, ▁Git am ond oc ▁left ▁Art ist ▁Ko ▁and ▁his ▁affili ation ▁with ▁the ▁competition . ▁He ▁also ▁made ▁his ▁reasons ▁for ▁leaving ▁public ▁when ▁Vis pop ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁was ▁launched ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁In flu ences ▁ ▁Git am ond oc ▁cred ited ▁his ▁years ▁and ▁the ▁formation ▁he ▁received ▁in ▁the ▁sem inary ▁for ▁his ▁decision ▁to ▁purs ue ▁music ▁later ▁in ▁his ▁life , ▁acknowled ging ▁the ▁influ ences ▁of ▁Sales ian ▁administr ators , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁David ▁F oster , ▁Michael ▁Smith ▁and ▁D iane ▁Warren , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Jose ▁Mari ▁Chan , ▁Lou ie ▁O cam po , ▁Tr ina ▁Bel am ide , ▁Gary ▁Gran ada , ▁and ▁Ryan ▁C ay aby ab . ▁ ▁Te aching ▁ ▁Git am ond oc ▁had ▁conducted ▁song writing ▁courses ▁and ▁work sh ops ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Children ' s ▁Pop ▁Music ▁Festival ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁which ▁was ▁organized ▁by ▁the ▁C eb u ▁provincial ▁government ▁through ▁the ▁Provin cial ▁Council ▁for ▁the ▁W elf are ▁of ▁Children . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁he ▁facil itated ▁the ▁Harm ony ▁Song writing ▁Work sh ops ▁organized ▁by ▁The ▁International ▁Buddh ist ▁Progress ▁Society ▁of ▁Man ila , ▁Philippines , ▁and ▁produced ▁the ▁songs ▁that ▁were ▁composed ▁by ▁the ▁participants ▁during ▁the ▁work shop . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁C eb u - based ▁Brown ▁Academy ▁of ▁Music