BIG BANG! Press Release

The long awaited debut music album of renowned Boholano musician, Romeo Mascariñas, will officially hit the airwaves and select music stores on July 16th, 2010. Playing cover songs for the last 30 years, Romeo Mascariñas has finally decided to write and self-produced his own music by collaborating with another Boholano, New Orleans-based songwriter, Fr. J. Roel Lungay.

The collaborative journey for the Boholano tandem started at the beginning of 2009 when both came up with their first self-produced single, “Big Bang!” Followed by a series of uniquely-penned tracks such as “Unanswered Prayers,” “Love Somehow Will Find A Place In Our Hearts,” “Road To Nowhere,” “Indecision,” “I’m Totally Yours,” etc., this CD album promises an array of subject that would surely tickle the fancy of music lovers as well as rock music enthusiasts. “Big Bang!“ is undeniably a far-flung departure from the most common OPMs that hit the airwaves and music stores in recent years.

Roro Music-Bohol, the producers of “Big Bang,” has scheduled the launching of its first album with a dinner-gala at the Sandugo Ballroom, Bohol Tropics, Tagbilaran City on July 16, 2010. The event is “by invitation only.” Entertainment will be provided by Romeo Mascariñas, a No Name Band, and Boholana chanteuse, J. Ann Talisic. The evening event will be emceed by nationally-known program directress, Ardy Batoy-Araneta.

A PAT IN THE BACK Big Bang! Performers: Christopher Lugo (Bass), Dary Taladua (Acoustic), Mark Apat (Drums), J. Roel Lungay (Songwriter), Jun Kaamiño III (Lead) &
Romeo Mascariñas (Songwriter/Keyboard) are all smiles after a successful launching of the Romeo's debut album

To preview the “Big Bang” album, you may go to
http://http://bigbangcd.blogspot.com/

The album is also available as digital download at
http://www.digstation.com/romeomascarinas

To view Big Bang! CD Launching videos, click play below:

Father's Day Tribute

Father J. Roel Lungay singing a tribute to all fathers during Father's Day 2010 celebration at St. Genevieve Church in Slidell, Louisiana. It was only the first time (2nd time on Sunday) the song, "Unanswered Prayers," as well as the CD album "Big Bang!" by Romeo Mascariñas introduced and performed in public after its publication.




Father Roel singing "Unanswered Prayers"




Father Roel introducing Romeo and his new CD, "Big Bang!"

"A special "thank you" to all who purchased copies of the CD and for their continued support to Boholano Music!!!"

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Big Bang Pictorials

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BIG BANG! PICTORIALS - JUNE 16, 2010

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Roro Song Lyrics

ORIGINAL TITLES ON PINOYLYRICS.NET

AWAY FROM EVERYTHING

BIG BANG!

CAINGGET SUNSET

CALL TO ALL NATIONS

COLOURS

COLOURS

COLOURS

HERE I AM

INDECISION

INDECISION

I'M TOTALLY YOURS

LIVING A DREAM

LOVE SOMEHOW WILL FIND A PLACE IN OUR HEARTS

MISSING YOU

MISSING YOU

MY TAGBILARAN CITY

TIGUM BOL-ANON

UNANSWERED PRAYERS

VIENNA

WORKING MAN

YOU JUST BROKE MY HEART

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Here I Am

I have to give it to my songwriting buddy... whenever he sends me a new lyric my creative juices go into a natural high and some whirlwind-ish adventure beyond anything I normally tread on... mind over matter stuff... looking for something that soothes the musical psyche, harmonies and melodies waiting to be plucked somewhere right behind my imaginative ears (wink!). - Romeo C. Mascariñas




"I'd like to imagine doing a solo concert at Wimbley Stadium in U.K. in front of a million list'ners. Is that too much to dream of? Ahihihi..." (Meo)


HERE I AM

Words by J. Roel Lungay

Music by Romeo C. Mascariñas

Mastered by J. Roel Lungay
(with iZotope OzoneMP & New Blue Softwares)

1
I can hear the silence
When I walk into the room;
I can feel the cold air
When there's really no one there.
It's almost like a whisper
When I heard you call my name;
I see light from a distance
And rain does start to fall.

2
I can see some shadows
In a darkened room;
I can sense emotion,
I can smell your breath.
Suddenly there's movement,
Suddenly there's life,
Suddenly I see you;
I hear music in the air!

Chorus:
Here I am, here I am.
Here I am right before your eyes.
Here I am, here I am.
Yes, I am... I am, I am.
I am music, music is what I am!

(Ad Lib 1)

3
I long to write some music,
I long to reach your heart;
Pouring out some melodies,
Like an angel by your side.
Nothing more I love to hear
Just to see you there;
Nothing more I ever dream
Than kiss your hair.

