Hello everyone! My band, MAKILING, is pleased to announce that we are finally launching our 3rd album called “Malakas at Maganda”. The launch party/concert happens on DECEMBER 5, Friday, 8pm at Cubao Expo.

Makiling at Magnet Katipunan. Photo by Kiko Cataquian.

Check out our gigskeds after the jump! Read more after the jump!

Here’s my personal footage of my violin performance during Reliving Live 2008 at Level Up’s office. I held a mini concert of three musical numbers of my own arrangement, on my violin. I chose to perform well known video game themes as this is a gaming related event.

Watch me perform Bragi’s Poem and Prontera Theme, both from Ragnarok Online after the jump! Read more after the jump!

Hi guys! Hope you can catch my mini concert and interview at Level Up’s RELIVING LIVE 2008 online event. It’s a live video feed where you can ask me some questions via webchat. My feature is scheduled Friday, November 14 at 1pm.

I’ll be performing music from video games on my violin including “Bragi’s Poem” and “Super Mario Theme Medley”. Don’t forget to watch! Click here to go the Reliving Live 2008 site.

This is my arrangement of Jose Lozano’s “Ikaw Ako Tayo Magkakapatid” as commissioned by the Aliw Awards committee. This was the finale performance during the actual event itself. Performers are myself (Diwa de Leon) on hegalong, UP Concert Chorus, Umalahukan Creative Experience, Airdance and Bobby Gomez Group. The video is nice as I placed my cam in front of the projector screen, but the audio is a bit muddied. For a clearer take of the song, you can check out our rehearsal video.

Hope you like it! Enjoy!

So there I was at the Aliw Awards 2008, waiting for the finale number which I will perform in. And while doing that, I roamed around, taking pictures with celebrities that I found. And here’s the result! (Photo taken by Jay Arcega using my camera)

Asia’s Songbird, Miss Regine Velasquez.

Last Friday, November 7, I was invited to a bloggers exclusive event by AXE. It was to promote their new product the AXE Dark Temptation bodyspray. Anyway, since I’ll be posting a full videoblog about the event, I won’t discuss much of the details here. Instead, let me treat you first to a new collection of photos named, Master Diwa and the AXE Girls!

Meet Trixie, she’s a freelance model. You might recognize her as one of the Intel Girls during Level Up Live 2007.

More photos after the jump! Read more after the jump!

I was commissioned by the Aliw Awards committee to arrange the song “Ikaw Ako Tayo Magkakapatid” (composed by Jose Lozano) for hegalong (2-stringed guitar), chorus and kulintang ensemble. They have chosen the performers to be myself on hegalong, the UP Concert Chorus and the Umalahukan Ensemble.

This the our first rehearsal. I took a video of it for documentation purposes but I’m also sharing it with everyone. The sound recording was done using only a video camera so expect the sound to be unbalanced. See more information after the jump! Read more after the jump!

Kolorete movie (produced by Cinema One, directed by Ruel Lozendo), my first solo full-length film original soundtrack, has released it’s official poster. I hope you guys can come and watch the film premiere on November 19, at Robinson’s Galleria. I composed all the original music in the movie and arranged all non-original songs.

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There you go! See you all next post!

Ok, so I’ve just become part of the Plurk network. I’ve been a member for almost a month actually but I only really tried to use it just this week. I never expected to be so hooked. I’ve been observing how my online habits changed a bit since I started Plurking. And so I made a short compilation of what I now call as, “Plurk addiction”.

In no particular order, you know you’re addicted to Plurk when… Read more after the jump!

Yes, I bought another toy, as part of my current quest in building my own home recording studio. It was, I admit, a sudden purchase because it was on sale at JB Music store when I only planned to window shop. The Zoom G1X Guitar Multi-Effects is an all-around gadget for tweaking the sound not only of my new guitar, but also my violin, hegalong and keyboards if necessary.

For the full specs of the Zoom G1X, take the jump! Read more after the jump!