didn't even say I'm going to retire, right?
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Because as soon as you say that, parang...
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And you'll find yourself
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contradicting yourself and not retiring.
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Doing more work than you used to do, diba?
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But as far as parang that kind of production,
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that magnitude, feeling ko talagang last na yun.
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Francis Magalona?
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Whose idea was that?
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No, that was Francis Lumens.
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O, galing ni Francis Lumens, no?
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This is his show.
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You know what sabi ko?
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I would love to have picked his brains out.
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Because alam mo, ang ginawa ni Francis,
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he gave every Eheads fan their dream, basically.
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Yun ang ginawa ni Francis.
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Nung kinikwento ni Francis na magkakaroon ng Francis Magalona and all that...
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Kahit kami nag-uyot, e.
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Parang, whoa, really?
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Anong demands ang hiningi mo doon?
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Kung ano lang pwede mo i-disclose, ha?
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Tinanong ko si Raymond when he was here with Sandwich.
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Sabi niya, may hiningi ako kay Francis and binigay ni.
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Hindi ko na tinanong, e.
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I'm not really asking the specifics, ha?
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But what I'm asking is, were all conditions met?
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Sa'yo at sa kanila?
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I'm just gonna say it, man.
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My only demand was for Marcos, nga, to at least not settle but acknowledge the allegations.
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Yun lang naman, diba?
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I mean, problema niya naman yun, e.
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That's a family thing.
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And ginawa naman niya.
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And ginawa naman niya.
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And when he did that, sabi ko, fine.
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When he did that, sabi ko, fine.
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I'm in na because he met my demands, e.
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And you know what?
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That was not to demean anybody because domestic violence is domestic violence, right?
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Oh yeah, yeah, definitely.
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Pero you were coming in knowing na may ganun, e.
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That's a monkey on your back, e.
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Ano ang mindset mo?
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Because without disclosing conversations na private between you and Marcos,
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ang nakita namin is you really stood up for your bandmates, e.
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Ginawa mo naman din talaga.
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Because they were trying to attack you na nga, e.
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Pero ikaw, ang ganda na sila mo,
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inacknowledge niya, e.
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Ano pa ba kailangan kong gawin?
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Pero inside, as a father,
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ano pa kiramdam nun?
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It's really a very complicated thing, no?
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As much as possible,
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I try to be very, ano tawag dito?
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Fair to all those concerned.
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Admitting the fact nga na from the get-go, domestic violence is wrong.
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But I also believe
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each party has to have...
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Accountability, no?
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And be able to tell their side of the story.
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And Marcos wasn't given that courtesy.
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Basta ni-label na lang.
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Parang social media thing na.
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Prosecuted via social media.
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And I also, we, I mean the band, the production,
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made steps to contact the agreed parties.
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ang realtor na pato.
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And as far as I'm concerned,
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I think we've done our part by doing that.
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So kumbaga, parang bahala na kayo.
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Ginawan na namin yung part namin.
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We tried to be, to get them to be...
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To be amicable, diba?
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Amicable, unamicable discussion on the matter.
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So kung ayaw niyong gawin yun, wala na kami magagawa.
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So ngayon may Eraserheads na.
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And may offshore music.
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Hindi ba tempting?
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Na mag-offer ng, free agent ba ang e-heads?
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Or is the Eraserheads signed to a label?
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We're not signed to any label.
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Naisip nyo ba ni Audrey na...
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Well, no, because...
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Mag-alok ng contract sa Eraserheads
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para maging artist ng offshore?
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That will only come up kung ano, if there's new material.
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Kaso wala pa naman new material eh.
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So, because you're doing a world tour.
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Is new material in the horizon?
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Pinag-uusapan nyo ba yun?
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Sabi siya, sarap maging fan eh.
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Nakikita ko yung mga posts eh.
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I wanna be honest about the new material stuff.
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I mean, I do have fantasies of the band getting back into the studio
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and recording new stuff and releasing new stuff.
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Parang what's the point eh?
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Parang nobody listens to new material.
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Historically, no one.
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Would you listen to a new Gus and Rudez album?
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You tried, but no.
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It will always come up short.
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And I don't want to disappoint the fans.
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I don't want to disappoint myself as a songwriter.
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Even though I know that I could do it.
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I could probably write better songs.
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I believe that I've written better songs
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from all Yeehead's days with Pupil, with Octaves, with Apartel.