Chorus:
Here I am, here I am.
Here I am right before your eyes;
Here I am, here I am.
Yes, I am... I am, I am
I am music, music is what I am.

Bridge:
I am here with you
(Here I am, here I am)
Love to be with you
(Here I am, here I am)
Anywhere with you
(I will go be with you)
Everything is new
(When I really am with you)

(Ad Lib 2)

(Repeat Chorus)

(Ad Lib 3)

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Call To All Nations

Note: This song is still in the studio...



Words by J. Roel Lungay

Music by Romeo C. Mascariñas

Performed by Romeo Mascariñas

1
Millions of people,
Counting our children,
Are dying everywhere.
Millions of others,
Brothers and sisters,
Their lives like living hell.
Life doesn’t have to be this way
We’ve come a long, long way, we say.
There are so many other ways
Why can’t we start the change today?

Refrain:
And so I make this call to all nations -
Children of the world, folks of all colours.
From east to west, to north and south,
From me to you and you to all.
Here’s my call to all humanity -
Let us rid of poverty,
Try to set all people free
And afford them dignity -
The life deserving you and me.

2
Where is our future
And where is the concord
Our hearts our longing for?
Where is the solace
And where is the peace
We all try to achieve?
Life doesn’t have to be this way
We’ve come a long, long way, we say
There are so many other ways
Why can't we start the change today?

Bridge:
Build a bridge of harmony
Friendship, peace and unity;
Make a room for one another
In your mind and heart and soul.

(Repeat Refrain except last line)

Coda:
The life deserving you and me.

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All Rights Reserved.

Fro
1/25/09

(Music added April 30, 2010)

Away From Everything

SOURCE: AWAY FROM EVERYTHING


Words by J. Roel Lungay

Music by Romeo C. Mascariñas

Performed by Romeo Mascariñas

1
Have this feeling things are simply not the same
Inside me it’s a whirl
At times I can’t explain.
Love to think that things are getting better.
I need to disappear
Away from everything.

2
The way I look at you like never been before
Won’t ever really change
Oh that I promise you
Somehow I need to know if I can grow
I need to be away
Away from everything.

Refrain:
Simple relocation -
I need to be away
Deep mind meditation -
I need to be away
Mental relaxation -
I need to be away
Away from everything.

(Interlude)

Bridge:
Have to find myself inside my head
I simply need to change the way I think
I try to close my eyes
Embrace the dark within
And just be far away from here.

(Repeat Refrain)

(Repeat 2)

(Repeat Refrain)

Coda:
Please take away, hmmm
Away from everything.

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International Copyright Secured
All Rights Reserved


Fro
1/19/09

Rehearsal Video
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She Just Broke My Heart

Words by J. Roel Lungay

Music by Romeo C. Mascariñas

Performed by Romeo Mascariñas

1
I can't spend my life just arguing
Please don't make me feel like I'm a fake
You never really cared
You hurt me without end.

2
I've been wond'ring why is life like this
I can’t even start to comprehend
Is life a mystery?
Is love a reverie?

Chorus:
She just broke my heart!
I'll tell you do they hurt?!!
She don't care much about it
Don't even know about it.

She just broke my heart!
She just broke my heart!
It's tearing me apart
Coz she just broke my heart.

3
There's no reason why we go on like this
Yes, somehow the heartaches, they have to cease
We may have to let go
The hardest thing to do.

(Repeat Chorus)

(Ad Lib)

(Repeat Chorus)

Coda:
She just broke my heart!
She just broke my heart!
She just broke my heart!

(Repeat Coda then fade)

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International Copyright Secured
All Rights Reserved

Fro 1/22/10 - Revised 9/22/10

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Vienna

VIENNA

Words by J. Roel Lungay

Music by Romeo C. Mascariñas

Performed by Romeo Mascariñas

1
Took an early train
From Salzburg to Vienna
Mood was very quiet
The sun a little bite
Looking out the window
‘Twas quite a lonely ride.

2
In a flash of light
An angel passes by
My heart is set ablaze
By that gorgeous face
Though I can hardly breathe
I wanna touch her face.

CHORUS:
So this is the tune
Of the grooving Vienna
I feel so in love
Oh, City of Vienna
Sing me your songs
At the winding Danube
Is this just a dream...
Don't wake me up Vienna.

3
This is quiet a dream
I really wanna scream
What is happening
The magic on this train
And everywhere I go
I sense a smell of you.

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:
The majestic Glorietta,
Schonbrunn's little moon,
The waltzing Danube
And the beer drinking nook...
All dancing with the beat
When Vienna and I meet.

