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#UnIdentified Podcast: Mikaela Bautista - An Unforgettable American Idol Journey · PHLV Radio

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of an identa by.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I want to sing that I know.
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  But anyways, my.
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  Speaker 3: Name is Charity and my name is Brent.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to another episode of Unidentified. We have so much
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  fun interviewing our episode one with our amazing and one
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  and only Sofronio Vasquez, the Voice season twenty six winner.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, the pilot episode was very successful, very grateful. It
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  was really fun. But this week we interviewed American Idol
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  contestant and Pinoy Pride Mickayla Bautisa.
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  Speaker 2: Well along with her father, the Prince of Ilocano Songs
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  then Bautista, also known as Chino Romero. And when I
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  saw well, when I saw her audition on American Idol
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  and I saw her singing and there was a familiar
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  face there and she didn't do it with her dad,
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  and I was like, I know this guy. I actually
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  sang with him in one of the shows that I've
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  done in Los Angeles way back years years ago, many
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  years ago. And so what I did was I reached
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  out to him and wanted to see if that's really him.
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  It kind of it really looked like him. Van Balutista
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  aka Gino Romero so that's when we were able to
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  do an interview with Mikaela and the dad himself.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we really wanted to spotlight Michaela and her talents
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  of course, as well as her dad. We wanted to
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  help introduce her to more people through this interview, and
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  I think we did that really well.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, and all right, I think it's about time to
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  watch our interview with her and her father. Are you
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  ready here? It is.
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  Speaker 1: Hi everyone, We are here with American Idol Season twenty
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  three contestant Mikayla Bautista.
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  Speaker 4: Hi, thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, this is a great opportunity. Actually, it's just we
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  drove from Las Vegas just to get an interview with Mikaela,
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  and also we did study about her. We went on
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  YouTube or and Instagram, Instagram, so we found out a
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  lot of things about her. But we want her to
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  tell you exactly about her childhood, her singing career and
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  all that good stuff. But first and foremost, I wanted
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  to ask you about you or how did you start singing?
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  How old you were when you started singing.
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  Speaker 5: I want to say that I started singing when I
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  was like two months old because it was my dad's birthday.
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  Speaker 4: So I was born September. My dad's birthdays November.
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  Speaker 5: And then when I was a baby, we had gone
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  to one of his shows and he had said that
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  he and my mom had said that when they were
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  saying happy birthday, I started kind of like murmuring, blabbering,
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  but they said it was singing, so that's what they said.
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  But like, I've been singing my entire life, So it's
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  just been something that's been a part of who I am.
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  Speaker 3: And yeah, and.
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  Speaker 2: What age did you kind of feel like, yeah, I
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  can sing?
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  Speaker 5: Probably five years old?
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  Speaker 2: Five?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, because I would like I would watch like high
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  school Musical and those things, and I would pretend that
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  like I'm the character, so I get like belt to
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  the top of my li Like so yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So you have pictures of that?
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  Speaker 5: I do.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I have a lot of pictures of that.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, And so when and how did you decide to
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  audition for American Idol?
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  Speaker 5: It was actually it wasn't really how do I explain this.
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  Speaker 4: It wasn't.
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  Speaker 5: Something that I had planned. It was just something that
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  came to me. So a casting producer had actually DMed
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  me on Instagram and they were like, hey, like you
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  know we're auditioning for American Idol. We would love for
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  you to try out. And so I didn't really think
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  anything of it, and then I was just like, you
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  know what, let's do it. So then I ended up
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  like I ended up meeting with the casting producers and
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  from there they were able to kind of do like
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  a little zoom audition for me and then proceeds as
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  it goes from there.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. But before that, have you been singing in front
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  of an audience? Or Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: So I sing, you know, I do shows with my dad,
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  and I also am involved ever since I was thirteen.
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  I'm involved with Filipino American Symphony Orchestra here in LA
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  and so I started off with them when I was thirteen,
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  and since then they always asked me back, you know,
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  ever so often.
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  Speaker 4: So they're a big part of why I.
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  Speaker 5: Was able to hone in my craft and and continue
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  my artistry with that. I also do a lot of
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  like local saying competitions here and there. But yeah, that's
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  I've been doing, you know, kind of like nothing as
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  big as American Idol, but I've been kind of getting
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  my feet wet with a lot of.
