The second half of the year will be very busy for singer Christian Bautista. Aside from rigorous rehearsals for the musical stage production of the West Side Story, the balladeer will also be promoting his newest album Captured.
"Medyo busy talaga this end of the year, kasi we have rehearsals for West Side Story almost every day. Aside from that, we have to promote this [Captured] album. So, I'm gonna be very busy. No time for love right now, work muna," said Christian during the press launch of the album yesterday, July 16, at the Red Box Karaoke in TriNoma, Quezon City.
From Monday to Friday, according to Christian, he has to go to his rehearsals. Also during the week, he has to practice for the Sunday variety show ASAP '08. So, Christian admitted that he could not yet give his full attention to the promotion of the album.
When asked how he's going to promote his album, Christian answered: "Kapag nakasingit kami sa schedule. But usually it's gonna be mall shows and, of course, TV guestings and these presscons."
He added, "Hopefully, after West Side Story, November or December, after everything, I mean, kapag natapos na po ang West Side Story sa October, puwede na po ulit ako maging full blast sa November, December."
The singer admitted that he's more focused on his role in West Side Story because he has to avoid mixing his pop singing with the classical style of the musical play.
He explained, "Kasi po, the vocal training sa West Side Story is totally different from all my pop singing sa ASAP. Dapat sa West Side Story, medyo classical ang dating, medyo pang-theater, pang-Broadway, maraming tremulo. Kailangan mas projected 'yong sound para mas marinig nila, but still, kailangan may emotion pa rin.
"Pagdating sa pop, yung mic mo nandito lang [points to his chest], puwede kang bumulong at maririnig nila. Sa theater, 'yong mic is either here [points to the side of the face] or here [points to forehead]. So, iba rin talaga 'yong demand and the training that is required [for theater]."
To do this, Christian said, "I have to know how to manage singing. Kailangan ma-train ko ang sarili ko. Kapag classical singing, classical lang talaga, hindi dapat mahaluan ng pop."
During the interview, Christian also took the opportunity to clarify that the production of West Side Story would be based on the original story, not modernized as said during the presscon last month.
He explained, "Before nga, when we had a presscon, we were thinking if we should modernize it or stick to the original. Pero nasa contract pala, ‘Let's stick to the original if we're gonna do the thing.' Pati dance moves ng lahat, mayroon script. You cannot deviate from that. Kailangan kung ano 'yong original, 'yon talaga. What you will see in Broadway, is what you will see here. It has to be, if not we can get sued."
CAPTURED, ALREADY IN TOP 20. Despite the lack of time to promote his third album, which was released two weeks ago, Christian was glad to announce that it is already doing well in different record bars.
"Nagta-Top 20 sa Odyssey and SM record bars," said Christian.
He admitted that there was a little pressure with the release of the album, especially since he has been dubbed as Asia's Pop Idol. This was due to the success of his second album Completely that reached platinum status in Indonesia; also, his popular song "The Way You Look At Me," that landed the number one spot in Singapore.
"So, parang dapat talaga itong album na ito, e, ma-push namin to the extent na talagang maghi-hit ulit siya sa Asian market, Malaysia or Singapore. Let's face it, kung hindi siya maghi-hit doon, huwag n'yo na akong tawaging Asia's Pop Idol, di ba?
"Pero ang sinasabi nga nila, ‘It's not that, Christian, it's because nagawa mo na so that's why this is the title. So, this is just a follow-up.' So, hopefully it'll get the same success like the first one."
Christian wishes that another song from the album Captured would capture the heart of his listeners again. "Dapat mayroon ding kanta dito na mag-top pa sa ‘The Way You Look At Me' para magkaroon ulit ng another big hit because that's what singers or performers really need. As I've said a while ago, we are competing with the rest of the world already, hindi na lang tayo."
"Medyo busy talaga this end of the year, kasi we have rehearsals for West Side Story almost every day. Aside from that, we have to promote this [Captured] album. So, I'm gonna be very busy. No time for love right now, work muna," said Christian during the press launch of the album yesterday, July 16, at the Red Box Karaoke in TriNoma, Quezon City.
From Monday to Friday, according to Christian, he has to go to his rehearsals. Also during the week, he has to practice for the Sunday variety show ASAP '08. So, Christian admitted that he could not yet give his full attention to the promotion of the album.
When asked how he's going to promote his album, Christian answered: "Kapag nakasingit kami sa schedule. But usually it's gonna be mall shows and, of course, TV guestings and these presscons."
He added, "Hopefully, after West Side Story, November or December, after everything, I mean, kapag natapos na po ang West Side Story sa October, puwede na po ulit ako maging full blast sa November, December."
The singer admitted that he's more focused on his role in West Side Story because he has to avoid mixing his pop singing with the classical style of the musical play.
He explained, "Kasi po, the vocal training sa West Side Story is totally different from all my pop singing sa ASAP. Dapat sa West Side Story, medyo classical ang dating, medyo pang-theater, pang-Broadway, maraming tremulo. Kailangan mas projected 'yong sound para mas marinig nila, but still, kailangan may emotion pa rin.
"Pagdating sa pop, yung mic mo nandito lang [points to his chest], puwede kang bumulong at maririnig nila. Sa theater, 'yong mic is either here [points to the side of the face] or here [points to forehead]. So, iba rin talaga 'yong demand and the training that is required [for theater]."
To do this, Christian said, "I have to know how to manage singing. Kailangan ma-train ko ang sarili ko. Kapag classical singing, classical lang talaga, hindi dapat mahaluan ng pop."
During the interview, Christian also took the opportunity to clarify that the production of West Side Story would be based on the original story, not modernized as said during the presscon last month.
He explained, "Before nga, when we had a presscon, we were thinking if we should modernize it or stick to the original. Pero nasa contract pala, ‘Let's stick to the original if we're gonna do the thing.' Pati dance moves ng lahat, mayroon script. You cannot deviate from that. Kailangan kung ano 'yong original, 'yon talaga. What you will see in Broadway, is what you will see here. It has to be, if not we can get sued."
CAPTURED, ALREADY IN TOP 20. Despite the lack of time to promote his third album, which was released two weeks ago, Christian was glad to announce that it is already doing well in different record bars.
"Nagta-Top 20 sa Odyssey and SM record bars," said Christian.
He admitted that there was a little pressure with the release of the album, especially since he has been dubbed as Asia's Pop Idol. This was due to the success of his second album Completely that reached platinum status in Indonesia; also, his popular song "The Way You Look At Me," that landed the number one spot in Singapore.
"So, parang dapat talaga itong album na ito, e, ma-push namin to the extent na talagang maghi-hit ulit siya sa Asian market, Malaysia or Singapore. Let's face it, kung hindi siya maghi-hit doon, huwag n'yo na akong tawaging Asia's Pop Idol, di ba?
"Pero ang sinasabi nga nila, ‘It's not that, Christian, it's because nagawa mo na so that's why this is the title. So, this is just a follow-up.' So, hopefully it'll get the same success like the first one."
Christian wishes that another song from the album Captured would capture the heart of his listeners again. "Dapat mayroon ding kanta dito na mag-top pa sa ‘The Way You Look At Me' para magkaroon ulit ng another big hit because that's what singers or performers really need. As I've said a while ago, we are competing with the rest of the world already, hindi na lang tayo."
On Sunday, July 20, Christian will formally launch his third album Captured to the public in ASAP.
Source: PEP
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