With all the music I have done on this site,
the most requested song is
I Love You, by Bro. Mike Lapid.
A big percentage of site referrals and search engines point out to that song
And it all redirects to my site.
I am actually not surprised. It’s a beautiful song with a beautiful message.
I am surprised though that people actually want to listen to my version of it.
Maybe because there are few, if not none, other versions of it out there.
But from the bottom of my heart,
I am truly honored.
A lot of people have requested to have a copy of that song
and I have respectfully declined to send it.
The song is not mine.
I just played it.
I played it because of personal reasons.
Not to show off or prove that I can.
I wanted to get a hold of Bro. Lapid to finally get his permission,
but I have no idea where to get a hold of him,
so I can answer the requests emailed to me, without guilt or hesitation.
I do not even know how the copyright laws would protect Bro. Lapid.
I do not want people having the notion that I am him or him playing the music.
I am sure his version is way better than mine.
And since most of the requests I have received have good intentions,
I am forced to send them my version.
As long as Bro. Mike Lapid is recognized as the one who wrote the words.
As long as it is noted that it is his music.
And let it be known that I just sang and played it as my own personal version.
This includes and is not limited to all the songs he made
that I have done and will do in the future.
In conclusion, I truly hope that the song would help others,
the way it has helped me.
I am sure that is what Bro. Lapid intended it to be.
Thank you very much.
(Songs are under CHORUS – WORSHIP)
PS – and for those who have emailed me before,
I will also try to scour my old email and will reply back to you.
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**UPDATE**
Bro. Lapid finally found out about this and replied to me.
Please read this post as well. -> Connected By Music
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Hey, Ty! I would appreciate a copy of your version of I Love You, by Bro. Mike Lapid. I hope things are well.
Yes Sir.
I’ll email them to you.
Things are quite alright.
I hope you are doing well too.
Cheers to you TY! Ciao!
Way back in my college years in DBTC Mandaluyong, from 1985 to 1990, I used to have a copy of the compilation of some the liturgical songs of Bro. Mike Lapid in a cassette tape and it was gone right after my graduation in 1990. Fortunately, I was able to discover your website today, June 22, 2010! That’s after 20years already. Thanks bro. for the songs that you have recorded, I really enjoyed listening to them.
Ty, can you still recall the Tagalog Song of Bro. Mike Lapid? Part of the lyrics is this:
” Ito ang aking Katawan
na inihahandog sa inyo
ngayon at kailan man…
Ito ang aking dugo
Dugo ng walang hanngang tipan…”
I hope you could also record this in the future.
If possible, could you also please send me the MP3 of all the songs of Bro. Mike. Kindly send them to my email add: [“removed by admin”] I’d like to share these songs to my family.
Rgds,
Romeo S.
Hello Sir Romeo,
Thank you very much for taking the time to listen.
I am not familiar with the song you have mentioned.
I will try to ask some of my batchmates if they know it.
I would love to cover more Salesian songs.
I am in the process of emailing you the songs. It just takes a while to upload.
Thank you again for your time.
Yours in Music,
Ty
Hi,
The rendition of the song is great as my post on: http://www.denofmusic.com/index.php/?p=605&cpage=2#comment-10840
However, the original lyrics goes like this,
I love you,
‘Cause that’s just what I am.
I could never turn away from you, and leave you all alone.
Yes, I love you.
What more proof do you ask
Shall be any love that’s greater than the love I’ve shown to you.
This was the original lyrics when we first played it. Although not sure if there were any changes made after Bro. Mike left.
Kind Regards,
Eugene