Magkano na ba ngayon?

For those who come from my generation, when there were still no mobile phones, the pay phone is our only way to connect, and it only took three twenty-five-centavo-coins to make a call.  But help me recall... was it only for three minutes?  

Matayog ang lipad ng saranggola ni Pepe

Saranggola ni Pepe - Celeste Legaspi
One of my favorite OPM songs.  I have it on my playlist when I was in Dubai and I usually set it on repeat whenever I was on my way home from work.  

Umagang Kay Ganda

"Basta't tayo'y magkasama, laging mayro'ng umagang kay ganda

Pagsikat ng araw, may dalang liwanag, sa ating pangarap.... "

Oh, what a beautiful day!

I've been praying for a rainy day for days now. Just to quench the heat we've been going through lately. And it was nice to wake up this morning with rain and all.

And it's even nicer to find one of my favorite songs of all time. Yeah, they have a version on this early morning show. But nothing beats like the original.

Estrellas

Sa Paskong darating, Santa Clause niyo'y ako rin

Pagka't kayong lahat ay naging mausunurin

Dadalhan ko kayo ng mansanas at ubas

May candy at tsokolate, peras, kastanyas na marami.

OPM on the Airwaves Part 2

On my post here, it was just a news on the radio. After hearing the news and eating my lunch, I googled for something about it but did not find anything. But I was too eager to write about it because if I didn't at that time, I might be on my lazy mode and totally forgot about the news.

But today, while I was reading back tweets from the people I follow, this was posted and RT'd (retweeted). Ah, this confirms the news on my post.

This also confirms that the law when I was still in college is still a law. It's just that people has somehow forgotten it, that's why PNoy is reminding us all.

But, I'd still like to point out. I hope that Section One be strictly imposed.

Read about the executive order here: Executive Order No. 255

OPM on the Airwaves

The lunchtime news at DZMM radio today announced that PNoy wanted the radios to play OPM songs on their stations.

There is nothing new to this. When I was in college and that was around the last part of the 1980s, the radios were actually required to play four OPM songs within the hour. All FM radios complied to this law. I used to listen to the Rhythm of the City 99.5RT, and I remember the DJ at that time sounding a little bit obliged for having to do such. I remember I heard her saying it with a sigh that it's time to play an OPM song now because we radio stations are required to do so(in which they complied), and a Filipino song started to play, but not necessarily in our language.

I actually feel good to hear that PNoy is starting to revive this law (if it were ever abolished). It gives a chance to our very own artists to be heard on the airwaves. I am not a radio listener nowadays, but it's still good to hear this drive.

But I have one point to make.

I am not a fan of revival artists. I actually sometimes hate the fact that a lot of songs are revived by young artists and I actually even branded one Filipino singer who is well-known for reviving songs. I called her 'Reyna ng Revival' (Queen of Revival). If I am not mistaken, she has an album that contains revival songs all throughout. Not an original composition from some other Filipino composer (but I am not entirely sure on this).

I just hope that when the law gets implemented, radios will play songs that are originally composed by our very own talented composers and sang by our very own talented artists. Otherwise, the song is not entirely original in its true sense.... unless of course, the old song is also from our very own composers.

Let us be clear on this.

OPM on the Airwaves

The lunchtime news at DZMM radio today announced that PNoy wanted the radios to play OPM songs on their stations.

There is nothing new to this. When I was in college and that was around the last part of the 1980s, the radios were actually required to play four OPM songs within the hour. All FM radios complied to this law. I used to listen to the Rhythm of the City 99.5RT, and I remember the DJ at that time sounding a little bit obliged for having to do such. I remember I heard her saying it with a sigh that it's time to play an OPM song now because we radio stations are required to do so(in which they complied), and a Filipino song started to play, but not necessarily in our language.

I actually feel good to hear that PNoy is starting to revive this law (if it were ever abolished). It gives a chance to our very own artists to be heard on the airwaves. I am not a radio listener nowadays, but it's still good to hear this drive.

But I have one point to make.

I am not a fan of revival artists. I actually sometimes hate the fact that a lot of songs are revived by young artists and I actually even branded one Filipino singer who is well-known for reviving songs. I called her 'Reyna ng Revival' (Queen of Revival). If I am not mistaken, she has an album that contains revival songs all throughout. Not an original composition from some other Filipino composer (but I am not entirely sure on this).

I just hope that when the law gets implemented, radios will play songs that are originally composed by our very own talented composers and sang by our very own talented artists. Otherwise, the song is not entirely original in its true sense.... unless of course, the old song is also from our very own composers.

Let us be clear on this.