Maituturing na isang dream concert ang magaganap na Valentine show ng itinuturing na apat na music icons sa Pilipinas na sina Martin Nievera, Regine Velasquez, Gary Valenciano and Lani Misalucha.
Para pagsama-samahin mo kasi ang 4 of our great performers sa music industry, this must be really, really big and a must-see concert talaga. Ito rin siguro ang dahilan para gawing Ultimate ang title ng concert dahil ultimate na talaga na mapanood mo ang apat together in one major concert.
Sa presscon kahapon para sa nasabing show ay si Lani M. lang ang hindi nakadalo dahil kasalukuyang nasa US ito. Pero magkakaroon pa ng isang grand presscon kung saan ay kumpleto silang apat. Ayon kay Martin, actually, years ago pa raw plinano ang concert na ito at nagkataon lang na hindi raw mag-jibe ang kanilang mga schedule.
“Finally, 2015, we were able to schedule it in a way na kaya natin ang ganitong combination,” say ng Concert King. Dahil nga “ultimate” concert ito, tinanong ang tatlo kung sino ang may pinakamataas na TF among them at say ni Martin, they all have the same fee.
“More than anything, it’s the experience and the history of this group, it’s priceless. I’m very excited about this, so fee or no fee, I will have this anyway,” say pa ni Martin. Dagdag pa niya, hindi raw sila nagkaroon ng friction sa fee at maging sa mga meeting nila dahil nirerespeto nila ang ideas ng bawat isa.
Dagdag naman ni Regine, “kasi parang the four of us, we’ve been in the business for such a long time na wala nang competition. And the four of us are also older so hindi na ’yung kagaya before.
Kaya so far it’s running very smoothly, kasi ’yung pinakamahirap usually, ’yung paggawa ng repertoire, ’yung schedules of course, and even the talent fee, pero ngayon kasi parang we’re just really excited for this project.
Biro naman ni Mr. Pure Energy, actually ang may pinakamalaking talent fee ay ang direktornilang si Rowell Santiago. At siyempre, lalong hindi raw magkakaroon ng problema sa sapawan or outdoing each other dahil lahat silang apat ay may kanya-kanyang forte or strength like si Gary V. excels in dancing na hindi kaya ni Martin.
Si Martin naman, ’yung Broadway songs niya ang isa sa inaabangan lagi sa kanya na hindi naman forte ni Gary. i Regine naman although halos pareho sila ng music ni Lani dahil pareho silang belter, they still have their own style and strength na meron ang isa na wala sa isa.
Pero aminado si Martin, to perform with the likes of Lani and Regine is very intimidating. “In every show that we’ve done, when they guest on my show, and they receive a standing ovation and I don’t, that is really a very big piece of humble pie.
So, now we are all equal on stage, equal on billing, equal on everything, I just want you to know, to sing with the likes of Lani and Regine, I’ve worked with Gary, I’m talking about the girls, is very, very intimidating. You just have to level up to their performance level, to their range, to their vocal calisthenics that they do.
I won’t try to sound like them but I have to be up to par with them, otherwise I won’t make the team sound good. So you might get to see a lot of that on Ultimate, we might have to level up, not to compete, but to level up with them,” sabi ni Martin.
Produced by Star Media Entertainment ni Anna Puno and I-Musi Entertainment ni Cacai Mitra, gaganapin ang Ultimate concert sa Feb. 13 and 14 at the Mall of Asia Arena at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at all SM Ticket outlets, 470-2222 and on Star Media Entertainment, 854-3300/901-4562
