music is my life. without music, i won‘t exist.

JUDE GITAMONDOC is a multi-awarded songwriter. He has bagged the top prizes in many songwriting contests, among which are the 1st, 3rd and 5th Venerable Master Hsin Yun Songwriting Contest held in Taiwan, the Dream Songwriting Competition conducted by ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation and the highly prestigious Cebu Popular Music Festival, wherein he garnered both the Grand and Second Prizes for his songs "Pasaylo-a Ako" and "Bisan Pa" all in the same year.

His professional songwriting career made a remarkable debut in 2006 when five of his songs were recorded by Mr. "Pure Energy" Gary Valenciano, and released in his album "Relevance" under Universal Records, his song "Wait Forever" being the carrier single of the album. The second single of the album, "In Another Lifetime," likewise became the theme song of the movie "Eternity," produced and released under GMA Films. Last 2007, the same track bagged for him his first Awit Award, winning in the Best Ballad category. Since then, many his songs have been recorded by some of the country's top entertainers, among whom are Erik Santos, Juris, Ariel Rivera, Rachel Alejandro, KC Concepcion, Piolo Pascual, Toni Gonzaga, Gretchen Espina, Aljur Abrenica, Chad Peralta and Raki Vega.

His body of work likewise includes musicals (Siddhartha, Zephyrin, Song Of Bernadette, etc.), product/event jingles (Casino Rubbing Alcohol, Happy Booster Hotdog, the Mantawi Festival Theme Song, etc.), and even wedding songs.

Currently, he continues to write and produce songs for a number of OPM artists while giving songwriting and creative thinking workshops on the side.

Just a guy who has a love for music and singing. :p 
For Any Questions or concerns please email : musiceverandever4@gmail.com 
Any song Ive covered Ive gone out the way to receive rights for and payed my way.

Haven, as the band calls itself, is a group of engineering students hailing from the University of the Philippines Diliman. Pretty much like any other band, they were brought together by their interests and largely by idle times in school, the latter being spent on jamming sessions with their barkada. Ceidge Razon who also happens to be a brilliant songwriter / vocalist / musician, came up with the idea of putting up a band with the rest of the guys. During the usual sessions Nathaniel Casillan proved to be one hell of a singer and eventually became the band's vocalist. Completing the line up is Rachelle Bulatao on percussion.

Haven started out with renditions of songs making big waves in the mainstream and eventually their arsenal included originals written by the in-house composer, Ceidge Razon, and one of the group's closest friends, Angela Herrera. The band remains clueless as to what genre their repertoire leans on. Perhaps the best way to gauge the kind of music they play is to listen to them.

Despite the band's busy schedule, they remain earnest in their intent to pursue music as one of their careers and are looking forward to the opportunities that may be opened up to them.


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