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  Speaker 2: Those very nice Wow. So it runs on your blood.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, yes, yeah, I like to think so.
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  Speaker 2: So we know that we have a Pinoy pride. So
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  Fronio Vasquez, what do you think of him and and
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  everything else about it?
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  Speaker 5: I admire him so much, and he's so talented and
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  he has.
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  Speaker 4: You know, paved the way to be able to.
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  Speaker 5: Pave the way to show the world that Filipinos can
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  do anything and can do it as good as any
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  other person.
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  Speaker 4: He's incredible. He's such an inspiration.
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  Speaker 5: And I actually watch a lot of his interviews performances
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  just because I know a little bit of his backstory
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  and what he's gone through, and I like to kind
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  of use that as a motivator and inspiration to keep
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  going when times get tough.
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  Speaker 2: So awesome, awesome, We are so proud of you, So
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  Branya and of course Mikhaela, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: And as far as inspiration goes, who are your inspirations
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  as a singer? And I guess how does that shape
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  your singing style and your musical style?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, so I think some of my biggest inspirations is
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  obviously Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Jasmine Sullivan her. I like
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  to kind of like make it very well rounded in
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  a way, so that I can pick and choose different
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  artists from different genres and be able to come up
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  with who I resonate with the most and also who
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  what kind of artists do I see myself being. But
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  also like the biggest inspiration is definitely my dad, because
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  I grew up watching him do his thing, watching him sing,
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  And to be able to have that person in your
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  life every day and kind of like see what they
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  go through and see how they kind of go about
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  things and who they how they become the artists that
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  they are, is kind of like very inspirational to me
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  as well.
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  Speaker 2: Nice. So what what instrumental you do you play? You
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  mentioned about the orchestra that you were. Are you still
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  a member of them? You know?
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  Speaker 5: They asked me back ever so often, and so I'm
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  very grateful to be able to still get opportunities to
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  sing with the orchestra.
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  Speaker 4: But I do, excuse.
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  Speaker 5: Me, sorry, but I play guitar, I play piano, ukulele,
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  and then I just started learning how to play bass
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  and drums.
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  Speaker 2: That's what they call multi instrumentalist. Yes, not only that,
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  she's so so vocalist, yes, yes, wow, Yeah, that's a
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  talent that's really gift. So what are your plans? Have
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  you done any recording or original song? Since you are
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  a multi instrumentalist, normally you you create music every day. Yeah,
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  most every day.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, So I do have plans of, you know, one day,
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  releasing original music.
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  Speaker 4: I write ever so often.
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  Speaker 5: But I do believe that the biggest critic there is
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  is myself.
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  Speaker 4: I always kind of second guests.
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  Speaker 5: Like the things that I put out, I always compare
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  and it's a really bad mindset to be in. But
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  it's something that I'm working on, you know, like confidence
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  wise and trusting myself.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 5: One day hopefully I'll get the courage and the confidence
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  to be able to really pick.
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  Speaker 4: Something and put it out.
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  Speaker 2: But I do.
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  Speaker 5: I am working on stuff. It's just a matter of
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  when it is the right time.
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  Speaker 2: For me to put it out and then what kind
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  of genre is that.
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  Speaker 5: Interestingly enough, I'm kind of bouncing around genre. So I
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  am trying a little bit of like your typical piano ballads, pop,
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  R and b H, you know.
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  Speaker 4: A little bit of like different things.
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  Speaker 5: I'm still trying to figure out who I am, and
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  the thing.
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  Speaker 4: Is, I do want to become a.
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  Speaker 5: Well rounded artist and us true kind of be able
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  to do any song, any genre.
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  Speaker 4: I think that's that adds value to a.
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  Speaker 5: Person's craft and artistry, and that's something that I strive
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  to be. But as of right now, there's not really
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  a set genre that I'm really working on. I'm kind
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  of dipping my feet into different genres and seeing kind
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  of what works and what doesn't.
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  Speaker 2: And of course you want to be original.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely, yes, yes, yes, that's what.
