Amazing Jing for Life: JM De Guzman

TERA and her powerful terabyte singing prowess!

November 2, 2022

Tera

Merlion Events Production Inc. and Tyronne Escalante Artist

Management has teamed up once again to produce another entertainment powerhouse artistin the name of ‘Tera.’

Tera, which means Earth in Latin, is ready to break new ground in the country’s entertainment

industry with her latest single, “Higher Dosage.” The self-composed alternative pop single

deals with darker themes such as alcohol and illegal substances, and moreover, how people

deal with their problems.

“‘Higher Dosage’ is a song I wrote in 2019. No matter what your age, gender, or nationality is,

everyone has a struggle that they’re enduring. This song reflects that darkness,” Tera shares.

The triple-threat (songwriter, singer, and dancer) is aware that her music is going to be very

unique from what Philippine pop fans are used to, but she believes it is what makes her music

necessary, saying: “There are already a lot of songs about love, finding it and losing it. What I

offer to the audience is a real, some would say deeper, take on emotions, life events, [and]

humanity. My debut single is definitely different from what people are used to, but I think

anyone could relate to it.”

But Tera is definitely not settling for the shock factor. With her upcoming music video for the

single, she had to undergo tons of preparations and meetings to make sure that her vision

aligns with that of Director Elena Virata, who Tera praises was very “open minded and kind

with the whole process.”

With her dance preparations, choreographers Douglas Nierras, Chrisy Sawada, and Froi

Dabalus helped bring her song’s meaning to life through their artistic, meaningful

choreography. She also underwent piano training in the Yupangco Music Academy, Voice

Masterclass with Monet Silvestre, and most recently, in The Madz Studio coached by Alfred

Samonte.

Produced by Merlion Events Production Inc. and managed by Tyronne Escalante Artist

Management (TEAM), Tera was officially launched as an artist on October 25, 2022 at the

Seda Vertis North Hotel in Quezon City. During the launching, Tera also performed her two

other singles—“Façade” and “Sa Dilim.”

“This is a dream come true for me. I grew up watching live concert CDs of Michael Jackson

and Beyoncé who both shaped me as a performer. Even as a child, I would perform for people and ever since then, I just never got tired of sharing my craft. Ultimately, I hope that people would relate to my songs and be blown away by my performances,” Tera ends.

Tyronne Escalante (L) with Tera

TEAM Manager Tyronne Escalante shares that they are very much excited about the launch,

“Tera writes her own songs and she is a natural-born performer. We can’t wait for everyone to

know her and be just as amazed with her talent as we are. She brings something distinct to

the country’s music scene and we’re s

supporting her all the way.”

Tera and JM de Guzman did a duet during her media launch

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“Angelito: Ang Bagong Yugto” Behind The Scenes

JM De Guzman and Charee Pineda on the set

It was just an ordinary taping day for ABS-CBN’s tv series “Angelito: Ang Bagong Yugto” lead stars JM De Guzman and Charee Pineda; but for us, it was not! JM de Guzman was very sweet, grounded, amiable and accommodating. The very first time I saw JM was when I was just passing by ELJ building a couple of years ago, he was standing in front of Gerry’s Grill, my second time was a little closer than before. :))

The company (A4 Telemedia Productions) where I’m connected to had produced the very successful 37^th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) last year held at Resorts World Manila (RWM) Newport Performing Arts Theater in Newport City, Pasay City; JM had received an award for his outstanding performance in Pintakasi as the Best Actor in the New Wave (indie film) category..... I was at the backstage and we’d walked across each other, was supposed to congratulate him but lost the chance (tsk! too bad), plus I was also rushing to the other side of the backstage.

Now, we're this close already... :))

When entertainment blogger, Morgy invited me to join him to the set visit of “Angelito,” just recently, I’d no second thoughts. Since I’m an avid follower of “Angelito: Ang Bagong Yugto,” got excited about the thought of finally talking with JM (Angelito) on the set and the rest of the casts while taping. The location shoot was set in La Concordia College in Manila, which fortunately, just a jeepney ride from my place :)) JM and direk Theodore C. Boborol gave us a warm welcome.

And how about this? Hahaha now, I can prove

that there's always a next time and it could be

the best part believe me! <3

We were so privileged and felt lucky to have bonded with the “moreno” actor, JM. The talented actor even shared that he writes songs based from his emotions and experience. The important thing is what he feels at the time of his writing and then everything else just follows... his wants... everything. He was so generous to have showed us few “samples” of his singing talent with the accompaniment of his guitar. Btw, according to him, he’s also into flute playing.

And for you to see what we've witnessed, here's JM De Guzman's cover of
"Is It Okay If I Call You Mine"
originally done by Paul McCrane:

Thank you JM for being so awesome!

Pretty boy JM ;-)

JM doesn't want to be seated when concentrating with his script and munching pizza hehe cute!

The beauteous and curvaceous Charee Pineda who plays Rosalie as Angelito’s wife in the said afternoon teleserye on the Kapamilya network, arrived looking so lovely and fresh (no signs of haggardness) despite her busy schedules- had been shooting for 24 hours for the past few days with little time to rest and sleep. She claimed that having entered the world of politics and dreamed of becoming a city councilor (with NPC political party) in Valenzuela in the 2013 elections, she’s never been so busy. You see, during her free days apart from the tapings of their teleserye, she’s up to visiting the city of Valenzuela and becoming familiar with her future constituents (wink, wink!) and vice- versa.

Charee Pineda during the interview in "Angelito: Ang Bagong Yugto" taping

with the gorgeous Charee Pineda

Joshen Bernardo as "Jun-Jun", Angelito and Rosalie's son in the story

When asked about if has she established a platform at this early point? Charee replied, “May naka-ready na ako in case... para sa youth since SK (Sangguniang Kabataan) ako.” And with regards to their teleserye’s high ratings at this present time, she’s very happy with it and hopes that it would still continue until February (end of Angelito) of next year. She also shared that on March, 2013, she’d be fully engaged with the campaign, that’s why she’s also thankful that everything runs at the most perfect timing. Good luck and more power to you, Charee! ;-)

One of the scenes in "Angelito: Ang Bagong Yugto" taken that day

Truly, “Some good things never last,” but while “Angelito: Ang Bagong Yugto” still airs, just expect more struggles, challenges, human interests, family values and exciting scenes from one of the sought- after tv series in local channel.

Their journey might come to an end, but our journey to this AMAZING life continues....

Special thanks to Morgy of http://www.supermorgy.com for the invite, to direk Theodore for such a warm accommodation and of course to Mr. Nice Guy, JM De Guzman and Charee Pineda for being so extra nice. It was a very memorable and fun-filled set visit, hope to join you guys again and the rest of the casts in the future. More power!!!

JM De Guzman message to his fans

Just continue to watch "Angelito: Ang Bagong Yugto" on ABS-CBN Channel 2 with its new time slot at 2:45 pm during weekdays right after “It’s Showtime!”

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