Other Reflections

This album contains the remaining eight song of the full CD of Early Reflections, Late Night Decisions, plus two songs which are my version of songs I made and was jammed and recorded by the band LVNA for which I was part of during that 90s. The instruments in this album are rerecorded and remixed, maintaining the original arrangement of the songs. The original release of the CD was in  2011, and it was rerecorded in 2025. See other post for the technical notes on how these songs were done.

• Hintay (1992) – The original demo of this song has no ending. It just stops with the drum machines playing a few extra beats. It was intended to create a feeling of uncertainty since the theme is about waiting. It is a pop rock song with upbeat tempo.  It was about waiting for the love that has left him behind without a clue.
• Nasaan Na (1991) – This song was first recorded on acoustic guitar and some ethnic instruments. It is not originallu included in the Early Reflections CD.  In 1992, this became a regular line up on the songs of LVNA, my band in the 90s arranged with rock feel. It was recorded and included in the album of LVNA – Instant Myural. The version in this album is back to its original form which is chill in acoustic style. It is an environmental song which laments on losing all the birds, trees and rivers after the wildlife has been raped by corrupt businesses who doesn’t have any regard to taking care of mother nature.
• My Angel (1991) – This is another song we jammed with my band in the 90s,  LVNA. It was never released and was supposed to be included in the band’s 2nd album.  My solo version has almost the same arrangement of that of the band version. I added some lyrics  in tagalog in the 2nd part of the song. It is a love song about longing for a love. It also shows how he is willing to live with the angels and discover how it is in their world.
• F U Want Me (1992) – The song is a showcase of slap bass playing along a jungle beat almost similar to ati-atihan. It then transitions to a pop rhythm where lyrics enters. Then goes back to slap bass and jungle beats towards the end. The song is about encountering a girl from the street and gets the shock of his life when the girl turns out to be a sex worker.
• Three Movements (1992) – One of the first intrumental songs I created with the guitars. It is called Three Movements as it is actually a three part song with different styles. Though almost related in style, they are in ska, reggae and swing. The bass is a noticable instrument that plays an important role in this song. The guitar riffs are mainly rock.
• Take Me To A New Age (1996) –   The song is heavily influenced by heavy rock with pumping drum beats. It is also the time when I am experimenting with vocal effects, trying to create ambient feel of psychedelia. The song talks about longing for something new as he is bored with the usually stuff he is experiencing in his life.
• Oxygen (1997) – This short instrumental piece is originally a school project. It was a radio ad for a line of printed shirts that cater to heavy metal fans. The guitar shreding and tapping is really me playing on my zoom 3030. I did a lot of practice to achieve this recording. It actually ends with a door slam with a narration of the shirt’s slogan.
• Lying In Her Bed (1991) – This is a pop rock song about laziness. Even thouhgh it has an upbeatt rhythm that makes you want to move, the lyrics is the opposite. It is about waking up in the morning and gettting lazy to go to work. To add love song touch in the song it narrates that he wants to stay home because it is where her lover is. The guitar solo is also made in a lazy manner utilizing lesser notes in its start but exelerates to a rocking riff.
• Leave Me For Tomorrow (1995) – Starting with a blend of acoustic guitar and a melodic electric guitar riff. The song is about a broken family, where the father is leaving home and the child is numb and emotionless from the the turn of events. Although the child still hope he will be understood but really doesn’t care.
• VBBF (1997) – One of dark metal instrumentals I composed, this one runs on heavy drum beats. It follows one theme and maintains the that pumping rhythm. The title is an acronym of something I would rather not say.
• Waiting 4 U (1996) – Influenced by solo guitar songs of the 90s from the likes of Satriani and Vai, this one is a song putting the guitar on the front stage. Using a lot of sustains which is common in this era of solo guitar pieces. The prolonged sustains aptly represents longingness and wait.

This album concludes the 18 track CD plus two.  It became the ‘reflection’ series’ – (Early Reflections, Late Reflections and Other Reflecttions).  There are more than 50 ‘old’ songs with demos from my Demotep series. Others are simply written in cattleya notebooks (chords and lyrics). Hopefully I still remember the melodies of these. I will be sorting all these songs and release them soon. Up coming are two instrumental albums, one featuring the guitar and the other electronic music. These are also from the demotep series I created in the 90s. I will be posting them next.

Other Reflections will be available for listening starting July 5, 2026 in all music streaming platforms.  Go ahead, you know how to search them.