Hastang of Yesteryears

Last night, we had a great time in Galen’s studio (Phoenix Glide Recording Studio) — rehearsing and tweaking the last 3 songs for the album.
We opted to take our brainstorming there because Handuraw studio is always full on weekdays. We also wanted to get the “feel” of the instruments — setup and everything […]

Normally we don’t concoct unusual endings for our songs. But for “Mid-flight”, we did anyway. It’s funny because we never really made a conscious decision to do it. It just came to us when we did our final band rehearsal a day before PNB version 5. This only proves that there’s more to full band jamming than just perfecting a song’s rhythm, feel and over-all delivery. Doing time in the studio also breeds creative spontaneity, which in our case, worked really well in crafting a rather atypical finale for the song.

In two days time, Hastang will be playing live for the first time …
Yep, we’re booked for the Plugged-In Party on April 1 at Handuraw (that little shop beside Kahayag Café that vends yummy home-made pizza). Actually, we were originally slated to play on April 2nd (Plugged-In Party is a two-day event), but Zarah Smith […]

These days, Mark couldn’t be any happier. He finally has his “A Team” of musicians, all sharing the same hunger, the same drive, the same passion.
Hastang has increased their practice sessions to three nights a week, mostly Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. They’ve more than tripled their efforts to complete the album. Since the birth of […]