I was watching a feature on korean television about this korean wave sweeping asia...from telenovelas to pop songs (oh dear!!!)...
I'm kinda wondering why didn't we seize that opportunity during the golden age of OPM? Seems like we don't have any visionary on the same level as Stig Anderson who was responsible for putting a non english speaking Sweden on the pop map thru ABBA in the 1970's. Nowadays, they have an NGO called Export Music Sweden to pull that off.
Regine had the opportunity to be known beyond our shores, but she was stuck with a so called multinational label Polygram that was more interested in manufacturing idol singers than creating genuine talent. How else can one justify teaming her up with a group called (APPROPRIATELY called) grasshopper on one of her albums?
It seems like we're satisfied with not looking beyond our borders and doing what the koreans are now doing...hell...we even made one, non singer for them ARRRGH...Will we just be satisfied with the likes of the hot(?) babes, masculados and heaven forbid...barakos? And the hotbabes have the nerve to protest that they didn't use ghost singers on their album?...like...is there any difference? does it matter? i would've been GLAD to admit that we used a ghost singer...
We have an abundance of talent. That's undisputable. Sadly, that visionary who will put the Philippines on the world pop music map has yet to be born.
Louie