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Ilaya

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About Me


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.........“I wanted to focus on being with my voice,” she says. “I really had to meditate on what was comfortable and natural.” An interesting choice of adjectives since “comfortable” and “natural” aptly describe Ilaya’s vocal delivery on her self-produced debut CD, Ilaya. Nine tracks of all-original material cover the world music spread from Latin Jazz to Filipino folk to ethno-trance: Ilaya plays rythmn guitar and even chimes in on the Kubing, a bamboo mouth-harp from her native land. Friends and noted local musicians David Correa (spanish guitar), Tom Sawyer (accordion), Nate Lopez (upright bass), Michael Bello (tenor sax) and Eric Weidenheimmer (drums) provide a sense of polish usually missing from most self-produced efforts. Success doesn’t seem to be going to Ilaya’s head. “Who am I to possess / the rythmn of my breath?” she croons softly on the opening track; she’s not one to take credit for her gifts. “I’m not sure where it comes from,”she says, “It’s just there, and I go with it.”...........R.V. Schide, News Editor Northern California’s Bohemian Magazine

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/19/2006
Band Website: ilaya.org
Band Members: Ilaya - Lead Singer,Nate Lopez - Bass,Edrum - Drums
Influences: World Music, Roots Reggae, Tribal Bellydance, Hawaiian Hula, Tahitian Dance, Philippine Bamboo Dance, Nina Simone, Lolita Carbon, Indeginous Music, John Lennon, Tom Waits, Natalie Merchant, Asin, Joey Ayala, Freddie Aguilar, the radiant Sun, the nurturing Earth and all the raw Elements
Sounds Like: CDS NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH: INCREDIBLE RECORDS & CDs www.incrediblerecordsandcds.com Sebastopol, CaliforniaCD BABY www.cdbaby.com, Portland, OregonPINOY RADIO www.Pinoy-Radio.com, New JerseyPANARTIST www.Panartist.com, London
Record Label: ilayamusic
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Giving Thanks

, November 20, 2007 ..>   B4 AlcatrazSunrise & After-> WED: Dinner&Film / SAT: "KREATION INNA DANCE" in SF Current mood: busy Category: IRIE Life WED: "THANKS TAKEN" DINNER & SA...
Posted by Ilaya on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:17:00 PST

Yin and Yang

"So it is that existence and nonexistence give birth the one to the idea of the other, that difficulty and ease produce in the one the idea of the other, that length and shortness fashion out of the o...
Posted by Ilaya on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:57:00 PST

HOW A FEMALE EAGLE CHOOSES HER MATE

  (As told by the Wintu Tribal Elders of California)"When it comes time for the female Eagle to choose hermate, she prepares herself for many suitors. And manycome before her. She looks them over...
Posted by Ilaya on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:10:00 PST

TUNED IN KPFA RADIO KALAYAAN, JUNE 12th 8pm-midnight

KPFA SPECIAL BROADCAST HOSTED BY DJ KAYU of KPFA "RADYO KALAYAAN"("Liberation/Freedom Radio")broadkasting/webkasting LIVETUESDAY, JUNE 12th, 20078:00PM-12midnight Pacific TimeKPFA~FM 94.1 BerkeleyKFCF...
Posted by Ilaya on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:17:00 PST

RADIO KALAYAAN 2006 on KPFA

RADYO KALAYAAN['FREEDOM'/'LIBERATION']" Annual Philippine Independence Day Special on KPFA MUSIKA SPOKEN WORD NEWS REVIEWS SPECIAL GUESTS MARAMING GIVEAWAYS FilmMaker INTERVIEWS: "RIGODON" & "CAVI...
Posted by Ilaya on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:53:00 PST

LOVE THYSELF

                                 LOVE THYSELF &...
Posted by Ilaya on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:08:00 PST

Just A Thought

"Where ever you go, go with all your heart"    Confucious "Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the cosmos"  "Opposites must co-exist or it will annihilate i...
Posted by Ilaya on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:12:00 PST

LOVE, LIFE, & LIGHT

  Hello dear friends:  I will be exploring  the tropics in the next few months.  I'm also in the process of recording my next album while traveling. So, blessings t...
Posted by Ilaya on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:28:00 PST