▁Song writing ▁Camp aign ▁( Vis pop ), ▁a ▁year ly ▁song writing ▁competition ▁for ▁songs ▁written ▁in ▁C eb u ano ▁language . ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁ ▁Git am ond oc ▁ha iled ▁from ▁Sur iga o ▁del ▁Norte , ▁Philippines . ▁His ▁musical ▁interests ▁started ▁early ▁at ▁age ▁six ▁when ▁his ▁brother ▁brought ▁home ▁a ▁keyboard . ▁He ▁went ▁to ▁study ▁in ▁Don ▁Bos co ▁Mission ary ▁Sem inar ▁in ▁La wa an , ▁T alis ay ▁City , ▁C eb u , ▁and ▁was ▁ment ored ▁by ▁Sales ian ▁administr ators ▁and ▁mus icians ▁who ▁taught ▁him ▁the ▁rud iments ▁of ▁song writing ▁and ▁piano - play ing . ▁ ▁Later , ▁he ▁left ▁the ▁sem inary ▁and ▁purs ued ▁his ▁interests ▁in ▁music ▁by ▁en rolling ▁at ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Music ▁in ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines ▁- ▁D il iman ▁but ▁quit ▁after ▁two ▁years ▁upon ▁real izing ▁that ▁the ▁curr icul um ▁was ▁more ▁focused ▁on ▁classical ▁studies , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁more ▁interested ▁in ▁main stream ▁pop ▁genre . ▁It ▁was ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁that ▁he ▁encountered ▁Kath a , ▁an ▁organization ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁Filip ino ▁musical ▁tal ents ▁including ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁World ▁Youth ▁Day ▁theme ▁song ▁composer ▁Tr ina ▁Bel am ide ▁and ▁Ar nel ▁de ▁P ano , ▁who ▁composed ▁the ▁Bas il ▁Val de z ▁hit ▁song ▁Le ad ▁me ▁Lord . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Git am ond oc ▁began ▁his ▁professional ▁music ▁career ▁in ▁ 2 0 0