HITS AND MISSES
June 20, 2006Sad news: my Wednesday night gigs at Kenny D have been cancelled. According to Kenny D management my talent fee wasn’t matching sales returns. It really does take a while to build up a following, but given the economic climate now businesses are not up to risking on artists for them to build a following: there is an immediate assumption that recording artists already have a following, which is true for the mainstream artists but not for someone like me. You can’t keep inviting friends. You have to spread the music somehow, reach out to a wider audience, and this is what I wanted to do sana with my gigs there. But Ma’am Grace, Aileen, Ophie, Mando and the rest of the Kenny D staff have been nothing but generous and warm and for two consecutive Wednesdays they gambled on me and my off-kilter music. Thank you so much for the opportunity!
I will miss out on half the fun in life if I continue to fret over such misses, so I’m looking ahead now and I see sunshine! I am currently working on a musical on AIDS awareness, to be staged at various urban poor communities nationwide (and if we get lucky with funding, OFW communities abroad). Come first week of July our executive producer from Candid Records, Mummy Nieves, will be in town and I’m, as always, excited to meet with her and discuss possible projects.
SETS: June 24, 7 pm, I’ll be at Newsdesk near Timog Ave. to sing at the launch of a women’s erotica project (I hear my goddess Grace Nono will be singing as well). June 30, 10pm, Streetscape at the Shangrila Mall in Mandaluyong for 3 sets of mostly originals and 80s stuff with my band The Look. July 1, 6pm at Eastwood Main Plaza for Rocked’s 1st anniversary concert (with Cynthia Alexander, Noel Cabangon, Salindiwa, Carol Bello, Kala, Pupil, UpDharma, Paolo Santos, Narda and other great acts!).
BLACKSOUP PRESENTS: I am part of an artists collective known as Cubao X and once a month we hold an intimate musical event at Black Soup (a filmmakers collective) in Marikina Shoe Expo, Araneta Center. A filmmaker or artist chef prepares a specially-made dish and a musician gives a performance. On July 15 we are proud to present NOEL CABANGON live. Due to space constraints, only 50 tickets will be sold at P250 each (including food, drink and show - a good deal!). It’s al fresco - meal by candlelight, outdoor performance. Perfect for dates. Please get in touch with blacksoup_inc@yahoo.com or call Lani or Gian at 4398838 for more details.
I foresee the following months will be quiet as I immerse in more work and find ways to earn some income from my music. The life of a recording artist, after all, is not as glamorous as it’s often made out to be. It’s a lot of work and you have to love it and live it to make it.
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