this page will be maintained on a regular basis. here, you will be able to know all about what we can gather within his circle. if you want to talk about Paco, click here to read his online journal, click here and to sign his guestbook, click here
On May 29, watch Running Over Cars at the
Joint. You can download a discount flyer
by clicking here. So who the hell are these guys? Let’s just say many things have happened
since February 21. Now that we’re back
online, we’ve decided to just pick up were we left off and give you the
latest. Although there isn’t much to say
about ROC at this time, we are all looking forward to watch their debut concert
at the Joint.
About Stattica, Paco Arespacochaga has officially
taken a leave of absence from the group due to personal reasons.
With regard to Introvoys, we heard that KATZ entertainment is really
gearing up to bring the ‘Voys to the
Stattica had a successful show at The Derby last
night. The four lads are very
pleased. The audience, the promoters the
venue and we at Webmustah, Inc, were also very pleased! We approached Stattica frontman, Dakota
Aesquivel, last night and asked him for an interview. Instead he promised to email us his thoughts
and also gave us permission to publish it for all of you. If you haven’t checked out Stattica, you should. Anyway, here is what Dakota Aesquivel thought
of last night’s show…
The Good ---
Well, I can confidently say, that this band can put on a good show. 114 heads
was the official count. We weren't as nervous as we were previous shows, and
that was some cause of concern for Gabriel and I. I had some close friends in
the audience and I didn't want to let them down. We were so calm backstage,
wondering why we weren't as wound up as usual. But when we hit the stage, it
was like...well, we went pro. We did the things we knew worked, there weren't
any "unpredictables" that surfaced (at least none that I know of),
and it just had that air of "we know what we're doing". Well, Pac's
been here before, so Gabriel and I are probably going to have similar emotions
as this band grows since we're experiencing these things for the first time
together. Patrick seemed nervous, quiet as usual, but there was some tension.
Throughout the show I kept ribbing on him -- "Patrick, how we doin',
man?" or (pointing to his music sheet) "Hey man, that's
cheating!" He would acknowledge me with a smile. But we're locking into
the audience, it's becoming a great interplay. Gabriel is coming out of his
inherent shyness, my stepping into the role of frontman is becoming more adept
with experience, and our rhythm section, Pac and Patrick, well hell, they're
pretty friggin' solid. But we've started that flow that at one point I was
doubting we'd ever achieve. All the bands backstage were very cool,
congratulatory, just very sweet. The punk bands, the swing bands, they were so
gracious and cool -- "Man, you guys are pros!" It's a good sign to me
when bands who naturally assume each other as competition pierce through that
protective veneer to issue out a heartfelt congrats. That means our peers are
giving us props, and that our characters onstage portray us as approachable and
likeable. So audience likeability was a definite high, backstage band
interaction was great, and the non-stop congrats afterwards was very cool. We
received a lot of drink tickets from the club, and we got the weirdest of looks
when I muttered "Well, the band doesn't drink, so we'll have to give 'em
away".
The BAD --
A lot of people, and I mean strangers grabbing me as I wound my way through the
club, complained that our set was too short, especially compared to other acts.
In fact, after 2/3s of our song, the sound guy announced us (to say that we're
ending). As we attempted to keep playing, he cut my mike off, so I counted us
off and we ended. My reasoning of the situation is I'd rather leave the
audience wanting more than having them think we went on a minute longer. That
being said, we did have the biggest draw, and we've seen that usually means we
get the most time, so I think the band they chose to play an hour was an error
of judgement. Well, I don't know. I mean, it is a business, and they got their
money, and we made it so that we DEFINITELY got our money and then some
(negotiating a payout with them proved wise), so economically speaking, we made
out better than anybody. So only our egos are hurt. And these four guys, well,
our natural humility takes care of any ego problems, so there's absolutely no
toll on our spirituality, if that makes sense. I'll probably bring it up to
Sean Healy come Monday, only for the principle of the thing.
And The UGLY --
I treated myself to two Big Macs, two cheeseburgers and supersized fries after
the show, falling into a 2:00 am sleep as a gluttonous mass not unlke Jabba the
Hut.
