Filipino American Authors

--panel today?Oh.Well, I got asked to be on this BMI panel.It's music writers, musicians, producers,just we're here to discuss some about songs that we've written,and I guess kind of give an insight and enlightenpeople with our knowledge and experience so that maybe upand coming producers and writers will

have a little bit more knowledge to getwhere they need to be and perfect their craft.What would be your advice to up and coming songwritersnowadays?Take music classes.You know, maybe listen to some music.Really?Yeah.Play with groups.Does that really happen?No, it's just good to know the relationship between notes

and scales and fundamentals.How did you learn that?I was fortunate to go to elementary schooland sing songs like, "Mary Had a Little Lamb,"and find out why Mary had a little ...