00:00 Hello, I'm NET Vocals.
00:02 I'm Forth, drums and percussion.
00:05 I'm Ronald, bass.
00:08 Rizal, guitar.
00:10 Actually, we started with just three people, Forth and Ronald.
00:19 And then, when we were about to start, we were like, "Okay, we're good with just three people."
00:28 Then we went to Mindscape, and Rizal was the one who produced the song.
00:35 And then, Rizal fell from the sky because Lorde said, "Your voice is so thin! Here's Rizal!"
00:44 Something like that.
00:46 So, we started working together.
00:49 Ronald, I've known him since I was a kid. We went to the same high school.
00:57 And Forth, our neighbor, I used to watch him.
01:01 Because every New Year, there's a band in our village.
01:08 He's the one who plays the drums.
01:10 So, I said, "I hope I can be with him." And here I am.
01:14 And then, Boss Riggs.
01:17 And we wanted to make NET's songs crystallize.
01:23 And Boss Riggs was the one who was in the studio.
01:27 And he helped produce.
01:32 You're my client.
01:34 At first, NET was just the one who recorded two songs.
01:40 Then, he said, "Hey, Versace is on. Sing something."
01:46 [Laughs]
01:49 I loved him.
01:51 And he recorded two songs.
01:54 And the process of recording was so different.
01:59 I didn't know the songs.
02:01 They recorded it.
02:03 I gave them a guitar.
02:05 And I thought I wouldn't be able to play the guitar parts again.
02:07 So, when they asked me, "Can you play the guitar?"
02:09 I said, "Sure, I'll study it again."
02:11 I'll play the guitar parts that I made.
02:15 And I'll improve all the guitar parts.
02:17 Riggel was so good at adding to our songs.
02:22 To a point that our songs leveled up.
02:25 NET said that our sound was too thin.
02:28 Riggel's sound was too loud.
02:30 And then, we decided to let it be.
02:34 And luckily, he agreed.
02:36 I was just being too harsh.
02:38 [Laughs]
02:40 I'm not harsh.
02:44 So, I think that was February of 2023.
02:48 And, what else?
02:50 I've been in the band for two months.
02:52 We're growing strong.
02:55 We're so focused on...
02:58 I don't know.
03:00 Before, we just wanted to record songs.
03:02 Now, it's like gigs, live gigs, content making.
03:06 It's so good.
03:08 When we recorded our songs,
03:12 I was just listening to them.
03:14 I was just looking at what they could say about the song.
03:18 How was the song?
03:20 And then, I have a friend who has a cafe in Subic.
03:24 We were like, "NET, let's try to play your song."
03:28 They played the song in the cafe.
03:32 And then, someone asked what the title of the song was.
03:37 Who made it?
03:39 What band is this?
03:41 And then,
03:42 we were about to submit the song to the GMA.
03:48 That's how we got close to the GMA.
03:54 I was able to listen to the songs of various people.
03:58 Because I didn't know how I would release it.
04:00 What would I do?
04:02 It's really coincidence.
04:04 So, that's how it happened.
04:07 I think music that is super relatable to the point that it gets uncomfortable for the listener.
04:13 Not uncomfortable in a bad way, but in a good way.
04:18 It's like, "Wait, this is my life. This is me."
04:22 "This is my story."
04:24 And I think all music does that.
04:27 But we want to go to a point where,
04:30 when they hear it, they'll stop.
04:35 "Oh my God, this is my song."
04:37 That's what we want to put out.
04:41 But what genre are we?
04:43 I'm not sure.
04:45 We haven't decided on a genre yet.
04:47 Because the songs we made are all mixed.
04:51 There's R&B,
04:53 there's rap, pop, pop.
04:55 So, that's it.
04:59 What I noticed is that I didn't talk about the songs I made.
05:05 Because those stories are likely to be in other people's music.
05:10 So, some people are just too shy to say it in their music.
05:16 Step by step, maybe.
05:19 Because we need to be heard by people.
05:23 So, we're happy with where we are.
05:28 What's important is that the song we're listening to is added to the music.
05:33 That's all.
05:35 For me, it's the same as Neth.
05:37 We want people to hear our music.
05:39 That's the reason why we came to the studio.
05:43 To record our songs.
05:45 Knowing that the songs are good and very relatable.
05:47 We just want to record and let our friends hear it.
05:51 I think it's just icing on the cake.
05:56 That we became recording artists.
05:59 What's that? That's not in the plan.
06:02 It's not in the plan.
06:04 It's still beautiful.
06:06 We just want to continue what we want to do from the start.
06:10 And then maybe make this our livelihood.
06:14 Make this our main jam.
06:18 And then to get to be known as a really good band in the music industry.
06:24 [Music]
