Jonah Manzano is a gifted Australian-Filipino singer-songwriter and independent artist hailing from Sydney, New South Wales. His unique style combines elements of pop and gospel music, making his music relatable and appealing to a wide audience. His songs are often based on true stories of his relationships, disagreements and successes in life, which add an authentic touch to his compositions.
Growing up in the Philippines, Jonah discovered his love for music at a young age. He began his musical journey by singing in a church choir at 8 years old, and later taught himself to play the piano using a makeshift instrument constructed from a pencil case. He then went on to learn a variety of other instruments, including bass guitar, drums, and flute, and honed his skills by performing at church events and local gigs.
In 2002, Jonah and his family migrated to Sydney, Australia, where he pursued higher education and earned a degree in International Tourism & Operations Management. Despite his professional pursuits, he never abandoned his passion for music. In fact, during the pandemic, Jonah decided to pursue his music career as an independent artist, taking inspiration from his own life experiences.
Jonah is known for his exceptional songwriting skills and his notable works include popular songs such as "I Stall," "Cry Out in My Heart," "The One Who Owns Your Heart," "Aking Mahal," "Story of Our Life," and "Marry You Again." His music is a reflection of his artistic vision, passion and dedication.
Special song dedication to my passing dad
Original song written by: Jonah Manzano
Song by Jonah Manzano
Genre: Pop | Released: 25 May 2020 | copyright ℗ 2020 prodiJY Records
I am with Yzel Manzano bringing up some mystery questions! Oh by the way my camera died! LOL what a timing aye....
With questions about romance, daily routines and life of your dreams. All About Us will help you and your partner discover more about yourselves and each other than you ever imagined possible!
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/JonahManzano
I am with Yzel Manzano bringing up some mystery questions!
With questions about romance, daily routines and life of your dreams. All About Us will help you and your partner discover more about yourselves and each other than you ever imagined possible!
Whether you will it out together or separately or ask and answer questions aloud. This will discover you to deepen your relationship and once again, love is the answer
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonahManzano
With questions about romance, daily routines and life of your dreams. All About Us will help you and your partner discover more about yourselves and each other than you ever imagined possible!
Whether you will it out together or separately or ask and answer questions aloud. This will discover you to deepen your relationship and once again, love is the answer
Check out my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonahManzano
It is difficult to write a song as you need life experience, right amount of inspiration and a moment to reflect about life. Cry Out In My Heart was my very first song I wrote during my college time.
This song was recorded initially using software called Audacity on a windows platform. Could you imagine how difficult it was to record a direct mic into the PC? Well, it did not turn out that professional. I guess at the time I had no idea what I was doing and thinking that was it.
I had a microphone given by my dad which was a basic economy price mic. It was also a mic I used for singing at home. It kinda look like a mic they use for drums to amplify the sound.
Anyway I thought I would share this as we know when you experiment with a lot of stuff you get the right ingredients.
You can't make everything perfect in one shot, you have to try it over and over again.
Getting verified on Facebook is harder than you think. When you get verified you can get the potential of high ranking on their platform. You cannot buy a blue badge so never engage with anyone trying to sell as this is a scam!
There are few things to consider before applying for verified blue badge
Authentic: Represent a real person, registered business or entity.
Unique: Be the only presence of this person or business. Only one Page or profile per person or business may be verified, with exceptions for language-specific Pages and profiles. We don't verify general interest Pages and profiles (example: Puppy Memes).
Complete: Have an about section, Page or profile photo and recent activity, including at least one post.
Notable: Represent a well-known, often searched person, brand or entity. We review Pages and profiles that are featured in multiple news sources, and we don't consider paid or promotional content as sources for review.
Authentic - this one means that you are the real deal, a real person or organisation.
Unique - they cannot verify you if you have memes or puppy account. Must create content that you only created for greater chance of success. Re-uploading someone else work is a big No No.
Complete - all your relevant details must be complete of who you are and what you do.
Having professional details will stand out with high quality photos.
Notable - Oh this is the hardest part, in fact almost everyone applying failed here as they don't have enough press, articles, news about them. Even if you have press or articles, still not guarantee to get verified.
But how do you get the chance of being verified anyway?
Well, if you stay active, keep creating high quality content, be real and don't bend the rules, you will eventually get it. Some may take years, some may take months to obtain it. People need to actually searching for you online, googling your name and real engagement.
Tips:
The blue badge is a sign of trust and authority.
Now here's the fun part, to request a blue verification badge you can use the link below.
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/342509036134712
Twitter is Booming!
A lot of people missing out the power of Twitter in fact if you use it right this can be a life changing to your business and to any niche you are currently in.
Here are some features added this year in addition to verification re-opened last month
Spaces - allows you to host a live audio conversations. Anyone can join in to listen, request to speak, leave at anytime and even use creative emojis for interactions.
Twitter Blue - this is first rolled out in Australia and Canada only. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before they release this to everyone. So if you are in those countries, consider it as a reward. This feature is basically a monthly subscription and for now it's available on iOS devices only, sorry android users. What you actually get is the power of Undo, that's right if you make mistakes sending a tweet you have time to undo it but only up to 30seconds. They also have have the colour theme and to change twitter icon. I don't think this is useful at all but I guess to get your layout a bit more different than others. Even if you change your theme or colour icon, this is only visible to you. well that sucks! Next one is Reader Mode, which basically compress data into a more readable view get that?
Monetisation - now this is the brand new one which is pretty much just monetised your Spaces where you can get paid for doing what you love. You can earn money for host gatherings and connect more deeply with your fans. You can also sell tickets by creating ticketed space so followers can purchase tickets. This is still in beta so some may have it or some not. You also have to meet the minimum requirements, well okay I can tell you more of this but what's the exciting part of it if all is reveal? Ok here it is. Have at least 1,000 followers, have hosted at least three spaces in the past 30days and be at least 18 years of age.
Be Creative
When writing a song, think of it as your journey in life. Just as like when you are talking to a friend. However it can be a difficult task as it requires creativity. Whether this is relating to your life experience, someone else's life or both.
When writing a song you can either write the words first then melody comes after. However this is a bit tricky as it requires you to get the right tempo, rhyme, music. When I compose my own song. Most of them were written with the music already been created.
Start with Basics
Once my teacher told me during my music lesson. Start with the basics. Yes! it sounds really boring. However, in any aspects of life whether it is learning how to drive to learning how to ride a bike. It is always believe that we learn from the basics. Can you imagine if your parents told you, you must walk now or run now. Baby steps! we learn slowly, and we grow from there.
In writing songs, it takes years of experience. When I say it like. I don't mean you have to get a degree to master it. Again, it's all about the experience. You have to start with the basics.
No copying
I know what you're thinking, how can I get idea from writing a song if I don't at least copy some of it? Well! remember when your teacher asked you don't copy and paste from a website or from a book? Your teacher eventually found out that you did. You got in trouble and you wasted your time and effort, well!not form copying from checking the source.
I will tell you now that every person's story is unique, same goes with everyone's finger prints. You have unique story, You have unique life experience. Use that as your reference.
Ask for Feedback
Now you can't work by yourself and expect people to listen to your song, ask around. You can start with your family, friends. ask them what they think about you wrote. Don't get disappointed if you get some negative feedback. That is normal! Can you imagine if everyone here on earth will say good positive about you? Well! that's impossible. That is why it's called " Feedback" which means prepare for both, negative and positive. After you ask around, the decision is yours to make. It doesn't matter what they say, but in the end it's in your hands to express what you want to write.
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