“MiG delivered a splendid performance Tuesday night (Jan. 5) as the musical’s lead male vocalist,” wrote Edmund Silvestre a PhilStar Correspondent in New York. “MiG simply shone everytime he was onstage,” Edmund quoted MiG’s friend Suzanne Gallagher as saying. “I didn’t know he’s also a great dancer.” Among those who lent support to MiG was Oscar-winner Matt Damon, a friend of MiG and MiG’s wife Simone De La Rue.

“MiG was superb and the show spectacular,” Matt was quoted as saying. The Bourne Identity star and his wife Luciana joined the awestruck crowd in extending MiG and the dazzling performers more than five minutes of standing ovation during the curtain call.

MiG’s Broadway appearance was a limited engagement only, from Jan. 5 to 10, for the final week of the show’s New York run. Burn the Floor musical will embark on a world tour in countries like Australia, Japan, Korea, Canada and then back to the US.

According to Edmund, Burn the Floor director Jason Gilkison and producer Harley Medcalf formally announced that the show was MiG’s Broadway debut. After his week-long Great White Way gig, MiG will be joining the show’s national and international tours, with fellow vocalist Rebecca Tapia, a Pinay-looking Australian Idol finalist who is of Ecuadorean descent.

MiG is in the middle of recording his follow-up CD, due for release in the first half of 2010. Earlier, he released a stunning composition called United As One (Kasama Mo Ako) as a tribute to the Filipino nation following the massive destruction wrought by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

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Mig Ayesa, composed a heartwarming song called “United As One”.  The song was specially created for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy.  Here’s the message Mig wants to share with United As One song:

“I just wanted to share with you a song I am sending to use to help raise funds for the victims of Ondoy in the Philippines. Please bear in mind this is a demo, recorded at home, using my very limited studio and playing all the instruments. I hope people can pick up this song and use it as an anthem for the relief efforts and also use it to raise much-needed funds. Any help or ideas you may have to get it to the right people would be very much appreciated.

“The world has seemed to forgotten what is still such a painful and drastic situation. I hope this song will inspire people to act and give hope.”

Watch Mig Ayesa United As One Video

UNITED AS ONE Lyrics
(Words and music by MiG Ayesa, Tagalog Translations by Freddie Santos)

Kapatid, Kaibigan, Kababayan
(Sibling, friend, countrymen)
Kapatid, Kaibigan, Kababayan
Kapatid, Kaibigan, Kababayan
Kasama mo ako
(I am with you)
Kasama mo ako

I hear you calling out my name
And I can’t just ignore what you’re saying
I see you falling from the pain
And I’m feeling the way that your hurting
You’re my brother, sister don’t you cry
I’ll be there by your side to hold you up
Though you never thought this would matter
I’ll never leave you alone

So hold on tightly, hang on I’ll be
There by your side and we’ll battle the tide together…
(Magkasama)
Together…
(Magkasama)
Don’t be scared we’ll
Soon be where we
All want to be as we stand here united as one.

Pag langit ay du-mi-di-lim
(When dark clouds leaves you in despair)
And the rain seems to fall down forever
At buhay ay uma-aah-sim
(When life is just too much too bear)
And you can’t feel the break in the weather
You don’t have to worry
I’ll help you carry on
Through the eye of the storm we’re holding on
The day’s dawning, feel the sun warming
Healing you, keeping you strong…

So hold on tightly, hang on I’ll be
There by your side and we’ll battle the tide together…
(Magkasama)
Together…
(Magkasama)
Don’t be scared we’ll
Soon be where we
All want to be as we stand here united as one.

Kapatid, Kaibigan, Kababayan
Kapatid, Kaibigan, Kababayan

You are my brother, sister, mother
I’ll be there by your side to hold you up
I’ll be by your side…
So hold on tightly, hang on I’ll be
There by your side and we’ll battle the tide together…
(Magkasama)
Together…
(Magkasama)
Don’t be scared we’ll
Soon be where we
All want to be as we stand here united as one.

We stand as one…

Kapatid, Kaibigan, Kababayan
Kapatid, Kaibigan, Kababayan
Kasama mo ako
Kasama mo ako.

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