Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: TJ Monterde, may mga kanta at pangarap! (Episode 601)

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00:00.

00:05Let's take a look at the part of TJ's story

00:08in the future of the awit.

00:11Right? Let's take a look at what we cover.

00:13Let's start with You and I.

00:18You and I, it's my very very first single.

00:21First viral song.

00:22First single ko.

00:23That's my very first single.

00:242012.

00:252012.

00:26I wrote it around 2010, 2011.

00:282011.

00:30With just a notebook full of songs and my dreams.

00:33So pumunta po ako dito.

00:35Nag-audition ako sa mga record label.

00:37Lipat-lipat kung ano yung mga pwede kong mapuntahan

00:41na mag-sign sa'kin at magtiwala sa'kin.

00:44And there was this time pumunta ako sa Polly East Records

00:47dito sa QAV.

00:49Tapos nung kinanta ko yun, nag-audition ako.

00:51I sang the song.

00:52Tapos sabi nila,

00:53Uy sakto, ikaw pala kumantan yan.

00:54We've been looking for that song.

00:56Kasi narinig namin online.

00:57So, sobrang suma ako to.

00:59We, yun.

01:00Binigyan nila ako ng deal.

01:01And doon na nag-start yung career ko.

01:04Okay.

01:05Kumusta ang buhay?

01:06Saan ka nakatira?

01:07May auto ka na ba?

01:08Nag-gigip ka ba?

01:09Noong una po?

01:10Walang auto.

01:11So saan ka nakatira dyan in that time?

01:122012?

01:13Sa Mandaluyo.

01:14Nag-rent ako ng very small space.

01:15How much were you renting the place?

01:16I think I was renting it 5,000.

01:18But parang ito na.

01:19Ito na yun.

01:20Itong bilog na to.

01:21Okay.

01:22Yan yung bahay talaga.

01:23Mag-isa ka lang?

01:24Eventually, humabol yung gitarista ko si Makoy.

01:25Okay.

01:26So kaming dalawa doon.

01:27Pero may bed?

01:28May ref?

01:29May bed.

01:30Roll up bed.

01:31Roll up na bed.

01:32Okay.

01:33So yun na yung buhay ko.

01:34Pero ano yung mga gamit na meron ka nun?

01:36TV na pinahiram sa akin.

01:38Monoblock na nalagyan ng TV.

01:39Foldable na chair.

01:41Kettle.

01:42Yung initan ng tubig.

01:43Kasi doon ko niluluto yung noodles na kakainin ko.

01:46Rice cooker.

01:47Kasi doon namin niluto ang rice.

01:48Siyempre.

01:49At yung ulam na lulutuhin namin.

01:50Pina-fry namin.

01:51Pero may aircon.

01:52So gano'ng tipong buhay.

01:53Walang aircon.

01:54Hindi namin affording aircon talaga.

01:55Okay.

01:56Gano'ng buhay.

01:57That's 2012.

01:582012.

01:59So lumanabas ka.

02:00Umiikot ka sa mga recording studios.

02:03This is 2012.

02:04I'm trying to remember where it was.

02:06Oo.

02:07Pero wala kang auto, di ba?

02:09Wala ko.

02:10Jeep, tricycle, MRT, LRT.

02:12Kumusta yung ano?

02:14The rejections that you got?

02:17Marami.

02:18Pero masakit siya yung mga rejections.

02:21Siyempre.

02:22Paano sinasabi sa'yo?

02:23And one rejection that you can't do?

02:24Babalikan ka namin.

02:25The usual.

02:26The usual.

02:27I was just one time I remember meron akong isang gig na nakuha.

02:30Sobrang excited ako.

02:31July, the gig was September.

02:33Sobrang layo pa.

02:34Eh, wala akong i-look forward.

02:35Kasi wala naman akong trabaho nun.

02:36So, uy, may gig ako nakuha.

02:37Eto na.

02:38Prepare ako.

02:39Kanta ako everyday.

02:40Practice ako.

02:41Pagdating ng mga one week before,

02:42biglang hindi na tuloy.

02:44Kasi may kinuhang bigger artists kaysa sa'kin.

02:46So, those are one of the heartbreaks ng mga una na

02:48hindi pwede sa industry ito.

02:50Hindi ka pwedeng sobrang madaling ma-hurt.

