Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Charice’s personalized microphone

Have you noticed that when she performs on either stage or on live television, the microphone used by Charice Pempengco really stuns our eyes. Now, we’ll see the microphone closer and know more about it.

This is Charice’s microphone in a closer view. It was due to her endorsement of Sennheiser audio equipments that she was able to choose a design for her microphone. This microphone costs $999 or at least Php47,000. It is encrusted with Swarovski crystals, and it possesses her own signature.
 What amazes me though is the fact that the visitors who read the post Charice Visited Thailand aren't seem to be that interested about her visit in the country, rather, they are more fascinated and curious about her dazzling crystal-studded Sennheiser microphone.


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 Limited-edition Sennheisen Charice microphones will be sold here in the Philippines.
Other international artists that do have customized microphones include Beyonce, Avril Lavigne, Nelly Furtado, Celine Dion and Rihanna.

Charice is now the brand ambassador of Sennheiser in the Philippines. Last November 26, the singer launched the limited-edition Sennheiser microphones that bear her signature. Executives of the German company also gave a microphone encrusted with Swarovski crystals (inset) as a gift to Charice.

Charice receives Swarovski-studded microphone from German company

 At the Fish & Co. restaurant at Shangri-La Plaza last Thursday, November 26, a video was shown of renowned musicians performing in jampacked venues. Beyonce, Nelly Furtado, Avril Lavigne, Rihanna and Celine Dion were all shown using Sennheiser microphones—the same brand that Filipina singer Charice is now endorsing.

 Charice used a gray microphone to sing the upbeat song "Fingerprint," which she performed for the first time in the Philippines.

 After her energetic song-and-dance number, the crowd immediately requested an encore. Before she performed another song, Charice chirped, "Ginaganahan ako kumanta dahil sa mic ko, e." She then performed the songs "Note to God" and Beyonce's "Halo." 

On closer inspection, one can see what makes the microphone special: it bears the signature of the singer and is encrusted with the patented Swarovski crystals. According to Sennheiser executives, only a limited number of these Charice-edition microphones will be available in the Philippines. 

How does she feel about being chosen by Sennheiser, a leading German audio electronics brand, to be its ambassador in the Philippines?

 "Kinilabutan ako nung sinabi nila na next endorser ako, kahanay nina Beyonce and Celine Dion," revealed Charice, because when she was only seven years old, she distinctly remembers wishing that she could have her own Sennheiser microphone.

"Nung nagsisimula akong kumanta [in singing competitions], nakikita ko iba-ibang kulay ng mga mic nila [her competitors]," recalled Charice.

According to the website of the German company, customizing a handheld microphone with 2,300 crystals can cost up to $999 (around P47,000). Mommy Raquel told PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) how she came up with the design for Charice's personalized microphone.

"Binigyan kami ng mga designs, then ang pinili ko yung star. Kasi si Mariah Carey may sarili siyang mic. Sinasabi [ni Charice] dati, 'Sana may sarili rin akong mic.' Kaya napaiyak siya nung pinakita sa kanya yung mic kahapon sa pictorial."
In her statement, she once told herself when she was still a kid that she does want a microphone like this. Also, she saw her other competitors using different colors of microphones.

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