After
a few years of being out of the spotlight, Somedaydream
A.K.A. Rez Toledo is finally back on
track in empowering the Filipino music with his electronic beats.
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Photo from Rez Toledo’s facebook account: (https://www.facebook.com/reztoledo/)
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Rez
really started November 2015 on a positive note as he announced on his Facebook
account that he will bring back Somedaydream this year with his next record
“Holographic” followed by a post on Somedaydream’s Facebook page to spread the
great news to his devoted fans, the Dreamers out there who have been waiting for so
long for his comeback.
Rez
Toledo was known as the OPM’s breakout artist as he brought up a fresh sound,
which is the “Electropop/synthpop music” to OPM. It started from the released
of his hit single “Hey Daydreamer”. This song was written around his concept of
daydreaming a girl and then he added with a very interesting electronic beats
and catchy tunes. It was also a complete alliteration of his band name “Somedaydream”.
Big thanks to the Digital Technology that helped musicians to create their
songs like Rez who writes songs and records it all by himself with the help of
his laptop and synthesizer.
After
sharing “Hey Daydreamer” through Soundcloud, MySpace, and Facebook, it reached
Hale’s front man Champ Lui Pio who became his mentor and manager as Champ was
starting his own label, Mecca Music. In 2011, it was released first on radio
stations that eventually caught the interest of a lot of listeners because of its’ fresh sound
and became the most requested song. After a few months, it hit the top spots on
the radio and on MYX music channel. Followed by his second single “Delivery
Boys”, which indeed delivered Happiness, Joy and Love as it was a mixed of
English and Filipino lyrics, reached the top spots of local hit charts. Later,
he released his self-titled debut album that became #7 on Astroplus’ Overall
Album Charts.
As
Somedaydream’s songs soared high on top of the hit charts, multiple radio, TV shows and event guestings, mall shows, launching, collaborations & gigs
were on the line up as he was enjoying the spotlight. Some of his recognition
and achievements were he was named as “Breakthrough Artist for 2011” at Yahoo
OMG Awards and was also selected as one of the Yahoo Philippines Icons for
2011. He was nominated to six categories on Myx Music Awards 2012 and won as
the Favorite Myx Celebrity VJ. He also receive an award from Awit Award 2012
for “Hey Daydreamer” as the Most
Downloaded Song and for the Most Downloaded Artist.
But
with all of this success that he had since his debut, in 2013 he sent an open
letter to his fans on Facebook saying “Goodbye
OPM, Hello To The New World!” He announced that he will release
Somedaydream’s second and last album, which is “After Tonight EP” and that
Somedaydream will be his side project. According to him, change and growth were
the reasons behind his decision. But with all the farewell message, Rez shared
that he will introduce new projects “A
new local youth club for music producers, DJs, songwriters and musicians, an
electronic music-education project and my personal blog.” As part of his
letter, he shared his thoughts about the state of OPM saying that: “The term, its usage, the ramifications of
all of it, is wrong. It causes problems, it’s overrated, overused and has
already ran its course. I wish to explain all of these in the coming months and
I’d love for everyone to join this overdue discussion/discourse.”
Now,
Rez announced the comeback of Somedaydream this year with its new official logo
and a hashtag #Somedaydream2016 to let his fans be updated to the latest news
about SD’s gigs and announcements. As I ask him what are the plans of
somedaydream this year, he said “This
year, Somedaydream will focus more on the
making of music rather than the presentation of it. So expect more songs
basically and hopefully bigger shows along the way.” If you heard the songs
that he produced on Soundcloud together with the promising acts of LOGICLUB,
you would believe that he is working on something great for Somedaydream’s come
back this year. It may be a tough year for Rez as he is too busy to manage his
work for this comeback, rest-assured it will turn out to be a very successful
year for him once again. Say Goodbye to your Sepanx when SD was gone and say Hey! Once again to Rez Toledo A.K.A. Somedaydream.
He
never meant to say goodbye. He didn’t disappear. He was just too busy growing
and improving himself. He worked on different projects as a producer and songwriter.
He prep up for 2014 where he introduced his new breed of local music at his new
studio “FUTURESTUDIO” including his new project “lluwin”. During his MYXclusive
interview, Rez said, “I’m a producer at
heart so this time around; I’m showing a different side of me.” Align with
this, Rez also focused on helping new artists and musicians in releasing their
music. He co-create with LOGICLUB, which is known as a home of great local
young artists and producers together with BP Valenzuela, CRWN, NINNO,
Curtissmith, and other artists.
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Photo from Somedaydream’s facebook page:(facebook.com/Somedaydream)
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To know more about Somedaydream and be updated to the latest news and
announcements of Somedaydream, visit his
facebook page at facebook.com/Somedaydream
K.MRCD \\ 2016
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