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  Speaker 2: I notice about our new generation. They're more aware now,
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  especially as Filipino Americans, They're more aware of the originality
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  of not of course, you know your inspiration is with
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  us that you don't want to be the next you
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  want to be the next Michael, right, So that's what
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  I What do you think about? What do you want
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  to say to all the Filipino Americans or Asian Americans
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  that wanted to uh like K pop themselves they are
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  into the original originality now, uh and then now we
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  have Beanie maybe Beanie from Yeah, So what can you, well,
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  maybe advice to all the young generation like yourself on
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  originality and not not always uh you know, going for
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  like cover songs, Yeah, yeah, because that's what we hear
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  probably in our generation, my generation, we always go for UH,
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  you know cover songs, but with me, I do have
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  you know some you know a lot of original songs
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  and including brand as well. So what what's what's your
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  advice to the upcoming or artists, especially Asian American.
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  Speaker 5: I think that it's so important to stick to.
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  Speaker 4: What you know how to do best.
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  Speaker 5: I think it's also so important to just be genuinely you.
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  I think that you you're like who you are as
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  a person kind of translates on what you put out
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  and what kind of artists you are. And I feel
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  like it's it's it's so incredible to see artists who
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  who are vulnerable and who are like stay true to themselves.
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  I feel like a lot of times that you don't
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  want to get caught into being an impostor being someone
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  that you're not, because you get burnt out easily.
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  Speaker 4: And so I feel like it's.
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  Speaker 5: So important to just stay true to yourself and stay
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  true to who you are as a person and also
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  as an artist.
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  Speaker 2: Also, would you be interested in if Philippines will UH
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  get you into contract with them in the Philippines, because
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  that's the thing about you know. For example, like So himself,
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  he didn't sign for UH, a B C. Ben, But
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  then I wanted to see an artist blossom here in
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  the United States or the mainstream. What's your thoughts about that?
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  Speaker 5: I think, honestly, I'm a very religious person, and so
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  I just believe that wherever God wants me, that's where
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  I'll be because it's so important to me. You could
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  want something, but if God doesn't want that for you,
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  then there's you know, nothing you can really do about it.
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  So I do believe that you have your own destiny,
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  you have your own path. If his path for me
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  is to you know, go to the Philippines and inspire
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  people over there, then I will gladly do so. If
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  his path is if his path for me is to
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  stay here in the US inspire people through there, I
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  would gladly do so. So honestly, wherever the thought hasn't
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  really come across, but wherever He wants me to go,
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  I just pray that it's it's you know what He
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  that's a great inbedience.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I love that you mentioned about God, because
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  I mean, us Filipino is a very God fearing and
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  it's definitely our culture that shapes us as people and
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  as musicians as well. So we also wanted to ask
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  you how does the Filipino culture shape you as a
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  singer and just as a person in general.
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  Speaker 5: I think that I was very fortunate enough to grow
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  up with my great grandparents and so I was very
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  very fortunate.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: So I was very fortunate.
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  Speaker 5: To be able to learn Ilocano and Tagala before I
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  could speak English. So I was born in the US,
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  but my first language is Ilocano Andalo after And so
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  I feel like my culture is such a big part
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  of who I am as a person. It makes me unique,
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  and it makes me really kind of be thankful and
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  grateful for what I have, because you know, my parents
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  were immigrants, and they sacrifice their life in the Philippines
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  to come here, and you know better their lives for
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  not only themselves, but for our family. And so I
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  think it's so important to be able to remember the
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  struggles and you know, everything that they sacrificed to be
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  able to get us here. And so that in itself
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  is kind of what I kind of keeps me grounded
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  and keeps me motivating, keeps me going. Everything that they've
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  sacrificed for me and everything that they've taught me is
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  kind of like what makes me me, and I believe
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  that it's very important for people to know that there
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  are you know, genuine people and artists that are able
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  to kind of.
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  Speaker 4: Are able to, you know, like stand up for themselves
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  and kind of.
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  Speaker 5: Like you know, show the world that that there is
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  more to the world than just kind of like meet
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  the eye and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 1: But yes, so we also heard that you are studying psychology.
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  How do you use that psychology to like study your
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  studies in your music, because of course psychology influences us
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  in a lot of ways, and like you said, we're
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  very critical of ourselves as musicians. So how do you
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  think you can use psychology in your music.
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  Speaker 5: I think that what I've learned, like from psychology really
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  helps with like trying to understand myself as a person,
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  why I think the way I do, why I act
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  the way I do, especially when it comes to like
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  those negative thoughts that kind of creep into your head.
