Looks like Charice Pempengco isn't the only Filipino artist making waves abroad. Arnel Pineda, new Filipino vocalist for "Journey" got a standing ovation in a recent guest performance on the Ellen Degeneres show.
Hand-picked by Journey's lead guitarist and founding member Neal Schon (he's also a former member of Santana) after he found clips of Pineda on YouTube in 2007. He told GQ magazine that during his search, he deliberately tried to avoid a Steve Perry clone but after seeing clips of Arnel Pineda online, “The hair stood up on my arms,” Schon says. “I got up off the computer and told my girlfriend, ‘No way—this guy sounds too good. I don’t believe it.’," was what he told GQ.
Here's Arnel Pineda's rendition of "Faithfully"
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