Journey Band Revitalized by Pinoy Talent
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For a while Journey band have in dormancy state not until they got a boost from Pinoy talent who would be their front line lead singer. This Pinoy talent is Arnel Pineda who is already a veteran when it comes to club performances whether it will be in the Philippines or Japan. His popularity is also shown by his showings in Youtube and eventually lead him to get flown straight to Marin county to audition for the vacant lead singer position. And the rest is just like a Cinderella story.
Arnel Pineda just had two months to get to be in groove of his new found band and two weeks to get used to the pressure and demands of an international rock group Journey Band. But that did not hinder him to face the extreme challenges he needed to perform in front of 15,000 Journey band fans. The result, ecstatic revitalized Chilean Journey fans cheering for Arnel Pineda and Journey band.
At first, the crowd was a bit less receptive, and Arnel Pineda of the Journey band seemed to be having the jitters too. Some would even say he seems to have forgotten the lyrics that he seems to be reading them from a teleprompter (if there ever was).
Eventually, everything started to warm up. But it only got really hot and cozy when the Journey band's lead singer belted out the very popular ballad, "Open Arms." Latinos are a very passionate people, Arnel Pineda, a Filipino, sang passionately-and boy, it was awesome. After that song, everything went well like everybody found their comfort zone. The "Monster" was tamed!
Arnel Pineda's singing of "Faithfully" just caught everyone's heart with excitement. What used to be doubts of his capability to be with Journey finally disappeared. The "Monster" was transformed to Arnel and the rest of Journey band, claiming their long lost position of the greatest rock bands of all time.
It was unbelievable that Journey could do their finale since they were asked for encore number one after the other. There comes a time that their finale even took longer to get going since most of the equipment is turned off or disconnected. Even with those issues it was still such a memorable atmosphere. Finally, Arnel Pineda has shown beyond any doubts that his talent is nothing short of the best to be a part of Journey band.
Neal Schon acted like a very proud father of a son he introduced to everyone, Jonathan Cain (over-heard to be not so pleased with Arnel Pineda) is now proclaiming Arnel "is the real deal", Ross Valory constantly flashes that otherwise so rare smile, and Deen Castronovo gave Arnel a humble vow after the show.
Isn't this just material for a mushy Cinderella story?
It's a Cinderella story for Arnel Pineda and it's complete opposite for Journey band where they take the place of Lazarus who came back from the dead.
Experts started to say that Journey has turned to "Greatest Hits" band. Schon, Cain, Valory, and Castronovo are savoring from Journey's past glory days. The crafted new songs but none of them seems to hit it like the earlier days. They might have some of the original fans or followers but these folks could either go or stick around supporting Journey's music and talents.
Steve Augeri, and Jason Scot Soto are both great singer and performers and they are just trying to extend the lifespan of Journey. Getting Arnel Pineda into Journey, the band got its new version without changing the old package of Journey's identity. Arnel Pineda's tenor sounding voice keeps the feel and touch of the what is used to be "Journey".
However, Arnel Pineda, as Journey band's lead singer, doesn't end his contributions to the band there. His being Asian, his youthful energy, his really "rock" rendition of the fast ones provide Journey band a chance to be discovered by the younger generation not only from continental USA but globally.
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