Black Pipe the Album / Araw at Ulap

Bob is Back!!!

Bob comes home

Bob, not his real name, -- his real name is Arnel, but he has gotten used with everyone calling him Bob -- Gonzales is back with Black Pipe. That means that Black Pipe's sound would be more wicked with those fat fingers back on the keyboard. He's really an excellent musician.

So I met them whole again Wednesday last week at Barbariba on their regular Wednesday gig and saw Bob who looks fat n' rite just the way I want him. Seeing him after all the years past and hearing him play just reinforced my faith on those fingers. So we decided to jam in my office / studio and I picked an old Joe Jackson song called Fools in Love. The studio jam was way better than the live set we did later that night.

Bob's return also means that I'd have to rework on some tracks again to put Bob's keys on the music, not to mention that we'd have to re-shoot the pictorials. But I know that it's all worth it and seeing the boys together again gives me a feeling of satisfaction.

a fraction of each....

here's a fraction of each of the songs including the track numbers and all of the just-finished BLACK PIPE album. A better teaser than the last one... the ideo is from their pictorial. Enjoy!

BLACK PIPE -- araw at ulap poster designs

DONE!

L-R Joey Pamiloza (drums), August Gamo (vocals / bass), Casie Villarosa (record producer & engineer) and Kenneth Ryan Tutor (guitars) before completion of the final album line up at the Sunset Studios

black pipe
araw at ulap (demo album)

august gamo bass/vocals
kenneth tutor guitars
joey pamiloza drums

all songs written by

august gamo & kenneth ryan tutor
except nandito lng ako by casie villarosa

recorded at the
sunset recording studio
amazing records

center for philippine arts and cultural association entertainment, inc
manila film center, ccp complex, pasay city

produced by
casie villarosa

engineered by
casie villarosa

photography by
santos soriano

cover / album design by
casie villarosa

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the feeling is absolutely great! Now the longer march to find a label begins...

Araw Gabi

words by August Gamo
music by Ryan Kenneth Tutor
produced, engineered and video by Casie Villarosa

It's not a music video, it's a simple documentation of August laying down the vocal track for the cut.

BLACK PIPE from my perspective

so we are half way into laying down the vocal tracks for the cuts in BLACK PIPE's debut demo album. This video is just to present the band from my perspective as to my involvement with them as producer, mentor and recording engineer. good luck guys!