Parokya ni Edgar, Rico Blanco, Karylle want to spread peace through music

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Parokya ni Edgar, Rico Blanco, Karylle want to spread peace through music. Filipino artists talks about promoting peace through music amid the SAF 44 tragedy. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Music can change moods and if you find someone, let's put it on a smaller scale, but if you

00:14find you have a quarrel with your neighbor and you find out that you enjoy the same music,

00:19it changes moods and you find a common ground and I think that's a very good avenue for

00:24peace.

00:25Even now, even to different Muslim countries and they are so peaceful and so I think it

00:33bridges gaps and it changes moods so that's a very powerful thing.

00:40I think musicians have always been able to actually somewhat pacify or at least we actually

00:46aid in helping people deal with their emotions.

00:51Aside from that, well of course there's also social media and as much as possible, I've

00:58tried not to make a lot of comments about it because I'm trying to not be negative at

01:04all in any way because you're going to hear a lot of criticism from both ends so I'm trying

01:11to actually just kind of be as neutral as I can about it.

01:15We don't know how actually, but maybe to ease the tension and the pain, we just sing

01:27for them because truthfully we don't know how to lend a hand to those who are affected.

01:35I've lent my music to countless causes.

01:42I think it's the least I could do to help.

01:47I'm just a musician, but if my music can help in any way, United Nations, Millennium Development

01:57Goals, Department of Tourism, Ondoy, Yolanda, if my music can help, I share it, I lend it.

02:07For me, when there are doubts about things that you don't understand, things that you

02:14can't fathom that really happen, I always say choose love, let love be your guide.

02:19I mean, when things start to not make sense, when things don't make sense, when they're

02:25just too complicated, just go back to the basics.

02:27Choose love.

02:28Things that are happening now in the country, people are getting even madder.

02:33What does that really contribute?

02:37You have to kind of take a step back and be proactive and find a solution, a peaceful

02:43solution so for me, if love is your guide, you can't go wrong.

02:47Hello, we're Barack and Edgar.

02:48Hi, we're MYMP.

02:49I am Rico Blanco.

02:50I'm Kirill Yuzon.

02:51Hi, we're Sponge Cola.

02:54And you're watching GNTV.

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