"I learned that
a proper dance track should at least have a long intro and outro
in order to be mixed properly with the other tracks and that
it needs to have a hook, either provided by a synth, a vocal
or a percussion pattern. Using what I learned, I started to
make a bootleg remix of 'The Day You Said Goodnight' by Hale.
I transformed the track from a sappy emo rock ballad into a
slamming big room anthem."
It's a fair assessment. Though it didn't end there as Brian
decided to push the concept even further.
"Seeing the Filipino's penchant for all things foreign
and their colonial mentality, would they be able to tell the
difference if I changed my name into a foreign sounding remixer?"
he asks smiling.
He began to play the remix into his sets and it received an
overwhelming positive response because, "They were hearing
the song in a different way and it sounded foreign."
Copies were passed around without revealing his secret indentity
and it fast became an underground dance floor hit but that was
all going to change soon. After receiving a phone call from
the A&R department at EMI Philippines to arrange a meeting,
Brian began sweating it.
"They asked if I was in the infamous Leon Chaplain,"
he reveals smiling. "I confessed and asked if I was in
trouble for bootlegging the remix."
Much to his surprise they weren't. They embraced his concept
and offered to include the track (without edits) in the 'Club
Myx' CD compilation that they were compiling on behalf of the
cable music video channel 'Myx'. Hale may have voiced their
displeasure with the remix because "they did not want to
be associated with the electronic sound" but the recording
company relented and eventually the CD became a bestseller.
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