Out of 1,858 bands that uploaded their music entries on the MTV Emerge website, seven were chosen namely DRP, Faircatch, Mid Nasty, The Pin-Up Girls, Soul Brothers, The Band Glenn, and Urbanation.

The seven bands were the top-rated and most-voted by the people and at the same time, they received the highest scores from the three judges namely Karylle, Rico Blanco and Apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas. They were judged based on creativity, originality, and innovativeness of their lyrics and melody.

This endeavor is a joint project of MTV Philippines, The Department of Tourism and Apl.de.ap’s Jeepney Music.

“Jeepney Music serves as a vehicle for upcoming artists, Pinoy pride and Tourism, it’s my own little way of giving back to my kababayans who want to reach out to the world through their music and have a strong desire to represent the Filipinos around the world,” said Apl.de.ap, also known as Allan Pineda Lindo.

To see and hear more of the MTV Emerge winners and other homegrown talents, log on to www.mtvemerge.com which is also an online avenue for Filipino indie music talents.

7 Pinoy Bands Win on MTV Emerge originally appeared on Starmometer on January 28, 2010.

“Take U to the Philippines” is a project by Department of Tourism secretary Ace Durano and Apl.de.Ap that began in 2008. He said that in a world that’s predominantly driven by media, they are proud to produce a video that captures the essence of the country’s beauty and interprets it into a hip and dynamic campaign.

The music video shows Apl.de.Ap in an animated background highlighting such icons like jeepney and tricycle and promoting top tourist destinations like Tagaytay, Palawan, Subic, Boracay, Pampganga, Baguio, Cebu and Manila. There’s also a sexy Filipina in the video promoting the beautiful pinays perhaps? I mean showing the world that pinays are beautiful women.

VIDEO LINK: Apl.de.Ap – Take U to the Philippines Music Video

Apl.de.Ap – ‘Take You to the Philippines’ Music Video originally appeared on Starmometer on October 3, 2009.

Apl.de.Ap, a.k.a. Allan Pineda Lindo, collaborated with Billy Joe Crawford for the song “You Can Dream.” They performed a sample of the song on ASAP Sunday afternoon.

Video Link: Apl.de.Ap feat. Billy Crawford on ASAP

You Can Dream
(Apl.de.Ap feat. Billy Crawford)

I know a lot of things that you probably going through
And though nobody’s feeling like the way you do
And you won’t talk about it when I say wazzup
I guess that means that you’re down on your luck

No sunshine, just gray skies
And i know it’s so hard just to stay alive
When your whole life’s seems just one lie
But you could make it all, it takes just one try

It’s your life everything they know ain’t seem right
You don’t always have to be right
You don’t always have to be right
You gotta be strong sometimes in your life
If you fall down just know it’s alright
Alright…it’s alright
Alright…it’s alright

Chorus:

Just close your eyes
Remember those gray skies
Just dry your eyes
Coz you can make it baby
You can dream, you can dream, you can dream

Parang kailan lang ang mga pangarap ko ay nais abutin
Dahil sa inyo, napunta ako sa aking nais marating

Apl.de.Ap feat. Billy Crawford – ‘You Can Dream’ originally appeared on Starmometer on January 5, 2009.