Jay R Sillona

Gaudencio Sillona III (born February 1, 1981), who performs under the mononym Jay R, is a Filipino[1] singer-songwriter, actor, record producer and model. In 2003, he released his debut album, Gameface, under Universal Records. The album containted the number one single, "Bakit Pa Ba", received numerous awards, and was certified Platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry. He made his big screen debut in the 2004 feature film Happy Together, and later, released his self-titled second album in 2005.

In 2006, he built a recording studio inside his mansion, followed by a recording label called JAYRS Music. He later renamed it as Homeworkz Records. In the same year, he released a Christmas album, Christmas Away from Home, and dedicated it to his late uncle Reny. The album was re-released in 2008, where he donated the proceeds from the sales to GMA's Kapuso Foundation. Also in 2008, he released a cover album, Soul in Love, which became his highest-rated and biggest-selling album.

He released an all-Tagalog album early in 2010, Jay R Sings OPM Love Classics, which consists of revivals of Original Pilipino Music love songs. Later, he recorded a Bahasa song, which is slated for release in Indonesia. He is part of TV musical variety show Party Pilipinas on GMA, and hosts the Philippine adaptation of dating game show Take Me Out on the same network. He often performs with Kyla.

Early life

Gaudencio Aquino Sillona III was born on February 1, 1981 in Glendale City, Los Angeles, California, United States, where he was raised by his parents Gaudencio Sillona II, a pianist, and Amparo Aquino, a singer. He is the youngest among four siblings. On his father's side, he has four brothers, saying "Before my parents got together, my father was married to somebody else".He speaks fluent Tagalog. Among his musical influences as a young man were Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross and Gary Valenciano. He attended St. Genevieve's School in Panorama City. He was second-year college, taking up Computer Engineering at DeVry University in Los Angeles, California, when he decided to fulfill his dream of becoming a singer.

Music career

1997–2002: Early works and debutAt the age of sixteen, Sillona already belonged to a group called FI (First Impression). The group consisted of five members namely—Mike Gabriel, Alex Bacani, Jay R Sillona, Jimmy Martinez (who came with him to Manila and is now Jimmy Muna) and Owen Amurao. When Mike, Owen and Alex went their separate ways, he and Martinez continued the group by adding another talented singer named Kris Cadevida (later known as Kris Lawrence). They would do gigs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Michigan. He was also the lead singer, with his sister Jhing, of another band that was led by his uncle, Robert Sillona, called The Howlers. Later, Jhing collaborated with him in creating hit songs. Sillona later started performing gigs all around Southern California. He also did back-up vocals for major artists, whose albums were released in the United States, Latin America, Philippines and other territories. Later, he started co-writing songs with international artists. He collaborated with Ray Brown, Troy Johnson, Jason Edmonds, 3AM, Steve Singer, Gary Brown, The Triangle, Dutch Cousin, Chuck Cymone and many other talented producers.

In 2008, Sillona re-released his 2006 Christmas album, Christmas Away from Home into Holiday of Love, under his own label called Homeworkz Records. Sales of the album were donated to GMA-7's Kapuso Foundation. In 2009, he was part of the recording for the song, "Kaya Natin Ito", a tribute to the victims of the Typhoon Ondoy. The song was recorded in his Homeworkz studio. All proceeds from the single's sales went towards Philippine Red Cross and Gawad Kalinga. On June 30, 2010, he performed with Kyla, Nina and Jed Madela on the victory street party of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, after the president's inauguration.

translation :

you said goodbye because I hurt you
my mistakes were not that obvious, then
now, I know that I did you wrong
I hope you can forgive me
everyday you shed tears, and to me you begged
I didn���t hear your sufferings, then

why did I do it?
that I���ve hurt someone like you
who loved me so much
I never realized that there���s nothing compared
to the love that you���ve given me
I just hope that you can forgive me once again

for a long time, I was blind to someone like you
even though your love was true
I left you alone
why did I do this to you?.
 everyday you shed tears, and to me you begged
I didn���t hear your sufferings, then

why did I do it?
that I���ve hurt someone like you
who loved me so much
I never realized that there���s nothing compared
to the love that you���ve given me
I just hope that you can forgive me once again