Editorial board
Blue sound 2014
Editor's Note - Seeing the Music we Hear
As BlueSound 2014 aims to bring something new to the table, it aims to convey a message of perspective towards music. Music is everywhere and is available anytime. People can overlook music, take it for granted, and just let it drown in the routine of everyday. There must be some way for us to re-live and rediscover the beauty in music.
One secret is intent. One must want to seek music. Where do we look? What do we look for? Do I want to look at a piece of music and just really listen to it? Another secret is time. Do I really take some quality time for music? Do I savor every note, a piece's dynamics and tempo? Is music just an accompaniment to daily tasks? Have I ever even taken music as just music, stripped off its common functions?
We ask some of these questions and perhaps bring ourselves into wanting to take time for music first and nothing else. And from this very simple and delicate pursuit, music's inexplicable and abstract wonder unfold into its numerous works evident, yet already unique with a newfound meaning in our daily lives.
-Colene
Bluesound 2014 brings to the Ateneo community new and never-before-seen faces of this university celebrating music. Its entirely new look showcases fresh angles all the contributors tried to cover through this year's choice of focus in the published articles.
Started as an exclusive project for Music Literature minors, Bluesound has started to become a grander and more diverse source of information, of more student reviews regarding issues that revolve around the common denominator for most of us, that is music, and of more persevering passion for unveiling the magic in notes, rests, dynamics, and tempo. Bluesound has translated this passion into words and images of awe, wonder, joy, and a sense of even greater pursuit for music.
This semester's Bluesound, with no other than Sir Jonathan Coo as adviser, aims to zoom into the different, unusual, or even unknown organizations and people we actually could turn to when we talk about music, its uses, and its impact. It covers interviews on budding personalities such as BP Valenzuela, a freshman SA major who tells us about film scoring for the Loyola Film Circle, Nicki Judalena, a new singing sensation who just graduated from the Ateneo, and unveils answers to inquiries regarding organizations such as the Ateneo Musicians' Pool, Ateneo Entablado, or even Blue Babble Battalion when it comes to their roles in the Atenean's pursuit for music. We also bring into light young organizations like Musikero that sees music as a frontlines in its service to the youth, or even not-so-young organizations such as Ateneo Catechetical Instruction League (ACIL) or Ateneo College Ministry Group (ACMG) that further their journey in proclaiming and enriching the Catholic faith through music. Is music just about performance? Is it just something we plug into our ears or blast in a party? Bluesound places its hopes of bringing a new perspective towards music and in seeing it in very unlikely places. Music has been there all along and Bluesound challenges everyone to seek something more in music because there is always something more
Nicole Arcaina: Editor-in-Chief
4 BS Legal Management
My fingers are short alright, like those of a 12 year-old; but I think they've always been made for playing the guitar and writing love letters in love songs.
Ave-Adena Amor: Layout and Graphics Editor
4 AB Interdisciplinary Studies
No matter what life throws at me, music is the one thing I go back to. It keeps me grounded. My musical prowess is in singing and playing the violin
Angelica Dela Cruz: Layout Editor
4 BS Psychology
Music helps me cope with everything. I use it to enhance whatever emotions I feel. It inspires me, challenges me, and keeps me awake on those nights when I have tons of cramming to do.
John Paul Pareja: Contributor
5 BS Environmental Science
I don't know how to play any instrument and I don't sing well, but music keeps me going. Music makes me alive every game day, every single day.
Nicole Andrea Chiongban Alegrado: Contributor
3 AB Interdisciplinary Studies
For as long as I can remember, the wonder of music has always been a means to express myself. It allows people to communicate in ways, which words cannot.
Kayla Acosta: Associate Editor
4 AB Psychology
I believe music is part of mankind that heals wounded souls - this is why I became a music aficionado who loves singing and playing the violin, guitar, and piano.
Lorenzo Angelo H. Roco: Contributor
3 AB Social Science
As I got hooked to music early on, it has become something that is a part of me It is a way of communicating what couldn't be said but also enriches the soul.
Joao Celestino: Contributor
3 AB Interdisciplinary Studies
My parents taught me to appreciate music. I don't memorize pieces but I enjoy listening to classical pieces. I try playing instruments but my true instrument is my blade.
Jericho Yumul: Contributor
4 BS Management Information Systems
I explore people, things, and places and I enjoy them. Occasionally, I fix them when they're ruined or broken. I try to make the world a better place with myself and my little songs.
Clarion Patrick M. Macapagal: Contributor
3 AB Economics
My musical life contains an ABC, simply being: ATENEAN by blood, BOSCONIAN by heart, and CHORAL MUSICIAN by vocation
Nathania Chua: Managing Editor
3 BS Management
I play the viola. Just like most things, people don't usually appreciate as much, it's still pretty special.