Parokya Ni Edgar Releases New Album
On songwriting technique
Totally walang pinagbago sa songwriting process namin. Ganun pa rin. Sulat pa rin kami ng sulat ng kanta. Tapos kapag nakabuo kami ng album, we package it and release it. Cycle lang siya talaga.
We write our songs on our own, as individuals. Tapos gawa kami ng demo, and then we’ll present it to the rest of the band.
Siyempre discuss ng konti, “gawin natin ganyan ang drums, gawin natin ganito ang bass.” Walang dictatorship, para nandun talaga ‘yung flavor namin.
On making the video for lead single “Paki-Usap Lang (Lasingin Nyo Ako)”
Personal video lang talaga siya at first, later nalang kami nag-decide na gawin siyang music video.
Kasi sa Youtube, nainggit ako sa mga magbabarkada na gumagawa ng videos nila tapos gagawin nilang theme song ‘yung mga kanta namin. May kurot sa puso 'eh, parang ang ganda ganda ng bonding nila ‘eh.
So that was what Bubbles did. Si Bubbles Paraiso gumawa ng video ‘eh. Gumawa siya ng video, tapos ginamit niyang soundtrack ‘yung kanta namin. And I felt na iba siya sa ibang videos.
All the other bands, may budget sila for music videos, pagalingan sila and everything. Kami wala. We don’t need that. We just needed a bunch of friends, and a beach house.
The video was shot at a rest house in San Jose, Batangas. Wala talaga kaming intention na gawing music video at first. Akala namin si Bubbles, shoot lang siya ng shoot ng shoot ng shoot. But ayun we decided na gawin nalang siyang music video.
On the band sticking together through the years
We grew up together. We’ve been friends even before we started the band, since 1981, 1982. We get along talaga ‘eh. Kahit minsan nag-aaway kami, napag-daanan narin namin as a band, and as friends, napagdaanan na namin lahat ng puwedeng mapagdaanan na problema.
It’s like a very successful marriage. Kahit nag-aaway, alam naming mawi-withstand namin ‘yun. We’re always together, and we still enjoy being together. Kunwari sa van, kapag road trip, sobrang enjoy pa rin kami. Kahit maluwag ‘yung ibang van, we still sit together, and enjoy the trip.
Pero ‘pag walang gigs, we try our best to stay away from each other. Para may family muna, we have alone time, ganun. Pero when we’re together, wala ‘eh, in love yata kami sa isa’t-isa, ganun talaga.