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But no one listens to that shit, man.
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And I'm good with that.
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I mean, I'm more of the process now.
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If I came into that project, like for example with the Octaves,
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giving my 100% and feeling proud of my work,
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and I'm good with that.
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Who cares if people don't listen to it?
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It's just self-fulfilling.
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It's just self-fulfillment.
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Eraserheads is a different matter, man.
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It's a new circus.
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Sir Giorgio Fresnedi said,
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it's easier to generate new audience
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than it is to generate new material for a legacy band.
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I said, yeah, right?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And to your point,
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are you going to listen to a new Guns N' Roses album?
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Unless you're a fanatic.
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No, you'll get back to using your illusions one and two.
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Yeah, your favorites.
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But still, to your point,
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if it's fulfilling,
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and if the tempo of a song is not a composition,
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it's not Octaves, it's not Apartheid, it's not Pupil,
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would you put that in an Eraserheads bucket?
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I have songs in the pipeline that I haven't finished.
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And I think, oh, this would be a great E-head song.
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And sometimes this would be a great Pupil song.
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So maybe that's correct.
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Let's talk about songwriting.
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Because Raymond, he said,
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he has a folder of Squid 9,
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and even Eraserheads.
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And then he'll do something,
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whether it's a riff, a drum pattern, or whatever.
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And then he'll put it in his folders.
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Do you do the same thing?
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Yes, I do the same thing.
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But it's all in my head.
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I don't have folders in my computer.
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So songwriting process,
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when you do write,
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do you write lyrics first?
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Do you write music first?
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What comes out of your mind?
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Well, I tend to have melody first.
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Melodies in my head.
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And then just put words into them.
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That is that simple.
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With regard to when you say,
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okay, the lyrics,
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because the lyrics of Pupil
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are different from the lyrics of Octave,
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different from the lyrics of Apartel,
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different from the lyrics of Eraserheads.
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Is it easy for you to go change the jargon?
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Let's say, I thought, Eraserheads,
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I have to write in that frame of mind.
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Is it still there or not anymore?
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Yeah, for me as a songwriter,
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it's really easier
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having that frame of reference.
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Because otherwise,
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I wouldn't know where to begin.
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I have a hard time writing lyrics.
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I don't have a hard time writing melodies.
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But lyrics, it takes a bit of work for me.
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So I have to have that frame of reference.
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For example, in Octave,
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it's a rockabilly country.
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So you write about rockabilly country things.
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And that makes it easier for me.
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Even the delivery, right?
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Even the delivery, yeah.
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Okay, that's great.
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Now, with regards,
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so Eraserheads is done.
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And you're in the middle of an Ellie Buendia tour.
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is there conflict?
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Is there push and pull between you as a solo artist?
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Because Eraserheads came.
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This is Ellie Buendia.
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Eraserheads came.
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Now there are two entities.
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And the burden is on you
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because here, you're part of a quartet.
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And here, you're a solo artist.
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What's the mindset?
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How do you prep for both?
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I think, like I said,
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it used to be a burden.
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But coming from this tour,
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where I play solo,
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I was not keen on doing a solo
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prior to a month after he had his tour, right?
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Parang it's medyo redundant na, diba?
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And I only did this, again, for Enna.
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So she can play here.
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But coming from this tour,
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parang playing solo with the Eheads material
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and watching the audience reaction,
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parang nakita ko na,
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oh, they don't give a shit.
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They don't give a shit.
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If it's me or if it's Six Cycle Mind
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who's playing Ehead songs.
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It's the songs themselves that are
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what they want to hear.
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And it doesn't matter.
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So I'm coming from that.
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andito na tayo sa edad na
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minsan nga desensitized na tayo
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when people sing our songs.
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And sometimes naaalala ko lang na,
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oh my God, ako nga pala nagsulat ng kantang yon.
27:29.5
But in your case,
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it's multiplied by three or ten or five.
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Anong feeling ng isang Eli Buendia songwriter,
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does it hit you from time to time na parang,
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oh, akin nga pala yan.
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Anong pakiramdam doon?
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And the reason why I'm asking that
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is because there are songwriters watching the program.
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Diba, sa kanila it's just a poem
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or sa kanila it's just a demo.
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Galing tayo roon.
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Until pag pinakawalan na natin yon,
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nabubukay na yan.
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Patay na tayo, buhay pa rin yung mga kanta na yan.
