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RonGQ

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About Me



I like chocolate and bananas ! 2006 above. You can't see me but I am in the pit stage left strumming rhythms on my Taylor acoustic electric with the Haranistas de Manila. I am honored to play with these master musicians from the Manila folk dance circuit. 2007 below. Great job as usual SCU Barkada.

My Interests

Kulintang, Filipino music, musical innovation.

Music:

Kulintang, Kjwan, DictaLicense, Organik Musik, NUMP, Cult of Suburbia, The People (La Gente), Sandwich, Rivermaya, Ooklah the Moc, Nuffsedd, Amaya, Grupong Pendong, Asin, Ang Karugtong, Autonomous Region, Color It Red, Tsubibo, Eskapo

Movies:

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, The One, Drunken Master 2, Sakay, Bagong Buwan, Mumbaki, Eseng ng Tondo, Alamat ng Lawin, Sisa

Television:

Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble playing aboard the Shon'ger in Toronto Harbourfront Center for Filipinos Making Waves Festival 2007

Heroes:


Not traditional, but I like the passion for excitement.
Beatifully animated video with kulintang along with a string ensemble. How did they do it? Not traditional, but pretty.
Some REAL kulintang playing from Cotabato 1966.
Full credit to Genot Kamensa! Nice taggongo style, played too fast for the camera!
A casual conversation between two of my teachers; Danongan Kalanduyan and Hafez Modirzadeh.
A ten minute documentary about Manobo peoples' struggle to reclaim their ancenstral land.
Neo-tribal artist Waway Saway rocks it out in his music video.
Talaandig surfers jam out on the beach near world famous Philippines surf spot Cloud 9.
Chicago-based pinoy rock band Bagwis' music video in tribute to those that have lost their lives to extrajudicial killings in Hacienda Lusita, Tarlac.
Diskarte Namin of San Francisco doing it big.
Diskarte Namin, an island of Filinicity in SF.