“When Neal Schon discovered the videos on YouTube, he tried to find my friend's e-mail address, so he found it, and he sent him an e-mail claiming that he's Mr. Neal Schon, and he's from Journey, and he's serious about getting me to San Francisco to try out as their frontman. When my friend forwarded the e-mail to me, I was just laughing.”

Filipino singer and songwriter

Arnel Pineda is a Filipino singer and songwriter who came to prominence in the Philippines in the 1980s. He is best known as the lead singer of the American rock band Journey, a role that brought him international attention in 2007. Before that, he had already built a reputation at home as a performer. His name is most closely associated with rock music and with the unusual path that carried him from local recognition to a global stage.