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Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:40:15 +0000

One of the favorite acoustic acts in the country today is Make Your Momma Proud also known as M.Y.M.P. The band plays smooth soothing renditions that would surely heighten your appetite for good acoustic music. M.Y.M.P. had come a long way from a 4 piece all guy rock band to a show band to a trio which opened their doors to having a debut album.

They had their biggest break when Raymond Ryan, the station manager of iFM watched their gig and met up with a producer to produce their debut album, Soulful Acoustic which is now a Certified Platinum Record. Ivory records then became their recording company. M.Y.M.P.’s debut album was released on Ivory music and video’s 20th anniversary. M.Y.M.P. did make us fall in love with their debut carrier single “A Little Bit” which bagged the People’s Choice “Favorite Song” Award in Awit Awards last 2004.

The trio did click but MYMP became a duo when one of their members decided to leave the group in February 2004 yet this did not stop them from sharing their honest music. They surely enhanced the sound of MYMP as they go beyond soulful and acoustic music. The edge of M.Y.M.P. from others who joined the acoustic movement is their passion to create music, which is audible and high quality and the honesty in every performance.

Other than that, they can actually perform solo. Juris with her effortless soprano voice makes it all and Chin on guitars, you’ll never ask for anything else except to crave for more from this band.

Juris has the taste for Rn’B and Pop, the likes of Alicia Keys, Destiny’s Child, Avril Lavigne, and Patti Austin. While Chin goes for blue-based rock like Eric Clapton’s kind of music and Sting. M.Y.M.P. has turned their world upside down when they decided to choose join the music industry.

Juris Fernandez should have been in the medical field following her mother’s footsteps after earning a degree in Psychology and Chin Alcantara on Communication Arts while Andrew and John had chosen this path while supporting their families.

History

Jacques “Chin” Alcantara former Claretian founded the band back in late 1996. It was Chin’s elder brother Julius who gave the band its name. Chin’s mother, Dr. Stella Lopez-Alcantara, had died of complications from breast cancer when he was 17.

Back when it was originally formed, Make Your Momma Proud was a four-man rock band, whose arsenal included Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and, as Alcantara adds, a little Mr. Big. He was still a student at Miriam College then, taking up Communication Arts, major in Advertising. “My mom played the piano but she didn’t get to see me play professionally—she did get to see me start out,” Alcantara said. In the year after his mother died, Alcantara took up the guitar and, in his words, “really got obsessed with it and that’s when I knew what I wanted to be, a musician.” Alcantara was enjoined by his father to attend classical guitar tutoring, but stopped after a month. So Alcantara taught himself how to play.

As a college band, MYMP appeared in college fairs and shows, but as they became more earnest in their intent to pursue music as a career, they encountered difficulty in lining up gigs due to their repertoire. MYMP added a keyboard player and began working on a more pop sound, completing the transformation with the addition of a female vocalist in 2000, Marifil Niña Girado, better known today as R&B singer Nina Girado after leaving the band to go solo. MYMP then industriously performed in bars, clubs and shows for years, building an identity.

In 2001, Alcantara handed an audition for a new female lead, and the group found Julie Iris “Juris” Fernandez. Originally from Davao, Fernandez explains she didn’t grow up exposed to music on a regular basis. Like Alcantara, Fernandez did not study music formally for long, eschewing the training to learn on her own. After graduating from Miriam, Fernandez was studying at the Ateneo, working towards completing her pre-med requirements when she decided that, like Alcantara, she wanted to immerse herself in music. After singing with Jimmy Bondoc, she fatefully auditioned for MYMP.

It was the trio of Alcantara, Fernandez and percussionist Mike Manahan that established the beachhead for MYMP’s frontal assault on the sales and radio charts.

Their career started when Raymond Ryan, the station manager of iFM watched their gig. Ryan met with a producer to produce their debut album, Soulful Acoustic. Ivory Records then became their recording company. MYMP’s debut album was released on Ivory Music and Video’s 20th anniversary. MYMP became famous with their hit songs “A Little Bit” which bagged the People’s Choice “Favorite Song” Award in Awit Awards last 2004.

The trio did click but MYMP became a duo when one of their members decided to leave the group. Manahan left the band in 2004 due to what Alcantara called “professional differences” as well as fallout from Manahan’s breakup with Fernandez, the two were in a relationship for a while. Yet, this did not stop them MYMP from sharing their music.

The duo set-up did great and as they enjoy their ride in the Philippine music scene, a new and improved MYMP had emerged, a quartet together with Andrew and John as bassist and kahonista. Beyond Acousticand Versions, 12-track albums, were declared Certified Gold Record after less than a month.

