January 7, 2013

“Song Writing with the Maestro” nationwide tours


Thousands have been inspired to write Pilipino songs and have been taught by no less than Maestro Ryan Cayabyab (Mr. C.) through the well-received and highly successful “Song Writing with the Maestro” nationwide tour which visited 8 different cities around the country.

It was a fantastic experience for all to be schooled by Mr. C whose program includes lectures on Pilipino music history, songwriting as a tool for nation building, self-expression, entertainment, social commentary and the like, tips and guidelines on writing songs, and musical presentations by special guests.  Accompanied by the Philippine Popular Music Festival finalists and winners, and respected music industry personalities, the program was aimed at encouraging this generation to make music.

Capping off the 5 month program was a 3-day 2-cities road show at the Holy Angel University in Angeles, Pampanga and the University of Baguio.  Both workshops were filled with Pilipino music lovers who hope to one day compose songs that will matter.

The group also went to Padcal to visit the Philex Mining community and hold a mini concert to entertain hundreds of residents at their MVP Sports Complex.  It was a fitting way to end the 2012 run of the Philpop MusicFest Foundation.

“This is what honest to goodness foundation work is all about, we inspire, we spark positive change, and we truly help,” quipped Patrick Gregorio, the VP of the foundation. 

The Song writing with the Maestro activities are aligned with the foundation’s advocacy of enriching original Pilipino music and educating this and future generations on its uniqueness and importance; resounding and preserving the vanishing perhaps forgotten musical gems from the rural areas; and empowering Filipino songwriters whose music can inspire and motivate a nation.

The foundation aims to uplift the Pilipino music industry with Mr. C, its Executive Director, and Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan at the helm, ensuring that our identity through our music is not lost.

“Through this tour, we are doing our part to ensure that this generation and future generations will have a real appreciation of our Pilipino music,” Mr C shares. 

The project is supported by Maynilad, Smart, Meralco, PLDT, Resorts World Manila, TV5, Metro Pacific Investments, North Luzon Expressway, Sun Cellular, First Pacific Leadership Academy, PICC, Philex Mining, the official airline Cebu Pacific and official food sponsor McDonald’s.




January 5, 2013

Sarap Diva Meets with Machete on Season 2

Sarap Diva is a cooking and talk show created by GMA7 Network, and  hosted by Asia's Song Bird Ms. Regine Velasquez-Alcasid. The show  have various guests for the host to chat and cook with. 



This Saturday, January 5 in Sarap Diva Season 2 , there will be “Machete” episode with Aljur Abrenica and  Gardo Versoza.  Ms. Gladys Guevarra will also show her cooking talents.


They will share their  special recipes and secrets in cooking delectable dishes.



The one-hour program airs every Saturday, 9:40 am on GMA7 directed by Treb Monteras II.  Raul Mitra is  the musical director of the show.



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SM North City end of season SALE !!!


SM North City opens the  biggest  End of Season Sale on January 4 to  January 13 !  

Up to 70% off on selected items from fashion brands, beauty products, shoes, bags, and more!


Get your shopping bags ready and head on over to SM City North EDSA, Northern Shoppers. 



Go, Shop and Enjoy the Wonderful World of  SM North City !!!


January 4, 2013

New Year, New You at SM!



Out with the old and in with new! It's the classic theme on everyone's mind as we usher in the coming year. As the ball beings to drop, so should our bad habits and old selves. That's why this new year, start it right. Why not sparkle like fireworks and come out with a new and improved look! Your first New Year's resolution, welcome in a brand new you!

So get ready to brush up and touch up with some new makeup finds! To get the smashing new makeover, it's as much a what-you-put-on as it is a how-you-put-it-on. And that's exactly why we're here to give you the 101 on what you should you be rubbing and dabbing on your skin. Because only the Beauty Section at SM Department store has the right stuff for you! From your lips to your lashes, everything in between and all around it, we'll help you get a good-looking new year and an even better looking new you!


My Lips, My Lips, My Lips

Love your new, hip and revamped lips. The most attractive lips are also the most luscious. So never leave without putting on some moisture where it matters. Lube up those lippity-lips of yours and shine like a bright new star! Sparkling!


Loreal Paris Shine Caresse (595)  For every young woman who’s dreamed of wearing sensual colors combined with a light, modern shine for naturally luscious lips!

Fresh, sensual brilliance Shine Caresse redefines shine to make it more natural and more modern thanks to a moist-look effect. New-generation lip color for dual results: beautiful shades infused with a fresh shine to bring out the natural beauty of your lips with the gleam of a candy-colored caress.

