THE PINK SONG BY THE PINK BROTHERHOOD FOR THE PINK CAUSE ~ THE CAT SINGS

Left to right - - Gabe Wong, me, Kyle & Bill Wong

I took a little break from my own album production to bring to life the Wonggoys’ new single “Life to Live”. It’s a song they wrote sometime April this year just right before their Manila tour. The song is somewhat inspirational and motivational in theme but very pop-folk in terms of resonance and, it carries the same Wonggoys sound that somehow Cebu (and the world) has come to love.

The song was written for the ICANSERVE Foundation. ICanServe advocates on breast cancer awareness and provides hope and help to women with breast cancer. It also has a network of cancer survivors who aim to light the path for women with cancer towards total healing. ICanServe will make use of the song “Life to Live” to inspire and to spread word on their advocacy. The song will also be promoted to raise funds to support their activities.

If you’re wondering how this happened, well, let’s just say the boys were inspired by the women surrounding them… We can start with the Wongmom (their supermom)… and move on to the Wonggurl (their sister), and then their Grannies, Aunties, Titas, etcetera and then there’s their Tita Jude (Bacalso) and me (ha ha!).

As producer, I was confident to tap on their full band musicians namely Warner Sala, Jason Alejandria and Jeriel Laraño to come up with the arrangement of their respective instruments. I just had to make sure they remain loyal to the song and not care too much about whether their musical skills will be showcased. “Less is more” is my mantra and it always works!

Though it was done this way, the sound is still not far-off from their debut album that I produced last year with Jad Bantug on the electronics and arrangement. It’s still the signature Wonggoys sound except that it’s a bit more organic and truthful in terms on the level of their musicality. And I’m proud to say that Billy Boy (the middle-child Wonggoy) did the electric lead guitar tracks for the song. Big leap, I have to say!

“Life to Live” The Single will be officially launched this October 21 at the Ayala Terraces during the culmination of the THINK PINK activities of Ayala Center Cebu and ICanServe Foundation. The single will also be available for digital download soon.

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