Last December 30, 2021, the last day of the 3-day Album Launch and mini-concert series of Madhouse Music Record Label, Kwento Ni Toto witnessed and met four (4) talented and fascinating artists. The said album launch, which started on December 28, 2021, was held at the Social House in Circuit, Makati.

The solo artists and songwriters launched are Soleil Misalucha, Angelica Sengco, Reiner Espiel, and Joel Jabelosa. During the launch, they showcased their talents to their fans and followers. Their performances were captivating and soothing to the ear. Their compositions were also astonishing the beat, the lyrics, and the theme was captivating.

Soleil Misalucha made a jaw-dropping performance while playing her guitar. She also let the audience hear her talent in rapping. What's more interesting is that aside from being a talented singer-songwriter, Soleil is also a teacher.

Angelica Sengco, just like Soleil, is also a teacher with a captivating voice, and some of her compositions are interestingly witty, experiential, and with a nice rhythm to follow. Her presence on stage is a delight while she sings her pieces.

This third artist, Reiner Espiel is probably the Jack-of-all-trade, with his voice, talent, and being a musician, makes him an engaging artist. Especially, when he performs on stage. With a genius songwriter and musician like him, there's no dull moment when he's on stage.

The last artist is Joel Jabelosa, he is a songwriter who aims to give inspiration through his song and music.

Aside from the four (4) that were launched, there were also performances from selected artists like Choy Zablan, Reymart Titong, Seryosing Rockers, Ivee Madamba, Hunyo, Alvin Murillo, ang bandang Souldrift at The Yellow Cassette, and of course from the Founder of Madhouse, Mr. Rannie Raymundo.

Though they are all singers and composers, each of them has different genres and themes in the creation, plus the individuality they put every time they perform.

During the interview, Mr. Rannie Raymundo made an emphasis on the new breed of talents that needs to be put up to raise again that Filipino spirit in line with the music. He also said that they are campaigning to coin Filipino music as OFM which describes as Original Filipino Music.

Mr. Raymundo is right we need to have that spirit again, the love for Filipino Music.

Want to check out more photos and video of #MayWard during their Grand Album Launch? Well just head on to Kwento Ni Toto youtube channel for some updates.

For your daily doze of photos online check out our compilation of the photos taken during the #M0806 and #E0806 Grand Album Launch. Check out the photos at www.facebook.com/KwentoNiToto.

What can I say to this young, bubbly and straight to the point new recording artist of MCA Music Inc?
Well here are some that I think you would like about her and I made it something extra cute and ordinary.

B - stands for BUBBLY.  During the afternoon at the MCA Music conference room, she was really bubbly talking to us and sharing her thoughts about her album and of course some of her life statuses as well.

A - this one is quite subjective on my part because as what the quote says "Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder" and I find her ATTRACTIVE at her age.  And perhaps that's how she mesmerize her fans with her cute and ATTRACTIVE smile.

R - REBEL!  Yup and it is correct.  You read it right she's a REBEL and like I said this is according to my perception about her.  REBEL in a sense that she defies and goes on what she wanted to do.  Just like the one on the other network who defies the norms as well.

B - I think she's a BELIEVER!  From the way she answers and how her family supports her with her new endeavor.  Not really sure if she's also a belieber.  Hahaha!

I - IDOL!  Well, though I don't really follow much of her movies and teleserye on her home network I'm pretty much sure that she has quite a number of followers that IDOLIZE her very much.

E - well she's EAGER!  Yup she's eager to learn new things and her self-titled album, Barbie Forteza is the result of her EAGERNESS to try different things and new line of career but not deviating from what she started.

Talents are given to people but mastering it with different priorities makes it hard to stand out of it.  JM De Guzman is one those artist that I'm sure got master his craft, as an artist.  Not only that his been dubbed as ABS-CBN's Prince of Drama, he knows as well how to sing and play the guitar.  I saw it once during his appearance at Gandang Gabi Vice.  Success!  Yes!  So after the successful release of his debut album, ABS-CBN’s Prince of Drama, JM De Guzman, is here once again to captivate the hearts of fans with his newest album, TENSIONADO!

TENSIONADO means tense or nervous but for JM De Guzman TENSIONADO is his newest album offering for his fans.  Released under Ivory Music & Video, “Tensionado” is a collection of JM De Guzman’s renditions of his favorite songs featuring “Have I Told You Lately” by Rod Stewart, “Lost In Space” by Lighthouse Family , “Don’t Give Up On Us” by David Soul and “Tensionado” by Soapdish. In addition, you surely wouldn’t want to miss JM’s collaboration with singer Jaq Dionisio of Kiss Jane in the hit Itchyworms song “Akin Ka Na Lang”, the track chosen to be the album’s carrier single. Acoustic Diva Suy also showcased her soulful and relaxing voice in her duet with the singing heartthrob in the special track “Terrified”.