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Posts Tagged ‘indie-music’

Notes from the Lyricist

By Yan • Feb 27th, 2008 • Category: Soliloquy

It hit me the moment Gen and I stepped out of the backstage area and onto the main grounds: this used to be our playground, but we’re strangers here now. Suffice it to say that it just wasn’t the same. Our time has passed. It’s their UP fair now. Not ours. *sniff*



Hastang in Manila (Part II)

By Yan • Jan 31st, 2008 • Category: Groupie-isms, Inanities

As I hinted earlier, Hastang will be returning to Manila on February 2008 for the second leg of their Manila tour. The band has yet to make an official announcement; but I’m just too excited to keep mum about this. In fact, I’m too giddy to sit still. Yey! Hastang in Manila. Can’t wait!



siGAW ng Hastang

By Yan • Nov 26th, 2007 • Category: Groupie-isms

DonDon “Gaw” Luche of Hastang totally rocked the audience with his incendiary guitar moves at the recently concluded Cebu Guitar Fest.



of Hastang, the Centennial UP Fair, and a girl named Rachelle

By Yan • Nov 19th, 2007 • Category: Conversations, Groupie-isms

In the course of arranging for Hastang’s performance in the upcoming Centennial UP Fair (details coming soon), I got to know a certain UP Diliman Speech Communication major named Rachelle. Our correspondence has brought back an intense wave of nostalgia. I guess, in some way, I envy Rachelle for her youth. I remember that age [...]



Cebu Guitar Festival

By Yan • Nov 18th, 2007 • Category: Groupie-isms, Random Tidbits

Cebu Guitar Fest: November 22-24, 2007 - The Outpost
Come this November, the glorious sound of guitars being strummed shall resonate around the Guitar Capital of the Philippines, the City of Cebu. From the 22nd to the 24th of November, Cebu’s foremost guitarists will be in attendance at the 1st ever Cebu Guitar Festival at The [...]



This is Why I Love Hastang

By Yan • Sep 24th, 2007 • Category: Groupie-isms, Random Tidbits

Exquisite. Sublime. Hastang.

Embed Hastang music in your blog or website. Here’s how.



My Life as a Groupie

By Yan • Sep 21st, 2007 • Category: Groupie-isms

I’m proud to be a Hastang groupie.
Even if (for some unknown reason) Mark and I don’t make it, I know in my heart that Hastang will always be a part of who I am.



New Hastang Theme Launched

By Yan • Sep 20th, 2007 • Category: Design Tidbits, Groupie-isms, Wordpress Themes

Finally, after months of hibernation, the World of Hastang has been relaunched with a new jazzed up look:

New theme, new posting frequency? Hmmm… Earth to Guile, earth to Guile! Now’s not the time to be the laziest member of the band.



Hastang’s ‘Random’ to Appear in Feature Film

By Yan • Apr 30th, 2007 • Category: Groupie-isms

So it’s official. Though no deal has been inked as of this writing, the verbal agreement has been all but finalized. Random, the popular single by Cebu-based indie band Hastang, will be featured in the soundtrack of the upcoming film “Angel of Love” (story by Rebecca Aguila, screenplay by Gina Marissa Tagasa, directed by Mark [...]



Paradigm Shift: SATI without Ian Zafra

By Yan • Apr 2nd, 2007 • Category: Groupie-isms

“I’m not with SATI anymore, by the way.”
The way he said it, he could as well have said, “I took a bath yesterday, by the way.” The nonchalance was as shocking as the statement itself.
Ian Zafra. A pioneering icon in the cebu music scene. An inspiration among Cebuano indie musicians. A passionate champion of [...]