11. Piracy

The philippine music industry is now slowly going down the mainstream. There are many reasons that affects the status of OPM to our very own country. One of the reasons is Piracy. The researcher has been searching about OPM for few months and she found out that piracy here in the Philippines can really affect the music industry specially to the OPM.

An article in ezinearticle.com entitled Helping the Pinoy Music Industries in Your Own Little Ways by Edu Eusebio stated that "Go for the original. Piracy is an alarming illegal practice in the Philippines. As consumers, the best thing that we could do is to give our sincerest support through buying original CDs and music video recordings of local artists. Nowadays, the web has put more pressure on the music industry since people can easily access songs by means of downloading and file sharing. Illicit practice of these activities threatens the thriving music industry. Despite the insistent campaign against piracy by the government, it would never be a resounding success unless we are going to support it wholeheartedly. It's our choice to make a change."(http://ezinearticles.com/?Helping-The-Pinoy-Music-Industry-In-Your-Own-Little-Ways&id=5733209)

Piracy can really affect not just OPM but also the the music industry. If people will continue buying pirated CDs and music videos, the number of people buying original copies of the albums will of course decrease. Filipino people is now using the advantage of technologies in order to earn income or to pay less than what we are supposed to pay. For us Filipinos it's better to buy a CD worth 50 pesos that has the same content as the 250 pesos original copy of an album. Though pirated CDs have a poor quality people who entertain this products are not given the satisfation. And as the result they will not appreciate the beauty of OPM because they thought that the poor quality audio is just the same as the original.

10. Reviving Old Songs

Nowadays, more and more artists are making a revival of old songs. Some of them are doing this to pay tribute to the original singer and composer of the songs. An example of this is the album The Reunion: An Eraserheads tribute album released by star records and star cinema. This album is composed of 14 Eheads' songs revived by various pinoy singers and bands including Vin Dancel, Aiza Seguerra, Jay Durias, Marc Abaya of kjwan, Callalily, Chicosci, 6cyclemind and more.

On the other hand, the researcher read about an article in Yahoo Voices entitled Revival by OPM Artists and its Possible Impact on the Philippine Music Industry by Aaron Tadeo saying " there are a lot of original Filipino songs and a lot of them are coming from the Rock genre and a lot of them are really good. Reviving old songs also has its perks. It does keep the old songs alive even for the next generations. So even after a few more generations, when these OPM songs are revived, even the kids of our kids could still relish the legacy of original Filipino music. So if you'll ask me, just keep it low. Don't revive too much of the old songs. Why not compose an entirely new song that will last? Let's be more competitive."(http://voices.yahoo.com/revivals-opm-artists-its-possible-impact-on-5875260.html)

For the researcher, he's statement is right. It is good to revive old songs if it helps us preserve it and keep it alive for the future generation. But it is not good if we will depend on reviving old songs, we should make more original songs because the generation today is now different to the generation before.

9. OPM musical fanfare

One of the fun activities held to promote Original Pinoy Music is the OPM musical fanfare. It was conducted at Clark Freeport Zone on February 21 to 24, 2013. Many Filipinos and foreigners enjoyed the event because not only the hot air balloons and other flying machines were given exposure but it also gave OPM the opportunity to be heard by the Filipino and foreign audience.

According in an article that the researcher has read in GMA News Online entitled OPM musical fanfare set to lift hot air balloons by Roehl Niño Bautista "The Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Festival will have OPM music specials to cap off two of the festival's four days of hot air balloons, helicopters, kite-flying, and jet flight exhibitions.
Some 32 balloons from 16 countries will light up at dawn at the Omni Aviation Complex on Thursday, February 21. Other morning highlights include the Breitling Jet Team aerobatic exhibition, radio-controlled model aircraft demonstration, skydiving exhibitions and other flying marvels.

More than giving the Filipino audience an opportunity to watch hot air balloons fly, the festival will also let foreign participants experience Pinoy culture."(http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/295719/lifestyle/travel/opm-musical-fanfare-set-to-lift-hot-air-balloons)

This is a good way for the artists who promotes not just tourism in the Philippines but also the original pinoy music. This is one of the strategies of the artists to show to everyone that OPM can also be used for an extraordinary event like the Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Festival.

8. Tunog Natin: OPM Concert

Because of the status of Original Pinoy Music(OPM), Filipino artists are making steps to promote our music.  They are conducting a lot of activities that we can enjoy for example, a concert. They are organizing a concert and the performers are very good singers and they will play OPM songs all through out the pageant.Filipino artists are giving so much effort for the sake of OPM.

On June 15, 2011, an OPM concert was held in Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati City. According to the article that the researcher had found entitled "Tunog Natin" wows Makati Crowd there were thirteen solo artists who showcased their talent to promote and support our music. There were different performances from different artist that made the concert successful. The performers of the said event includes Jim Paredes who is a very good singer-songwriter, 6cyclemind, sabrina, sitti, the queen of bossa nova and more.The concert was continued in various venues to rally Filipinos audiences to behind OPM and ensure that it will continue to beautifully express the aspiration and collective story of our race-and nurture the heart and soul of every generations to come. They made that concert possible because of their love, passion, and dedication for OPM.

Filipino artists still have faith for our music industry that's why they are doing several activities to promote and to inform the Filipinos about OPM. They are doing lots of activities and strategies for us to enjoy. They are exerting so much effort for us and for our music. Let us support our own music and let us support OPM.