A Screen shot of Rivermaya's website announces their departure from Ms. Nakpil.

NEW YORK– Music as an art form is powerful. It moves people, injects new ideas and enriches culture. It is the art form so close to the human emotion, that no other medium could make a person happy, sad, or anything in between as effective as the masterful combination of melody, rhythm and rhyme.

However, with its power comes an aspect that often times mar its inherent beauty: business.
Yes, as much as it is an art form, music is a business. And this inescapable side of music more often than not puts a halt to the symphony and leaves music lovers with a taste of bitter dissonance.
Case in point, the current Rivermaya problem.

WOLFGANG: From left, Manuel Legarda, Mon Legaspi, Basti Artadi

MANILA– They’ve been sleeping for six years, but now iconic rock band Wolfgang returns with ‘The Black Christmas Project’ concert at the Eastwood City Central Plaza, Libis (near Ortigas Avenue) on Wednesday, December 10th, at 7 p.m.
The highly anticipated awakening by the band -- widely regarded as the Philippines’ definitive ‘rock gods’ -- is presented by No Fear, LevelUp, and  Eastwood City, which is expected to reverberate with Wolfgang’s signature onslaught of thick ferocious sound.
 

Artist: Markus Highway
Album: MARKUS HIGHWAY Behold! Rejoice! Surfernando is Here Nah
Label: Warner Music Philippines

This solo debut from ex-Eraserheads guitarist Marcus Adoro is a master class in Tagalog songwriting. One can now imagine, after listening to this album, that it was Marcus who gave the ‘Heads their funny side. Do you remember the Punk Zappa bits in Circus? We are certain that ideas like such were brewed inside this surfer's cranium.