Sound Makes Me See

Madalas mas malinaw pa yung nakikita ko sa isip ko dahil sa naririnig ko.

Nangyayari rin sa'yo yan. Picture this:

6 a.m. kagigising mo lang. Usually, di mo naman ididnindilat mata mo, kasi nakikiramdam ka pa, o tinatamad, di ba?

Then your garage gate opens up. You suddenly remember you forgot to close it last mid-night. The "squeak" triggered a picture:

Some burglar has just slipped your house pedaling away with your mountain bike. Tumulpit ka sa kama mo at itse-tsek mo gate nyo kung bukas nga!

Si Inday lang pala - bumili ng pandesal nyo...

That's your imagination. Or intuition. Triggered clearly a possible "daymare". Which was triggered by what you heard. That's the underrated power of SOUND.

Tingnan natin yung mga bulag. Nakaka-uwi sila nang di gamit ang mata. Nabalitaan mo na ba kung paano gumagana ang mga paniki? (O, 'di ako si batman.)

Mahirap tumulay sa pader pag may tama ang tainga mo.

Pag walang tunog, ikaw ay hulog.



When i go to the movies, i would ask for a refund if there's a problem, major or minor, with their sound system. Or, at least kalahati, ibalik nila.

"Films are 50 percent visual and 50 percent sound. Sometimes sound even overplays the visual." - sabi ni David Lynch.

Madalas nga, di ko pa maintindihan kaagad ang plot. Kasi lumalangoy ang isip ko sa gara ng tunog. Nagkakaganoon ka rin ba? Ambagsik ng surround sound. Psycho-acoustics drive me psycho ::-)

That's why i prefer Radio over TV. AM Radio, that is. Nahasa ng nanay ko, nang di nya pansin, ang pandinig ko dahil mga drama nung totoy pa ako tuwing tanghali. No, baduy man o hindi, the point is i was trained to imagine big time ! [Zimataaar! May kabayong anggara tumakbo pero bao pala yun. Dyaske. Galeng!]

Today, as i walk as a music and sound artist, there are countless images that is see... and create... especially when it's dark. Sound is visible.