02:52So, gano'n ito.

02:53When you look back, di ba?

02:54Pampatapang.

02:55Yes.

02:56Pampalakas ng loob.

02:57Di ba?

02:58Pampastrengthen.

02:59Oo.

03:00Kung nag-iipon ka ng lakas ng loob,

03:01ito yung mga karanasan na babalikan mo.

03:03Tama.

03:04One week before the gig.

03:05Wala.

03:06Eh, pinaghandaan ko yun ng tatlong buwan.

03:08Yung gig na yun.

03:09But one week before the event,

03:10ay sorry, kinuha namin si...

03:12Instead of you.

03:13Okay.

03:14Right.

03:15Essentially, TJ.

03:16Paano?

03:17Saan ka?

03:18Who was supporting you?

03:19As much as I can,

03:21nag-voiceovers ako sa commercials.

03:23Yun yung ginagawa ko.

03:24I do voiceovers for radio and TV commercials.

03:26Nag-host ako ng events kung kaya ko.

03:29But yung daddy ko,

03:30every now and then,

03:31pinaano niya kami.

03:32Tina-check niya sa amin kung okay ka lang ba dyan?

03:35Kumusta ka?

03:36And yun.

03:37Unti-unti,

03:38kinaya naman through God's grace.

03:40Yeah.

03:41Pero yun, mahirap talaga dito boy.

03:42Pero nasasabihin ka ba ng dad na,

03:43pag hindi mo na kaya,

03:44uwi ka lang?

03:45Yes.

03:46O, dito hindi ka magugutom?

03:47Oo.

03:48Parang ito yung common natin,

03:49lahat ang mga probinsyano.

03:50Kasi ang nanay,

03:51parating siya nasabi,

03:52pag medyo nawala ka,

03:53at wala ka na kumakain,

03:54umuwi ka lang dito,

03:55kakayanin natin.

03:56And you have that.

03:57Wala bang point in your journey

03:59dito sa Maynila?

04:00That?

04:01Ayun ko na.

04:02Meron.

04:03Meron dito boy.

04:04There's this very specific night

04:05na hindi ko makalimutan din talaga.

04:07Na lagi ko naman kinikwento.

04:08There was this time

04:09na wala na talaga kaming pera.

04:11As in, wala na.

04:12Sabi ko sa kaibigan ko si Makoy,

04:13sabi ko, bro,

04:14meron ka ba dyan pang dinner lang natin?

04:16Kasi yung papadarin daddy sa akin,

04:17bukas pa.

04:18500 pesos lang din naman.

04:20Kasi isang libo lang pera niya,

04:21hati kami.

04:22So, ganun lang din yung pera talaga namin.

04:23Oo.

04:24Bukas pa yun.

04:25Ngayon wala naman kakainin.

04:26Sabi niya, brad, meron pa ako dito.

04:28Just enough to buy us,

04:29buy one, take one burgers.

04:30Doon sa my Silo Circle in Mandaluyong

04:32because that's where I live.

04:33Oo.

04:34Habang naglalakad kami nung gabing usap,

04:35pahirap muna bro,

04:36ito lang muna,

04:37pati muna tayo,

04:38buy one, take one.

04:39Habang naglalakad kami,

04:40papunta doon sa circle,

04:41yung nakatingin ako sa daan.

04:43Hoping that I'd find like 10 pesos

04:46or 20 pesos,

04:47says, Lord,

04:48sana may 10 pesos dito makita ako

04:50para man lang may pang soft drinks kami.

04:53Pang dagdag.

04:54Yun yun yung point na sabi ko,

04:55tama pa ba itong ginagawa ko sa buhay ko?

04:56Uuwi na lang kaya ako sa amin talaga.

04:58Okay.

04:59Pero wala eh.

05:00There's just,

05:01every time,

05:02laging yung sinasabi sa akin na,

05:03tuloy mo lang may pupuntahan ka.

05:05There's always a still small voice.

05:06You hear that, di ba?

05:07I hear that.

05:08Sabi nga natin,

05:09you always have to be still

05:11so that you can listen,

05:12you can hear the wisdom.

05:29What you do?

05:31You know,

05:32what you do?

05:41There are so many things,

05:43you know.

05:44You know,

05:45they never hear.

05:46Yeah,

05:47you know.

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