Shine Caresse, a one-step, easy-to-apply fluid texture for uniquely brilliant, fresh, modern results.Shine Caresse’s ultra-light fluid texture immediately melts onto the lips for a long-lasting moist-effect combined with completely unprecedented comfort and freshness, redefines shine with an all new sensation of soft, moist lips.

8 BABY DOLL SHADES
Easy-to wear, bright, candy-colored shades from the most vibrant fuchsia to the softest nude. From corals to peach to gentle pinks, the Shine Caresse palette flatters your complexion, enhances your smile and lifts your spirits!

Maybelline Color Sensational Lasting Lipstick – Very Cherry (P399)

The secret to Angelina's ruby red lips are here! Draw attention to your kissable lips with Maybelline Color Sensational Lasting lipsticks in Very Cherry, Are You Red-dy, and Red Revival. The satin texture and long-lasting moisture will make your lips sensationally smoother.

Color is purer, crisper, and creamier. The intense color pay-off and luxurious feel create a new indulgence in lip color. Fall in love with red lipsticks all over again with Maybelline Color Sensational Lasting Lipsticks!

Available in 20 eye-popping shades.

Cheek To Chic

Blush, gloss, glow, bronze! These are the magic ingredients to wildly exciting and flawlessly healthy cheeks. Go with a pink flush, rosy up with red or get a natural blush. The cheeks are the legs of the face. So, don't a make a mistake and leave these unattended. Make them look splendid!
Majolica Cream de Cheek (P495) Supple and glossy colored cheeks in an instant. A cheek color that blends in effortlessly. Leaving a natural healthy glow.

A gel cream type with gloss that spreads on smoothly. Its soft texture leaves no sticky feeling. Blends in perfectly to moisturize and maintain a long-lasting color.

Treatment effect to keep dry-prone cheeks moisturized at all times.

Contains
Macadamia nuts oil and vitamin E derivatives. This gel cream spreads evenly without clumping. Great color in an instant and a long-lasting
gloss finish.

In Raspberry cream, Coral cream, Shell Pink cream and Custard cream.

Max Faxtor Miracle Touch Creamy Blush (P545) Foundation might perfect your skin but a hint of cream blush is the secret weapon to a healthy glow. Now you can create the ultimate skin finish yourself with new Miracle Touch Creamy Blush. Designed to perfectly compliment the flawless results of Miracle Touch Foundation, this blend-easy blusher adds a radiant, dewy flush to all skin-types. Unlike powder blushers it also stays looking freshly applied throughout the day.
Elf Studio Contouring Blush & Bronsing powder (P249.75) Create a healthy and natural glow all year long with the Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder. The Blush highlights the cheeks to add a flush of color, while the Bronzer accents and contours cheekbones for beautiful definition. This convenient compact has just what you need to achieve a gorgeous glow anytime, anywhere.

Lashes & Eyes Surprise

They say the eyes are the window to the soul. So let everybody know the beauty you hold. Glam and glitter your eyes so your beauty exudes inside and out. Line those lashes with product that lasts. Make those eyes burst with intense color. Then you can look to the new year with bright and beautiful lookers!

Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Liner (P399) Maybelline New York, the world’s leading cosmetics brand, introduces superb liner technology in one of our most beloved products. Eye Studio Gel Liner takes eye artistry to a whole new different level. Thanks to a high concentration of pigments, it gives an intense color payoff that lasts all day. Its creamy formula gives this liner the smoothest glide for application. Oil-free, waterproof, and it lasts for 24 straight hours. It’s everything you’d want in an gel liner, and more.

Maybelline Eye Studio Lumineyes (P449) Want an eye color that you can wear all day until you party all night? The Eye Studio Lumineyes Eye Shadow palette comes with the first-ever illuminating color-control primer, with smoothening and adhering ingredients that evens out and brightens the eyelid, creating a perfect canvas for eye shadow pigments. The result? Eye shadow lasts longer, color is more even and more luminous.

Each palette is the perfect marriage of concentrated pigments and a luminizing topcoat. Sweep on this brilliant eyeshadow on your lids and watch your eyes transform from drab to fab. Its patented Lumineyes eyeshadow technology has ultra-smoothening and adhering ingredients that even out and brighten eyelids, creating the perfect canvas for eyeshadow color that truly dazzles.

