Background
Arias was born on August 5, 1976 in Makati City, Philippines.
Arias was born on August 5, 1976 in Makati City, Philippines.
Arias has been well known for his raw, sharp-edged raspy vocals. He is also musically versatile, playing a wide range of instruments, including the guitar, keyboards, and several percussion instruments. Recently, Arias auditioned for the first season of The Voice of the Philippines where he was able to join Sarah Geronimo"s team
He was able to go to reach the teams final 6 before getting eliminated by coach Sarah.
He started his education at Colegio San Agustin-Makati, but got into a lot of trouble growing up and went on to different high schools to finish, then to college at International Academy of Management and Economics, taking up a degree majoring in Management and Economics. Beginnings and early success He began his singing career as a solo act, at the age of 17, at Ka Freddies in Tagaytay City in 1993 after being discovered by international folk star, Freddie Aguilar.
He released his first album under Warner Music Philippines with the band Excerpts in 1999. In 2000, he formed Velcro, an acoustic group together with Rivermaya drummer, Mark Escueta, and coExcerpts member and lead guitarist, James Diaz.
They were later joined by Bolichie Suzara on Bass and Alex Fidel on Drums for their debut album, "" released in 2004 and was distributed by Viva Records.
He was also able to collaborate with different artists, including Rachel Alejandro. He composed, arranged and co-produced Geneva Cruz"s album, "To Manila", which was released October 2013. He also composed jingles for different commercial ads.
In 2007, he released his single "" in Germany and China.
The Voice of the Philippines He was able to make Lea Salonga, Bamboo Mañalac, and Sarah Geronimo turn their respective chairs. He later picked the latter as his coach.
In the first Live show, he sang Aerosmith"s "I Don"t Want to Mission a Thing." He was later eliminated after Geronimo picked Eva delos Santos over him. Post The Voice of the Philippines After ending his stint in The Voice of the Philippines, Arias continued his career in doing musical gigs at both local and international venues.