For The Love Of The Beat.

"For the love of music, for the love beat..."

This is the band's drive and motivation as they recorded their songs, compiled it in a CD and eventually launched their Deep City Lights album last June 11th of this year.

The Liberty Jam, a four-piece band composed of Nescel on guitars, Stephen on bass, Paolo on drums and Kewpee as vocals (with Benjo filling in Kewpee's absentia), was born on May 9, 2008 (with Borgy and Fred originally on bass and drums, respectively). These guys, who share the same passion and love towards music, wrote their own song lyrics and made its rhythms to come up with original compositions depicting their individual experiences, as well as the band's struggle to differ from what's already the fad and be authentic. It took them a year to write all the 8 tracks of unique sounds and melody, played these in local gigs and also got invitations to share their sounds not only in the confines of Iloilo alone but also in Aklan, Negros and Cebu. Having a lot of friends have always been their advantage because they have gained crowds during jam sessions and have eventually become their loyal supporters, a major help in the selling out of their album.

Not having a lot of financial resources, this has never been a hindrance with TLJ to record their songs. Every single penny came from their not-so abundant pockets. Some even had to do manual labor just to help in the recording. And it doesn't matter. Again, "for the love of music", coupled with prayers and support from their friends (who stayed up late with them during the recording process and provided them whatever they needed), sacrificing having to spend Christmas and New Year's with their very own loved ones, just to make everything fall in the right places -- TLJ's will and determination is, without a doubt, very remarkable.

TLJ did not make their music to be popular or to be envied by others. As far as they are concerned, they have never took advantage of anyone just to make it to where they are now. Someone who knows the real story behind these guys' hardwork and sacrifices would definitely be inspired by them. TLJ made their music to uplift Ilonggo's music scene, to represent the Ilonggos, and most importantly, to inspire other Ilonggo bands that they too can prove themselves worthy to be called musicians and artists and not merely "just another band doing a cover of another band's songs".

Despite the band's status right now, they have remained humble and continued pursuing for the best by rehearsing every chance they get in order to improve on their craft and deliver the best performances during gigs. Mr. Manager, Patrick Mabilog sees to it that disciple is imposed during practice hours (lates are not tolerated).

Because of the album launching's turn-out, TLJ is now inspired to compose their new set of songs and strive for the best to cater their supporter's and listener's needs. Hopefully, they will be able to release their next album soon (in a year or two), with fingers crossed and with prayers addressed to the Almighty.


--- We yearn for the best and your criticisms allow us room to expand on our capabilities and improve on whatever we have already been doing. ---

- by Maane Simpas.

pump up the volume: TLJ SPEAKS UP

hello fellow earthlings!

we the liberty jam, are very grateful for all the opportunities that have been knocking on our door. we are very much enthusiastic with all of the grace that the music industry is offering us. we are also thankful for all of the production, teams, and people who have helped us along the way and until now. recently, we have played in some events in which helped us be known to others and share our music with them and we are much willing to continue sharing our music and uplifting the sound of the ilonggos. we also give a hand salute to all of our critics. Thank you very much for inspiring us. this is a big help in pursuing our main goals as a band and as a group of friends. there are some critics in which, in way, may have hurt our feelings but this doesn't mean that we are giving up the fight and we are against them. we are not that insensitive not to see, hear and feel that there are others who are trying to pull us down. Still, we thank these guys for they are the reason why we are trying to build a very strong foundation for our next step. we have released our first album successfully, thanks to all of our supporters, colleagues, friends and even our own selves.

we are doing this not for fame and money but, we are doing this for this is our passion and we believe that we should share our passion with others. this is for the love of the beat. the love of music.

you will be our inspiration, we will be your inspiration. :)