Juan Karlos: Beginnings in The Voice Kids | Esquire Philippines - video Dailymotion

Now on the 10th year of his career, Juan Karlos recalls the beginning of his journey after finishing as a grand finalist in The Voice Kids.

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00:00I had to sign a contract with ABS, Sinister Magic, and UMG Philippines.

00:05After The Voice Kids, I tried out different things.

00:10You know, got into acting for TV.

00:13From there, I just found myself being on television.

00:16Up until the point where I was 15 that I started writing songs

00:21because Coach Bamboo gave me a Baby Taylor.

00:24It's a mini acoustic guitar.

00:26Two years, I didn't touch that thing.

00:28I learned the basic chords and that's when I started writing songs when I was 15.

00:32So my debut album, they titled it JK.

00:35The second album, they titled it JKL.

00:37So creative.

00:38Those albums were kind of like a traditional album.

00:42You know, the artist is a vessel for these songs that are created by other people.

00:49So the artist is the one to perform these songs and then put in an album.

00:52I did that for one album, but I realized I didn't really like it

00:56because I didn't really have any direct connection to the song.

01:01So that's why on my second album, I started putting my own songs.

01:05And then after that, I just went full on musician mode.