William Elvin Launches New Album After 6 Years

If you have seen the plays "Mula Sa Buwan" and "Maxie The Musical," you have heard the songs made by William Elvin who made classic and heartfelt songs that save a lot of soul into their stories. A dedicated musician and composer, William Elvin comes up with a new album to be launched this month titled Sacred/Profane/Mundane.

Though he is now living and working in Hong Kong, William comes home to the Philippines to perform for friends, family, and fans. He migrated to Hong Kong in 2013 where he is working for a PR firm and performs with his band in his free time.

Musical Theater Songwriter William Elvin To Release New Album Of Personal Songs In October

After producing a string of original Filipino musicals, including 2011’s “Rizal X”, 2013’s “Maxie The Musicale” and 2016’s “Mula sa Buwan”, singer-songwriter William Elvin is set to release a new collection of personal songs on Spotify and Apple Music in October this year.

Having gained fan support through his emotionally vulnerable and brutally honest musical works, songs such as Ang Sabi Nila (Mula sa Buwan), But I Love No One But You and Tonight, I Break Some Promises (Rizal X) have garnered thousands of listeners on Spotify. With the new album’s release, William aims to express his musical message on a more personal level and connect with his listeners more intimately.

MUSIC LYF: William Elvin To Formally Launch Debut Album on August 29

Theater actor - director, musical director and composer William Elvin shall launch his debut CD album --- DisConTechNoThisContent: The Musicalienation of William Elvin on August 29. ( A soft-launch was held last July 2 at Taumbayan, Q.C. ) 

In 2005, William decided to stop writing songs and playing music. His friends in the UST band/rock scene were being signed by major record labels. EMI Philippines was starting to position Hale to be one of the biggest rock acts of the 2000s. Sony BMG followed suit with the signing of Callalily. The two bands spearheaded the 'pogi-rock' movement (a term used with both marketing and derogatory intentions, as William remembers it) in mainstream Pinoy pop in the mid-2000s. 

A few months later, rock bands were ruling the airwaves while WilIiam and his band The Barpins, was stuck playing in the now-defunct 'Mayric's', a small rock and roll bar along Espana, Manila. Frustrated, he promised to himself not to go back to that scene, and pursue a different artistic medium. That decision led William to the Theatre Arts program in the University of the Philippines.