Thank you to everybody who came. We can't stress enough how thankful we are
that you are digging what we're doing. And I swear, our audience has got to be
the coolest bunch of people. I have not met ONE asshole yet, not one. Everybody
is like, beautiful and sweet. I'm not sure it gets better than this.
Jonathan Buencamino, of
Introvoys, called our offices to give us additional information on Universal
Records’ compilation album. The title of
the album is Akustic Natin 2.
Aside from Jonathan Buencamino, the album also features Regine Velasquez, 5th Gear,
Neocolours, Geneva Cruz, Jed Maddela, Karylle, Ogie Alcasid, Ito Rapadas, Mike
Bon, Cacai Velasquez, Mike Plana, Arnee, Noel Cabangon, True Faith, and Parokya
ni Edgar.
Please feel free to email Jonathan and the rest of
Introvoys at [email protected]
All Introvoys fans have a solid reason to
rejoice! Rumors of a planned reunion
have finally materialized. As of press
time, we have received word that Introvoys frontman, Jonathan Buencamino, is
part of a compilation album to be released by Universal Records. The same album contains songs from Asia’s
Songbird, Regine Velazquez, Ogie Alcasid and pop sensation JR.
Of all the songs on the album, Jonathan Buencamino
gets to carry the whole package via the carrier single “Di Na Ko Aasa Pa”.
Introvoys manager Tommy Tanchanco confirms that this
is the first of a series of campaigns to create public awareness of Introvoys’
return to the music industry. While
Introvoys is prepping up for its reunion run, Jonathan is currently wrapping up
his solo debut album. Unlike other band
members who release solo albums and eventually breakout of the band, Jonathan’s
solo album is in fact a kick off to the band’s much anticipated return.
Right
now we have the commitment of all the original members quips
Tommy Tanchanco.
Here at Industry Buzz, we’re keeping our fingers
crossed!
February 2, 2004:
Paco announced his resignation from L.A. hard rock
band Brush the Green, this morning at 7:45am PST. In a phone interview with industry buzz, the drummer expressed
his lack of enthusiasm as the main reason for his departure. I love
the guys in the band! I just had to draw
the line between work and friendship.
When asked if there was any rift between members,
Paco firmly reassured us that all is well among all four members. They
were Brush the Green before me. They
definitely will be the same band after me.
I learned a lot from the band.
Before BTG, I was a “pop” drummer.
I can say with conviction that I’ve played authentic rock music! When asked if he would rejoin the band in
an event they get signed by a major label (word has it BTG is currently
shopping their music around Los Angeles), No…
I will not go back to BTG. I may hit my
head on the wall when they get signed but I wouldn’t want to be part of the
band anymore. I wouldn’t be fair to
everybody.
We can only wish him well!
January 7, 2004:
We are glad to be back. After a much needed hiatus, the gang is all
here. We don’t even know where to
start. For starters, we are very thankful
that you have all supported this site.
We would also like to thank Paco Arespacochaga for allowing us to create
this site and have him as our first client.
To be quite honest, we all feel bad for not maintaining this site while
we where gone. We just had to get away
from Los Angeles for awhile.
Now that we’re back, we promise to update this site
and keep it up and running. It’s not
easy when you have more than fifty sites to maintain. That’s right!
Webmustah, Inc. just signed up
its 50th customer! And how
did we jumpstart our buzz… that’s right, through this website!
To all of you wanting to hear what Paco has been up
to of late, that is just what you are going to do! As we go to press, Paco and the rest of
Stattica are bouncing between pre-production of the band’s second outing and
touring in support of their debut album entitled STATTICA. Aside from this, he has been working on songs
that he plans to post on the web. “The
web is the best channel to get my music back in the hands of my fans in the
Philippines and the rest of Asia” says the drummer/songwriter of his current
solo project.
We are in the process of uploading the “hard to
find” treasure page that we put up a month ago.
Thank you to all of you who have sent pictures and articles of both Paco
and Introvoys. Allow us a bit of time to
compile them and we will post them here for all of you.
December 11, 2003:
We just got lucky!
We have over a dozen “hard to find” Introvoys
/ Paco photos
sent to us by fans from around the world.
We’re finally picking up speed.