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  So it's really helpful to be able to learn about
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  those things and kind of firsthand, Hey, you know what,
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  like I need to change my mindset. I need to
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  be able to implement this, this and that. So it's
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  been it's been really cool to be able to kind
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  of like use what I've learned in PSI collegy into
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  real life to be able to kind of propel myself
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  as an artist and to better my mindset, to be
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  able to become that like artist in a way.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and interacting with other artists, yes, yes, yeah, very important.
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  And also how you I mean, were you singing with
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  your dad? You mentioned that he's a singer, right, I
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  know him so well. We did some few concerts here
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  and there back in the day, but I haven't seen you.
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  Maybe you were still in your mom's womb, because you were.
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  It was around those years when I met your dad.
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  So did you perform with him, like growing up when
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  you already started singing, like at the age of Yeah,
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  I did.
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  Speaker 4: We did a lot of performance growing up.
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  Speaker 5: He so from our audition, we did the prayer and
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  so that's a song that we've.
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  Speaker 4: Been singing since I was like five years old.
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  Speaker 5: We were wise, yes, yeah, we were very four true
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  enough that our old neighbors were Italian, so they helped
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  us with the pronunciation. So there's like these videos of
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  us singing. And when I was still really short, my
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  dad would get on one knee when we would sing
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  the part that comes. Yeah, So through the years, like
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  he's gone off the knee. He has to look up
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  now because I'm taller than him. So it's like kind
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  of those are the things that I think about when
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  it comes to like how long I have been singing
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  with my dad, because truly, I've been singing and performing
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  with my dad for for so long, whether it be
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  like something as big as like you know, award shows
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  or events or concerts, or even as small as like
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  at church when we have church and we do stuff
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  like that, so I've really or even karaoke, like just
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  little things. We've been doing it for a long time.
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  Speaker 2: So is he your number one inspiration?
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  Speaker 1: Oh?
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely, yeah, I would.
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  Speaker 5: I would not be who I am as a person
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  and as a singer if it.
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  Speaker 4: Weren't for him.
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  Speaker 2: I am in your mom of course. Do you want
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  to call your dad? Yeah, and maybe we can ask
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  him a few questions here. Yeah, okay, La, let me
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  call on Gino Romero. He's also a recording artist in
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  the Philippines and that's big. Hell, Okay, let me pass
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  your the mics.
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  Speaker 6: How are you shollowing?
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  Speaker 3: Very good and very good?
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  Speaker 2: And this is the first time seeing you after maybe
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  two decades, two decades you were born.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, everyone, we're still young you too, but like.
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  Speaker 2: The new generation, we're like, you know, sisters and brothers.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: What's a moment that you always think of when you
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  think of Michaela and her singing.
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  Speaker 7: When we seen the prayer? That was she was uh
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  telling you guys that she was short and I was
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  now the other way around, so I said kneeling. Yeah,
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  and then so that makes me cry because I never
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  imagined that.
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  Speaker 6: She's gonna be a singer like me.
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  Speaker 2: Gino Romero as she's known as Gino Romero, not as
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  Boutista and other songs. But he did a lot of
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  hit songs in the Philippines for all the people that
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  didn't know. And that's the reason why I met Gino
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  because of all the concerts that we've done here in
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  California mostly, and also I wanted to ask you, Gino,
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  that's that's how I know you. I'm more comfortable in
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  in uh calling you that. So is there a time
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  that you, I know, you've been singing with her? Was
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  there like a thought of like one day she's going
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  to be an American idol or one day she's going
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  to be so successful. I know she's graduating. Congratulations. What
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  was your like vision of her? Like growing up as
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  as early as five, you know, as parents, we would
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  always like I can see that she's going to be
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  this way or you know, so what was your vision?
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  Speaker 7: I also dreamed that she would join the American Idol
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  like this time, because I know that you need to
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  practice more, you need to listen to every kind of
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  genre songs.
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  Speaker 6: So I think this is the right time.
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  Speaker 1: I was.
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  Speaker 6: I was thinking too for her to join the American Idol.
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  Speaker 2: Were you one of the people around her that encourage
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  her to join the American Idol?
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  Speaker 6: I was telling her, But it's up, it's up to her.
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  Speaker 8: Like.
