Ebe Dancel And Toto Sorioso: 1st Runner-up At 1st Ever PhilPop

Ebe Dancel and Toto Sorioso

Ebe Dancel, former frontman of Sugarfree and now traversing the music world going solo under Warner Music Philippines, is a winner. We‟ve always known that fact with his hit-making days with Sugarfree with smash singles as “Hari ng Sablay”, “Telepono”, “Mariposa” and “Kwarto”.

His vocals and sensitive, relevant lyrics always resonated with the common Filipino. And it should come as no surprise that his interpretation of Filipino composer Toto Sorioso‟s Tayo-tayo Lang bagged 2nd place at the first ever Philippine Popular Music Festival, an event which is a project of Overall Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan and Organizing Committee Chairman Ricky Vargas, and their collective will to help the Philippine music industry. The top prize went to Karl Villuga‟s Bawat Hakbang which was interpreted by Mark Bautista and Akafellas.

This event aims to promote the talent of Filipino songwriting, and that is an arena which Ebe Dancel is no stranger to, with hits and compositions as a solo artist such as “Paalam Kahapon” and other hits “Hanggang sa Dulo” and “Muli”. “I‟m all for Philpop and finding the best songwriters out there. Toto is a great guy. We‟re thinking about working together on a song soon. The song „Tayo-tayo Lang’ speaks about struggling musician. I can relate because I‟ve been there.” shares Ebe.

Ebe Dancel, World-class Filipino talent.

Check out the complete list of winners of the 2012 Philpop here: http://noypistuff.blogspot.com/2012/07/karl-villuga-of-akafellas-wins-philpop.html