| Dong Abay | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Westdon Martin Abay |
| Born | April 5, 1971 |
| Origin | Manila, Philippines |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Pinoy Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Artist |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
| Associated acts | Yano, Pan, dongabay |
| Website | dongabay.multiply.com myspace.com/dongabay |
Westdon Martin Abay (April 5, 1971), popularly known as Dong Abay, is a poet and a Pinoy rock musician. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The City of Manila The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Pinoy Rock, or Filipino Rock, is the brand of Rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos. The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Pinoy Rock, or Filipino Rock, is the brand of Rock music produced in the Philippines or by Filipinos. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a He was the founding member, songwriter and lead vocalist of the bands Yano, Pan, and dongabay, which are now all defunct. Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. As of January 2008, he is pursuing a career as an independent artist. PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence
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Biography
Personal life
Born on April 5, 1971 in Manila, Philippines, he shares his birthdate with the Philippine President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the day when American rockstar Kurt Cobain of Nirvana killed himself in 1994. The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal on April 5 1947 is a Filipina Politician. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20 1967 – c April 5 1994 was an American musician who served as lead singer, Guitarist, and songwriter for the Seattle Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) He is married to Ninj Botor Reyes. They have a son named Awit (Filipino for "Song" or "Chant"), born on May 15, 2002. Filipino is the national and an Official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Career
Yano days
In 1992, Dong Abay, Eric Gancio and Larry Mapolon met in Patatag, a progressive vocal ensemble. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. After a year, they decided to form a band called NG (pronounced as en-ji and derived from the Ng diagraph of the Filipino alphabet) with percussionist Renmin Nadela. Ng (lowercase ng) is a digraph of the Latin alphabet. In English and several other European and English-derived orthographies it The Filipino alphabet (officially Makabagong alpabetong Filipino; English: Modern Filipino alphabet) is made up of 28 letters which includes the entire Abay and Gancio remained and recruited musical arranger and bassist, Onie Badiang to the group. Eventually, the band's name was renamed to Yano. Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. They recorded their demo at the home studio of alternative artist Joey Ayala in June 1993. Joey Ayala (born June 1 1956 is a contemporary pop music artist in the Philippines. One of the tracks, "Kumusta Na?," ("How Are You?") a song about the "EDSA Revolution", found its way to a local radio station where the group was first heard. The EDSA Revolution may refer to three events in Philippine history referring to popular political upheavals occurring in the EDSA highway People This paved the way for Yano to become active in the local club circuit. Mayrics, Club Dredd, 70s Bistro were among the first clubs that Yano performed in. Drummers for the band included Nowie Favila (Ang Grupong Pendong), Nonong Timbalopez (Put3Ska, Ex President's Combo), Jun Nogoy (Coffeebreak Island) and Harley Alarcon (Rizal Underground). In 1994, the band's self-titled debut album came out and spawned classic Filipino rock songs such as "Banal Na Aso, Santong Kabayo" ("Holy Dog, Saintly Horse"), "Tsinelas" ("Slippers") and "Esem" (wordplay for SM or Shoemart mall). SM Prime Holdings Inc ( is the parent company of the SM Group's shopping malls This was followed by a string of successful concerts around the Philippine archipelago. An archipelago (ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ is a chain or cluster of Islands The word archipelago literally means "chief Sea " from Italian
In 1994, at the height of Yano's popularity, Abay had to temporarily quit his schooling at the University of the Philippines, where he was an Arts and Letters student, to pursue a career in music. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The University of the Philippines (or Unibersidad ng Pilipinas in Filipino and commonly abbreviated as U Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Yano released 2 more albums under BMG, a major label : "Bawal" ("Taboo") in 1996 and "Tara" ("C'mon") in 1997. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The eponymous debut album was first released under Alpha Records but was later re-issued by BMG.
Hiatus
During the late 1990s, Abay suffered from clinical depression after quitting Yano. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression He only stayed in his bedroom for five years. [1] Although, Abay describe this episode as a self-imposed hiatus.
Pan days
In 2002, Abay returned to the music scene and formed Pan together with Onie Badiang, former bassist of Yano. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Yano is a folk / Punk rock band in the Philippines formed in 1993. The outcome was an album titled "Parnaso ng Payaso" ("Parnassus of a Clown"). Some notable songs from the album include "Dumpsite", "Hula" ("Prediction", which won as Best Folk/Pop Recording at the AWIT Awards in 2003), "Mabuhay!" ("Long Live") and "Rebolusyon" ("Revolution"). Pan played for the local rock circuit with bassist, Milo Duane Cruz and drummer Melvin Leyson.
In 2003, Abay decided to go back to school to finish his bachelor's degree. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Thus, the demise of Pan. Aside from his music, Abay got busy exploring other medium and art forms like installation work, visual arts, photography to name a few. The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily Visual in nature such as Painting, Photography Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing He also became busy lecturing and giving workshops around the country.
Solo career
In early 2005, Abay became an indie artist and initially released an EP called "Sampol" ("Sample") at the University of the Philippines as part of his undergraduate thesis. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous This work consists of acoustic tracks, which were later reborn as full-band pieces in "Flipino," released in May 2006. The album was produced by Robin Rivera, Abay's Art Studies professor in U. P. and album producer of The Eraserheads who eventually hired ex-Eraserheads Raimund Marasigan and Buddy Zabala to play in the entire album. This article is about the Filipino rock band The Eraserheads For the movie by director David Lynch, see Eraserhead. Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan (born May 22, 1971) is a rock Musician and record producer in the Philippines. Hector "Buddy" Avacena Zabala (born November 13, 1971) is the bassist of Filipino Hard rock band The Dawn, indie band [2] "Flipino" proved Abay's relevance to Philippine music by releasing songs such as "Perpekto" ("Perfect"), "Bombardment" and "Tuyo" ("Dry")". A month before that, Abay finally earned his degree of Bachelor of Arts in Philippine Studies (Areas: Creative Writing in Filipino and Humanities) from the University of the Philippines after 18 long years.
References
- ^ Dong Abay's Pan: Another Gem. MTV Asia News (2006-01-16). MTV Southeast Asia is a 24-hour Music / Entertainment television network owned by MTV Networks Asia Pacific, a division of Viacom. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
- ^ Rivera's Blog about Dong Abay's album (HTML text in Filipino). Filipino is the national and an Official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Robin Rivera ("Flipino" album producer). Retrieved on 2008-01-11. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
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| NAME | Abay, Dong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abay, Westdon Martin (birth name) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5 April 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manila, Philippines |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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