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  Speaker 2: Are you that's a strict stricter that And when it
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  comes to singing or no are you? Or no you
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  are okay?
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  Speaker 4: Well my dad Yes, what my dad used to do
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  when I was younger.
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  Speaker 5: The reason why I sing the songs I do is
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  because he always challenges me.
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  Speaker 4: He's always like, you have to sing this song or
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  else you're not a real singer.
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  Speaker 5: And so it's songs like through the Fire all by myself.
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  You said, Yeah, So a lot of those songs like
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  he always challenged me in that sense, and so I'm
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  very competitive. I got that from doing taekwon No that
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  I'm very competitive. So whenever he says that, says that
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  to me, it kind of like irritates me. But also
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  I know I know that he's saying it because he
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  knows that I can do it.
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  Speaker 4: I just need a little bit of encouragement.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, yeah, as Filipinos, especially the you know, we
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  always want our kids or our you know, I'm a
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  vocal coach, so we always want them to like reach
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  the highest note. Yeah, if they can do it, if
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  we need some can do it, we can do it too,
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  you know. But then it's it's it's not really the
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  reality of it is not because as a vocal coach,
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  I think you have to use your own voice. So
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  the reason why we use in our Selenia was able
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  to reach those notes because they were using their own
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  voice and originality. So but then of course, growing up
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  you kind of wanted them, like like yourself to to
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  to have that. Oh yeah, you can reach that, so
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  you can join American Idol, you can be the champion
• 22:44
  of any competition. So what are your as a dad,
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  what are your plans for her. I know she's graduating
• 22:54
  and she's very successful, very good parents. That guy that
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  you molded you to who you are now, so what
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  are your plans for her? And now that she's I
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  can say she's successful in what she does.
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  Speaker 7: Now just support her, support her passion. And yeah, we'll
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  be here, my wife and I will be here to
• 23:24
  support you all the way.
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  Speaker 2: You're gonna make me cry too, So our last questions
• 23:36
  before we we move on.
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  Speaker 1: Or I just wanted to say that I love that
• 23:41
  you have a lot of interests diving, getting your feet
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  wet with psychology, taekwon do, with singing. I love that, yeah,
• 23:50
  monta instrumentalist. It's just very fun to see that you
• 23:55
  have those interests and because it kind of mimics like me, yes,
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  and it's like I love exploring different things.
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  Speaker 4: I love being adventurous.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: I love that you're like adventurous as well. And we
• 24:08
  just wanted to say thank you so much for just
• 24:11
  inviting us to your home allowing us to interview you.
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  Speaker 2: We invited ourselves, that's what happened. Yeah, thank you Gino
• 24:22
  for your time. And it was just a little conversation
• 24:26
  we haven't seen in like two decades. And all of
• 24:29
  a sudden, I was like, hey, g no, do you
• 24:31
  remember me? Of course we did. Means yeah, so we
• 24:38
  have to live to that and we have to. Anyways,
• 24:42
  I'm so happy you are truly an American idol you
• 24:45
  in that sense, and we're so proud of you. We
• 24:49
  will support you all the way. Like your dad, We're
• 24:52
  so proud that you are in one of our episodes,
• 24:55
  and of unidentified, she truly is identified, uh today in
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  this episode. So is there any more advice or words
• 25:06
  for words to y? Yeah, encouragement.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I've always you know, I've always had inspirations of
• 25:15
  my own, like Jessica Sanchez is also a big inspiration,
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  especially here in America. And I just think that it's
• 25:23
  an honor, it's a privilege, and I also believe that
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  it's a responsibility that I have to represent not only
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  you know, the Filipinos, the Filipino Americans, but also the
• 25:33
  young dreamers out there. My goal is to at the
• 25:37
  end of the day, is to inspire people through music.
• 25:40
  And so my advice was just to be keep dreaming.
• 25:44
  It's very very cliche, but keep dreaming, keep going because
• 25:49
  one day you'll look back at everything and you'll not
• 25:53
  you won't know how, but you made it.
• 25:55
  Speaker 4: You'll have just made it. And so that's something that
• 25:58
  I live by.
• 25:59
  Speaker 5: Another thing that I if that would just be rejection
• 26:02
  doesn't always mean that it's the end of the road.
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  Speaker 4: Rejection is always redirection for something that God has planned
• 26:08
  for you.
