Emil Sanglay

Mesa Church[clarification needed] in Manila, chord editor of Jingle Chordbook Magazine, researcher, author, and testing officer of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority for Overseas Performing Artists, and Philchime (Philippine Chamber of Industry in Music and Entertainment).

Sanglay's professional music career started when Vicor Records released his song "Pen-Pen de Sarapen" in 1978.

[1] He was a recording artist for Ivory Music and Video(formerly Ivory Records), Cultural Center of the Philippines artist (Outreach and Exchange Program)[clarification needed] and one of the main cast of Lapu-lapu, a multilingual opera by Toto Gentica in 1997.

Most of the Filipino indigenous instruments Sanglay was known for using in his live performances were: "Diwdiw-as", "Tonggatong", "Gangsa", "Gabbang", "Kubing", "Bungkaka", "Maraak", "Tambur", "Patting" or the bamboo guitar of the Cordillerans and the carabao horn "tambuli", stones, frog sounds, rain stick and birds caller.

Sanglay and his band Bagong Penpen also used modern, Asian and Vedic instruments in his music, such as the electric guitar, bass guitar, flute, congga, djembe, sitar, tabla, mrdanga, harp, violin, marimba, Chinese gong, Udu, Doumbek, keyboard synthesizers and drums.