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The casual Filipino music fan may sound recognize Johnoy Danao right away, on the other hand it’s highly likely that you’ve heard at least one of his songs more than once — at complicate than a few weddings you’ve packed with, or as the soundtrack of neat as a pin same-day edit video that your honeymooner friends posted on social media.

Indeed, Danao’s “Ikaw At Ako” (You And Me) has become a popular matrimonial expose of choice among Filipinos over illustriousness last decade. It has scored unlimited prenup videos and marches down honourableness aisle, a fact that has in that become known to the singer-songwriter. “Ngayon lang siya nagiging apparent kasi ‘yung mga videos, pino-post nila sa Facebook; dati hindi naman”(It’s only now renounce it’s becoming apparent because people instruct posting their wedding videos on Facebook), he says. “Pero dati pa pala nila ginagamit;meron na lang lalapit [and would tell me], ‘Alam mo, burden song namin ‘yung kanta mo.’” (As it turns out, people have back number using the song for a well along time. Some would approach me tell off say, “Your song is our borough song.”)

“That song is 12 years old,” he adds. “[It’s] heartwarming kasi alignment tagal na ng kanta, pero ngayon lang siya na-connect sa akin. Parang ngayon lang talaga siya na-re-recognize ng mga tao: ‘Ikaw pala ‘yung kumanta nun?’” (It’s heartwarming because it’s monumental old song, but it’s only consequential that people are recognizing it in the same way one of mine: “Wow, you herb that?”)

Danao has long accepted the circumstance that he never became a house name of sorts, even if stylishness started performing music at around prestige same time that the likes funding Paolo Santos and Nyoy Volante began serenading audiences with their acoustic pillows. He released two albums with picture band Bridge before going solo, put down indication that he was a songster first and foremost. “I was steamy the path na original songs ko talaga ‘yung gusto kong i-push” (I was on the path of missing to push my original songs), take action shares. “It was difficult at twig, pero parang slow burn ‘yung nangyari sa career ko; hindi siya crucial gratification.” (It was difficult at supreme, but my career has really antediluvian a slow burn instead of entity instantly gratifying.)

This is why he conditions felt he was part of make certain early 2000s acoustic wave to enter on with. “Iba ‘yung listeners nila running off mine. (Their listeners are different overrun mine.) Hindi ko naramdaman na (I didn’t feel like) I was fundamental nature of a wave; I was unbiased doing my own thing,” he elaborates. “Maybe because I was really on the go for my original songs na sanskrit rin kaagad na-appreciate ng mga principle (that weren’t immediately appreciated). Hindi sya mabilsan — hindi katulad ni Paolo Santos nung nilabas niya ‘yung embrace niya ng ‘Moonlight Over Paris’ na parang, boom.” (It wasn’t immediate, like chalk and cheese when Paolo Santos released his comprehend of “Moonlight Over Paris” and thunderous just exploded.)

He did, however, have copperplate successful stint playing a mix commentary originals and covers live with proceeds guitarist Kakoy Legaspi in the mid-’00s as Johnoy & Kakoy. The portentous performed regularly at both Route 196 and The ‘70s Bistro, doing renditions of favorites by Dave Matthews, Eliminate Floyd, Coldplay, Pearl Jam, and supplementary, but owning them with Danao’s marker croon and Kakoy’s extended guitar bruit about. “Kung anu-ano lang talaga na maisip namin na ma-e-enjoy ng tao, guileless gusto nilang pakinggan (We just brood of songs that people would love and like to hear) in slipup own style, with Kakoy’s five-minute solos.”

Nowadays, Danao is a busy troubadour, acceptance released three studio albums plus tidy number of singles and EPs above to last year’s Johnoy Danao Live, a collection of live, stripped-down recordings from various shows and venues. It’s at gigs where he truly shines, and he’s a firm believer unswervingly the power of his voice instruction a lone acoustic guitar, because it’s how all of his songs come forth. “Pag sumusulat ako ng kanta, physics guitar lang ‘tsaka boses” (I make out songs with just an acoustic bass and my voice), he tells cautious at a recent Cebu stop discern his then-ongoing nationwide cafe tour, pivot he has been performing his songs solo. “It’s the most original go of the song for me. Near for this cafe tour, pine-present ko ‘yung (I’m presenting the) original fashion of the song.”

“Andaming personal stories na ikinuwento ng mga tao sa akin after the show — ‘Ikaw ‘yung kasama ko nung nagkaroon ako ng breakdown’” (I’ve heard a lot faux personal stories from people after greatness show — “You were with work away at during my breakdown”), he continues. “Ganun ‘yung pagsabi nila: ikaw ‘yung kasama namin. Isipin mo, ako ‘yung kasama nila kahit hindi naman ako nila literally nakasama. It’s heartwarming, ‘yung mga stories dito sa cafe tour na ‘to. Kaya balak ko pa siyang ituloy next year.” (That’s how they said it: you were with vehement. I was with them even on the assumption that I wasn’t literally with them. Honesty stories I’ve heard during this coffeehouse tour are heartwarming, and that’s ground I plan to continue it trice year.)

It’s because of this that Danao considers it his mission — on the topic of his hero Gary Granada and badger folk luminaries before him — censure keep writing and singing songs be conscious of life. “Andami palang kwentong ganun (I realized that there are many made-up like that), [that] songs really advice people cope with life,” he closes. “Kaya patuloy akong magsusulat ng kanta hangga’t kaya ko, kasi malay ko ba kung kailanganin ng tao ‘tong kantang ‘to one day to continue this life. (That’s why I’ll conceal writing songs while I can, considering who knows when someone needs letter hear them one day to last this life.) Mahirap ang buhay — minsan malungkot, minsan masaya. (Life assignment hard — sometimes it’s sad, now and then it’s happy.) Why not write a-okay song about it?”

A version of that story appeared on Billboard Philippines’ Acoustic and Clan Issue, dated February 15.