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  Speaker 5: And so just trust in it, trust in yourself and
• 26:13
  like my dad said, dream big because it's unlimited. So yeah,
• 26:18
  and it's free and it's free, it's free.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: I love that quote. Redirection is I know, rejection is redirection.
• 26:29
  You have to write that, kids or people, so anything
• 26:33
  that you want to say, Gino.
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  Speaker 7: I just want to say thank you so much to
• 26:38
  everyone for supporting my daughter's video her audition in Instagram, TikTok,
• 26:46
  Facebook and YouTube.
• 26:48
  Speaker 6: Thank you and Natius to MICHAELA, just.
• 26:54
  Speaker 7: Take care of your helps is basically your voice and.
• 26:59
  Speaker 6: Use your talent to serve the Lord.
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  Speaker 7: And thank you so much for making us proud and
• 27:08
  for giving us experience uh that we never imagine.
• 27:14
  Speaker 6: Thank you, Thank you so much.
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: Thank you. I will keep on supporting you and Instagram.
• 27:22
  Speaker 5: Yeah, my Instagram is Mikayla A Bautista, so it's my name.
• 27:28
  But next for Aboutista Facebook is also the same way.
• 27:31
  Speaker 4: TikTok is also the same.
• 27:35
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm still I'm still building a YouTube channel, but
• 27:38
  one day, once it's there, I'll announce it on my
• 27:40
  Instagram and also that yes channel.
• 27:44
  Speaker 7: I have my Facebook page Van baltistch Ormero and my
• 27:48
  YouTube channels are Musica and even carl and vocals of
• 27:54
  Van Boutista and the Prince of Bellocano.
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: So well, thank you so much.
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: That was a really fun interview with Mikayla and her dad.
• 28:13
  We had so much fun. We went to their house
• 28:18
  uh to interview them, a very lovely house by the way,
• 28:21
  uh In are.
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: Accommodating, yeah, and we were there were they invited us
• 28:27
  over late lunch and there were more great conversations over
• 28:32
  great food yep. And we found a lot, a lot,
• 28:36
  lot of great things about Mikaela and we were even
• 28:42
  we said that maybe we can do another interview with
• 28:44
  her because we've there was so much to say and
• 28:48
  share about her journey.
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was so fun to see her passion for music.
• 28:53
  It was also so fun to see her dad's passion
• 28:55
  for music. They're both very passionate people and you can tell,
• 29:00
  and it was so fun to be around.
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: Them really great. We were talking about maybe for maybe
• 29:09
  we look like scientists and people. Common people will be
• 29:13
  looking at us and listening to us like we're aliens,
• 29:17
  but we were communicating with our own language, so we
• 29:21
  wanted to It was a great interview, like you said,
• 29:25
  And we wanted to support Mikaela by showing all her
• 29:28
  social media.
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: And you can follow Mikaela's social media's over here on
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  the screen right here over there. Then also don't forget
• 29:37
  to follow us. Our social media is unidentified podcast social
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  medias on the screen as well, right here.
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. And I wanted to thank doctor
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  who's aid result Park and Bridge Foundation. It's a nonprofit
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  organization who thrives to preserve, restore and beautify the only
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  Park and Ridge name after our national hero outside the Philippines.
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  And we are actually getting an award from them. Thank you,
• 30:10
  James so Arenas hopefully I said, it's really clear. Sa
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  Arenas from Seattle, thank you so much for the award.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: We'd also like to thank Attorney Victor Cardoza for your
• 30:24
  never ending support.
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: Thank you so so much.
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 8: I'm Attorney Victor Cardoza. I've been a lawyer here in
• 30:31
  Las Vegas, helping our community for twenty five years. I
• 30:34
  understand people don't want to see a lawyer unless they
• 30:37
  need to, but it would be my honor to serve you,
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  to help you when you have a crisis with automobile collisions, injury,
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  trauma claims, property damage claims, DUIs or tickets, please.
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  Speaker 6: Think of me.
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  Speaker 8: It would be my pleasure to serve you. I enjoy
• 30:52
  and I live for helping our community. Seven zero two
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  seven on.
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  Speaker 3: My name is Sharon Ty and my name is Bren.
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  Rise up and shine to be seen, Ben Daddy the starn.
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  You may rise up and shine, to busy, to
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