What you’re about to read was written by the 22-year old version of me in my old blog in Livejournal. I think, if you see most entries about Bamboo in this blog, I really give myself away and STOP being professional and start becoming a gushing fan, which I think would make me lose any possibility of working with him (yes, i’ve said that so many times). Also the fact that sometimes I lose so much sense in my sentences because of too much excitement.

I guess you can say it’s an “artistic crush” like how Quentin Tarantino usually refers to it. 

Last night during Bamboo’s first performance in the Philippines in front of almost 80,000 people at the Tanduay Rhum Rock Fest, I remembered that fan in me when I first started working in music and realized that the reason why I am here, is because of people like him.

I saw him the night before they announced the band was breaking up at Mark Escueta’s birthday party. I didn’t understand the meaning of ‘It’s not goodbye’, but last night with an orchestra and awesome musicians to back him up, I saw him perform here for the first time since.

As a photographer, selecting photos require a sense of detachment for you to be able to choose what photographs you get to show the world. To be honest, I am having trouble choosing. I am human after all and a music fan at that, sometimes a little too much. Sometimes maybe I can be a little creepy sounding, but I know what fans feel and every single time I see Bamboo I am reminded of my beginnings as an artist who works for music and I don’t think it’ll ever go away. 

Now let’s travel back in time with an entry I wrote 6 years ago….

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A lot of you don’t know that I took up Fashion Design and Marketing for most part of my life (my description says: duly educated in fashion, but would rather take photos of musicians and go to concerts for a living LOL).  One day, I started missing my friends from the fashion industry and sent one of my favorite teachers a message. 

Sir Alcs Porras, is an amazing designer and one of the most understanding yet stern teachers I have ever encountered. How’s that you say? Well, he does it in a way where you don’t get pressured to be creative, but you get guilty if you don’t submit on time, haha. You gotta weigh your priorities LOL.

Anyway, he told me that this new school he was teaching in, the Elite Fashion Academy Manila is sponsoring a mentoring session with the design contestants of the varous schools that will compete at the first RISQ Inter-school fashion design competition that will be held this March 4, 2011 at the World Trade Center. So I went there and checked out the school at the 3rd floor of A-Venue, Makati Ave and took some behind the scenes photos.

Funny because when I was asking for details, about this event I found out that Rico Blanco is playing and another friend of mine Darrel D will be one of the DJs. 

What was supposed to be my way of “I miss you can I watch you guys work fashion” message to my friends, still made me end up in an event with musicians I know. Can’t avoid it, I guess.

More photos below. 

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