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Arnel Pineda Journey
Arnel Pineda was born in Sampaloc, Manila, in the Philippines. His mother instilled his love for singing at an early age, encouraging him to sing along to songs from her favorite singers like Karen Carpenter and Barbra Streisand. Growing up, his parents entered him in many singing contests.
His mother, who had been suffering from rheumatic heart disease, died when he was thirteen. Her illness had left their family deep in debt. Being a year behind on their rented apartment and unable to sufficiently provide for the family, his father decided to move out and ask relatives to take in Pineda’s siblings. To ease his father’s burden, Pineda quit school and volunteered to strike out on his own.
He made his way in an unorthodox fashion by singing with his band in
the Philippines and Hong Kong but was discovered on YouTube by Neil Scholn of Journey .
He sang on the streets for food…until his YouTube video hit the Internet!” That’s the story of Arnel Pineda, Journey band lead singer who was discovered by Neil Schon on YouTube just like what happened to another Filipino YouTube discovery, Charice
Pempengco.
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