Music Notes

This is my "Music Notes" I recently found in my Miscellany page of "The Data Compression Guide". I wrote this in 2012 at Antipolo City, where I had my better memories from 2006-2012. I am glad I remembered my music. I intended to publish it in my blog, so here it is. This is in "Taglish", or Tagalog-English language. (What, no Bread and America bands here when it's actually my voice in them? coz we didn't have music CDs or DVDs of these two bands, even up to now?)


Music Notes 
  by Gerald Tamayo, compgt@gmail.com 

May binago akong tune o melody ng last lines ng "O Holy Night" to be mathematically correct. "If the song is mathematically perfect, it is pleasant to hear most of the time," sabi ko. 


:: The winner takes it all.
1) Ring Merry Christmas Bell (music, then lyrics.) 
2) The First Noel 

3) "Deeper Shade of Blue..." or "Blue" lang yata title namin nito (my "tune," her lyrics. Well, "ours." Akin pala half...); and my (tagalog) song. Group assignment na naman ito. Kanya-kanyang gawa, tapos pili ng mas maganda siyempre for submission. 

4) "This Used to Be My Playground." First sung, of course, by me; then Rowena Martinez (i was playing the violin); then Madonna na (i wanted her to sing the song. "Don't cry for me Argentina" hit non). 

Kinakanta ko non yung sa "Romeo and Juliet" na pelikula, yung kanta ng lalaki. ("A Time for Us."). Na ang Juliet ay yung Mary sa "Jesus of Nazareth." "Parang kuhang-kuha ko ah," sabi ko. Makapag-compose nga...

Actually, na-activate na naman yata ang musical brain ko when i heard a song she played for me. Piano. Maybe yung composed ko ring song which makes you more right-brained, or whole-brained, more intelligent, smarter. 

5) I composed for the Bee Gees (one went to Celine, na-taypan nya). 

"How can you mend a broken heart." 

"To Love somebody." As requested by Annifrid. 

"Nights on Broadway." Kaya kami gumawa ng "To Love Somebody" because of "them love songs." O gumawa din kami ng "Nights on Broadway" because of "To Love Somebody." 

Hindi ko na matandaan ibang kanta, o mga binigyang himig na kanta. Madali kong matutunan ang style ng isang singer o composer, lalo na pag kasama mo, kausap mo, naririnig mo in person. 

"To Love You More", ito yong naging Celine's. Originally for the Bee Gees. May Bee Gee's version ito. Minsan melody napupunta sa ibang song, napunta sa ibang song ang melody nito. Tingnan mo pareho ng "How can you mend.." at "To love somebody.." ang huli. Pero maganda na rin kay Celine at "To love you more.." melody na nga ngayon. Yung matataas na kanta para kay celine talaga. I taught her where I get my music for the songs I intended for her. 

- "Immortality." 

- "You are my destiny." This must be sung in a duet. I told Patti Labelle to sing it as if Ashley Judd is the one singing, eyes keen, introspecting, glimmering. 

- "If you wanna be my lover." Pink should have been a Spice. But I told her she can hold on her own. Can go solo. Can go solo like Britney Spears. 

- Paul Anka. "Let me get to know you." Earlier years pa din pala development nito. Probably why i liked it in the first step of re-composition. "Tender is the morning...Lovely is the night.." una nyan. 

- "Calling." Mahaba istorya nito. Natapos nung grade school. Pero parang tapos na rin dun sa umpisa, as i hear it now. Baka ito rin yung binigyan ko ng unang "lines." 

- Steps. "5, 6, 7, 8.", "Baby Don't Dance", "Deeper Shade of Blue", ... 

- Lady Gaga. 

- Barry Manilow. Si Barry Manilow ang pinaka-madaling himigan. Ibig sabihin, marami-rami rin. Pero pag-naririnig mo hindi mo kaagad matandaan na composed mo ang ibang mga kanta niya. May distinct style talaga siya. 

- ("Moon River", "Love Story", "Anniversary Song", 
  "The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me") ... 

- Rod Stewart. 

- There was one Bee Gees song na we composed out of words and lines in a "business profile" in the nation's leading newspaper. 

- I chose Celine over Annifrid of ABBA because Celine was younger, and starting pa lang siya noon though already with hits na. At parang hindi mo pa alam kung saan siya talaga, parang kalat ang repertoire ng mga kanta niya. Gusto ko pang diva, para kahit matanda na, in a couple of decades makakapag-concert pa siya. 

- Scorpions. "You and I", "Wind Of Change", "Holiday", ... 

- "You've got a friend." 

- "Victims of Love", "Everyday I Love You." 

- "Woman In Love." It was morning, around ten. The rays of the sun were, oh so bright. The truth was ever alive. I really stumbled and fell...But I gave them it all. 

- Ours too yang sumunod sa "King and queen of hearts..." ni David Pomeranz. "Born For You." Para kasing gusto kong gawan ng kasunod. Para sa mga teens, pang sweet. From lyrics to music. 

- "Just Another Woman In Love." 

- "Anything For You..." 

- Gwen Stefani. Westlife. 