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But has it hit you na yung catalog mo,
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yung body of work mo?
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I think I play ED songs like
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a hundred thousand times a month.
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When you play those songs, do you think...
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Ever since we broke up.
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And if you do that for a long, long time,
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madi desensitized ka na.
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Even actually hating the song sometimes, diba?
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That you have to sing it.
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Like, fucking El Bimbo.
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I really hated it because it was so long.
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But I think you're right.
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I appreciated the songs when...
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You know the El Bimbo musical?
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How do you call it?
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Anong acronym niya?
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So I got invited to one of the shows.
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I came to the show.
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Did you know about it?
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You knew they were gonna do something about the catalogue o hindi?
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It was announced and I said,
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Oo, may musical na pala.
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Because people were trying to get a musical off the ground
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unsuccessfully for years.
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So wala kang kinalaman.
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Wala kang kinalaman talaga.
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I got paid for it.
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So I came to the show and not expecting anything.
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And I was blown away by the arrangements.
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They put a really good spin on it na even me, I was surprised.
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And then I realized ka na parang,
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These songs are good.
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So yeah, I mean, it takes a while to...
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Diba, mga reminders yun.
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Perspective is kinda needed talaga.
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Kasi even I didn't think of those arrangements.
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So that was when I realized, yeah, not bad.
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E paano pag na-invite ka mag cameo sa Aheb?
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Sa Anguling Albimbo.
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Probably won't do.
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I can't act for shit.
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But magde-direct ka?
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Magde-direct ako, yeah.
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Parang hindi nila alam.
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Bigla all of a sudden may isang episode may...
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Si Eli Buendia ba talaga yun doon?
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Well, in a way, nagawa ko na yun.
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Because I did this show called Night at the Theater.
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And parang splenize namin yung
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Eli Buendia show with Aheb musical.
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So I was doing my set.
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And then after that, the cast came in.
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The cast of Aheb.
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And we parang sort of acted some scenes from the show.
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And it was ano naman.
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Successful naman.
31:06.9
Ang sarap diba yung mga moments na gano'n?
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Because ever since in-introduce mo sakin ng Offshore,
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I would visit it, the site.
31:17.7
And support the artist by listening to them on Spotify.
31:23.3
What's next for Offshore?
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I mean, how aggressive are you guys in finding new talent?
31:29.5
Like si Anna Mori, you're here because of South by Southwest.
31:32.8
Yung ginawa ni Audrey.
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Shout out kay Audrey.
31:36.5
Because talagang yung...
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It's one thing to sign up artists.
31:41.9
It's another thing to have a culture where you really believe in your artists.
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And when I had Anna on the podcast,
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like talagang she was really grateful, surprised and everything.
31:56.6
Very emotional about the South by Southwest gig.
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Pero kayo, as the people behind the company,
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We just wanna be parang a home for creative people.
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And we're very, very proud of the people we sign.
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I mean, we're huge fans of everyone under our label.
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And I guess that's lost in a major label.
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There's so many hands working on everything.
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It all boils down to what we as a band started out with.
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It's just five people, four people.
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And somehow, I wouldn't say mas maganda,
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but parang mas pure ang lumalabas na product out of that.
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And we intend to keep doing that as long as we can sa offshore.
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Now with regard to new artists,
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you're still bringing in new talent.
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And then ikaw, how involved are you with regard to
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yung journey ng bawat artist mo?
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How involved are you?
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I'm very involved.
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We have like two or three people working in offshore.
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I mean, I would have wanted to have more
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because it would be easier and more efficient.
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But again, I didn't want to, we don't want to lose that.
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Yung personal touch eh, no?
34:08.7
Queen Anthony Melody Del Mundo, when she was here,
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she recalled na sinong una naging producer mo?
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Kayong dalawa nga ni Raymond.
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And then sabi ko, kung pabalik ulit yun,
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would you ask both of them to produce you?
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Sabi niya, yes, best experience ever.
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Are you still producing other artists?
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Pero mostly, you know, offshore artists.
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Like how do you produce?
34:33.5
How hands-on are you?
34:34.6
How hands-off are you?
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How do I produce?
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I stay out of the way.
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Explain, because maraming producers ng Pakialamero eh.
34:42.6
How do you explain that?
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Yeah, I don't like producers like that.
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I take a cue from, again, Robin Rivera.
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Who produced you guys?
