The Journey of Arnel Pineda

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Arnel Pineda Concert Performance

Most of the album’s ten original songs were slow ballads, with only two upbeat numbers, one of which carries a Latin style. In 1991, during one of those performances, a talent agent spotted Pineda and New Age and asked them to move to Hong Kong to perform at a very popular entertainment restaurant called Grammy's. Pineda continued to perform with New Age while making his album and for several years thereafter. Arnel Pineda (born September 5, 1967) is a Filipino singer-songwriter. Her illness had left their family deep in debt. The stuff sounds tremendous. Journey's first album with Pineda, Revelation, debuted at No. We feel very fortunate to have found Arnel.". Dressed in skeleton outfits, they called themselves The Rolling Bones. He returned to Hong Kong and resumed singing with his band. All of the music on Revelation was produced by Kevin Shirley (who previously worked with Journey on their Platinum-certified Trial by Fire album). Growing up, his parents entered him in many singing contests. Augeri is credited as song writer in the liner notes of this album) and 12 re-recorded classics, plus a live in-concert DVD filmed during the March 8, 2008 concert in Las Vegas. He would also go to the pier with his friends and take on odd jobs like cleaning scrap metal and docked ships. 

The rules stated the winning song had to be an original composition. They went on to the

Arnel Pineda with the Band

finals in Hong Kong, but were not qualified to win due to a technicality. One of the songs, Iiyak Ka Rin (You Will Cry Too) became a karaoke favorite in Asia, while another song Sayang (Too Bad) became a radio favorite. In 1988, Amo entered and won the Philippines leg of the Yamaha World Band Explosion. However, they also stated that the song entry in the finals had to be the same song with which the band won their country's leg of the competition. In 1998, the owner of Igor's, a horror-themed restaurant/nightclub in Hong Kong, asked New Age to perform there. At first we were going to go into the studio and just write 4 songs, but now it’s escalated to a lot of great new and diverse material. In an interview soon after Pineda joined the band, Neal Schon said, "We feel reborn. Amo's winning song in the Philippines was Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. He returned to the Philippines. After the contest, the band continued as Amo, performing live. Everyone’s so stoked about it. To ease his father's burden, Pineda quit school and volunteered to strike out on his own. He earned meager money by collecting glass bottles, newspapers, and scrap metal and selling them to recyclers. record label and flew back to the Philippines on his days off to record a solo album, the self-titled Arnel Pineda. His mother, who had been suffering from heart disease, died when he was thirteen. 

Arnel with the South Border Band

In 2001, Pineda sang one song, Looking Glass, with Filipino band, South Border’s album The Way We Do. He came to prominence in the Philippines during the 1980s, and vaulted to international fame in 2007 as the lead singer of the American rock band Journey. He didn't have much to eat, sometimes rationing a small package of Marie biscuit as his meal for two days. 5 in the Billboard Top 200 album charts in the week following its release (released June 3, 2008), and remained in the Top 20 for six weeks. They opened for Robert Palmer in Manila in 1989. After a long-term serious relationship failed in 1994, Pineda suffered health problems, which almost destroyed his voice. Arnel Pineda was born in the Philippines, in the Sampaloc area of Manila. 

With Former Band Mate AMO

It was certified gold by the RIAA with more than 336,000 units sold within the first few days. After six months of recuperation, he was able to sing again. Amo was very popular in the Chinese-owned California Jam club in Olongapo City, which was frequented by United States military personnel. I think there’s a lot of chemistry among the five of us. In 1999, Pineda caught the attention of Warner Bros. Amo played in clubs in Quezon City, Olongapo City and Makati City, which are located in Luzon, the biggest island in the Philippines. It achieved platinum status by October 1, 2008. 

Live Performance

The US version of the album (distributed exclusively through Wal-Mart) consists of 10 new songs ("Faith in the Heartland" was co-written and originally recorded by vocalist Steve Augeri and S. His mother instilled his love for singing at an early age, encouraging him to sing along to songs from his favorite singers like Karen Carpenter and Barbra Streisand. With New Age, Pineda performed six nights a week, Tuesday through Sunday, for several years thereafter. The European version distributed through Frontiers Records contains 11 new songs, 11 re-recorded classics, plus one new bonus track, but does not include the DVD. Being 6 months to one year behind on their rented apartment and unable to sufficiently provide for the family, his father decided to move out and ask relatives to take in Pineda's siblings. 

Reference

• Arnel Pineda Foundation, Inc. | Non. Retrieved on July 28, 2013, from http://arnelpineda.org/.
• Arnel Pineda. (2013). Retrieved on July 28, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnel_Pineda.
• Plokkers Global Forum. (2013). Retrieved on July 28, 2013, from http://arnelpineda.ning.com/.