Red Velvet Entertainment's Best

         So I'm starting the week with a new song on my head and I'm seriously looking for the piano sheet for the exact arrangement. However, I ended up guessing the right key. 

         It's because Boyzone will be spending time here in Manila that I was able to come up with the idea of searching one of their songs entitled "I love the way you love me" but guess what?! I found Eric Martin's version being sung in a wedding with a different upbeat courtesy of Red Velvet Entertainment. I haven't heard the group not until I ended up with their own version of the said song. And so I did some research and found out that the group originated in Jakarta Indonesia.  

It's indeed the musical arrangement that I admired most from this video performance. And one thing that I noticed was that there are few changes in terms of the lyrics when it comes to Eric Martin's version compared to the original. 

Original version from Boyzone goes like: 

"And I like the sound of old RnB

  and you roll your eyes when I'm slightly off key

  and I like the innocent way that you cry

  at sappy old movies you've seen thousands of times"

While Eric Martin's version goes like: 

"I like the way that you sing sweet and low

  when they're playing our song on the radio

  and i like the innocent way that you cry

  at old time movies you've seen hundreds of time"

I was able to noticed the difference because this is my favorite part of the song, and both versions were great. 

Unfortunately I cannot provide the music sheet for these version but you can download the piano sheet of the Original song by Boyzone through this link:

http://www.sheetmusicdownload.in/piano/sheets/2163/Boyzone_I_Love_The_Way_You_Love_Me.html

Rhythms with TJ Monterde

I've been hearing Tj's voice for quite some time now and honestly he also has a great voice and for sure you might have heard his voice somewhere too.

And today I'll be featuring here in my blog few of his covered songs.

This guy is definitely more of acoustic ballads and not to mention, he is good looking. right?

And one of my favorites from his playlist is this one which is originally from Parokya ni Edgar entitled "Wag Mo Na Sana"

Another song which has a very nice music video which was also sung by Tj is entitled "Sa Tuwina"

anyway, they just got the perfect match of lyrics with the rhythm. Bottomline: the music video could possibly make one smile and feel giddy at the same time. 

Oh! And this one, you could have heard this somewhere in radios and tv commercials and this could also be the just right to perfect "harana" song.

Another heartfelt song from Tj Monterde which I love, is this one which is entitled "Ikaw at Ako" 

(addendum: the singer really looks handsome in this video)

Another love song which was uniquely covered by Tj Monterde is this which was entitled "I Can Love You Like That"

You might want to be updated and follow Tj Monterde through:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tjmusicmonterde?fref=ts

Instagram: tjmusicmonterde

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tjdmonterde

P.S. Tj Monterde usually post clips of his covered songs through his facebook page. 

THE RIGHT AND LEFT BRAIN

Have you ever thought which part of the brain dominates your personality?

I have been asked many times how to know if you are right or left brained kind of human because many people are still confused with these two and they often interchange it.

In this manner, even there are a lot of personalities that a person could possibly have, this  is just a matter of deciding whether you are the scientist or the artist type of person or more specifically the logical left brainer or the creative right brainer. 

I am very sure on how am I going to differentiate these two because all my life I'm trying to be the left brainer type of person but being a right brainer is definitely not bad. 

Two halves of the brain are not identical. Right half of the brain processes creative tasks and left half can handle math or form language. Left Brain deals with analysis, logic, words, numbers, reason, analytical, sequential. Right Brain deals with pictures, feelings, creativity,arts, abstract and innovation but the brain is not a clear cut as the myth makes it out to be. These two halves of the brain should work hand in hand and should be interrelated and should not be used and enhanced separately. 

According to Anderson:

The neuroscience community has never accepted the idea of 'left-dominant' or 'right-dominant' personality types. Lesion studies don't support it, and the truth is that it would be highly inefficient for one half of the brain to consistently be more active than the other.

Moreover, as what one of my idols in the management and leadership industry, Francis Kong says, grading system of most of the schools is very limitng and are only interested in developing the left brain and never the right brain and this should be addressed accordingly. In order to be whole brained, schools need to give equal weight to these both sides of the brain. 

By the way, Francis Kong was the president of Success Option Publishing Company, Director of Inspire Leadership Consultancy, an author, columnist  and  a Filipino, Motivational Speaker. 