(Repeat Chorus, fade)

Copyright © 2009 Roro Music. International Copyright Secured
All Rights Reserved

Fro 02/10/06 - 6/8/10

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Thought We Always Knew

THOUGHT WE ALWAYS KNEW

Words by J. Roel Lungay

Music by Romeo C. Mascariñas

Performed by Romeo Mascariñas

1
We had it made the longest time
The love we had was meant to shine
Farthest from my mind
One day we go blind
Coz I thought we knew
Really thought we knew what we were doing.

2
Know our love will be for always
It’ll never change, it’ll never fade
Farthest from my heart
We’d make a brand new start
Thought we always knew
Really thought we knew what we were doing.

Refrain:
Thought we always knew what we were doing
We’re were going all the way
Everybody says like every smiling face
We just couldn’t do no wrong
Like a perfect song
Really thought we knew what we were doing

3
Love is never meant to end
Doesn’t matter how it’s spent
Every night and day
We’ve talked things out you see
Where did we go wrong?
Really thought we knew what we were doing…

(Repeat Refrain)

Bridge:
Seems like only yesterday
We were really happy
It was all but you and me
We didn’t need anybody
We didn’t care to see
What’s in store for you and me.

(Repeat Refrain)

Coda: (Verse 1)

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International Copyright Secured. All rights reserved

Leaps Of Faith

LEAPS OF FAITH

Words by J. Roel Lungay

Music by Romeo Mascariñas

1
Talking with your shadows
Finding rooms to grow
Taking on your sorrows
I don’t know where to go
I’m making leaps of faith
Real leaps of faith

2
List’ning to those voices
They’re just lots of noises
Midst of this confusion
Don’t know where I‘d be
I’m making leaps of faith
Real leaps of faith

Refrain:
I’m a man of faith
Making leaps of faith
I can hear you clear
Calling out my name
Here’s the man of faith
Making leaps of faith
Here’s the man of faith
Making leaps of faith

3
Turning for the better
Never say never
No one’s really ever
Turned you down before
Your love is even better
Always and forever

(Repeat Refrain)

Bridge:
Please open up my heart
And help me make a start
Oh guide me what to do
My all I offer you
How much you love me to
I’m starting life anew

(Interlude)

Coda:
I’m making leaps of faith,
Yes all I have is faith.
I’m making leaps of faith,
Plenty leaps of faith.

(Repeat Coda then fade)


Copyright © 2009 RoRo Music
All rights reserved. International Copyright Secured


Fro 1/4/09

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Welcommen

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'm still really new at this but I hope you'll get to know me a little bit after you've browsed around my little home and get a feel for who I am and what I love to do. Please do visit my site from time to time to follow some updates as I continue my blogging journey. This is really cool and so far I'm really having the fun of my life. This is so much like writing a journal or journalism in its truest form - lady diary! Thanks again for this sweet opportunity to have met you here.

Who Dat

O si, mi nombre es Romeo Ceniza Mascariñas. My friends call me quite a number of nicks: Romy, Meo or Romimash. I'm a musician by trade and not so recently went into songwriter in addition to my many 'gigs' here and there. I've been a musician and bandplayer all my life but I also love to listen to quite a number of commercial music on the airwaves. My musical influences range from rock to jazz, to pop, classical (every once in a while) and lately, hip hop. But I do hold on to the Eagles as one of my most favorite groups and influences of all time and as the band who really got my attention as terms of sounds and performance. Call them my heroes if you may.

In the world outside of music, needless to say, it's all about family. Family is where I find life -solace and joy, comfort and thrill - especially when I'm with my beloved one and and the two apples of our eyes, the kids. What can I say... they are God's answer to my unanswered prayers. Apart from them life doesn't have much meaning, if there is any at all. Then, of course, my blood-family: my parents and siblings. To them I owe most of everything: birth, education, friendship, moral and all kinds of support imaginable, encouragement, love, life, etc. Again, apart from these significant people of my life, there's not much life support and I might as well stay in my own nothingness. What a blessing they are to me and I feel so good and lucky!

As far as music is concerned... oh, what a gift and added blessing it is to what I already have!

INDECISION

Words by J. Roel Lungay

Music by Romeo C. Mascariñas

Performed by J. Ann Talisic, Romeo Mascariñas &
J. Roel Lungay

1
Indecision
Reflects uncertainty
Prevents our moving on.
Vindication
Excuses that we make
To hide away the truth.

2
Irreligion
It's messing up the faith
It's really going deep.
Invocation -
A need to make a plea
It's a real deal.

Refrain:
There's no regret, no illusion
Not sign of regress or confusion
Violence feeds revolution.
Avoid bad emotion,
Embrace high ambition -
Life is too precious
We have to move on.

3
Domination -
Competition everywhere,
Can't see the finish line.
Hard condition -
Imprisonment for all;
We have to free ourselves.

