Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Thoughts And Notions Lim Ket Kai Mall Tour

PRESS RELEASE

Cagayan de Oro’s Newest Pop-rock sensation comes home to CDO’s Premier malling destination, Lim Ket Kai mall this coming June 17, 2006 at the Mall’s Rotunda at 4 p.m.

Thoughts and Notions is the city’s newest pride as they were able to release an album nationally under Praise Music. Composed of Thrina Dimaano on vocals, John Fernandez on Guitars, Tim Marquez on Guitars, Alvin Carreon on bass, and Jun2x Dychauco on drums, the band has been making Kagayanons proud by releasing an album of all original songs that showcases Faith driven positive messages to their positive sounds.  The band, founded by Jasper Lloyd Tan and Wilbert Tan, had its humble beginnings as a fund raising project where they self produced, recorded, and marketed their indie released album and donated a part of their CD sales to their church. Inspired and emboldened by the reviews that they got from their peers and church mates, they decided to send a demo copy to Praise Music where it didn’t take that long for Praise Music to sign and offer them a distribution contract. The band officially released their album, Thoughts And Notions: In Awe of His Amazing Love, last March 1, 2006 nationwide. It is bannered by their carrier single entitled “My Love Song” (the song that got them noticed by Praise Music) and the newly released single “Earthbound Angel”. These songs are currently being played at 103.3 the New J, 94.3 Wild Z, 89.3 Killerbee, and 96.9 Love Radio. Or you could visit their Purevolume site to hear their songs at www.purevolume.com/thoughtsandnotions. They are set to electrify the country as they go on a series of mall tours which kicks off right here at our very own Lim Ket Kai Mall this coming June 17. A great CDO band plus one great CDO Mall. This is the perfect combination. Don’t dare miss it. ATO NI BAI!     

Thoughts And Notions: In Awe of his Amazing Love is now available nationwide at all House of Praise outlets and at Maan Video and Sounds and Musicvision here in CDO. 

Stage Set Up

Posted on top was the original PRESS RELEASE published in a local CDO newspaper way back in 2006. The Lim Ket Kai Mall Tour is another one of Praise Music's initiative to feature our band in a public space as we aimed to promote our album and share our songs to a live audience. One of the key memories I have about this event is that it felt surreal to perform in a Mall that as a kid was one of your favorite hang out place. Back then you can't really say you've gone malling to CDO if you haven't set foot to shop and dine at Cagayan de Oro's premier Mall destination. Being able to perform at this place was also a strategic location for us because not only does House of Praise have a store here, but local record bar favorites Maan Video and Sounds, and Musicvision also had stores here. Both of these stores were the go to source for music loving fans in the city, long before the arrival of Manila based record bars Odyssey Music Stores, and Astrovision. So imagine the feeling of finally seeing your CDs being made available in these stores. It was so surreal.  

It was just more than a month ago when the band launched our album at SM Cagayan de Oro. And the gap in between afforded the band to prepare for this show. I can't recall the songs that was played on this event, however I'm pretty sure it was probably the same as the one we played at the SM Mall album launch. Sixpence None the Richer and Jars of Clay songs were a regular staple to our set list. The originals that we played were mostly the songs released on radio stations. I think that's how artists/bands usually come up with their set lists. The limited time to perform in Mall Shows would make the band focus on the songs that are familiar to their audience. In our case, that was Savior, which was a Praise and Worship song played on Christian Radio Stations like 103.3 The New J. My Love Song and Earthbound Angel on the other hand were staples in mainstream radio stations like 94.3 Wild Z, 89.3 Killerbee, and 96.9 Love Radio. Then there's another song that's a favorite of mine. The song A Brand New Day. I think this Pop Rock sounding song was the first to breach the 89.3 Killer Bee Top 20 Local Vocal countdown. One thing I regret the most was not being able to get more videos of the band's live performances back then. iPhones weren't a thing yet. And you are stuck with grainy videos and limited storage space for Camera Phones like Nokia had back then. I did however managed to find a video clip of our performance of this event. Albeit a short clip of the song A Brand New Day. 




We still managed to pack a crowd. As seen in these photos. Also, this wasn't the last time that we played at Lim Ket Kai Mall. In fact, less than a month later, we had our return engagement. And we played an unusual set up. We decided to go live on an acoustic performance. But that will be for another post. Right after this mall show, the band was also invited as guest performers in a Music Video Launch event by one of CDO's most popular bands ever, Tabularaza. More of that story on my next entry as I attempt to retrace the early history of the band. I'm still trying to reach the farthest reaches of my memory to reassemble the events that the band had taken part of.  

But for the mean time, why don't you listen to our album for FREE! And all the links to where you can hear them are all right here by just clicking the link below.


Oh for other contents, we recently just had our YouTube page updated as an Official Artist Channel. So we are planning to put additional exclusive contents there in the days to come. You can check out our past live performances, photo collage music videos, exclusive interviews, cover songs, and other things that we were able to preserve in our 2006-2009 Musical Journey. Our digital journey has just began. We got more songs on the pipeline. 30 more songs we hope to release next year. We're hoping you'll stay and join us for the ride. Just like the years that went by when you were one of those who inspired us to soldier on and just sing our songs as we aim to share God's Amazing Love thru music. So click on the link below and subscribe to our Official Artist Channel. Thank You and more stories to come! Promise!

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