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Who produced us for eight albums.
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And he was just there.
34:57.7
And just by being there,
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parang there was an electricity in the room.
35:03.9
He didn't need to like dip his hands on every,
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like every drumbeat or tambourine track.
35:15.5
He was just there.
35:16.3
And when we needed help, he would ask for it.
35:19.4
And he would give the best advice that you could possibly want.
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And I'm also like that with the offshore artists.
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Ito, liliku lang ako ng content
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because I want our listeners and viewers to hear this.
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Because this is a very inspiring part of your life story.
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When you walked away,
35:45.9
sinugal mo lahat eh.
35:46.7
You left everything on the table.
35:48.5
The Ely Buendia I have now
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is the result of the Ely Buendia who held on to principle.
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There was a time that you,
36:02.2
na, ayan ang eheads, I'm leaving.
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Hindi ko alam kung anong mangyayari.
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I have a small family.
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Hindi ko alam kung saan ako pupunta.
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Pero things have to change.
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Decades later, here you are now.
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Pero yung turning point na yun, yung crossroad na yun,
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can you give us a glimpse?
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Anong pakiramdam nun when uncertainty was just in front of you nung time na yun?
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Because ang daming taong dumadaan sa situation na ganyan eh.
36:35.1
Paano ka nagkaroon ng lakas ng loob to...
36:40.3
I don't know, man.
36:40.9
I wish I could articulate it better, you know.
36:43.9
But I've always been an instinctive person.
36:51.0
And during the last days of, or years of the eheads,
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there was something missing that I wanted to get back again.
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Which was probably creative freedom, first and foremost.
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Parang nawala yung fun out of being a creative artist, diba?
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Kasi there's all that pressure na to do better.
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To produce something.
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To produce something that thousands of people would like.
37:36.9
And to be judged that way is again, parang if you're a real artist, parang it's like death.
37:45.9
So much as I would have wanted to still be in the eheads,
37:52.4
parang deep inside, parang I was looking for something else.
37:56.3
And it wasn't really like a decision that I thought about,
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like meditated on, it just happened.
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Parang, oh I'm not happy anymore, so disband na tayo.
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So it was like that.
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And I didn't have any plans at all.
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Parang I just took a break.
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I went to the States with Dayan.
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And yeah, I just took a break.
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Kabagayan, reset muna tayo, parang...
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Sometimes you have to do that.
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And then all the rest will follow.
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Looking back in hindsight, Eli, with all the decisions you made, how fulfilled are you?
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Like I said, from that point when I decided na I'm not going to do this for anyone else but me,
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everything I did was very fulfilling.
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So sure, I would have wanted people to like my post-ehead song as much as they like the eheads,
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but that's just the way it is.
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You can't force people to like anything that you do.
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So as long as you accept that, then you don't have any problem at all.
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Ito natutuwa si Sir Nino kasi motor din niya.
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Motorista, motor.
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Si Jonathan Buencamino, motor.
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When did that come about in your life?
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This episode is brought to you by Dr. Lourdes Capulong.
39:47.4
Again, just woke up one day and said,
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I want to learn how to ride a motorcycle.
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I rode one when I was in high school, tapos I really liked it, pero things got in the way and I didn't have time.
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And I had time, so there we go.
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I bought my first...
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What was your first bike?
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Yeah, 750 kaagad.
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Talagang go big ha?
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For a beginner, right?
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I never looked back, man. I really enjoy riding.
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It's one of those things na parang...
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Di ba when you look back on your younger years, your wonder years, parang there's always a sense of nostalgia.
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I never thought I would have that again.
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Pero when I look back at the first time I rode my bike, parang it's like, wow, nostalgia.
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It's that kind of feeling that you get.
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Ngayon, what bike do you ride?
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I still ride my Harley.
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You still have your 750?
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I bought a bigger Harley.
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And then I kept my second hand Ducati Scrambler.
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Dalawa na lang yung bike.
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I sold three of my bikes.
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So ngayon, with regard to riding, at sa mga may gustong mag-ride, is it prudent to actually take lessons?
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Oh yeah, definitely. No question, man.
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Or magpaturo ka na lang sa barkada mo?
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So you really need lessons?
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I take formal lessons.
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It'll only take a couple of days.
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And then you're ready to go.
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You have to learn the basics, the safety.
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Kasi wala halos gano'ng knowledge yung mga tao sa Pinas.