"The future belongs to the right and this is called age of conceptualization, industry, industrial revolution the battle cry was quality. Computer age, the battle cry was knowledge and data gathering. Today, the economy of speed--- it is all about conceptualization, each and every organization nowadays are of equal footage and you know what is the missing link? --- it is the ability to innovate --- design " -Francis Kong

and the challenge for schools is not to focus on arithmetic, writing and reading which is definitely of left brain concept, the challenge is to produce top quality students having the best of both worlds, whole brained individuals.

The Perfect OPM Background Moment Song

I bet you guys were either quietly smiling or laughing out loud upon reading the title of this blog post, but you know, when you have tried to be entrapped in a daytime reverie, you'll probably agree with me. 

But hey! I just found an OPM song that perfectly describes what I'm feeling when  i get to see (ahem!) the person I like. 

I first heard it on television from a korean series and I really admire Morisette Amon from the The Voice PH season 1 for being able to amazingly pull of this song entitled "Di Mapaliwanag"

I actually got a lot of hugot from the title up to the end and last note of the song. (Kfine, laugh as long and loud as you can).

If I could just press an automatic play button of this song whenever I get to see the person I admire, just like what we ideally see on movies and telenovelas right? The perfect moment wherein the rest of the people suddenly blurs out of the scene, with the perfect background song and the slow motion to fast forward kind of scenario. 

"Sadya nga ba o tadhana na

Mula ng ikaw ay nakita sinta

Kislap ng 'yong mata ay nadarama

Na ikaw na nga

Na ikaw na nga"

"At sa paningin pag ikaw ay wala

Sa isip ay laging nag aalala
Labis ang tuwa pag narito ka
Ikaw na ba?
Ikaw na ba?"

Whenever you see the person, you just can't help but to think if its actually faith that intervenes.

Whenever you look at his eyes, you just can't help but hope that somehow you are his missing piece. 

And we just can't hide the universal feeling of being elated when that someone special is just around. 

"Sa 'yong tabi ang puso'y 'di mapakali

Ngunit 'di mapaliwanag

'Di mapaliwanag

Pag-ibig sa iyo'y tumitindi

Ngunit 'di mapaliwanag

'Di mapaliwanag"

And honestly, the chorus is the perfect descrption of what I'm feeling when I'm with the person that I actually like, the sudden rush in breathing and heartbeat is terrible and you know, you just can't explain why it do happen, well, I can actually explain it in terms of physiology and pathophysiology but the reason behind the person being the main contributing factor of the whole pathophysiologic reaction process is exceptionally unexplainable and it is beyond what Science can actually expound on this matter.

P.S. to my most potent vasoconstrictor, if ever you were able to read this, now you know why I always "stutter" around you from the face mask up to the "what's your perfume?" scenario and question and answer renal portion. 

WHENEVER I CALL YOU FRIEND

So who among you have experienced being in a "friendzone" kind of thing.

Anyway, I just heard this song while I'm on my way heading to somewhere entitled "Whenever I call you friend" by Michael Johnson and I think this could be the perfect song to set the mood for a weekend drive following a one sided friendship love affair. Oh! Never mind the last few words. 

The song writer just got the perfect set of words that probably matches a universal feeling. 

With the first few lines, I just love how it was delivered. "Whenever I call you friend, I begin to think I understand, anything we are , you and I have always been.' You'll surely be thinking of a particular person and how you guys have been through with just this lines followed with a laid back rhythm and harmony. Thus, it will only just fall down into two, it could be something or nothing. am I right or am I right?

As we go through life, there will always be one person wherein you will see yourself in his/her eyes and the rest will be history. I mean, all the "whys" will be answered instantly and it will always feels like home. 

Moreover, the chorus is perfect and I must say this could also be a perfect prenuptial theme song for a more vintage theme and seasonal theme. 

Another heart catching and heart melting line is this: "I think about the times to come, knowin' I will be the lucky one, ever our love will last, I always want to call you friend"

If the future circumstances permit, I would definitely love to sing this out loud to whoever I will always want to call my friend in the future and the infinite days to come. It is unusual to have someone who would think about the times that will come and still be confident enough to say that he/she is the lucky one. 

A lot of stories may not show us a heavenly light and a beautiful sight just like what the song is all about but it has given us a hope that there will always be someone in a form of being a friend that will give us a love that will last and will always make you feel at home in his/her life. 

chords and piano guide is available here:  http://www.e-chords.com/keyboards/michael-johnson/whenever-i-call-you-friend