Now backed by keyboardist Edward Jimenez, percussionist Dexter John Angeles and bassist Aemil Rivas, MYMP embarks on its most ambitious career step yet, a summer tour of the US West and East coasts, a development that excites Alcantara and Fernandez immensely. “It was a dream we were thinking of fulfilling maybe five years from now,”

Band Member

Julie Iris Fernandez – Vocals
Chin Alcantara – Guitars
John Dexter Angeles – Percussionist/Drums
Edward Jimenez – Keyboards
Aemil Rivas – Bass

Discography

Soulful Acoustic – (2003, Ivory Records)

Versions – (2005, Ivory Records)

Beyond Acoustic

Version and Beyond – (2005, Ivory Records)

New Horizon – (2006, Ivory Records)

Now – (2008, Ivory Records)

The High Five Collection (The Greatest Hits Compilation) – (2009, Ivory Records)

Website: http://www.mympband.com

Be My Number Two

Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:25:13 +0000

Wont you be my number two
Me and number one are through
There won’t be too much to do
Just smile when I feel blue

And there’s not much left of me
What you get is what you see
Is it worth the energy
I leave it up to you

And if you got something to say to me
Don’t try to play your funny games on me
I know that its really not fair of me
But my heart’s seen too much action

And every time I look at you
You’ll be who I want you to
And I’ll do what I can do
To make a dream or two come true
If you’ll be my
If you’ll be my number two

Rush, Rush

Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:01:55 +0000

You’re the whisper of a
Summer breeze
You’re the kiss that puts my
Soul at ease
What I’m saying is I’m
In to you
Here’s my story and the
Story goes
You give love, you get love
And more than
Heaven knows
You’re gonna see
I’m gonna run, I’m gonna try
I’m gonna take this love
Right to ya
All my heart, all the joy
Oh baby, baby please

Chorus:
Rush, rush
Hurry, hurry lover
Come to me
Rush, rush
I wanna see, I wanna see ya
Get free with me
Rush, rush
I can feel it, I can feel you
All through me
Rush, rush
Ooh what you do to me

And all I want from you is
What you are
And even if you’re right
Next to me
You’re still too far away
If I’m not inside your arms
I get dramatic baby,
Yes I know
But I need you, I want you
Ooh man, I love you so
Ooh, ooh
You’re gonna see
I’m gonna run, I’m gonna try
I’m gonna take this love
Right to ya
All my heart, all the joy
Ooh baby, baby please

Chorus

When you kiss me
Up and down
Turn my senses all around
Oh baby, oh baby
I don’t know
Just how or why
But no one else
Has touched me
So deep, so deep
So deep inside
You’re gonna see
I’m gonna run
I’m gonna try
I’m gonna take this love
Right to ya
All my heart, all the joy
Oh baby baby please

When She Cries

Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:56:56 +0000

The road I have traveled on,
Is paved with good intentions.
It’s littered with broken dreams,
That never quite came true.
When all of my hopes were dying,
Her love kept me trying.
She does her best to hide,
The pain that she’s been through.

When she cries, at night,
And she doesn’t think that I can hear her.
She tries, to hide,
All the fear she feels inside.
So I pray, this time,
I can be the man that she deserves.
‘Cos I die a little each time,
When she cries.

She’s always been there for me,
Whenever I’ve fallen.
When nobody else believes,
She’ll be there by my side.
I don’t know how she takes it,
Just once, I’d like to make it,
Then there’ll be tears of joy,
That fill her lovin’ eyes.

So I pray, this time,
I can be the man that she deserves.
‘Cos I die a little each time,
When she cries…

Impulsive

Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:52:57 +0000

The secret of love
I thought I understood
The way its supposed to be
I never imagined you could
Blow my theory apart
But now youre running away with my heart

Chorus:
I dont wanna think about it
Dont wanna think clear
Dont analyze
What Im doing here
Wanna be impulsive
Reckless
And lose myself in your kiss

Arrows through hearts
Drawn on a misty window
Youre taking me home in the rain
My heart, its beating dont say no
My head keeps saying take it slow

(chorus)

Youre giving me a feeling
Its a sudden rush
Acting on the moment
Spontaneous, woh
Ooh this is not like me
To follow my heart so easily

I am reckless… impulsive

I never imagined you could
Blow my theory apart
But now youre running away… with my heart… my heart

(chorus)

Youre giving me a feeling
Its a sudden rush
Acting on the moment
Spontaneous
Wanna be impulsive… reckless
And lose myself in your kiss… woh

Impulsive
I wanna be… impulsive
Im gonna be impulsive… reckless
And lose myself, lose myself

These Dreams

Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:50:40 +0000

Spare a little candle, save some light for me.
Figures up ahead moving in the trees.
White skin in linen,
Perfume on my wrist,
and the full moon that hangs over these dreams in the mist.

Darkness on the edge, shadows where I stand
I search for the time on a watch with no hands,
I want to see you clearly, come closer to this
But all I remember are the dreams in the mist

CHORUS:
These dreams go on when I close my eyes.
Every second of the night, I live another life.
These dreams that sleep when it’s cold outside,
every moment I’m awake, the further I’m away.