Bridge:
Evolution
With all its growing pain
Creation at its best.
Animation -
It brings us life again
A glorious day begins.

(Repeat Refrain twice)

Coda:
Indecision
It's something we can't keep
We need to move along.
Indecision
No matter if it's deep
We have to move along.

(Repeat Coda while fading)

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All Rights Reserved.

Romeo! Romeo! Samplers

Now playing: drbrydz's station
- Romeo Romeo

Big Bang Preview

(The imagery of a Big Bang always suggests something big and gong-y. Maybe it is, may be it ain't. Actually, the title was based on a "day-before celebration" when the lyric was written, the New Year's Eve fireworks! The pressure of writing the "first song" for Roro's Music had been brewing since September of 2008 but for the lack of inspiration, it always fell on the side. Finally, at the beginning of 2009 things started to get rolling (thanks be to God!), and now we're on our way to you! Pretty soon!)

BIG BANG PROJECT 2009 - INTO THE FUTURE

Words by J. Roel Lungay

Music by Romeo Mascariñas

Performed by Romeo Mascariñas

1
Wait 'til you hear from me;
When I come to you
With a friend or two,
When I call your name
No, it’s not a game;
Take a real deep breath
Coz’ I’m aiming for you!

2
When you open that door
‘Til the sun's no more
When I count to four
Yes, you’ll think I’m a fool.
When the moon comes out
And you hear me shout,
Yes, you’ll open your mouth
You won't know what strike you out!

Chorus:
Big bang! Big bang!
Big bang! Big bang!
Let this night be the night!
Big bang! Big bang!
Big bang! Big bang!
What a sight for the eyes!

3
Like a kid at school
I’m all over you.
Everything’s a game
I don’t feel no pain.
When you see me frown
Take a hike, turn around.
Now if you see me smile
Everything is worth the while.

(Repeat Refrain)

(Interlude)

Bridge:
What a year it had been
Like a roller-coaster train.
Life will never be the same
But never, never say again!

(Repeat Chorus then fade)

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All rights reserved

The New Journey

Call this my take on Roro Music. Well, I'm no genius in terms of journalistic trickery but what I say I say from the heart. Period. And I mean it.

So what is Roro? It's a coinage my music partner came up with, almost as instantaneously as the first song we came up with. Roro represents both our names: the first RO for Romeo and the second RO for Roel. Hence, Roro... and, Roro Music, needlessss to say, for the new partnerhip we've just begun as we find ourselves continually benefitting from the 'creatives juices' we never knew we still have until not-so-recently when we decided to combine our energies, skills and musical experiences that allow us to re-create ourselves - and even refresh our dreams - as we embark on something new, beautiful and artistic... something that we always loved and wanted to do, writing music together.

Welcome to the new journey of Roro Music!

There's no telling where it'll end...

May God continue to bless us!

LOVE SOMEHOW WILL FIND A PLACE IN OUR HEARTS

Words by J. Roel Lungay

Music by Romeo Mascariñas

Performed by Romeo Mascariñas

1
There’s no telling where it’ll end
There’s no saying we’re just friends
All I can say right now is don’t say a word
Love somehow will find a place in our hearts.

2
I’m in no hurry I can wait
I’ll just tarry ’til it’s here
All I can do right now is not say a word
Love somehow will find a place in our hearts.

Chorus:
I know what love does for you
There’s not much explaining to do
Love somehow will tickle our hearts
And settle inside [that’s why/that‘s right].

The joy that you feel inside
Is much like taking you off for a ride
Love somehow will take its flight
In joining our hearts in love.

3
I can imagine what I feel
Yet I wonder, if it’s real
I’ll just close my eyes and not say a word
Love somehow will find a place in our hearts.

(Interlude)

(Chorus)

Coda:
I’ll just close my eyes and not say a word
Love somehow will find a place in our hearts.

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All Rights Reserved.

Stay

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STAY
Words and music by Romeo Mascariñas

1
Standing here
Moving everywhere
Facing on the walls
Waiting for your call
Staring at your pictures
That I treasure
Dreaming night and day
That you are here with me.

2
Sipping wine
Just to pass the time
But I couldn’t find
Any peace of mind
Thoughts of hope are hazy
I have to go away
Then one day you came back to me
And turn my dreams to reality.

Refrain:
Life’s never been the same
Since you are back with me, baby
Sleepless nights were gone
And empty feeling swept and thrown away
Promise you will stay.

(Interlude)

Thoughts of hope are hazy
I have to go away
The one day you came back to me
And turn my dreams to reality.

(Repeat Refrain except last line)

Bridge:
Promise me baby
That you will stay
Don't ever leave me anymore -
Always be a part of me

(Repeat Refrain)

(Instrumental)

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International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.