OPM Galore!

OPM stands for ORIGINAL PINOY MUSIC, Pinoy being a nickname for Filipino... So much about it just draws me in... the simplicity of it... the sappiness... the heartbreak... the joy.... and all other emotions that comes from listening to it...

Maybe it is the fact that I grew up in the US and besides, an occasional Gary Valenciano CDs, brought over to me by my sis during her many trips, I really did not get my fill of Pinoy music... so now I am making up for lost time...

Each and every visit to Manila - i tend to listen to the radio more when am home, hardly turn on the telly.... I try to listen and discover old and new faves... sometimes when am in the car, i would here a song that will strike a chord with me and I have to find out right away who is it by.. and try to see if anyone I know has the CD so i can listen to the rest....
I have sooo many faves... mostly male singers with pure manly voices... Mark Bautista, Ariel Rivera, Rico Blanco, Basil Valdez, Martin Nievera, Ogie Alcasid, and of course my ultimate fave, Gary Valenciano. Others like Jed Madela & Christian Bautista, though I admire their singing styles, I tend to pass up on as their voices register higher than the manly voices I prefer... but now and again, i discover someone whose voice, albeit higher, just oozes with so much emotion and sweetness, that registers in me and I end up liking - Nyoy Volante is one of the newer discoveries for me... his original songs and covers of timeless oldies are just too sweet and heartfelt... thus making him a new FAVE of mine... so it was such a treat for me, like hitting the jackpot, when my family gave me a few CDs this time around, knowing that I would love them all...like winning in the lottery...