Is it cloak and dagger, could it be Spring or Fall?
I Walk without a cut through a stained-glass wall.
Weaker in my eyesight, a candle in my grip,
and words that have no form are falling from my lips.

CHORUS:
These dreams go on when I close my eyes.
Every second of the night, I live another life.
These dreams that sleep when it’s cold outside,
every moment I’m awake, the further I’m away.

BRIDGE:
There’s something out there I can’t resist. I need to
Hide away from the pain.
There’s something out there I can’t resist.

The sweetest song is silence that I’ve ever heard.
Funny how your feet in dreams never touch the Earth.
In a wood full of princes, freedom is a kiss.
But the Prince hides his face from dreams in the mist.

Cherish

Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:47:13 +0000

So tired of broken hearts and losing at this game
Before I start this dance
I take a chance in telling you
I want more than just romance
You are my destiny, I can’t let
Go baby can’t you see
Cupid please take your aim at me

[ Chorus: ]

Cherish the thought
Of always having you here by my side (oh baby I)
Cherish the joy
You keep bringing it into my life
(I’m always singing it)
Cherish your strength
You got the power to make me feel good (and baby I)
Perish the thought
Of ever leaving, I never would

I was never satisfied with casual encounters
I can’t hide my need for two hearts
That bleed with burning love
That’s the way it’s got to be
Romeo and Juliet, they never felt this way I bet
So don’t underestimate my point of view

[repeat chorus ]

Make It Easy

Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:44:17 +0000

Don’t keep me dreaming
If all the hope is gone
If it’s all over
Don’t keep me hanging on

I can’t stay
And dream my life away
In some kind of wonderland
Better to hurt me honestly
Than make a fool of me
My heart will understand

Make it easy on me
Just walk away, set me free
Don’t try to do it gently
Just to please me
Make it easy, easy on me

If it’s the time to go
If it’s the last goodbye
Never turn around
Don’t want you to see me cry

Don’t make me stay
And wish my time away
In some fool’s paradise
Don’t give any hope to me
Spin any lines for me
Make the truth plain to see

Make it easy on me
Just walk away, set me free
Don’t try to do it gently
Just to please me
Make it easy, easy on me

Better to hurt me honestly
Than make a fool of me
My heart will understand

Make it easy on me
(Easy on me)
Just walk away
Don’t try to do it gently
Just to please me
Make it easy, easy on me
Easy on me Make it easy on me
Just walk away, set me free
Don’t try to do it gently
Just to please me
Make it easy, easy on me

Just walk away
Don’t try to do it gently
Just to please me
Make it easy, easy on me

Set You Free

Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:40:52 +0000

We often fool ourselves
And say that it’s love
Only cause when it’s gone We end up being lonely
So how are we to know That it just isn’t so
That we just have to let each other go
There were many times
When we shared precious moments
But later realized they were only stolen moments
So how are we to know That it just wasn’t so
That we just had to let each other go

If loving you is all that means to me
When being happy is all I hope you’d be
Then loving you must mean
I really have to set you free

Each day remains my love for you
Keeps growing stronger But everytime we meet
Makes leaving you so much harder
So how are we to know That this just wasn’t so
That we just have to let each other go

If loving you is all that means to me
When being happy is all I hope you’d be
Then loving you must mean
I really have to set you free
Letting go is not an easy task
When smiling feels like
I must wear this lonely mask
It hurts deep inside And I just cannot hide
That there’s anguish at the thought
That we should have to part

If loving you is all that means to me
When being happy is all I hope you’d be
Then loving you must mean
I really have to set you free

Baby Don’t You Break My Heart Slow

Jay — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:36:05 +0000

Baby Don’t You Break My Heart Slow by M.Y.M.P. (Make Your Momma Proud) Lyrics
Album: Now
Lyricsin.com

I like the way you wanted me
Every night for so long baby
I like the way you needed me
Every time things got rocky

I was believing in you
Am I mistaken do you say,
Do you say what you mean
I want our love to last forever

But I’d rather you be mean than love and lie
I’d rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I’d rather take a blow at least then I would know
But baby dont you break my heart slow

I like the way you’d hold me
Every night for so long baby
And I like the way you’d say my name
In the middle of the night
While you were sleeping

I was believing in you
Was I mistaken
Do you mean, mean what you say
When you say our love could last forever

Well I’d rather you be mean than love and lie
I’d rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I’d rather take a blow at least then I would know
But baby dont you break my heart slow

Bridge:
You would run around and lead me on forever
While I wait at home thinking that were together
I wanted our love to last forever

Well Id rather you be mean than love and lie
I’d rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I’d rather take a blow at least then I would know
But baby dont you break my heart slow