PULSERA on their TOEs

When PULSERA's vocalist OMAR saw the poll in Facebook about TOE's possible concert in Manila, he signed up right away. A month after, tickets became available and, as excited as little kids, the band bought theirs at an early bird rate.

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The experience inside the NBC Tent was as surreal as it could get. The show started with local bands, Sleepwalk Circus and Encounters with a Yeti, who played the part in working up to the crowd’s cheers and anticipation. The two front acts were real indications that the night was gonna be filled with great music.


You know for sure that people were excited to see TOE live when even during a sound check, the audience was already screaming. Lucky for the Japanese PA who got his 15-minute of glory before the band actually started playing.

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PULSERA gets its inspiration from various bands with different genres. From alternative rock to post-rock/math rock, as played by TOE, it all serves as inspiration to the band in creating good and fresh music.

When TOE finally hit the stage - after what felt like an agonizing 10 minutes of lag time - the crowd erupted in cheers and went wild as expected. Throughout the set, the band showcased their brand of musical expertise. Every song was played with clockwork precision, of tensions and release, borne only from years of playing together and hitting the right formula for transcendent music. And in each song, the band ran high on emotions, a signature of theirs on live sets. To say that they were amazing is a total understatement. With how both the cohesive, unparalleled notes and progressions were played, TOE delivered, giving the Filipino audience what they came for.

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PULSERA: Musings on music and emotion

More often, people find themselves swarming with all sorts of questions about various things. Just recently, PULSERA talked about emotion and music, and then along the conversation came a potential artistic argument that has yet to be supported by facts, "art can exist without emotion."

Art can be described in several ways: a study of creative skill, a process of using the creative skill, a product of the creative skills, or the audience's experience with the creative skills. When something is driven by creativity, can human emotion be detached to it? First and foremost, what drives creativity?

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How do people come up with an artwork? Whether be it music, painting, poem, it is surely inspired by something.

PULSERA continues its pursuit of creating music based on artistry and never for commercial viability.

An art is the personification of thoughts and emotions, using personal experience, witnessed event that lead to empathy or sympathy, as its possible sources. In fact, this goes not only to people who are doing the art, but even those who are appreciating it. It is said that the common response in viewing artwork is the sense that the space in a work has meaning, both because it meant something to the artist, and because it means something to the viewer, who takes the time to look at it and respond to it. The response of finding meaning is never without emotion.

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So to say that art can be created without the slightest hint of emotion is an absurd idea, probably said by someone who cannot detect the connection or is in some emotional turmoil that leads to denial of sort.

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