2021/2022 in a Nut Shell

The last post was a long one. So we decided to come up with a condensed entry for a quick rundown😅

This will include the year 2021 as our comeback basically started on the tail end of the year.

2021

October

Debut album "In Awe of His Amazing Love is" is released on various Digital Music Platforms

Link: https://bfan.link/in-awe-of-his-amazing-love

November 

We were featured on two Local Cagayan de Oro Newspapers (online and digital format):

Mindanao Gold Star Daily https://mindanaogoldstardaily.com/archives/126154December

Mindanao Daily News Network https://mindanaodailynews.com/the-re-emergence-of-thoughts-and-notions/

And on ChristianDance.eu, Europe based online Christian Music News Site:

https://blog.christiandance.eu/2021/11/thoughts-and-notions-savior-ccm.html

December

To further get educated in this new world of Digital Music Streaming, we completed a course on Believe 2021 Social Media Training Program.

2022

January

Released "Runaway Angel" on various Digital Music Platforms

https://bfan.link/runaway-angel

ChristianDance.eu Article Feature

https://blog.christiandance.eu/2022/01/thoughts-and-notions-runaway-angel-ccm.html

February

Released Safer in My Heart on various Digital Music Platforms

https://bfan.link/safer-in-my-heart

March

Released our sophomore album "Love, Faith, Hope, Redemption"

https://bfan.link/love-faith-hope-redemption

The carrier single "Beloved Savior" makes it to Spotify's New Music Friday Playlist!

"Beloved Savior" was featured on the ChristianDance.eu 

https://blog.christiandance.eu/2022/03/thoughts-and-notions-beloved-savior-ccm.html

April

"Runaway Angel" becomes our first song to hit the 50,000 Streams mark.

May 

We ranked in the top 100,000 Artists in the world as per Chartmetric for the month of May

"A Love So Real" trends on Finland at number 2 in the Apple Music Charts

June

By June, we hit the quarter million streams mark

We also helped produced Jessie Huyno's debut single "Forgive My Soul"

https://bfan.link/forgive-my-soul

July

We've reached our first 500 Followers on Spotify

August

"Brand New Reason" is released, our first song with a new featured vocalist, Ms. Kai Huyno

https://bfan.link/brand-new-reason

"Runaway Angel" hits the 100,000 Streams Mark

 http://thoughtsandnotions2013.blogspot.com/2022/08/its-been-so-long-but-heres-some-quick.html

The Sounds of Spotify Playlist starts playlisting our songs in the Sounds of CDO Indie Genre

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1A9QDP74Qx4LBAtrsgmIYk?si=9a108236677f49af

ChristianDance.eu features "Brand New Reason" on their website

https://blog.christiandance.eu/2022/08/thoughts-and-notions-brand-new-reason.html

September

Genre Detector places our song "Runaway Angel" as the top song for the same title.

"Brand New Reason" is featured on LA Music Review

https://lamusicreview.com/2022/09/19/thoughts-and-notions-fight-for-real-connection-with-brand-new-reason/

October

Iglap is released, our old song collaboration with "brother" band Novelista Pasta

https://bfan.link/iglap

Thoughts And Notions Official Blogsite: The inside story of Iglap and our collaboration with Novelista Pasta (thoughtsandnotions2013.blogspot.com)

We've also reached half a million streams in total for all of our songs.

Thoughts And Notions Official Blogsite: We've finally breached 500K Streams on Spotify! (thoughtsandnotions2013.blogspot.com)

"Iglap" is featured on LA Music Review' is featured on LA Music Review

Thoughts and Notions fights hopelessness with “Iglap” (lamusicreview.com)

November

The Sounds of Spotify places our song "Runaway Angel" at the fourth spot in their algorithmically curated Spotify Playlist.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1A9QDP74Qx4LBAtrsgmIYk?si=7611a3ad836c48c8

We were also featured on New Artists Spotlight with a Q&A Article

https://www.newartistspotlight.org/post/nas-10-questions-with-thoughts-and-notions

Thoughts And Notions officially contributes in the English translation of Melissa Corpus' Filipino song Kapit Lang lyric video for international audience.

Thoughts And Notions Official Blogsite: Kapit Lang by Melissa Corpus (and how I made my way in it) (thoughtsandnotions2013.blogspot.com)

"What Real Christmas Means to Me", our first ever Christmas song is officially released in collaboration with Tirada, Elvis Roca, AJ Alburo, and Wile Lile.

https://bfan.link/what-real-christmas-means-to-me

"What Real Christmas Means to Me" makes it to Spotify's New Music Friday Philippines playlist

Thoughts And Notions Official Blogsite: What Real Christmas Means to Me (thoughtsandnotions2013.blogspot.com)

And peaks at number 788 in the Global New Release Music Charts on Spotify as per Soundchart.

ChristianDance.eu also featured "What Real Christmas Means to Me" to on their website.

Thoughts And Notions/Tirada Featuring Elvis Rocha, Wile Lile, and AJ Alburo - What Real Christmas Means to Me (Christmas) (christiandance.eu)

December

Local Cagayan de Oro City newspaper Gold Star Daily features the release of "What Real Christmas Means to Me" on the front page news.

Local band releases Yuletide song (mindanaogoldstardaily.com)

"What Real Christmas means to Me" is featured on LA Music Review' is featured on LA Music Review

Thoughts and Notions brings the best Christmas gift. (lamusicreview.com)

Original Bisaya Music (OBM) honors Thoughts And Notions as among the 30 Bisaya songwriters/artists based on Spotify Monthly listeners.

Certificate of Appreciation is awarded by the Paranaque IEMELIF Central Church for Thoughts And Notions' valuable contributions to the online fund-raising concert for the Riseta Mission.

Awarded as "Best Inspirational Band of 2022" by Proud Pinoy Fan Live Sessions in their 2022 year-end Christmas Special program.

And finally, a peek of our annual Spotify Wrapped on our Facebook page!

2022 was pretty much a high and low for us with a lot of transitions happening in between months. But once we were able to put our recent comeback in the proper perspective, everything just flowed naturally. Of course, the journey has just began. And we are looking forward to 2023 with renewed inspirations to release new songs and to continue our journey in sharing positive music to help uplift wounded souls! We can't wait to share them with you. And we wouldn't have made it without your support. Thank You for continuing to inspire us in this journey!