Running time: 48 mins 14 secs

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Hosts Jim Ayson and Chette Soriano of PhilMusic.com present their fourth episode of the PhilMusic Podcast!

This show's segments:

Chette and Jim apologize to listeners for the late release of the podcast! Real-life work concerns got in the way, it seems. But there are new site improvements to talk about. Chette also describes the new forum re-design project, and performance improvements of the site.

Chette introduces PhilMusic Mobile, a stripped down version of Talk@PhilMusic optimized for mobile phone and PDA browsers connecting to the forum via GPRS/EDGE/3G or Wi-Fi. Point your mobile browsers to http://m.philmusic.com .

Chette debuts her new segment "Music Lingo" which talks about special terms and jargon that local musicians use that are completely Greek to normal non-musical folks. This week's word is "salang".

For this episode's interview, Jim interviews Lea Salonga, who was visiting Manila for a two-week vacation from her regular Broadway gig, playing Fantine in the current revival of Les Miserables. Lea and her husband turn out to be huge fans of the OPM band scene! She talks about bands they're into like Imago, the Dawn, Sandwich, Cambio, Bamboo, and Paramita. She also gives us a peek into how she prepares for performances and recordings, and her near-telepathic musical connection with her brother, arranger/conductor Gerard Salonga. Finally, she offers inspiring tips for up and coming musicians who want to make it in the business.

We cap off the podcast with another installment of "Indie-licious", where we feature some mp3 tracks e-mailed to us by independent artists. This episode features tracks by Brownbeat All-Stars, Bright Club, Fancycakes, and Kastigo. Bands who want to get on the segment can send us their songs in mp3 format, and their bios in Word format, and send these to podcast@philmusic.com .