Even our guestbook
is starting to become more dynamic. And
Paco himself has been very proactive in updating his online journal. Oh, and you should check out the poem
(December 9 posting) he made for his wife!
Anyway, Stattica is looking for a replacement bass
player. Apparently, current bass player,
Ben Vallins decided to pursue another career path. Acting, perhaps? If you are interested, you can email Stattica
management at [email protected] or
call 310.200.4904 and look for Dakota.
Paco has always been very sharp with his ability to
play the drums through songs without the need for a cheat sheet or an actual
music transcription. This ability was
developed during his 3 year tenure as the exclusive drummer of St Paul College
of Pasig’s batch ’93. We got word that a
small portion of them met for dinner at Buca Di Beppo in Old Town
Pasadena. We have a picture!
December 4, 2003:
Here is our take on the “Back 2 Back” Concert by Art
& Soul Entertainment featuring Erick Lerma & Mike Mandap with
Mastaplann & Sessions. We arrived at
around 7:45 pm and were quite surprised that there was still finger food
available. We saw the band members
munching on and mingling with the audience and were very friendly with
everybody. Erick, Mike and Mastaplann
were nowhere in site. We figured they
were getting ready for their debut.
At around 8:30, the band took the stage and turned
on their gear. At this point, the
audience was getting excited, probably due to impatience but who knows? Anyway, we thought the opening number was a
novelty! Musical Director Christian
Buado did a good job arranging the opening number.
Erick took the stage solo after the energetic
opening piece with fellow artist, Mike Mandap.
He sang his first original composition, the title of which has escaped
my mind. After his spot, Mike Mandap
took to the stage and strutted his talent to a very receptive audience. Basically, that was all they ever did.
Halfway through the show, Mastaplann came in and
played their 2 of their hits. They were
greeted by an overwhelming noise. People
in the audience kept screaming for them to sing “Bring that Booty”. They never did. We also
secretly wanted them to play that song.
After Mastaplann’s set, which was at the middle of
the show (and funny enough), Greg Lumbaki of the Church of Scientology went up
on stage and started promoting his “religious cult” to all of us! Can you imagine? We thought it was hilarious. He should try telemarketing to promote his
church someday!
Catherine Briones, who also plays piano for
Sessions, sang “the Prayer” with Mike and Erick that night. She sang very well. She actually caught everyone’s
attention. Observing all the guys in the
audience, me and my fellow staff were laughing just by merely watching them
transform from sleepy to wide awake!
Having watched millions of concerts in the past, I’d
say the concert wasn’t at all impressive.
It had highlights but that because it was too long, most of the
highlights merely got diluted in the shows entirety. Both artists showed promise but evidently
gave away the fact that they were still a bunch of amateurs. Nonetheless, if they keep their egos at bay,
they will definitely make it someday.
Concert rating: 5
November 26, 2003:
Two
artists, one concert. Erick Lerma and
Mike Mandap headlines an Art & Soul Entertainment concert entitled “a
Back 2 Back concert”.
Supporting
Lerma and Mandap are famed Fil-Am rappers, Mastaplann and the band
called Sessions
Speaking of Sessions, the band has quite an
interesting line-up. Lead by up and
coming Musical Director, Christian Buado the band boasts of Catherine Briones
on Piano and vocals, Jomel Sarmiento on drums/percussion/vocals, Paco
Arespacochaga on drumz/percussion/vocals, Pa3ck Amonia on Bass and Donovan
Raitt on Guitars.
I will be looking forward to see Sessions perform
and hope that Erick Lerma and Mike Mandap step up to the plate. We’ll be back
with our review of the concert entitled… (sigh)
November 25, 2003:
Singingwoods Production’s website is up and
running. It isn’t running at full
throttle yet but at least it’s up and running!
We haven’t been contacted by anyone from their offices with regard to
managing their site. Webmustah, Inc would
love to maintain their site!
Visit the site and be inspired. Singingwoods Productions will change the way
niche concerts are produced in the United States! www.singingwoodsproductions.tk
November 23, 2003:
Stattica’s concert at Club Lush in Santa Monica had
a meltdown on November 21. A day before
the show, the venue was ordered shut by the US Fire Marshall in violation of
safety laws. It is rumored that there
were a lot of disgruntled Stattica fanatics who still went to the venue to
confront management but failed to do so because the place was completely
deserted.
