MUSIC 10
NEW MUSIC
COMPOSERS
Presented by RT 4
New Music Composers
POINTS FOR DISCUSSION
Introduction
Song Presentation
Composers
Preservation of
Music
New Music Composers
Incorporating traditional music forms
Composers of experimental New Music in the
Philippines include December Avenue, I Belong to the
Zoo, Moira Dela Torre, Juan Karlos, and Ben&Ben.
They retained the Filipino spirit by incorporating
traditional music forms as well as indigenous rhythms
and instruments in their compositions.
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December Avenue
a 5-piece indie rock/pop rock
band from Manila, Philippines
known for their light and soft rock
compositions
The band is composed of :
Zel Bautista on vocals and guitars
Jem Manuel on guitars
Don Gregorio on bass
Jet Danao on drums and backing
vocals
Gelo Cruz on keyboards and
backing vocals
COMPOSITIONS :
Sa Ngalan ng Pag-ibig
Kung Di Rin Lang
Ikaw
Eroplanong Papel
Sleep Tonight
Bulong
Kahit Di Mo Alam
Dahan
I Belong to the Zoo
THE SOLO FOLK PROJECT OF TONIGHT WE
SLEEP’S ARGEE GUERRERO
It embodies Guerrero’s more private
musings, with songs characterized
byhushed vocals and wistful verses. His
songs are resonant of intimate experiences,
inhabiting subtle acoustic melodies in the
same terrain as the music of Keaton
Henson, William Fitzsimmons, Damien
Rice, and Dallas Green.
COMPOSITIONS :
Sana
Game of Questions
Balang Araw
Pity Party
Never Me
Porter
Before You
Moira Dela Torre
FILIPINA SINGER-SONGWRITER
Who became famous by joining The Voice
Philippines.
After The Voice Philippines, Moira Dela Torre
has made a name for herself through her
earnest lyrics and catchy melodies, such as
McDonald’s “Hooray for Today”,Lewis and
Pearl’s “You are Here”, Surf’s “Pinalaki” and
Johnson & Johnson’s “Signature of Love”.
Having written music since she was
13, Moira turned to songwriting as a
way of dealing with her battle with
anorexia, a result of being bullied
during those years.
COMPOSITIONS :
Tagpuan
Titibo-Tibo
Sundo
Tagu-Taguan
Juan Karlos
A FILIPINO SINGER-SONGWRITER,
GUITARIST, TELEVISION PERSONALITY
AND OCCASIONAL ACTOR
Juan Karlos Labajo was born on February 5, 2001
and raised in Consolacion, Cebu, Philippines
He auditioned for ABS-CBN's reality singing competition
The Voice Kids (Philippines season 1) shown from June to
July 2014. He finished third place.
Now 18 and using his full name Juan Karlos,
emerged as a singer-songwriter with a
single, “Buwan,” released by MCA Music
Philippines. The song, a soulful, rocking
view of youthful romance, has racked up
over 25 million views on YouTube and
turned Juan Karlos into a music sensation.
COMPOSITIONS :
Buwan
Sistema
Demonyo
Sana Kung Pwede
Lang
Para Sa'Yo
Ben&Ben
A BAND COMPOSED OF NINE MEMBERS, HAS
BEEN MAKING WAVES OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS
The band is composed of :
twin brothers, Paolo Benjamin Guico and
Miguel Benjamin Guico on acoustic guitars and
vocals
Poch Barretto on electric guitar
Jam Villanueva on drums
Agnes Reoma on bass
Patricia Lasaten on keyboards
Toni Muñoz and Andrew de Pano on
percussions
Keifer Cabugao on violin
Their songs have also been
featured in official movie
soundtracks such as "Maybe The
Night" for the CarGel film Exes
Baggage and "Susi" for Goyo: Ang
Batang Heneral.
COMPOSITIONS :
Kathang Isip
Ride Home
Leaves
Maybe the Night
Sa Panaginip
Preservation of
Music
Open-
mindedness
Loyalty
being open-
we should be minded
loyal to our means to
own music accept other
and not region's
forget about music but
it remembering
our own
Spirit of Positivity
Adventure we should be
We should positive
learn more enough that
about our our own music
music because will not die, we
there's a lot of should not
beautiful give up if
songs in our others have
own given up
MOTIVATION
we should motivate ourselves to
love our own because Filipino
music has lots of learnings which
we can apply to ourselves
