Lordfoo
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Post by Lordfoo on Dec 6, 2005 6:41:19 GMT 7
I am a follower of the local Radio Station, DWBR, 104.3 on your FM radio dial. www.trapik.com/spons/dwbr.htmThe existing music format suits me to a T. For years, I’ve been tuning into the station which caters to the business-oriented audiences. It plays a variety of Jazz standards, as well as, Classical, Broadway and OPM Contemporary music everyday and also features specialty shows on public service, comprehensive news and special commentaries on current events. Manned by some of the most seasoned broadcasters in the industry, BR has managed to receive the dubious distinction of setting itself apart from all other stations on the FM band. Recently, I’ve learned that new management have come into power and have decided to convert the station into 24 hour OPM programming. I am as nationalist as anybody and am mighty proud of our OPM. However, there are so few station that plays the music played by DZRB and with the expected conversion to all OPM programming, I am absolutely flabbergasted and saddened. However, DZRB is going to be totally missed. You won’t find me tuning into the station after the changeover. May I dedicated parts of the lyrics of the song by Don Mclean to DWBR fans out there. I am really saddened at the thought of losing my favorite radio station... A long, long time ago... I can still remember How that music used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while. But february made me shiver With every paper I’d deliver. Bad news on the doorstep; I couldn’t take one more step. ... But something touched me deep inside The day the music died. I met a girl who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy news, But she just smiled and turned away. I went down to the sacred store Where I’d heard the music years before, But the man there said the music wouldn’t play. And in the streets: the children screamed, The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed. But not a word was spoken; The church bells all were broken. And the three men I admire most: The father, son, and the holy ghost, They caught the last train for the coast The day the music died." Yes...Something touched me deep inside, the day… The music died….
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Post by sandawa on Dec 6, 2005 10:41:08 GMT 7
not famliar with FM stations in Manila now but the OPM i'm currently interested in are the classics - those that were popular before i was born. songs and names that i only heard from my parents and now i'm redicovering thru research: the old Mabuhay Singers, Larry Miranda, Cely Bautista, Ruben Tagalog, Cenon Lagman. the OPM songs i heard in my childhood in early '60s are so beautiful and i've been collecting them in the last few years. i'm now compiling those i have in CD-Rs which i would give my Dad on his 88th birthday (he still drives his own car - would you believe?) on Jan. 15.
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Lordfoo
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Post by Lordfoo on Dec 6, 2005 12:39:15 GMT 7
Those classic OPM LPs are difficult to find though. I've been able to get a few. Mabuhay Singers, Ric Manrique, Pilita. Claire's Sayan. Dulce's Pahingud, Rogelio Morelos Romantic Guitar, The New Minstrels. Just a few really. I'd like to get copies of Diomedes Maturan, Ruben Tagalog. Tres Rosas, Lepoldo Silos.
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Post by sandawa on Dec 7, 2005 9:31:31 GMT 7
yes, i also want a Tres Rosas album. those would fetch high prices in coming years. BTW, among those in my current collection is Larry Miranda's "O Ilaw," which is really a revolutionary song, disguised as "harana."
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Post by jagner on Dec 7, 2005 12:12:46 GMT 7
Sandawa, Lordfoo: And I thought am the only one interested in old OPMs ... what I like most are the Kudyapi and Hatinggabi LPs, which are instrumentals (solo guitar) of popular kundimans. It was after listening to Larry Miranda's "Lumang Simbahan" is what inspired me to get these old LPs. Most of them were never transferred to digital format and if ever there is one, the recording quality of the digital format is inferior when compared to the sound from the LP.
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Post by zetroce on Dec 7, 2005 12:34:06 GMT 7
I recently bought the Harana Album of Ruben Tagalog. Tumatayo ang balahibo ko when i listen to it. Buhay na buhay ang boses, parang kumakanta sa harap mo, hehe.
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Post by sandawa on Dec 7, 2005 14:02:59 GMT 7
Sandawa, Lordfoo: And I thought am the only one interested in old OPMs ... what I like most are the Kudyapi and Hatinggabi LPs, which are instrumentals (solo guitar) of popular kundimans. It was after listening to Larry Miranda's "Lumang Simbahan" is what inspired me to get these old LPs. Most of them were never transferred to digital format and if ever there is one, the recording quality of the digital format is inferior when compared to the sound from the LP. i wish our new OPM artists discover those musical gems. when i was in elementary school, a guy from Bulacan who is into pharmaceuticals who would stay with us here in Davao would often impress us kids with his Larry Miranda songs and his guitar playing inside his room after dinner. i only re-discovered Larry Miranda's music a few years back when i heard "O Ilaw,"Lumang Simbahan" and "Orasan ng Pag Ibig" from a CD my balikbayan brother bought from SM and played on my system. that brought me back to those times i was awed with almost never heard kundimans. BTW, the best Tagalog albums i've heard yet from our contemporaries in recent years was Gary Granada's original "Harana" and Jess Santiago's "Obando," (with superstars - Joey Ayala, Gary Granada, Angelo Villegas, Bayang Barrios, Lolita Carbon, Noel Cabangon, Edru Abraham, etc. as session musicians). my copies, however, are on tape bought in UP Shopping Center in early '90s. i hope they re-issue those albums into CD format at least.
