Original Pinoy, Another Face of Phl Music (last of Two Parts) (feature)

Another face of Philippine music is the original Pinoy Music, with stylistic sounds as the Pinoy rock, Pinoy hip hop, Filipino hop, with varying typical instruments.

Original Pilipino Music, now commonly termed Original Pinoy Music or Original Philippine Music, originally referred only to Philippine pop songs, especially those in the ballad form.

These songs were popularized in the 1970s through thepresent by major commercial pop music artists like Pilita Corrales, Nora Aunor, VST & Co., Ryan Cayabyab, Basil Valdez, Eraserheads, Freddie Aguilar, Rey Valera, Jose Mari Chan and APO Hiking Society.

OPM pop has also been regularly showcased in the live band scene. Groups such as the Neocolours, Side A, True Faith, Passage, and Freestyle popularized songs that clearly reflect the sentimental character of OPM pop.

In time and through the development of diverse and alternative musical styles in the Philippines, however, the term OPM now refers to any type of Original Philippine Music created in the Philippines or composed by individuals of Philippine extraction, regardless of location at the time when composed.

The lyrics may be in any Philippine language. For the past score or so, OPM has been located in Manila, where Tagalog, and English are the dominant languages.

Other ethno-linguistic groups like the Ilocano, Visayan, Bikol, and Kapampangan, despite making music in their native languages are not recognized in the OPM category.

The exception is in phenomenal cases like the Bisrock (Visayan Rock music) song "Charing" by Davao band 1017. Multi-culturalism advocates, and federalists often connect this non-recognition to the Tagalog cultural hegemony of the capital city of Manila, an idea that is understandably, andnot without basis, not appreciated by many outside the national capital.

Having successfully created a subgenre of Philippine Rock they called Bisrock, the Visayans by far have the biggest collection of modern music in their native language, with great contributions from Visayan bands Phylum, and Missing Filemon.

Not far behind are the Kapampangans. According to experts, the debut music video of "Oras" (Time) by Tarlac City-based Kapampangan band Mernuts has penetrated MTV Pilipinas.

This has made it the first ever Kapampangan music video to join the ranks of other mainstream Filipino music videos. "RocKapampangan: The Birth of Philippine Kapampangan Rock," an album of modern remakes of folk Kapampangan extemporaneous songs by various Kapampangan bands, was...