The Yellow Room Night: Freedom Bar

Declared Already 

Apologies for the late post, we had to deal with a full External Hard Drive so we had no space to put in the new photos, we spent a few days having to clean up the hard drive and organize files and files of folders of photos. So if anyone would like to donate or sponsor an external hard drive you know how to reach us! :P 

So last Wednesday was the Yellow Room Night. Blog post on the event announcement here. 

For us, it was a night of a lot of firsts, well for one, we've mostly covered band nights - events where local bands get to cover songs from established artists, mostly foreign; so it was our first time to cover an event that featured and showcased bands and musicians in their own light and in their own music. 

It was also our first time to cover an event in Freedom Bar in Anonas. :) Loved the nationalistic painting on the wall. 

First band up is Declared Already, fronted by pretty and cute voiced  Sheric whose vocals reminded me of the anime and Japanese songs I love. (Check out Judy and Mary - the band) Hey if they can get away with the cutesy voices why can't we right? It also reminded me of a first generation Moonstar 88. Their songs were very catchy too! Declared Already will also performing during Circa's video launch - watch out for blog posts on that! :P 

You can check out the video of their original song 'Rumors' here. 

Second band up was Trapeze who we already had the pleasure of watching during Fall Out Boy Night. Check out their song Kara Krus which I love! You can check out the video of their song 'Pero' (recorded in The Yellow Room of course!) here. 

Third band up was Vicente Couleur band, whose vocalist kind of looks like Taka of One Ok Rock, I loved the effects that they used in their songs. 

I'm really excited for Circa's upcoming video launch 'Habang Buhay' blog posts on that coming up soon! Each time I see them perform live it just establishes the fact that these guys are ready for bigger things.Make sure to check back on the blog for posts and updates on Circa ~ Especially since they are having their video launch on August 10!  

Paraluman 

Crowd favorite Paraluman (check out the shirt above) was also present during the Yellow Room Night! 

Danita Paner of Ferown

Next band, is Funk-Punk Rock band Ferown which is always fun to watch perform. Their hilarious drummer Raffy was quiet that night - someone give this guy a mic because he is stand up comedian hilarious! Kuya Monty from Mayonnaise had to step in since one of the guitarists was not available for the night. 

As always, lead vocalist Danita Paner looked stunning! Loved her wedge-sneakers! :D 

Behind Those City Lights 

It must be really something to be dubbed as 'the new favorite band' of Monty Macalinao of Mayonnaise and that honor belongs to Behind Those City Lights ~ we also did a blog post on them here. 

And I do concur that they are not your average garage band and their musicality and proves that. Their unique use of recorded tracks or 'samplers' during their live performance it has a very 30 Seconds to Mars feel which drummer Jasper Lawan cites as one of his influences. 

Make sure to check out the video of their song 'Last Words' from The Yellow Room here. 

Mayonnaise

And of course the night would not be complete without the performance of Mayonnaise, who did a hilarious impromptu flip-top battle -- and even an impressive pianisimo, forte - fade out effect that had the whole crowd clapping and cheering.  

Memora

Last band of the night Memora still gave a commendable and impressive performance despite being one man short - hey the show must go on right?! 

It was a beautiful celebration of music - Original Pinoy Music which continues to pulsate through the different bars around the metro and internet radio. OPM that continues to fight alongside foreign music and the Yellow Room artists are such artists who have their day jobs but continue to make music and share it whenever they get the chance to - it's all up to us, the listeners to give them a chance. 

For MORE photos on The Yellow Room Night - click HERE! 

About the Photos: 

Paul had two camera bodies during this event coverage: 

Canon 550D with Sigma 10-22mm with Canon 430 EX II  

Canon 500D with Canon 50mm f 1.8 

During post processing, Paul decided to use a Yellow color treatment for some of the photos since of course it is The Yellow Room Night. 

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