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Post by bayonic on Dec 7, 2005 16:46:18 GMT 7
BTW, the best Tagalog albums i've heard yet from our contemporaries in recent years was Gary Granada's original "Harana" and Jess Santiago's "Obando," (with superstars - Joey Ayala, Gary Granada, Angelo Villegas, Bayang Barrios, Lolita Carbon, Noel Cabangon, Edru Abraham, etc. as session musicians). my copies, however, are on tape bought in UP Shopping Center in early '90s. i hope they re-issue those albums into CD format at least. agree on Jess Santiago's Obando ... i also had it on tape but sadly , I no longer have a working tape deck . One song that stands out in that album is " Pitong Libong Pulo " which should be taught in our grade schools and could be an alternate national anthem as well.
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Post by sandawa on Dec 7, 2005 17:56:16 GMT 7
Jess is really a poet, not much of a singer, but he performed very well in "Obando". the reason why i bought that album back then, however, was that the art direction was done by my Trellis drinking buddy: Fidel Rillo, another Palanca-winning poet. anyway, here's the powerful opening stanza of Jess Santiago's "Pitong Libong Pulo":
"At mula sa guho tayo ay babangon Pag-asa'y bulaklak na muling sisibol Sa kinalugmukan, ating ititindig Ang bansa ng ating mga panaginip."
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Post by jagner on Dec 8, 2005 9:26:33 GMT 7
Sandawa,
Have you listened to Chin-Chin Guiterrez's "Uyayi" CD and Josephine Roces' "El Alma Filipina" CD? I don't know if they are still available, but their interpretation of local lullaby music is worth listening to. The three CDs of Bookmark Audio's Kuwerdas, Ihip at Teklado should be worth listening to as well. It's a collection of old and contemporary OPM. 'though it made use of MIDI format, the producers made sure that the sound of the guitar, flute and piano be produced properly and almost similar to the actual sound of these musical instruments.
Cheers
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Post by sandawa on Dec 8, 2005 10:57:41 GMT 7
thanks for the tip. we don't have those titles here in Davao (i relocated in 1997 and didn't have the chance to check on Bookmark distributed CDs since then) although i have some vinyl albums on old Filipino music recorded by Red Romero and the London Philharmonic.
ill get those titles in my next trip to Manila if they're still available.
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Post by jagner on Dec 8, 2005 12:51:47 GMT 7
I recently bought the Harana Album of Ruben Tagalog. Tumatayo ang balahibo ko when i listen to it. Buhay na buhay ang boses, parang kumakanta sa harap mo, hehe. Dong, Pakinggan mo rin yung "Limang Simbahan" ni Larry Miranda, pati na rin yung "Awit ng Pag-ibig" ni Ric Manrique Lutang boses nila diyan sa maggies mo Pag nagpa-session ako, puro kundiman kaya patug-tugin natin?
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Post by zetroce on Dec 8, 2005 13:59:46 GMT 7
I recently bought the Harana Album of Ruben Tagalog. Tumatayo ang balahibo ko when i listen to it. Buhay na buhay ang boses, parang kumakanta sa harap mo, hehe. Dong, Pakinggan mo rin yung "Limang Simbahan" ni Larry Miranda, pati na rin yung "Awit ng Pag-ibig" ni Ric Manrique Lutang boses nila diyan sa maggies mo Pag nagpa-session ako, puro kundiman kaya patug-tugin natin? Sige, maganda yan. Pero, konti lang ang kundiman, haluan na rin natin ng iba pang OPM.
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Lordfoo
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Post by Lordfoo on Dec 9, 2005 6:46:46 GMT 7
Speaking of OPMs, I browsed the CD sale shelves at Powerbooks Megamall about a month ago and was pleasantly surprised when I found three (3) original albums of Joey Ayala at 150 pesos each. Joey Ayala's site is joeyayala.com/new/index.php
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Lordfoo
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Post by Lordfoo on Feb 3, 2006 15:38:46 GMT 7
Management backed off ... I don't know why but DWRB is going to continue with its format. Yahooooooo!!!
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