Posts under the 'Concerts' category

So this one happened last year, my apologies for the late post again. Does anyone really care at this point, lol. Sonic Carnival: Feast on Sound, if I were to describe it, is a yearly event (I’ve no idea if last year was their first) catering to the EDM/rave/party crowd. There were bands (most of them were from Terno Recordings, I think), but much of its artist lineup were DJs, both locally and internationally known.

Being a usual audience for rock concerts, may I say that I sort of experienced a culture shock attending this festival? Hahaha. Lots of kids dancing around, the performer encouraging people to literally get up and dance, drinking everywhere, people dressed in small pieces of clothing… or barely at all. I felt overdressed and cold. It was also held at an open area, just a few blocks away from the Mall of Asia.

Meg and Dia

The following night after their show at the Hard Rock Cafe, Meg and Dia had another show. This time it was at the Eclipse Bar in Solaire Resorts, Manila. Unlike the HRC show, this one is free for everyone, but the setlist is a lot shorter and it certainly wasn’t that intimate when it comes to the crowd interaction.

I arrived late to this one. To get to Solaire, we had to get to their free shuttle located at the Mall of Asia first. It took some time for the minibus to be occupied enough to leave so we waited longer than we expected. Well, I’m just glad that I did not miss a lot.

It was also the first time I visited this place. Solaire Resort and Casino looks cool. Looking forward to going back and exploring the place next time.

By the time we got there, they were on their third song. I met Lexie’s friend, Baldwin, and Crisel that night, too. I went to this show w/ Shereen this time since Clarizze had work. I hope I did my job of converting Shereen to be a fan of their music at the end of this night! LOL

I took some videos from this show since the previous night, all I had were photos. I had to make up and do video documentaries for my own use, too. 😀 The rest of the photos and videos and stories under the cut. 😉 Enjoy!

The videos are better watched in HD quality. Nevermind the quality of the video itself.. this was just from a digicam, but the audio quality is good enough methinks. I didn’t bring a DSLR to this show. Sorry for the amateur edit, I was in a hurry to upload these videos for this post.

First up is Pumped Up Kicks. I just got to the venue when they played this. I hit record just in time, lol. (This was the 3rd song, as far as I remember)

Two years ago, in December around Christmastime, it was announced that Dia Frampton would be making her first visit in the Philippines as part of her mini tour around Asia to promote her solo album “Red”. Originally, she wasn’t supposed to visit here. But because of social media and teamwork between fans and people who could make it possible, it was made possible in the end. So, in January 2013 she finally came here.

We all know how that ended up, for me, anyway. It became to be the best show to start my year 2013. 😀 I’m happy to tell you though, that history repeated itself because this year she came back. I feel that we’re too lucky that we get to see her again in less than 5 years which is (usually) the normal waiting time between visits of foreign musicians here in the Philippines.

PS: Very, very long post.