00:00 Why is it the vocalist of South Border keeps on changing?
00:03 You know, that's a good question.
00:04 You know, one thing about me, when I create music, I really shut myself out from the world.
00:11 Being a composer/producer, arranger,
00:24 you're like a supervisor, floor manager, board member. You do all those stuff, you know.
00:32 It's different if you compare it to other countries.
00:36 But we're already syncing with what we're doing right now.
00:40 Before, it used to be, the work of the arranger is separate from the producer.
00:49 Now, producing and arranging is one thing, and songwriting can be a whole package.
00:55 Unlike before, you have a lot of work.
01:01 The producer is different, the arranger and the composer are different.
01:04 With South Border, with the albums that we released,
01:18 I've been closely working with the singers.
01:21 For the first album, it was with Bricks, but mostly I wrote the lyrics.
01:27 For the second album, it was almost always me.
01:32 Because Bricks left, and Luke replaced him.
01:36 But the third album, no, I think the fourth album, it's a different story.
01:42 It's with Vince and Duncan, so these guys are songwriters too.
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01:52 This is my passion, and I get paid doing this.
01:56 I get to meet a lot of new people, new artists.
01:59 And it's just a very, very good feeling when you're sharing music with anybody.
02:05 The downside with that is the time that it consumes.
02:10 You know, when you're in the studio, you wouldn't notice that
02:15 you're there for three days already.
02:16 Something like that.
02:18 But you know, it's all worth it.
02:21 In the local industry, I find it much easier to produce my own songs.
02:28 It's so much fun, but it's also different when you're composing or arranging,
02:33 producing for other artists.
02:35 You get to learn a lot, you get to experience the evolution of these newcomers,
02:44 their skills, their talents, their creativity.
02:47 It's up to you, the producer, to make it happen.
02:50 So it's a different world, but I really had fun.
02:54 I guess it's the generation that I've experienced, I've seen.
03:00 So I just adapt.
03:01 And lately, I've been producing this new boy group called SB19.
03:08 I did their "What?" and "Mapa".
03:12 Co-produced that and arranged.
03:14 I'm just so glad that I'm still in the game.
03:17 I'm a co-producer, so the song is already...
03:25 It has begun now, and it came to me.
03:29 Siguro is possible with the finishing touches of the song,
03:32 like adding guitars, whatever rhythm or what's needed, piano.
03:37 Very short relationship lang, pero it was good.
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03:48 Sometimes, because when you're in this age,
03:50 I've seen a lot of generations then.
03:54 With South Border, I was just 15.
03:57 It's a good feeling, it's a familiar feeling when I was with them,
04:01 because I can see the drive.
04:03 The hunger, the drive itself, the passion that's burning inside these kids.
04:11 I can relate to that because we've experienced that as well.
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04:36 Why is it that the vocalists of South Border keeps on changing?
04:40 Siguro, I would say that I'm not really holding them on the neck.
04:48 They can leave anytime, they can come back anytime.
04:50 Kasi there are moments that we get reunited with the past vocalists.
04:58 We are purely music, you know.
05:00 We didn't come here to make forma.
05:03 One good example is Earth, Wind & Fire.
05:06 Toto, they had numerous singers, but none of that matters.
05:15 It's the music naman eh.
05:17 We are here for the music, and as long as people are here to listen to us, we'll keep going.
05:24 Did you ever thought of leaving South Border and pursue a solo career?
05:28 I tried that, but they always call me "South Border".
05:31 So, no use.
05:34 That's why I retained the name South Border.
05:38 I came up with a solo project, but that was just like a project, side project.
05:46 Within the existence of South Border, the original members,
05:52 may ginawa akong songs I grew up with, the title of the album.
05:56 When I came back from the States, I still pursued my music here,
06:01 and tried to establish J Duryas.
06:05 Pero whenever people say "Si South Border", wala na.
06:08 Wala na talaga.
06:09 South Border na lang.
06:16 When I create music, I really shut myself out from the world.
06:22 I shut down from listening to the radio.
06:27 They're there na eh.
06:30 Wala na mga meron dyan.
06:31 Once I get down to writing, I try to listen to myself.
06:36 I wanted to be isolated and talaga give me a room.
06:41 One week, walang labasan, kaya ko yun.
06:43 For me, it works.
06:45 Hi, this is J Duryas.
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