The Music of SounDoze

SounDoze is a house name for acoustic music, having been playing in Puerto Princesa City for more than two years now. SounDoze has created a sound uniquely its own - offering a buffet of their own acoustic renditions of songs of different genres, from OPM to bossa nova to reggae to r&b to alternative, from classics to pop, from ballads to disco hits. More than that, they can create a totally new sound for a song that would seem vaguely familiar yet surprisingly different.

SounDoze has played in major venues in the city like Asturias Hotel, Hangar Zone, Dos Palmas, Kinabuch, Legend Hotel and Hotel Fleuris. Their simple yet elegant set-up brought life to weddings, parties, corporate events and conventions, serving clients from here and elsewhere. Their flexibility to make way for special requests to fit their clients’ themed events is indeed one of their charms.

SounDoze disproved that acoustic music is boring. To this band, the challenge of this misconception only made it easier to experiment on a wide spectrum of music. The combined geniuses of these musicians and singers and the magic of their harmony create a truly memorable listening experience. And a jamming session with them might just be a simple delight for the “surprised” and unaware jammers who are usually volunteered by their accompanying friends and co-guests, and even more for the group who end up playing requested songs for the first time, songs they never imagined they’d play…even for jamming’s sake.

SounDoze is Janis a.k.a. DJ Regie of iFM 99.9 on vocals, Verds a.k.a. d_Guru of iFM 99.9 on cajon/vocals/percussions, Mark on 2nd vocals, Emil on bass/vocals, Shad on guitars and Cyril on guitars/back-up vocals.

The band’s shows last October 13 and November 17 at the Scenario Bar, “Bossa Nova Night with SounDoze”, proved to be such a huge success, unexpectedly jam-packing the small bar twice. It bared the band’s jazz and world music influence even before the likes of Sitti and Sophia appeared in the mainstream. Aside from the classic yet unbeatable Sergio Mendes renditions, added were their own renditions of other types of songs experimented in bossa nova and samba.

Currently, SounDoze plays every Saturdays at the We Be Sushi Bar and Restaurant of Hotel Fleuris.

The Songs

SounDoze is known for the wide spectrum of music it embraces. It’s a little bit of everything, so to speak, yet it’s in a taste uniquely their own. Here are just some of these songs:

A New Day For You * Ain’t No Mountain High * Apo Medley * Am I The Same Girl * APL Song * Baby I Love Your Way * Bridges * Burn * Buses and Trains * Beer * Close To You * Constantly * Cool With You * Can’t Take My Eyes Off You * Can We Still Be Friends * Change The World * Cruisin’ * Don’t Know Why * Don’t Lie * Dance With Me * Don’t Worry, Be Happy * Dream A Little Dream of Me * Don’t Speak * Don’t Dream It’s Over * Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing * Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic * Fly Me To The Moon * Follow Your Road * Fast Car * Fever * Foolish Heart * Fallen * Fool On The Hill * Grow Old With You * The Girl From Ipanema * Get Here * Hand In My Pocket * Hurt * Harana * Half A Minute * I Didn’t Know I Was Looking For Love * I Only Want To Be With You * I’ll Be * I Say A Little Pray’r For You * It’s Too Late * I Just Can’t Stop Loving You * I’ll Be There * I’m Like A Bird * Just The Way You Are * Just Take My Heart * Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko * Killing Me Softly * Like A Lover * Love Fool * Loving You * La Isla Bonita * Let’s Wait A While * L-l-lies * Limang Dipang Tao * Love City * Light And Shade * Love Makes No Promises * La La La (Means I Love You) * Mahirap Talagang Magmahal Ng May Syota Pang Isa * Make It Easy * Mas Que Nada * Midnight At The Oasis * My Favorite Mistake * Neither One Of Us * Never Let Her Slip Away * Nothing Compares To You * No Scrubs * Overjoyed * Officially Missing You * Out Of Reach * One Hello * One Note Samba * One Of Us * Perfect Combination * Paano * People Are People * Para Sa Akin * Promises * Power Of Two * Panghabangbuhay * Quando, Quando, Quando * Reminiscing * Runaway * Smooth Operator * Say You Love Me * Say What You Want * Separate Lives * Spain * Stay (With Me) Stay (I Missed You) * Shaker Song * Strong Enough * Stars * Sway * Someday We’ll Know * So Slow * Shackles * Tattooed On My Mind * Tell Me In A Whisper * The Closer I Get To You * There’s A Kind Of Hush * Top Of The World * Till There Was You * Through The Fire * True * Till They Take My Heart Away * Too Many Walls * Time And Tide * Time After Time * Two Become One * True Colors * Tom’s Diner * Thank You * Underneath It All * Weak * Waiting In Vain * Wave * Walk Like An Egyptian * Waters of March * Would I Lie * You Were Meant For Me * You Gotta Be * and the list goes on …