Hindi itinanggi ni Martin Nievera na buhat nang magkaroon ng coronavirus pandemic, nangungulila na siya sa pagkanta sa harap ng live audience.
Ito ang dahilan kaya nagkaroon ng "Quaran-Twins," ang regular Facebook Live concert nila ng kanyang twin sister na si Vicki.
Lahad ni Martin: "In this new normal, we’re trying to do things that are creative. The reason why my twin sister and I went on is because I was going crazy not being able to sing, not being able to perform, to even do my talk show.
"I couldn’t do it anymore so we decided to go on Facebook Live and Kumu and all these other platforms to keep my singing going and to entertain the lonely, the scared, the unsure, the unhappy.
"That was my whole purpose of the whole thing not knowing that I would be healing myself in the process."
Napansin din daw ni Martin kung paano nag-adjust ang singers sa work-from-home set-up dahil sa enforced quarantine.
Aniya, "All the singers now are learning to become production people, directors and sound engineers.
"For that’s my biggest lesson learned throughout this whole new normal."
Ikinuwento ni Martin ang kanyang mga lockdown experience and realizations sa virtual homecoming presscon niya sa record label na Vicor Music Corporation noong nakaraang linggo.
DADDY DUTIES
Ipinagmalaki rin ng 58-year-old singer na matagal niyang nakasama ang bunsong anak na si Santino habang ipinatutupad ang lockdown sa ating bansa.
Sakto raw kasi na wala itong klase sa U.S. ngayon.
Si Santino, 13, ay anak ni Martin sa dating partner na si Katrina Ojeda.
Ani Martin: "The other things that I’m doing, that are interesting or not interesting, is for the very first time, I went out and saw the ocean. I’ve not seen the ocean in a long long time.
"And I went to the States to get my son Santino to bring him here because there’s no school there and he’s been with me for almost two months now.
"So I’ve been more of a father, I’ve been rearranging furniture, I’m learning how to do this whole mixer with microphone and lights."
BACK TO RECORDING MUSIC
Excited na rin si Martin na makapag-record ulit si Martin sa Vicor.
Limang album ni Martin ang prinodyus ng Vicor mula 1983 hanggang 1989.
Kabilang dito ang Martin....Take One, The Best Gift, Martin, Miracle, at Dream.
Liban pa rito ang mga compilation album tulad ng Greatest Hits (1986) at Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1992).
"When they asked me to go back to Vicor, it was really more for nostalgic reasons. We started together, I didn’t know who was I gonna be, what I was gonna sound like.
"I didn’t know what my contribution to OPM would be, and it was Vicor who took me in even though wala pa akong boses, wala pa akong pangalan.
"They really took a big big risk."
"And for them to ask me back after all these years, I am hoping we can relive those old days, the good times.
"Spending just one more hour to record a song... Because we, still chatting about each others lives, hindi na uso ‘yan, e.
"Ngayon, copy, paste ang style mag-record, so I’m hoping we could bring that back."
Bukod sa gagawing record album, isa rin sa mainstay si Martin ng ABS-CBN Sunday variety show na ASAP Natin 'To.
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