The result? Dazzling party-perfect shades that last longer, appear more even, and illuminate the eyes.
Elf Studio Mineral Infused Mascara (P249.75) Mineral Infused Mascara creates fuller, healthier looking lashes. It enhances lashes for a naturally thicker and more volumized look. The long-wear formula and unique silicone brush creates clump free and defined lashes that last all day.

Majolica Trick on Liner (P595) A gel liquid eyeliner that delivers long lasting glossy and defined lines for lashes and body tattoos. Can be used as an eyeliner or to create designs on body. A liquid gel type liner that defines with precise and intense colors. Sweat, oil, tear and waterproof. Glides on smoothly and evenly on skin. Long-wearing color stays true and looks natural all day long. Glides on Treatment effect to keep dry-prone cheeks moisturized at all times. Contains Macadamia nuts oil and vitamin E derivatives. Fine brush type. In black clown and rose clown.

Nail That Look

Doll up those delicate fingers. It's a cute and pretty accent that will add to your overall hotness! This time you don't have to worry about the tediousness of it all. Nail art is best enjoyed with ease. Grab this DIY nail salon find and you'll get fingers looking good in no time!
Loreal Paris le nail art (P395) Discover the new generation of nail stickers, with the most qualitative offer ever.  Inspired by the most luxurious fabrics from Couture houses in Paris, L’Oreal Paris comes up with the newest nail sensation – Color Riche Les Nail Art.

For the 1st time in 3D, L’Oreal offers a full nail art sticker range for the most avante garde nail look. So quick, so chic. Nail art has never been this easy!

BYS Nail Polish (P249) All the classic shades you've grown to love or find something more individual. Over 80 colours and counting!

The new year will be exciting! Think of all the wonderful things it will bring. And now, you have more things to be thrilled about as you imagine the awesome things your new looks will bring! So gear up the makeup. Rub, dab and line. Experiment, have fun and keep your skin protected at all times! From the Beauty Section at SM Department Store, have a merry holiday season and may you have a happy new year with a pretty new you!

PhilPOP 2013 is on higher level and is now accepting entries


After a successful debut earlier this year, the illustrious Philippine Popular Music Festival songwriting competition is gearing up for its 2nd run this 2013.  As early as January 1, entries are accepted on www.philpop.com.ph, with the deadline running until February 28.

The group behind this this endeavour is the PhilPop Musicfest Foundation Inc, which involves itself in nation building through music.  It seeks to identify deserving songwriters who can inspire and spark positive change through their songs and are given the opportunity to shine. 

Expecting to break the record of 3,000 participants in the initial run, Philpop, under the baton of its Executive Director Maestro Ryan Cayabyab, laid out a more comprehensive and arduous screening process to find the top 14 finalists. 

The competition is open to amateurs and professionals, participant must be of Filipino descent so even those residing abroad can join, the song entry may be written in a popular or new song genre, or a fusion thereof, in any form or structure, as lyrics may be in Filipino, a Philippine regional language, a Philippine dialect, English, or any combination thereof.

The song entry must be entirely original. It must not be licensed to any publisher; has not been printed and distributed as hard copy; or through the internet; has never been previously recorded and must not infringe on any existing copyright or any other rights. It must not have been performed live in any venue, on traditional radio and television, or internet, or pre-recorded and uploaded on the internet, or recorded on video or other format for future broadcast.

The million-peso champion of the first ever Philippine Popular Music Festival is former Akafellas member Karl Villuga with his song “Bawat Hakbang”.  The composition, which was about overcoming a personal crisis, was interpreted by Villuga along with his former groupmates and crooner Mark Bautista. First runner-up award went to Australia-based  Soc Villanueva with his R&B song “Kontrabida” sung by Sam Concepcion.  Young composer Toto Sorioso won the second runner-up prize for his composition “Tayo Tayo Lang” performed by former Sugarfree frontman Ebe Dancel while first timer James Leyte, who works in an IT department, won the Smart People’s Choice Award for his reggae-influenced song entitled “Brown” co-interpreted by Brownman Revival.  Maestro Cayabyab clarifies that even the past winners can still join the competition.

“We are continuing to promote the songs from the Philpop and the album while drawing up strategies to further thrust these songwriters and songs into the spotlight” shares Maestro Cayabyab.  “We are looking forward to again stage the biggest and most illustrious song writing competition in Philippine history with an even more songwriters vying for the 1 million pesos grand prize this 2013”.

PhilPOP is supported by Maynilad, Smart, Meralco, PLDT, Resorts World Manila, TV5, Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, NLEX, Sun Cellular, the First Pacific Leadership Academy, KBP, and Philex.   

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