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JRA Sings “Between the Lines”
“Between the Lines” is a new piece by JR Aquino, a personal song about those post break-up moments that are full of confusion and excessive amounts of emotional hindsight. There’s just a touch of soul to this one, a welcome quality for the artist’s new work. But I think we’re a bit overdue for some new studio material from the singer!
I wrote this song in a pretty vulnerable state. Not knowing what to do next. You know, just wondering where everything went wrong.
The truth will set you free, but it sure hurts sometimes.
The In-Studio Covers Round-Up – 2/6/12
I call this the In-Studio Covers Round-Up because I had one criteria as the unifying theme. If I saw a mic in the video, I classified it as in-studio and threw it in this batch. Simple enough right? Nevermind if it was actually used for the recording, or if it’s just a prop, or whatever else. A few new faces sprinkled with some Youtube cover artist veterans. 10 videos in total. Have fun!
Jessica HO Covers “Empire State of Mind” by Alicia Keys
JRA Covers “Doing It Wrong” by Drake
Sam Tsui Covers “Domino” by Jessie J
Emmalyn Estrada Covers “Love on Top” by Beyonce
JRA Presents an “Alternate Reality”
Mr. Aquino gave us a preview of his song “Alternate Reality” back in September, but you can now hear it in it’s entirety – in live studio session form and not formally on record. JRA plays to his strengths, fusing acoustic music with a fair amount of R&B. We liked it back in September and enjoyed it even more now that i’s been heard to completion. Let’s hope a recorded studio version is in the works too!
Sometimes things don’t work out the way you want them to, when you want them to. All because of bad timing.
We all think about it at one time or another. Another reality where things are different. In this song, it’s about someone that longs to be with someone else, but can’t because of his/her current relationship/situation.
The Stringed-Instruments Youtube Round-Up – 1/12/12
OK, you may want to get some popcorn because this round-up is gigantic. How does a baker’s dozen worth of cover videos, all featuring a stringed instrument, sound? The vast majority of these videos are guitar driven but we have a couple surprises in there including a violin and a mandolin. Yea… we went there. So get your fill of the unplugged variety because the next round-up is going to be a little more Hippity Hoppity related.
Kaile Goh Covers “Perfect” by Pink
Jason Yang Covers the theme from Skyrim
Dia Frampton Covers “We’re Going to Be Friends” by White Stripes
David So Covers “Ordinary People” by John Legend
YTF Presents Visuals for “4 Your Kisses” and “Give You My Love”
Here are a couple visuals for songs off the YTF Christmas Album. First up is Victor & Chester and their song “4 Your Kisses”, followed by a home video montage set to JRA & Andrew Garcia’s “Give You My Love”. They are two very different songs in sound and tone but arguably as equally enjoyable. It should be intriguing to see what else the troupe has in store for us now that the Holiday season is coming to a close soon.
YTF Sings “Ho Ho Ho”
YTF (kevjumba, nigahiga, Dtrix, Andrew Garcia, JRA, Victor Kim, Chester See) have uploaded a silly video to promote a silly song, “Ho Ho Ho”, off their recently released Christmas album. All the members of this musical/dance/comedy troupe are present and as goofy as ever. The song has gone through some transformations since we first heard it, but the premise is the same… don’t be a Ho.
YTF Releases the ‘YTF Christmas Album’
We’re going to have to request a late pass for this one. Earlier this month, multi-talented super group YTF (Ryan, Kev, Chester, Victor, D-Trix, JR and Andrew) released a self titled Christmas album together. The like minded crew of singers, dancers, comedians and more are grasping the opportunity to play off each other’s strengths and entertain their ever-growing audience. The release is a 5 song EP and is available from both Amazon & iTunes.
- Ho, Ho, Ho (feat. Ryan Higa, Kev Jumba, Chester See, D Trix, Victor King, Andrew Garcia & Jra)
- 4 Your Kisses (feat. Chester See & Victor King)
- My Wish List (feat. Kev Jumba, Andrew Garcia & Jra)
- Give You My Love (feat. Andrew Garcia & Jra)
- Christmas Swag (feat. Ryan Higa & D Trix)
Listen: Spotify
The Holiday Covers Round-Up Part 3
Here’s our third collection of Holiday/Christmas themed covers! They are starting to pile up so don’t be surprised if you see another 2 or 3 of these by the time the month is over. There’s a mixture of Christmas standards, Pop tracks both old and new and even a Filipino Christmas carol. Don’t miss the ones after the break too!
JRA x Erika David Cover “Mistletoe” by Justin Bieber
Yenny (of the Wonder Girls) x JinWoon (of 2AM) Covers”Last Christmas” by Wham!
J. Reyez Shares The MV To “Try Again”
Canada’s J. Reyez has posted up the visuals to the lead song off his Broken HeArt mixtape from last week, “Try Again”. Those paying attention should notice the cameos from a lot of artists including Emmalyn Estrada, Joseph Vincent, JRA, Lydia Paek & more. J has certainly been improving, I’m beginning to feel more of his songs than not, the present track included. Based on the video, it’s good to see that the rapper rolls in solid company too.
JRA Introduces “What We Started”
JRA recently shared a new song called “What We Started”, a moving piano ballad that in his words is “dedicated to the one who has everything I want, but everything I don’t want to remember”. No goofy antics or dialogue this time around, instead we are left with just a simple, poignant, heartfelt song. Check the lyrics after the break, they tug at your heartstrings.
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