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The Vowels They Orbit
The Vowels They Orbit, also known as The VTO, is a 5-piece indie pop/rock band from Metro Manila, Philippines. They consist of Nikka Melchor (vocals and guitar), Hannah Dela Cruz (keyboard and backup vocals), Jeremy Sayas (drums and backup vocals), Gene Santiago (guitar), and Patch Javier (bass). The band is represented by Soupstar Entertainment. History The bandmates knew each other since 2013, when they were all in high school. The band was formed in 2018 while they were in college at the University of Santo Tomas. The band name came from when the five of them practiced together at night and would go stargazing after. After signing with Soupstar Music, they became openers for the Manila concert of American pop rock band Against the Current a few months later. In 2019, the band officially signed to Sony Music Philippines, and were the first artists to be signed to the label, as Sony was making its return to the Philippine music scene at the time. They also released their debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Manila
Metropolitan Manila ( ), commonly shortened to Metro Manila and formally the National Capital Region (NCR; ), is the capital region and largest List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines, metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay, the Regions of the Philippines, region lies between the Central Luzon and Calabarzon regions. Encompassing an area of and with a population of as of 2020, it consists of sixteen Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized cities: Manila—the Capital of the Philippines, capital city—Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Valenzuela, along with one independent municipality, Pateros. As the second most populous and the most densely populated region in the Philippines, it ranks as the List of metropolitan areas in Asia, 9th most po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Groups Established In 2018
Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narrative songs sung by the characters * MusicAL, an Albanian television channel * Musical isomorphism, the canonical isomorphism between the tangent and cotangent bundles See also * Lists of musicals * Music (other) * Musica (other) Musica (Latin), or La Musica (Italian) or Música (Portuguese and Spanish) may refer to: Music Albums * '' Musica è'', a mini album by Italian funk singer Eros Ramazzotti 1988 * ''Musica'', an album by Ghaleb 2005 * ), a German album by Giov ... * Musicality, the ability to perceive music or to create music * {{Music disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino Pop Music Groups
Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, a de facto standardized variety of Tagalog, the national language, and one of the two official languages of the Philippines ** Filipinos, people who are natives, citizens and/or nationals of the Philippines, natural-born or naturalized * Filipinos (snack food), a brand cookies manufactured in Europe See also * Filippino (given name) * * * Filipinas (other) Filipinas may refer to: * Women in the Philippines * ''Filipinas, letra para la marcha nacional'', the Spanish poem by José Palma that eventually became the Filipino national anthem. * The original Spanish name, and also used in different P ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Media
Streaming media refers to multimedia delivered through a Computer network, network for playback using a Media player (other), media player. Media is transferred in a ''stream'' of Network packet, packets from a Server (computing), server to a client-server model, client and is rendered in real-time; this contrasts with file downloading, a process in which the end-user obtains an entire media file before consuming the content. Streaming is more commonly used for video on demand, streaming television, and music streaming services over the Internet. While streaming is most commonly associated with multimedia from a remote server over the Internet, it also includes offline multimedia between devices on a local area network. For example, using DLNA and a home server, or in a personal area network between two devices using Bluetooth (which uses radio waves rather than Internet Protocol, IP). Online streaming was initially popularized by RealNetworks and Microsoft in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Download (music)
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wish 107
A wish is a hope or desire for something. In fiction, wishes can be used as plot devices. In folklore, opportunities for "making a wish" or for wishes to "come true" or "be granted" are themes that are sometimes used. Sociology Several cultures engage in customs that entail wish-granting, such as blowing out the candles on a birthday cake, praying, seeing a meteoroid, shooting star at night, tossing a coin into a wishing well or fountain, breaking the Furcula, wishbone of a cooked turkey (bird), turkey, blowing a dandelion, or writing wishes on a ribbon or a sky lantern. Many believe such wishes can only come true if they are kept a secret from other people. Others, on the other hand, believe that wishes come true only if they are told to someone else. Religion In Christianity, especially among Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican denominations, believers pray novenas to request a favour they wish to obtain. Within Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, the Kalpavriksha trees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cardigans
The Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping, Sweden in 1992. The main lineup of the band consisted of guitarist Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. Post-hiatus shows since 2012 have been with Oskar Humlebo on guitar instead of Svensson. With their debut album ''Emmerdale'' (1994) they gained a solid base in their home country and enjoyed some success abroad, especially in Japan. Their second album ''Life'' (1995) secured them an international reputation. Their popularity rose when their single " Lovefool", from the album '' First Band on the Moon'' (1996), was included in the soundtrack to the 1996 film ''Romeo + Juliet''. Other singles included " Erase/Rewind" and " My Favourite Game" from the album '' Gran Turismo'' (1998). After a two-year hiatus the band returned to recording, and released their fifth album '' Long Gone Before Daylight'' (2003), a mellower countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonstar88
Moonstar88 is a Filipino rock band formed in Manila, Philippines in 1999. History Moonstar88 was formed in February 1999. They were signed to Sony BMG by 2006, and later to Ivory Records in 2012. Previously under Backbeat Management, they are now with Soupstar Management under Darwin Hernandez which also handles other bands including Sandwich, 6cyclemind, Imago, Gracenote, Banda ni Kleggy and more. As of April 2008, they had released four albums, ''Popcorn'', ''Press to Play'' and ''Todo Combo''. Later, “This Year” and a collaboration on "Pag-Ibig Ko Sa Iyo", found on ''RoK On! Music'' inspired by Ragnarok Online were released in 2012 and 2009 respectively. They performed a rendition of the APO song "Panalangin." It was later added to the tribute album for the band Apo Hiking Society on the album, '' Kami nAPO Muna''. The band has also recorded a cover of Yano's famous song, "Senti". They released the album ''This Year'' under Ivory music. It contained eight songs, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up Dharma Down
UDD, shortened for Up Dharma Down, is a Filipino band formed in Manila in 2004. They have released four albums '' Fragmented'', '' Bipolar'', '' Capacities'' and ''U D D'' released under independent record label Terno Recordings. In 2005, the band won the coveted ''In the Raw'' Award at the NU 107 Rock Awards as well as ''Best New Artist'' and ''Best Female Award'' for vocalist and keyboardist, Armi Millare, in 2006. In 2008, they were awarded Favorite Indie Artist at the Myx Music Awards. Mark Coles' BBC show tagged them as the Asian band to most likely cross over to North American shores, and has been featured in numerous regional shows together with bands such as Arcade Fire (Canada) and Bloc Party (UK). They have also been recognized by Paul Buchanan of The Blue Nile, Curt Smith of Tears for Fears and Tim Bowness of No-Man. They were featured in the July 2007 issue of ''Time'' magazine. The band has opened for acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus, Bloc Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
