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MANILA -- Alam niyo ba kung anong kanta ng Rivermaya ang pinakapaborito ni Bamboo?

Nitong Lunes sa "Magandang Buhay," ginulat ni Bamboo ang mga manonood nang aminin niya na sa dami-daming pinasikat na awitin ng Rivermaya, ang pinakatumatak sa kanya ay hindi man lang naging single.

"It would be 'Flowers,' a song from the second album," aniya. "I remember this was written by Rico Blanco and it was a point, a time in his life, when his grandmother had just died. So I felt that was so real at that moment when he wrote that. It was very personal, very real. That's why I gravitate towards that song as my favorite song from my time there."

Sa kanyang panayam, inalala rin ni Bamboo kung paano siya naging bokalista ng Rivermaya.

"'Yung banda, buo na sila, nagpapalit-palit sila ng members at that time. I was with a schoolmate of mine, si Nathan Azarcon, and he mentioned a band who just lost their singer and he said, 'Why don't you audition?' I said, 'I don't audition, man, I'm shy, I don't even sing.' I don't sing in clubs. You know, kami-kami lang talaga. 'Yun lang ang gusto ko, like bonding lang when you are together. Pinilit nila ako, just give it a shot and see. I went to the audition and then maybe I sang like five songs, 30 minutes, and the manager that time said, 'You're good, you're the one,'" ani Bamboo.

"Ulan" ang naging unang single ng Rivermaya.

Ayon kay Bamboo, bata pa lang siya noong magsimula ang kanyang pagkahilig sa musika.

"Nag-umpisa 'yan kumakanta ako in front of all my cousins, in front our titos and titas and our grandparents. Earlier on nakikinig na ako ng Michael Jackson, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, 'yun ang pinapakinggan ng lolo ko. ... I guess doon nagsimula 'yung love. Pero the funny thing is hindi kami exposed to instruments. Nobody played a guitar, a piano, until I came along. So that's the funny thing," ani Bamboo.

Matapos ang ilang taon bilang miyembro ng Rivermaya, muling bumalik sa Amerika si Bamboo para mag-aral.

Matapos ang limang taon, bumalik siya sa bansa at ang kanyang naiwang karera.

Ngayon, masaya si Bamboo sa kanyang ginagawa at sa kanyang musika.

"Matagal 'yung struggle pero I love doing this. My favorite part is the collaborative spirit of it na nag-uumpisa ka sa maliit na kuwarto, nagsusulat ka ng kanta and then you will pass it on to somebody else, the song becomes something else," ani Bamboo.