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Dolreich Tonolete @ the APB 2010 Pageant

2011-06-26T02:22:00.000-07:00

ALAMAT @ BULALO FIESTA

2011-06-12T01:42:00.001-07:00

Alamat performs at the fully packed Bulalo Fiesta over at Robinson's Novaliches

ALAMAT -concert DVD teaser

2010-11-04T03:14:00.000-07:00

sunset records proudly presents...

2010-10-30T07:14:00.000-07:00

coming soon...

ALAMAT signs in with SUNSET RECORDS

2010-10-23T18:35:00.000-07:00

In our own very simple ceremony, Ang Bandang ALAMAT signs in as SUNSET RECORDS' very first band. Expect some hoola baloos soon enough!

Sunset Records VP Casie Villarosa with ALAMAT

the cheer for the night... 5 years!

Alamat Pictures @ the MFC Bar

2010-10-17T03:48:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures of "ang bandang ALAMAT" in one of the Friday Night Parties at the MFC Bar...

photography by Santi Soriano, Joey dela Vega, Casie Villarosa

Tapos na!!!

2010-10-01T00:30:00.000-07:00

Ang concert DVD ng bandang Alamat ay tapos na rin sa wakas. Ngayong gabi ay ang unang pagkakataon na mapapanood ng Alamat ang kanilang mga sarili sa telebisyon sa isang konsiertong sila naman ang mga bida.

Isang pagpupugay sa bandang Alamat, kalahating taon ng gawaing istudyo at sandamakmak na masasaya at masasalimuot na mga pangyayari. Naway's makamit ninyo ang tagumpay! Rock on!!!

concert dvd teaser ft. Juan

2010-09-22T05:30:00.000-07:00

the post production is an absolute nightmare!

Here are a few of the boo boos that happened... First, I only had the theatre until 4pm because somebody bungled up the schedule. The window of opportunity for the shoot was very small that I had to content myself with certain fuck ups in favor of finishing the shoot earlier. Second, I wasted time dealing with a very minor problem from one of the staff. Third, we did the gig live and I knew the nightmare that would follow... It's called Murphy's Law!

But nevertheless, I got good shots. It's basically a four-cam shoot and the angles were all decent for a rock concert.

I've not been happy lately over several matters and this dvd concert was something that gave me a break from the stresses of my regular life.

litrato!

2010-09-13T07:59:00.000-07:00

Ang paggawa ng Konsiyerto DVD ng bandang ALAMAT

2010-09-13T00:52:00.000-07:00

ang bandang ALAMAT

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICA VILLAROSA,
SANTI SORIANO & GIL MONTANO

Finally, we are on the home stretch of Alamat's Quest for an all original album. With the Concert DVD shoot out of the way, we now move on to the more complicated task of post production work to make the Concert DVD a viable product for market consumption.

Black Pipe has waited for this completion as well since they've finished the Araw at Ulap Concert DVD. The two bands under Sunset Studios will be packaged together and will be marketed to labels this year hopefully signing in as new talent early next year.

I'd like to thank all the people and the staff and performers of Amazing Show for pitching in this project and the Chairman for the opportunity to do something that I really love.

top left clockwise; while waiting for the band to get in make up, supervising the stage set up conceptualized by Joey dela Vega, Dolreich and Ivan inside the dressing room, Ivan, Mc doing last minute tuning, Dolreich preparing his microphone and the drum riser...

with Mc Monderin

Director Elmir Castillo discusses what needs to transpire

Aris in a make up chair

the staff posing for a photo op with their favorite guitarist Mc Monderin

Alamat with some of their friends waiting to be called in

the crowd loved Alamat's music

Aris Gutierez

Mc Monderin

Ivan Scott Mariano

Amazing Show performers

Dolreich Tonolote on center stage

Ivan Scott Mariano

Kumander Angel at the helm of the establishing camera

stage design and concept by Joey dela Vega

this is the easy part... post production will be a nightmare

2010-09-02T01:54:00.000-07:00

photography by Casie Villarosa

Alamat's venture into the recording industry is almost at its completion with an upcoming video shoot of their live performance for their album DVD. Currently being conceptualized by Casie Villarosa, Director Elmir Castillo and image consultant Joey Puna, Alamat is slated to shoot the album DVD on September 11, 2010 at the Manila Film Center.

The photos below shows Alamat doing a run through of their songs at Sunset Studios...

Alamat - Panaginip

2010-08-08T03:01:00.000-07:00

Ang bandang Alamat sa kanilang awiting Panaginip... idinirehe ni Casie Villarosa para sa Center for Philippine Arts and Cultural Entertainment Association, Inc. Ang bidyo na ito ay ginawa sa entablado ng Amazing Show sa Manila Film Center at ginampanan ng mga piling talento at mga kawani ng Amazing Show sa pangunguna ni Roel Ilagan bilang Amanag Hari, Jaytee Castro bilang Prinsesa Jeti at ni Ed Datuin bilang ala Max Alvarado daw. Ang koreograpiya ay ginawa ni Mark Anthony Agana at isinayaw ng mga kalalakihang tagapagtanghal ng Amazing Show.

Maraming salamat sa lahat ng tumulong lalo na ang mga production assistants na nagbigay buhay sa set, kay Santi na kumuha rin ng bidyo at kay Jerry Santos na kumuha ng mga larawan.

the making of Alamat's Panaginip video...

2010-08-08T02:55:00.000-07:00

For the first time, I got pissed off with Alamat as they were late for this shoot... a shoot that bothered a lot of folks from the Amazing Show...

