May 29, 2005
“Ay Didit My Wee”
How Did House Bands Become a Filipino Export? asks John Bowe of the New York Times.
Simple: after years and years of hearing My Way butchered on the karaoke, you’d get up and try to sing it correctly yourself.
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6 Comments, Comment or Ping
BatJay, Ang Dating Supot
interesting article.
accross asia, i’d say 70% of the hotel house bands are filipinos who sing plakadong music. minsan nga pati ako napapagkamalang musikero. typical questions: “are you filipino?”, “can you sing?”, “can you sing, anak?”
Jun 3rd, 2005
Junnie
i read this awhile back and thought hard about how Filipinos have long been dominating this turf. even before the karaoke and videoke days.
Jun 3rd, 2005
melissa
This is so true. When I was on a freelance gig in Cebu looking for bands, in the span of 2 weeks 4 bands cancelled out on us because their contract came in. It was usually cruise ship work, they say the pay can’t be beat. What the article didn’t mention was that these bands have another staple: “Dancing Queen!” AAck.
Jun 3rd, 2005
Budjette
I’m now at a Netopia.
Listing to your RAYDO.
Thank you for the nice playlist. :)
Jun 4th, 2005
AnP
so true! Both hotels I stayed at when I was in Beijing and Seoul had Pinoy bands. And I have seen quite a lot of posters of Pinoybands in restaurants and hotels here in Germany.
Jun 4th, 2005
markmomukhamo
Dalawa lang tanong sa akin upon finding out I’m Filipino dito madalas: Can you sing? and Are you a nurse? Unfortunately, I answer the negative to both questions so medyo di nila ako ma-place sa reality nila. hehe ;)
But from what I’ve seen of live performances here, I can definitely say our kababayans are really talented when it comes to music.
Jun 5th, 2005
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