HAPPY 2008!
January 11, 2008Happy New Year!
2007was pretty good to me. Two of my songs ("Lately I’ve Been Lonely" and "Manhid") were licensed by Star Cinema for the movie Paano Kita Iibigin starring Regine Velasquez and Piolo Pascual with Bb. Joyce Bernal at the helm. "Manhid" was produced by Regine herself for the OST of the movie. Another song ("Sayaw Sa Hangin" - from the Katakataka album) was licensed for Dennis Trillo’s album, the first outing from Regine’s own Indi Music label. I love the vocal harmonies she layered it with. Regine’s quite a formidable producer, and I hope Indi Music continues to fly.
I had several scoring gigs here and there, most notable being a couple of episodes for the drama series MMK. First time to work for TV. Roda and Ginny and Alma and Lindsay and everyone there are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.
The head honchos from my label were in town last December. Was thrilled to finally meet British producer Alan Bates in person! We talked at length about their plans for me and how Isha can be made to fit in their overall scheme of things. Too bad our musical showcase at a bar in Ortigas was marred by an incident involving a couple of white-collar types who’d had one drink too many.
Anyway, now working on demos for my next album - the concept keeps changing though but hopefully me and the new GM, Mr. Reck Cardinales, can finally nail it down soon. Can’t wait to get back into the recording studio with my band The Look!
Isha Abubakar is a writer-musician. She has won awards and recognition for both her writing and music. And she is happy. Baliw ka na lang kung hindi ka pa masaya. 