41:54.2
They think they know how to ride a bicycle and that's it.
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Pero no, there's so much more to it.
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Now, with regard to riding, is it...
42:08.7
And the reason why I'm asking is, ang dami nagsasabi na Paco, please ask Ellie about...
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So shout out sa mga nag-ride because ang dami nanonood na nag-ride and they're excited.
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Dapat hindi daw kita kinausap about riding the last time.
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Because the last time, that was about us catching up and all that.
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So yung motor, if you're gonna buy your first bike,
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dapat ba semi-big, maliit?
42:39.3
That's a good question.
42:41.3
Depends on what you're interested in.
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Kasi unbeknownst to yung mga people who don't know about the culture,
42:59.3
there's so much more to bikes than just riding a bike.
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May mga sub-groups yan eh, diba?
43:06.9
There's like the engine and the type of stance.
43:14.9
So actually, you can break it down to just two.
43:20.9
There are just two kinds of riders.
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There's the cruiser heads and the sports bike riders.
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The speed freaks.
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I'm a cruiser head, definitely.
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I mean, I can go fast.
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I love going fast.
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I can go fast on Harley.
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There's no problem.
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But I like the stance.
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I like that you can go slow and just take in the scenery.
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That's what I enjoy about riding.
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You really get inside your head and get to meditate and enjoy the sights and the smells.
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Kasi if you're a sports bike rider, sure you can go fast, but where are you going?
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What's the point of going fast?
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Wala naman trophy.
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Yeah, you're not racing.
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So now, will you allow your son, Ian, to ride?
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Or is he riding already?
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I actually made him go through a course.
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I made my whole family.
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My sister, my brother-in-law, my friend in offshore, my partner, Derek, and his son.
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We went to Zambales and I enrolled them in this riding course.
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Harley has a cage so you can't fall.
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So what's the purpose? Why did you make them all do it?
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Because I really wanted them to try it.
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And see if they liked it themselves.
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Because I really enjoy it.
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And I think they would want to ride a bike.
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They were game naman.
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Sino na ang nag-ride after that Zambales?
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But they all know how to ride.
45:31.7
Now, if your son decided to say, Dad, I want a bike, would you?
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Now that's a different thing.
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Because if it was Eon, siyempre protective ako.
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Knowing what's out there or what he can encounter and experience,
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parang I would say buy a semi-large bike muna.
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Pero papayagan mo pa rin?
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Papayagan ko. If he really wanted it, sure.
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Nobody's home. He's banned.
46:06.8
Kamusta? How's that doing?
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May project ba kayong mag-ama na ginagawa?
46:12.8
Well, I directed his music video.
46:18.8
Nobody's Home's latest music video.
46:22.8
Actually, if you were to ask me, I would not want to be involved with his band.
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Not because I don't support him. I do support him 100%.
46:39.3
But of course, gusto ko him to experience it himself.
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Yung mga dadaanan natin. Wala naman tayong parents.
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Without any help from me.
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And I don't want him to be labeled as a Nepo baby or something like that.
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And he's the same.
46:55.3
Parang he wants to step away from my shadow.
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Even though I didn't want it to be that way.
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Pero kasi mga tao, parang he knows.
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And there's all this pressure.
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I just try to tell him,
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You can be whoever you want to be.
47:17.9
And you can also accept the fact that I'm your father.
47:23.9
It doesn't have to be...
47:25.9
Again, coming to terms.
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It's a negative thing. You can use it.
47:32.5
So now, eto yung landing natin.
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World Tour happening in a few months.
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How excited are you?
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How prepared are you?
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Rumors have it that it's going to be a core production.
47:44.5
As opposed to the big one na na-experience ng mga tao sa Pinas.
47:52.5
It will be different.
47:55.0
It won't be as fancy.
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It will be getting back to who we are as a band.
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And it's going to be just the four of us playing.
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That's all I'm going to say.
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I'm very excited because
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I mean we really enjoyed
48:19.0
the Tulingan Bimbo show.
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But if you were to ask me,
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I would rather not take it a step down.
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And just concentrate on the music.
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Which is what we're trying to do on this tour.
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Yes. Pero ito na ba ang huling El Bimbo niyo?
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I'm not going to say that, man.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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For tour information,
48:53.6
please click on the link below.
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you have to refer to your local
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Please don't forget to support
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sa mga solo projects niya.
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Thank you very much!
