Ian kinabog nang maka-duet sa concert si Regine

Ni ROMMEL GONZALES

ISANG matagumpay na aktor sa pelikula at telebisyon, sikat na product endorser at mahusay na concert artist, mayroon bang iba pang bagay na gustong ma-achieve si Ian Veneracion?
“I’ve been very lucky because everybody’s been so kind, from my peers, to the networks, to the bosses, to the producers, and siyempre the fans.
“Of course I constantly ask why are these people so kind to me? “I still don’t have the answer to that.
“Ano ang gusto kong ma-achieve? Actually, the first forty years of my life I was trying to add… parang you want to have this, you want to have more friends, or you want to have another house, or ipon ka for another car, another this, another that.
“But after forty… siguro yung midlife crisis sa akin ang epekto, I started to subtract, so I’ve been subtracting, I don’t need a hundred friends, I just need a few pero the reliable ones.
“You know, it’s like a filter, and even the people I work with, I’m very particular na kailangan good vibes, alam mo yun, kasi we’re here on a limited time lang naman e, so might as well work on the quality, the quality of the experience, the quality of what you’re doing, and the quality of yung Samahan.
“And it’s based on competence, hindi barkadahan… I mean, barkadahan, sure, pero ‘pag trabaho, trabaho talaga, yung ganun.
“So… ah tapos hindi ko alam kung sino nagsabi pero I really liked it; ‘true power lies not in having more but in needing less’, and I so agree with that.
“So I’ve been subtracting the last decade, I plan to subtract some more.”
May concert si Ian, ang Ian Veneracion Live na gaganapin sa Agosto 12, Sabado, 8 pm, sa Winford Manila Ballroom.
May dream guest ba siya sa o kung sino ang nais niyang maka-collaborate sa isang concert?
“Gusto kong maka-collab sa concert? Well, I’d like to perform with… nag-guest na si Bea [Alonzo] sa akin dati, and maraming fans ang nagre-request na mag-concert kami or mag-guest siya sa concert, yung ganun.
“So I look forward to that.
“Kami ni DJ [Daniel] Padilla, we share the same… yung playlist namin halos pareho, we listen to the same music kahit na hindi kami magka-edad, mahilig kami sa blues, rock, so maybe in the future we’ll have… we’ll get to play together.
“Lagi akong nagge-guest sa concert niya, lagi din siyang nagge-guest pag meron ako, so yun, sana yung mga… marami, marami akong gustong maka-trabaho, e.
“Yung mga iniidolo ko sa music sa Philippines, pero ang naaalala ko kabadung-kabado ako nung makaka-duet ko si Regine Velasquez, kasi di ba, naku hindi ako puwedeng ma-flat dito,” at tumawa si Ian.
“Hindi ako puwedeng hindi umabot, ang taas pa naman nung kanta, yung ganun, hindi ko naman puwedeng pababaan, baka magalit, baka sabihin niya… di ba, Regine, tapos ibababa mo yung key, hindi puwede, di ba?
“So nakaka-pressure, pero yun, ang dami-dami ko pang gustong maka-trabaho.”
Sa concert niya ay sina Marissa Sanchez at Zach Ponce ang mga guest niya at ang director ng show ay si Vergel Sto. Domingo.
Ang ticket prices para sa Ian Veneracion Live ay P5000 (SVIP, with photo op kay Ian), P3500 (VIP) at P2000 (Gold).
Para sa mga detalye, makipag-alam sa mobile numbers 0927-297-8027, 0961-360-0457.