00:00.
00:05Let's take a look at the part of TJ's story
00:08in the future of the awit.
00:11Right? Let's take a look at what we cover.
00:13Let's start with You and I.
00:18You and I, it's my very very first single.
00:21First viral song.
00:22First single ko.
00:23That's my very first single.
00:242012.
00:252012.
00:26I wrote it around 2010, 2011.
00:282011.
00:30With just a notebook full of songs and my dreams.
00:33So pumunta po ako dito.
00:35Nag-audition ako sa mga record label.
00:37Lipat-lipat kung ano yung mga pwede kong mapuntahan
00:41na mag-sign sa'kin at magtiwala sa'kin.
00:44And there was this time pumunta ako sa Polly East Records
00:47dito sa QAV.
00:49Tapos nung kinanta ko yun, nag-audition ako.
00:51I sang the song.
00:52Tapos sabi nila,
00:53Uy sakto, ikaw pala kumantan yan.
00:54We've been looking for that song.
00:56Kasi narinig namin online.
00:57So, sobrang suma ako to.
00:59We, yun.
01:00Binigyan nila ako ng deal.
01:01And doon na nag-start yung career ko.
01:04Okay.
01:05Kumusta ang buhay?
01:06Saan ka nakatira?
01:07May auto ka na ba?
01:08Nag-gigip ka ba?
01:09Noong una po?
01:10Walang auto.
01:11So saan ka nakatira dyan in that time?
01:122012?
01:13Sa Mandaluyo.
01:14Nag-rent ako ng very small space.
01:15How much were you renting the place?
01:16I think I was renting it 5,000.
01:18But parang ito na.
01:19Ito na yun.
01:20Itong bilog na to.
01:21Okay.
01:22Yan yung bahay talaga.
01:23Mag-isa ka lang?
01:24Eventually, humabol yung gitarista ko si Makoy.
01:25Okay.
01:26So kaming dalawa doon.
01:27Pero may bed?
01:28May ref?
01:29May bed.
01:30Roll up bed.
01:31Roll up na bed.
01:32Okay.
01:33So yun na yung buhay ko.
01:34Pero ano yung mga gamit na meron ka nun?
01:36TV na pinahiram sa akin.
01:38Monoblock na nalagyan ng TV.
01:39Foldable na chair.
01:41Kettle.
01:42Yung initan ng tubig.
01:43Kasi doon ko niluluto yung noodles na kakainin ko.
01:46Rice cooker.
01:47Kasi doon namin niluto ang rice.
01:48Siyempre.
01:49At yung ulam na lulutuhin namin.
01:50Pina-fry namin.
01:51Pero may aircon.
01:52So gano'ng tipong buhay.
01:53Walang aircon.
01:54Hindi namin affording aircon talaga.
01:55Okay.
01:56Gano'ng buhay.
01:57That's 2012.
01:582012.
01:59So lumanabas ka.
02:00Umiikot ka sa mga recording studios.
02:03This is 2012.
02:04I'm trying to remember where it was.
02:06Oo.
02:07Pero wala kang auto, di ba?
02:09Wala ko.
02:10Jeep, tricycle, MRT, LRT.
02:12Kumusta yung ano?
02:14The rejections that you got?
02:17Marami.
02:18Pero masakit siya yung mga rejections.
02:21Siyempre.
02:22Paano sinasabi sa'yo?
02:23And one rejection that you can't do?
02:24Babalikan ka namin.
02:25The usual.
02:26The usual.
02:27I was just one time I remember meron akong isang gig na nakuha.
02:30Sobrang excited ako.
02:31July, the gig was September.
02:33Sobrang layo pa.
02:34Eh, wala akong i-look forward.
02:35Kasi wala naman akong trabaho nun.
02:36So, uy, may gig ako nakuha.
02:37Eto na.
02:38Prepare ako.
02:39Kanta ako everyday.
02:40Practice ako.
02:41Pagdating ng mga one week before,
02:42biglang hindi na tuloy.
02:44Kasi may kinuhang bigger artists kaysa sa'kin.
02:46So, those are one of the heartbreaks ng mga una na
02:48hindi pwede sa industry ito.
02:50Hindi ka pwedeng sobrang madaling ma-hurt.
02:52So, gano'n ito.
