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Father Roel, also known as Fro, is a Roman Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
Ordained in the Phillippines in 1984, he came over to the United States bringing with him his gift of
joy and music. Father Roel has been writing songs since the late '70s and had performed in many
different venues as a soloist or as part of the singing priests from his home Diocese of Tagbilaran in
Bohol, Philippines, even before he became a priest. From guitar folk singing to high powered
Philippine ballads to performing within the setting of the Liturgical genre and even Rock music - he
seemed to have tried them all!

In 1992, after he bought his first HRS (Home Recording Studio), Fro set his sight on producing
records that meant a lot to him, the Paring Bol-anon music. After experimenting on liturgical music
for his debut album, "Mass of St. Rita" (1992), he almost immediately followed it up with newly
written materials which at that time he called "real songs" for the mere fact that they were actually
written as songs and not prayers-turned-into-songs which he was so accustomed to doing. Titled,
"Dear Jesus," from a prayer he wrote for school children at St. Rita School in Harahan, Louisiana, the
album began to evolve as a collaborative work of not just a few but many throughout the whole
process: school children, teachers, parents, parish office workers, CYO members and others. It was
something Father Roel truly felt was the work of the Holy Spirit empowering the faithful to take active
:: artist infos part in recreating and proclaiming the "Good News" of God's joy through prayer and music!

» member profile:
Do you play live?
frosmusic When time in active ministry allows me, yes, I do. But I don't seek them now like I used to as a
young performer. (".)
» official web page How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Oh, its just wonderful. There's a lot of "good" about it that works for insignificant people like me...
» genre: Acoustic > Acoustic General It used to be just God who listens to me, in the bathroom, but now the whole world can if they
know how to tune in to this stuff.
» location: Fro
Slidell LA USA Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
email: send email Nope! But my songs could, if they could even make it to the door of a publisher or a record label.
(LoL)
phone: 985-710-3116
Band History:
» label: unsigned I started writing in 1978 'til about 2001. I still think about going back to it when the right
opportunity comes. As for performing, oh my, I used to treat the microphone as something "to die
for." But as I grew older, and wiser, I realized songwriting meant more to me than performing.
» latest album:
Even listening to others perform became an even more in-depth obsession for me from which I
"Dear Jesus" self-taught myself to the art of music arranging and record producing. But my! I still do sing "live"
24 tracks when forced to by circumstance. (".)
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Your influences?
Honestly, I don't know anymore since I do listen to all kinds of music. You be the judge!

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Favorite spot?
The birthplace of Jass -- New Orleans! And of course, my home sweet home, Bohol, a real accent
of heaven. Other than these two, they're Salzburg, Austria and Leuven, Belgium.

Equipment used:
Akai 8-chan HD, Alesis 16-chan, Alesis efx, gate, all kinds of cheap (pawned) guitars, Yamaha and
other cheap keyboards (intawon pod!) and my "sintonao" voice

Anything else...?
Guest soloist on "Dear Jesus (v1) - Sara Estes; back-up vocals by Fr. J. Roel Lungay

Piano on "Dear Jesus" and "The Morning Star - Peggy Estes

Guest back up vocals on "Look At The Trees" - 1993-1994 St. Rita School Kindergarten Classes 1
&2

Lyrical editors - Barbara Henry; Patricia McKinney

All songs (except otherwise noted) are composed, arranged and performed by Father Roel

Copyright (c) 1994 by Fro's Music

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