On a positive note, Brush the Green’s concert at the
Good Hurt on November 22 turned out to be successful. Last night’s event coincided with Chrissie
Mazzarella’s birthday bash. Chrissie is
the wife of Brush the Green frontman, Rocky.
Across the Pacific Ocean, word has it that Introvoys
is gearing up for a comeback. How can
this be when Introvoys drummer, Paco Arespacochaga, is already based in the
US? According to an Introvoys insider,
the band will meet in Los Angeles and kick off the show in the City of Angels
taking it all the way east. The band
will then go north to Canada, fly of to Europe and then to Asia. They will do a series of shows in Indonesia,
Malaysia and Singapore before flying off to the Philippines were they will
launch their much awaited album and promote it with a tour of the whole
archipelago. The Philippine tour still being
worked on.
November 19, 2003:
We are getting ready to relaunch this site. If you noticed a sudden drop in news frequency, it’s not because we fired our staff. It's because we had to go back to the drawing board and make a new schematic of this site. We are also about to hit our 1,000th visitor and we are very excited about it. Hey, we might give him/her an annual pass to Universal Studios or to Enchanted Kingdom.
On Friday, November 21, Stattica will be at CLUB LUSH. On Saturday, November 22, Brush the Green will be at the Goodhurt. Now we all know that these two bands only have one drummer between them. Kudos to the man!
November 6, 2003:
We
are just about ready to move forward with INDUSTRY BUZZ. Upon
Paco’s request, we are expanding our scope and limitations pertaining to this
page. Of course, we will still talk about stuff that matters but this
time, we will include news about other artists that have been connected or are
still connected to Paco. The page’s counter part, PERSONAL BUZZ will
be reformatting as well.
November 5, 2003:
If
you visit our guestbook,
you will notice an entry placed by INTROVOYS FOUNDER. Yes, he’s the real
deal! We’ve finally heard from 3rd-G Cristobal, Introvoys
co-founder and ex guitar player. We’ve also forwarded his info to
Introvoys management and have received word that if all goes well, we will be
seeing 3rd G in action again, with Introvoys when the band goes out on
a reunion tour.
November 4, 2003:
A
lot of requests have been mailed
to our offices regarding Paco’s drum set up. We are coordinating with the
people behind the artist with regard to this. Rest assured, we will come
up with Paco’s gear specs.
November 3, 2003:
We
just got word from Stattica management
that the band’s scheduled concert at Club Lush had the wrong information posted
on the band’s official website. Please edit your PDA’s and note that the
show will start at 8:30pm and it will be in Santa Monica and not in
Glendale. We at Webmustah, Inc.
will be there to cover the event.
October 30, 2003:
Check
out the new and improved Stattica website at www.stattica.com
and download the new flyer for the band's up and coming show at Club Lush in
We would like to let you know that we will be featuring photos of Ogie Alcasid's US show wherein Paco was musical director. Please check out the gallery page sometime soon!
October 24, 2003:
We are pleased to announce that the Discography page is up and running. At the moment, the page is not on "interactive" status yet. Paco has agreed to write about how it was like creating and recording the albums listed.
October 18, 2003:
"They are better than the club!" "...hands down, their performance was the best set of the evening!" were two of the many comments we heard after Paco's band, Stattica exploded on stage at the Goodhurt as part of their Southern California bar tour in support of their self titled debut album. Go to the band's official site for more news! For the meantime, check out our public gallery page to see photos of the concert.
October 14, 2003:
Principal photography has started just started for Stattica's debut music video on it's first single "Beautiful Disaster". The song is being directed by Kelley Ritch. If you haven't listened to the band's debut album, just click here. The CD is available on the band's website.
October 12, 2003:
We have just found out that Paco has been lurking in and out of Titik Pilipino's website. There is a page dedicated to him and to everyone interested in posting messages for the artist. Feel free to click on the link and post your comments.
October 11, 2003:
Paco performs with Stattica on Adelphia cable's Public Access. If you have Adelphia cable, you will be able to catch the band.
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