Journey Band Reborn With Filipino Lead Singer
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 let this change of fate sink in and barely two weeks to “acclimatize” himself with the music gods that is Journey Band, and off he went to his baptism of fire: the unforgiving “Monster” of Via del Mar, Chile Festival. 15,000 strong audience who also serve as judges is a tough deal for any seasoned singer. And here comes Journey band’s new and un-acclimatized lead singer, this could be nerve-wracking. The result, however, was more than phenomenal.
It’s been a little rough start for Arnel Pineda of the Journey band. Some even mentioned that he seems like forgotten the lyrics of the song or he’s almost like reading them from a teleprompter.
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 rendition of “Faithfully” brought the floor down. Totally dispelling any doubts about this guy’s talent, The “Monster” was taken to Arnel and the rest of the Journey band, renewing its place among 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 was acting like a proud father to a son he presented to everyone, Jonathan Cain (who was not so pleased with Arnel Pineda) now is preaching Arnel “is the real deal”, Ross Valory keeps flashes that nothing else with rare smile, and Deen Castronovo gestured to Arnel Pineda that he’s the man!
Almost like a stuff for a soft Cinderella story, isn’t it?
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”.
Arnel Pineda’s contribution to the band as a lead singer doesn’t end there. His Asian energetic personality of his own “rock” version could pave the way for the admiration of the younger music fan base both from the USA and internationally.
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