02:53When you look back, di ba?
02:54Pampatapang.
02:55Yes.
02:56Pampalakas ng loob.
02:57Di ba?
02:58Pampastrengthen.
02:59Oo.
03:00Kung nag-iipon ka ng lakas ng loob,
03:01ito yung mga karanasan na babalikan mo.
03:03Tama.
03:04One week before the gig.
03:05Wala.
03:06Eh, pinaghandaan ko yun ng tatlong buwan.
03:08Yung gig na yun.
03:09But one week before the event,
03:10ay sorry, kinuha namin si...
03:12Instead of you.
03:13Okay.
03:14Right.
03:15Essentially, TJ.
03:16Paano?
03:17Saan ka?
03:18Who was supporting you?
03:19As much as I can,
03:21nag-voiceovers ako sa commercials.
03:23Yun yung ginagawa ko.
03:24I do voiceovers for radio and TV commercials.
03:26Nag-host ako ng events kung kaya ko.
03:29But yung daddy ko,
03:30every now and then,
03:31pinaano niya kami.
03:32Tina-check niya sa amin kung okay ka lang ba dyan?
03:35Kumusta ka?
03:36And yun.
03:37Unti-unti,
03:38kinaya naman through God's grace.
03:40Yeah.
03:41Pero yun, mahirap talaga dito boy.
03:42Pero nasasabihin ka ba ng dad na,
03:43pag hindi mo na kaya,
03:44uwi ka lang?
03:45Yes.
03:46O, dito hindi ka magugutom?
03:47Oo.
03:48Parang ito yung common natin,
03:49lahat ang mga probinsyano.
03:50Kasi ang nanay,
03:51parating siya nasabi,
03:52pag medyo nawala ka,
03:53at wala ka na kumakain,
03:54umuwi ka lang dito,
03:55kakayanin natin.
03:56And you have that.
03:57Wala bang point in your journey
03:59dito sa Maynila?
04:00That?
04:01Ayun ko na.
04:02Meron.
04:03Meron dito boy.
04:04There's this very specific night
04:05na hindi ko makalimutan din talaga.
04:07Na lagi ko naman kinikwento.
04:08There was this time
04:09na wala na talaga kaming pera.
04:11As in, wala na.
04:12Sabi ko sa kaibigan ko si Makoy,
04:13sabi ko, bro,
04:14meron ka ba dyan pang dinner lang natin?
04:16Kasi yung papadarin daddy sa akin,
04:17bukas pa.
04:18500 pesos lang din naman.
04:20Kasi isang libo lang pera niya,
04:21hati kami.
04:22So, ganun lang din yung pera talaga namin.
04:23Oo.
04:24Bukas pa yun.
04:25Ngayon wala naman kakainin.
04:26Sabi niya, brad, meron pa ako dito.
04:28Just enough to buy us,
04:29buy one, take one burgers.
04:30Doon sa my Silo Circle in Mandaluyong
04:32because that's where I live.
04:33Oo.
04:34Habang naglalakad kami nung gabing usap,
04:35pahirap muna bro,
04:36ito lang muna,
04:37pati muna tayo,
04:38buy one, take one.
04:39Habang naglalakad kami,
04:40papunta doon sa circle,
04:41yung nakatingin ako sa daan.
04:43Hoping that I'd find like 10 pesos
04:46or 20 pesos,
04:47says, Lord,
04:48sana may 10 pesos dito makita ako
04:50para man lang may pang soft drinks kami.
04:53Pang dagdag.
04:54Yun yun yung point na sabi ko,
04:55tama pa ba itong ginagawa ko sa buhay ko?
04:56Uuwi na lang kaya ako sa amin talaga.
04:58Okay.
04:59Pero wala eh.
05:00There's just,
05:01every time,
05:02laging yung sinasabi sa akin na,
05:03tuloy mo lang may pupuntahan ka.
05:05There's always a still small voice.
05:06You hear that, di ba?
05:07I hear that.
05:08Sabi nga natin,
05:09you always have to be still
05:11so that you can listen,
05:12you can hear the wisdom.
05:29What you do?
05:31You know,
05:32what you do?
05:41There are so many things,
05:43you know.
05:44You know,
05:45they never hear.
05:46Yeah,
05:47you know.
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