Anyway, so long as they are committed to their promise never to be late again, then it's ok... unfortunately, when agitated, my brain cells deplete and therefore I missed a lot of the shots that we were suppose to do. So they ended up in the background of it all and we also ended up with a so-so video that I've yet to publish because I'm simply not happy with it yet...

co-directing the shoot with me was Mark Anthony Agana, Amazing Show's resident choreographer

the ever telegenic and photogenic Jaytee Castro

the Bulaklakan warriors

the muscle men of Amazing

Mc Monderin sporting an afro hairdo

bassist Aris Gutierez

i wish i have a higher resolution video cam

drummer and main composer Ivan Scott Mariano

the bad guys led by Ed Datuin

vocalist Dolreich Tonolete with his leading lady

ala ninja dancer pose, Rommel Lansang

Weng Ilagan as "amang hari"

striking a pose black and white

anti-hero Ed Datuin

Ang Bandang ALAMAT!

2010-07-26T10:23:00.000-07:00

kaunting kwentuhan mula sa grupong alamat upang ipakilala nila ang kanilang sarili at sabihing matatapos na ang album sa wakas...

Juan (original)

2010-07-09T21:47:00.000-07:00

it's another video experiment in preparation for a new music video for ALAMAT... Enjoy!

ALAMAT - BINTANA

2010-06-17T09:25:00.000-07:00

isa pang ka-ayaayang tugtugin mula sa ALAMAT... bagaman medyo napakahaba at hindi "radio friendly" nananatili itong nakaka-aliw na awitin. Maganda ang mensahe, makaka-relate ang lahat. Marami kaming kuha sa pag-gawa ng video na ito ngunit marami ang hindi ko nagamit dahil magmumukhang "OA" na pag nagkataon. Magaling umarte si Dolreich at ang aming modelo na si Jaytee Castro. kabilib-bilib!

Nawa'y masiyahan ang mga tagahanga ng alamt sa music video na ito...

3 NEW VIDEOS

2010-06-05T10:05:00.000-07:00

ALAMAT's new photo set

2010-04-25T02:25:00.001-07:00

the guys are now in Mindoro slated to perform tonight. Last night, they passed by the studio for a brief photo shoot and these are the resulting pictures...

Two New Music Videos from Alamat

2010-04-12T12:26:00.000-07:00

produced by sunset studios, center for philippine arts and cultural entertainment association, inc. produced, directed and edited by casie villarosa...

CONGRATULATIONS Mc (Mark Anthony Monderin)

2010-03-27T05:28:00.000-07:00

for being a new dad! Congratulations Mc!!!

on adrenaline overdrive...

2010-03-20T04:02:00.000-07:00

on a frantic work pace after the shooting day of Alamat's sister band under sunset studios' Black Pipe - Araw at Ulap the concert DVD... my week and my face turns ugly with long days and longer nights piecing together the edit points of the video. Considering that I used only three cams for the shoot (one of which I hate because it's on a dvd format), it was indeed a daunting task.

3/4 of Alamat was there on the day of the shoot and was blown away by the scale of the endeavor. That night, we had dinner together and they seemed a tad excited about their turn for a full-scale shoot. Of course, that would mean that they'd have to finish the remaining cuts for their album first.

So after a long absence from the studio, Alamat returns today with five songs to "catch up". I wasn't particularly excited with the idea since I really wanted to take a break from recording and studio work. But after hearing the first cut titled "Bisyo", my adrenaline shoots up again with new ideas and the excitement of making the music video for the single.

Alamat's Kalye

2010-03-07T22:24:00.000-08:00

It is always a pleasure recording Alamat. They always manage to come out with fascinating cuts that seem to be so identifiable and pleasant to listen to. Of course that doesn't apply to all their songs which still needs work to make it coherent, but nevertheless, the adventure that goes with Alamat inside sunset studios is always a welcome treat for me.

Here is Alamat's original song called "Kalye". Words and music by Ivan Scott Mariano / produced and engineered by Casie Villarosa / recorded at Sunset Studios, 2F Manila Film Center, CCP Complex, Pasay City.

Musika (original song)

2010-02-27T00:16:00.000-08:00

This is one of the first songs recorded here at Sunset Studios. They've done it live at the MFC Bar several times.

ALAMAT - PANAGINIP

2010-02-09T04:35:00.000-08:00

words and music by Ivan Scott Mariano

this is the 6th cut that we've recorded so far....

ALAMAT

2009-12-26T02:55:00.000-08:00

Origin / History:

ALAMAT was formed in 2005 by a group of Bulacenos in Meycauayan City, Bulacan, Philippines, and played cover versions of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) as well as their original compositions within the Northern, Central and Southern Luzon areas as well as gigs in the National Capital Region. The band’s original intent was show case their original compositions to the public at large by getting into gigs that promoted Original Pilipino Music.

Over the first four years as a band, ALAMAT has managed to gain a relevant amount of following but has yet to be noticed by a larger public. Alamat has however accepted that with enough growing pains and perseverance, their time to be heard will come.

By May of 2009, their original vocalist has left the band. ALAMAT searched for a new vocalist through the internet and found Dolreich Tonolete who tried out with the band and was immediately accepted to front for them. After days of practice, a project from Ginebra San Miguel came through and ALAMAT has since pursued their passion of playing music together.

Genres / Music Influence:

ALAMAT is a Pinoy-Rock Band influenced by Juan Dela Cruz Band, Maria Cafra, Sampaguita, Eraserheads and other Filipino rock bands of the 70’s up to the present. ALAMAT usually plays Original Pilipino Music (OPM). ALAMAT can however shift and play ballad, love songs, alternative, etc.. But ALAMAT would always prefer to play Pinoy-Rock Alternative Music.