NI BETH GELENA
Remember former Side A Band member Rodel Gonzalez?
Siya lang naman ang nag-iisang lisensyadong Pinoy artist ng Disney at Marvel.
Ibinahagi ni Gonzalez sa isang panayam kung paano siya naging Filipino artist licensed ng mga kinababaliwang hero cartoons.
Aniya, dalawang dekada na silang nasa Florida ng kapatid na si Naldy.
Sila ang founder ng Side A band nu’ng 1985 kung saan siya ang vocalist along with the group’s original members Joey Benin, Kelly Badon, Mar Dizon and Pido Lalimarmo.
Aniya sa ekslusibong interbyu sa presscon ng kanilang concert na “Then and Now: Redux 360 Side A Experience na gaganapin.sa Newport World Resorts” sa September 24: “I’m here until the show on the 24th. Kasi I have to leave by the 26th kasi may art show naman ako ng October 5 so I got to be back in Florida for the Disney show.”
“Noong bumalik ako sa art in 2002, after six years is when I got a license for Disney. So yung pinaka CEO nila was able to recruit me to be one of the Disney artists and I was really elated kasi I mean who would know di ba? Kasi wala naman sa radar ko yun eh.
“As a Disney Fine Art artists, we deal with a lot of the existing movies. It’s got to be based on the films. So I would do from the classics like Snow White & the Seven Dwarves, mga Winnie the Pooh series, Lion King, yung mga napapanuod natin nung bata tayo and I’m able to do my own interpretation of those movies. I would say it’s not just the typical Disney art, it’s more of people who are really collecting art from $30,000-$40,000 a piece, ganun. So it’s an elite group in a way eh. Mga 30 lang kami kumbaga,” ayon pa sa mahusay na singer.
