After celebrating his 10th year anniversary in the Philippine music industry, the Prince of Pop Erik Santos is back with another single that will surely capture the hearts and ears of his fans and avid OPM listeners. On June 10, 2014, the music video of Erik’s newest single “Pag Napagod Na Ang Puso” was released…
“And they were chosen!” From a large number of entries in this year’s Philippine Popular Music Festival, the 12 best songs were finally chosen. Today, the Philippine Popular Music Festival Foundation announced the 12 songs that will compete in the finals of the PhilPop Music Fest 2014 to be held at Meralco Theatre on July…
“Ito ang awit at kuwento ng buhay ko, Isang kanta na inaalay ng aking puso,Ito ang musikang dumadaloy sa’king dugo, Ito ang bagong tunog na handog ko sa mundo” This is just some of the lines in the song Bagong Tunog created by Jerome Cleofas which eventually adapted as the official theme song of the…
This week another pride of SoundCloud Philippines will be put on spotlight as #OPMFriday pays tribute to the musical genius Sir Jerome Cleofas. Jerome is one of the most prolific singer songwriters in the pool of SoundCloud Philippines artist. He has done many great songs which was hailed and praised by many. He was also…
As part of the community of SoundCloud Philippines, I got the opportunity to hear great musicians and their original works-of-art first hand. Music that inspires, music that uplifts and music that tells different story based on the emotions and or experiences of the artists. And having heard most of their songs made me feel how…
When I first heard the song, I didn’t recognized that it was Chito Miranda until the DJ said that indeed it was him and Abra. From then on I fell in love with the song because of its simple and catchy melody matched with meaningful lyrics. I love how Abra and Chito tell the story…
In this day and age when everything seems to be all instant, it’s cool to go down memory lane and reminisce the past. Past when there were still no Viber, no BBM, no Facebook, no Twitter, no WeChat, no Line and no other messaging apps available today but only landline telephones to contact your love…
For this week, OPM Friday goes PhilPop. With the recently concluded Philippine Pop Music Festival last Saturday, I thought of featuring this year’s Grand Winner. PhilPop Music Festival is an effort from the PhilPop foundation to bring back interest in Pinoy Music writing. And to revive Pinoy Music Fan’s awareness and enthusiasm in Philippine Music.…
This week’s OPM Friday features the latest single of one of the best young OPM artists, singer-song writer Yeng Constantino. Yeng is really one of my favorite female OPM artists ever since her Pinoy Dream Academy days. In fact, she’s one of the biggest factors why I followed that show. And years after her win,…
A new brand of acoustic pop, that is what this OPM newcomer is offering to all Pinoy music lovers out there. TJ Monterde, is a former ABS-CBN Mindanao talent who used to host “MagTV”. He was exposed to music at an early age doing some singing stints in their church. And that exposure led him…
This week’s OPM Friday, Nite Writer features the song of Johnoy Danao. Ikaw at Ako is one of his songs that I got to like. I first heard it in one of the documentary programs of ABS-CBN and it easily captured my heart. Melody wise, rhythm wise and lyrics wise, the song is an ear…
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