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Star Magic Artist and Bud Brother Guji Lorenzana or Gregory Lorenzana Jr.
in real life made it on The Voice of the Philippines Blind Audition.
Guji who has had 3 albums
in the past grabbed the opportunity of showing Filipinos his talent for singing
through this #THEVOICEPH.
Guji grew up in Fremont San Francisco and graduated
from the University of California, Davis with a degree in Bachelor of Arts in
Rhetoric and Communications with mini-minor in Theater Arts.
His first work after college was as a 1st grade CCD Teacher (Religious Education). He then became a Sales Representative for a Japanese Conductor Company and a Real Estate Agent.
His first work after college was as a 1st grade CCD Teacher (Religious Education). He then became a Sales Representative for a Japanese Conductor Company and a Real Estate Agent.
With background in theatre, he auditioned for plays on
Broadway. He also regularly went on gigs with his Bay Area based Band, the
Sunday Groove.
In 2004, he auditioned on the 3rd Season of
American Idol. Though he didn’t make it; he still got the needed encouragement from
Simon Cowell for him to continue pursuing Music. Simon told Guji that he has
the voice to what it takes to make it.
A year after that, he released his 1st album
‘Five Days More’ under the USA Independent IMMIJ Records.
Then in 2006, Guji went back to Manila and released a
self-titled Extended Play album under Ivory Records. Its carrier single ‘I’ll
Be Yours Forever’ was written by Ogie Alcasid. He also came out with another
album ‘Without Your Love’ under the Indie Label, LuKas Music Philippines,
distributed by Synergy Corp. He got a nomination as Best Male Performer at the
2008 AWIT Awards for the album’s carrier single ‘Tagumpay’ which music video
was used to feature the giant power generating turbines of Bangui Ilocos Norte.
Other than
being in the hit Stage Play West Side Story with Christian Bautista and
Karylle, he was also a Dj on Mellow 94.7 and appeared on various television
commercials in the Philippines and Asia including ads for Jollibee, Selecta Ice
Cream, Nescafe and Globe Telecom. His most recent commercial is with Medicol.
Guji became a household name after being paired with now
real life girlfriend Kaye Abad on their successful drama series; Precious Heart
Romances. He was last seen on the hit Kapamilya Gold Soap, ‘PHR Paraiso’ and in
the films Suddenly Its Magic with Erich Gonzales and Thai Actor Mario Maurer
and of Sarah Geronimo ‘s and John Lloyd Cruz’, ‘It Takes A Man and A Woman’.
What I like about Guji other than being talented and good
looking is his eagerness to pursue his dreams and to really make it in the
entertainment world. I can feel his passion. I really hope you would all get to
feel what I’m trying to say as he showcases his singing voice every weekend on #THEVOICEPH.
He is one of the nicest celebrities I’ve met; humble, thoughtful,
expressive and appreciative of the people supporting and loving him. Only
seldom you can find an artist who has a heart more beautiful that what is
already outside. I formally introduced myself to him last week after many years
of being his fan. I even have this little tarp with his name on it. I’ve met
him few times already, we even have pictures together but never did I have the
courage to say ‘Hey I’m Morgan, I’m your fan!’ only after 5 years after having
few conversations with him on twitter.
Guji is also the lead vocalist of the band Aminado and
plays regularly on Craft, Aracama and 7th High in The Fort. You can
tweet him @GujiLorenzana for gig dates and schedule.
Hopefully, I get to arrange a one on one exclusive
interview with him soon. So watch out for that. Here are photos I took last
week at Craft Bar in The Fort.
Special Credit to kayji.webs.com/
for some of the info I got.
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