LARO, my solo album is finally out!

LARO, my solo album is finally out!

With great excitement, gushing enthusiasm and beaming pride, I am announcing the release of a new album from yours truly. Yes, it is a solo album. It has 14 original songs which I wrote during quite a span of time, some as early as mid 80s and some as recent as six months back.

The album was a delight to make. I worked with Ernie Baladjay, a long time friend and musical soul mate, who was responsible for a lot of APO’s very successful arrangements for live and recording. Together, we created some magic which hopefully will surprise and delight you!

The album cover was made by Ala Paredes, my very talented daughter in Sydney whose illustrations are quite delightful. The recording was done at Shinji Tanaka’s recording studio called Sound Creations.

MCA, the record company releasing it says it will be available this week in the market.

This was the most enjoyable recording I have ever done. I have no idea what radio is playing these days and so do not know if my songs are ‘radio friendly’, although people have told me they are. To be truthful, I do not even know a majority of the new artists foreign or local much less their songs. I wrote the songs here out of pure expression. I come from the school of thought that believes the first thing an artist must ask is what he wants to say. The second is how to say it to make an audience appreciate it.

Is it ‘commercial’? I really do not know what that means anymore. I never once asked myself the question while I was doing the album. I was just on a reckless and wild ‘enjoy and play’ mode. I know the songs themselves and their themes are quite unique.

Do buy it, enjoy it and if you have time, I’d appreciate you telling me about it.

Thanks.