- "The First Time I Saw Your Face." 

- Rachael Yamagata. Smiling, grinning, I stood there for quite a while just listening to her plays. "You're lucky," she said, "I was playing." "Well, yeah. You're lucky too, I chose you. I'm choosing you right now!" I felt the luckiest, actually... 

- Kylie Minogue. "Can't Get You Out Of My Head." Floaters... 

- "This One's For You", "Weekend In New England", "Ready To take A Chance Again", "If I Should Love Again" ... "I Write The Songs." 

- "All My Life", "The Boxer", "Vincent", "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song", "Is It Okay If I call You Mine", "Blowin' In The Wind", "The Sound of Silence", ... "I Need You." 

- "Leaving On A Jetplane." 

- S club 7 muna, konti lang. Then we concentrated our efforts on songs for Spice Girls, Celine, Bee Gees, and Robbie williams. Steps. I intended Spice Girls for the 1990s, while our songs for Celine and the Bee Gees can hit the road na, i.e., in the late 80s. Then I wanted to explore other styles. Hence, Robbie William's music was born. My music, my concept, our songs. I chose him over Kurt Cobain. We finished an album, some songs for Madonna too, and re-planned a concert--Robbie William's 2003 Knebworth concert. [As an aside, perhaps Robbie can sing "Too Much Love Will Kill You" by Queen, one of my songs for Freddie Mercury, who I found the hardest to compose for, among them singers, and stars.] 

- Hmm, may isang song akong natatandaan na I approved without comment, na hindi naman agad ako pinaniwalaang nagustuhan ko kaagad, isang pakinig ko lang. Nagalit...tumingin lang. (Maybe composed ko din!) 

- If we didn't conceive, screenplayed, or scripted movies (Independence Day, Twilight, etc.), maybe puro songs. 



- "King and Queen Of hearts." A group of "children musicians". Our lyrics, my "melody." Let's add the word "queen." The Queen will dance later in the masquerade. And the girls will like it. They will feel like queens. 

We were to select one who can sing our song. We chose a young boy, British. May isa siyang masyadong mataas na line, I told him. Pero may two lines yata, his own. Napaganda. But since the song was for a dance, we wanted a grown-up to sing it... 

- "Got to believe in magic." Yeah, basta you Geri. Let's change it to "Magic." It's magical when two people are dancing. 

And let's do it in the style of "King and Queen of Hearts," dahil si David Pomeranz na kakanta, at para tuloy-tuloy ang dance. 


(11/16/2011) 



- Beatles, Elvis, Bee Gees, Scorpions 

- Engelbert Humperdinck 

- Carpenters, Air Supply 

- ABBA 

- Tom Jones 

- "Madonna Greatest Hits." 

- "Love 60's." 

- "Greatest Hits of The 60's." 

- "Michelle", "My Kind of Girl", "The Green Leaves of Summer", "If I Ever Sing Another Song" by Matt Monro, to name a few. 

- "The Best of the Cascades." 

- The Essential Michael Jackson. "Got To Be There", "Rockin Robin", "Ben" ... 

- "Ray conniff 16 Most Requested Songs." Most, a few with the young British boy, also in Matt's and Michael Jackson's songs. 

- "The Best of Slow Rock." 

- The Very Best of Asin. "Balita", "Itanong Mo Sa Mga Bata", "Tuldok", "Usok", "Masdan Mo Ang Kapaligiran", "Ang Buhay Ko." 

- Sharon Cuneta. "Mr. DJ", "High School Life", "P.S. I Love You", "Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas", "Tubig at Langis", "Sinasamba Kita", "Bituing Walang Ningning", "Kahapon Lamang", "Maging Sino Ka Man", "Kahit Konting Pagtingin", "Pangarap na Bituin." 
- "Kastilyong Buhangin." 

- Lani Misalucha. Martin Nievera. Two of the very best singers and performers that we've got. 

- "Maligayang Bati", "Happy Birthday (Salamat Sa Blow-Out)", "Happy Birthday Aking Mahal", "Sana'y Marami Pang Birthday", "Sana'y Laging Birthday." 

- Big Mountain's "Baby, I Love Your Way." And Peter Frampton's "Baby, I Love Your Way (C) 2003 A&M Records." We did that to..

- Bonnie Tyler. "If I Sing You A Love Song", "Total Eclipse of the Heart." 

- "Sway", "My Girl", "Build Me Up Buttercup." (or just plain "Buttercup.") 

- "Desert Moon." 

- "If You Remember Me..." 

- "Save The Last Dance For Me." 

- "Eye of the Tiger", "The Search Is Over." 

- "I don't wanna miss a thing..." 

- "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." 

- "Love Memories 80's." 

- "Killing Me Softly With His Song..." 

- "When The Smoke is Going Down." 

- "Rock You Like A Hurricane." 

- "Too Much Love Will Kill You." 

- "The show must go on..." 


For all of us are "I Won't Last A Day Without You", "South of the Border", "Anniversary Song", "The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me", "Will of the Wind", "This One's For You", and "Honey".  


(1/25/2012), (4/10/2012) (4/27/2012).