Now (MYMP album)
| M.Y.M.P. | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Make Your Momma Proud |
| Origin | Katipunan Ave., Quezon City, Philippines |
| Genres | OPM, acoustic |
| Instruments | Various |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | 2003–2008: Ivory Music 2008–2010: Star Music 2011–present: PolyEast/EMI/Galaxy Records |
| Website |
MYMP on Facebook MYMP on Twitter MYMP on Soundcloud |
| Members | Jana Laraza Chin Alcantara |
| Past members | Vanessa Rangadhol Juliet Bahala Juris Fernandez Edward "Oja" Jimenez Mike Manahan Nina Girado |
M.Y.M.P. (or MYMP, short for Make Your Momma Proud) is an acoustic band from the Philippines. They released their first album after Raymund Ryan Santes, a station manager of 93.9 iFm (Manila), watched one of their gigs and contacted a producer for their 2003 debut album, Soulful Acoustic, which has since been certified Platinum.
In 2005, M.Y.M.P. released their second album titled Beyond Acoustic and third album Versions through Ivory Music. The success of the two albums prompted the re-release of their second and third albums in a two-disc set the same year. In 2006, they released their fourth album, New Horizon and DVD of their concert at the Music Museum. In 2008, M.Y.M.P. released their last album on Ivory Music, titled Now. The group then signed with Star Music.
Jacques "Chin" Alcantara founded the band in late 1996. It was Chin's elder brother, Julius, who gave the band its name as a tribute to their departed mother, cardiologist Dr. Stella Lopez-Alcantara, who died of complications from breast cancer.
Back when it was originally formed, Make Your Momma Proud was a four-man rock band whose arsenal included Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and, as Alcantara adds, a little Mr. Big. He was still a student at Miriam College then, taking up Communication Arts, major in Advertising. "My mom played the piano but she didn’t get to see me play professionally—she did get to see me start out", Alcantara said. In the year after his mother died, Alcantara took up the guitar and, in his words, "really got obsessed with it and that’s when I knew what I wanted to be a musician." Alcantara was persuaded by his father to attend classical guitar tutoring, but he stopped after a month.
The peak of M.Y.M.P.'s amateur days was when they won the 1996 national championship of the San Miguel Beer Battle of Bands. Before that, the group had won the NCR championship, best vocalist and best lead guitarist.
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