00:05We're back on the show.
00:06Kasama po natin, Jamie Rivera.
00:10I want to start here.
00:11There was, I think, an interview na
00:14Regine Velasquez granted.
00:16And she's talking about
00:17yung pagbabago ng kanyang boses.
00:20Sabi niya,
00:21this is, not the exact quote,
00:24this is a paraphrase.
00:25Sabi niya, dati,
00:26ito yung source of joy ko.
00:28Yung my voice, you know.
00:31But right now,
00:33it is also the source of my anxiety.
00:37As a performer, as a singer,
00:40what are your thoughts?
00:43I think this hoarseness of our voices,
00:47it all happens to all.
00:50It happens to everybody,
00:52to all the mostly singers.
00:54And as you age,
00:55syempre, as you age,
00:56parang ano, syempre,
00:58nagkakaroon kami ng ano,
00:59nagkakaroon kami ng,
01:01parang, kumbaga sa brake pads.
01:02Nagagasgas yan eh.
01:03Diba?
01:04Kumbaga sa gulong,
01:06nagagasgas din yan
01:06dahil kakagamit mo.
01:07So same thing with us,
01:08yung muscle namin,
01:10syempre,
01:10and vocal cord,
01:11syempre,
01:12pag masyado na syang gamit,
01:13you have to rest it.
01:15Ganun.
01:15And it really becomes
01:16a source of anxiety,
01:17kuya boy.
01:18Kasi it happened to me,
01:20just recently.
01:21Ito na yung concert ni Raymond?
01:23Yes.
01:24What happened?
01:26Well, of course,
01:28ang,
01:29ano nun,
01:30because maraming factors
01:31na pinagdaanan,
01:32like,
01:33I went on vacation
01:34in Vietnam,
01:36and then I went to
01:38Taiwan,
01:39and then after that,
01:40I went to America,
01:41and then after that,
01:42I went to Europe.
01:43So it's,
01:43it's a combination of
01:46climate change
01:47or yung mga weather,
01:48weather na,
01:49changes, yes.
01:49Paiba-iba yung mga,
01:51yung weather,
01:52and at the same time,
01:53pagod na rin.
01:54So,
01:55pag uwi ko dito,
01:56talagang umu-ubo na ako,
01:57ubo ko na ubo,
01:58and that's one factor
01:59kung bakit nag-horse,
02:01naging,
02:01namalat din ako.
02:02Kasi pag yung,
02:04yung too much coughing,
02:06nakakaano din pala
02:07na ubo yun.
02:08Okay.
02:08And then another one
02:09is because,
02:10um,
02:11dysphonia,
02:12ang tawag doon,
02:12pag meron kang
02:13muscle na namagado,
02:14because,
02:15I have rheumatoid arthritis.
02:17When you have,
02:17it's an autoimmune disease,
02:18then,
02:19pag if you have rheumatoid arthritis,
02:21there's a certain muscle here
02:23that really,
02:24um,
02:27parang ano siya,
02:28na,
02:28inflamed.
02:29They get inflamed.
02:30nangyayari itong lahat ng ito
02:31sa throat mo,
02:33ilang araw pa bago mag-concert?
02:34Two months.
02:35Okay.
02:36Yes,
02:36two months before the concert,
02:38I wasn't speaking anymore.
02:39So,
02:39nagmeron ako...
02:40That was required by your doctor
02:41na huwag ka muna magsasalita.
02:42Voice rest.
02:43Voice rest.
02:44Yes.
02:44And the title of the concert,
02:45naalala natin,
02:47Hey,
02:47it's me.
02:48So,
02:49it's you.
02:50Ang ganda,
02:51hindi ka pwede mawala sa concert.
02:52Hindi ako pwede mawala sa concert.
02:53Okay.
02:54So,
02:54two months,
02:54and then what happened?
02:55And then,
02:55two months ako nag-voice rest.
02:57Ganon.
02:57Then,
02:58February 3,
02:59meron na kaming rehearse.
03:00Kailangan ko na ng boses.
03:02So,
03:03sinaksakan ako
03:04ng steroids
03:06na sa muscular.
03:08So,
03:08dito lang sa muscle.
03:10Ganon.
03:10Nagkaroon ng konti boses,
03:12pero hindi ko talaga
03:12ma-reach yung mga notes ko.
03:14Mataas ang mga songs ko eh.
03:16And I couldn't memorize.
03:17I'm memorizing mentally lang.
03:19But for you to be able to memorize,
03:21you have to sing it vocally,
03:23di ba?
03:23Right.
03:24And then,
03:25February 10,
03:26yun yung final rehearsal namin.
03:28Wala pa rin lumalabas.
03:29The concert was scheduled?
03:3013.
03:31Okay.
03:32Yun.
03:32So,
03:3210,
03:33may lumabas ng konti,
03:34pero alam mo,
03:34may anxiety ka pa din.
03:36Anxiety mo,
03:37naglabag,
03:37pag kumakanta ka na,
03:39hindi mo pa rin ma-reach
03:40yung ano mo,
03:41yung,
03:42yung mga highest notes mo,
03:44yung mga ganon.
03:44Konti.
03:45Alam mo,
03:45today,
03:46excepto naiingit ako sa isang tao
03:47na kapagsalita ng normal.
03:49Ganon.
03:50And in the morning,
03:51I would say,
03:52sound check,
03:52sound check,
03:53tapos kakanta ko ng something,
03:56tapos hindi ko ma-reach.
03:57May hindi ko na,
03:58nakaka-feel ka na ng depression,
04:00nakaka-feel ka na ng anxiety.
04:02Masyempre,
04:03marami akong ginawa,
04:03but first,
04:04I have to do,
04:05first,
04:07parang due diligence,
04:08which is going to the doctor,
04:10obeying the doctor's prescription,
04:12ganoon.
04:12But I had to pray also.
04:14Of course.
04:14Di ba?
04:15And so,
04:16I do na to,
04:17if you've heard of St. Blaise.
04:18St. Blaise is the patron saint
04:20for,
04:22people with voice illnesses.
04:25St. Blaise.
04:26St. Blaise.
04:27And so,
04:28February 3 was the feast
04:30of St. Blaise.
04:32And so,
04:33I went to the church
04:34and have myself blessed
04:37by the priest,
04:39and there's a ceremony,
04:41so they will put a candle,
04:44they'll put candles
04:46in between your throat,
04:48and they would bless you,
04:50and they would bless you,
04:50and they would bless you,
04:51and in,
04:51parang,
04:54intercession,
04:55with the intercession
04:56of St. Blaise.
04:57Praying for the intercession
04:58of St. Blaise.
04:59But this is exactly
05:0010 days before the concert.
05:0210 days before the concert.
05:04February 3.
05:05So,
05:05of course,
05:07syempre,
05:07ang tidetest dyan sa'yo,
05:09hindi naman yung,
05:10hindi naman mangyari
05:11the moment that
05:11you've received the blessing,
05:13hindi ka naman magkakaroon ka agad eh.
05:15You need patience eh.
05:16You need the blessings.
05:17And faith.
05:18The faith.
05:19And true enough,
05:21they were asking,
05:22wala ka bang ginawa na,
05:23wala ba kayong option
05:24na i-cancel yung show?
05:26Or i-postpone?
05:27I-postpone?
05:28No.
05:29First of all,
05:30syempre,
05:30naihiya kayo Raymond.
05:31Diba?
05:32But secondly,
05:33because I knew
05:34that on the day itself,
05:36I would have my voice back.
05:38Why?
05:39Oh,
05:39because of my faith
05:40with the Lord.
05:41Okay.
05:41I know that
05:42He would be there
05:42with me on stage.
05:44And because it happened
05:45to me already before,
05:48in 2019,
05:49nag-show kami ng the company,
05:51nawala din ako ng boses.
05:53But I really prayed,
05:54really prayed hard.
05:55And of course,
05:56with due diligence,
05:57going to the doctor,
05:58gano'n.
05:59Nung nang-miss nung
06:01concert miswa,
06:02nauwubas din yung boses ko.
06:03So I knew
06:04that with this concert,
06:06with Raymond,
06:08I am confident,
06:09dalalabas yung boses ko.
06:10But I had to do my part.
06:46I had to do my part.
07:03I had to do my part.
07:04I had to do my part.
07:05I had to do my part.
07:05I had to do my part.
07:06I had to do my part.
07:06I had to do my part.
07:07I had to do my part.
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