Should PH regulate foreign artists' concerts?

Question

Amid upcoming concerts of foreign artists Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber in Manila, reports say singer-actress Kuh Ledesma has called for the regulation of such kinds of concerts to protect the interests of local artists. What is your take on this?

Answer 1

NO. the local artists should take it as a challenge to improve and show something new. They should learn from the foreign artists as to why they are being more supported. The regulation will just show how threatened - and how insecure - the local artists are. If the Filipino performers really want to push through with that regulation, they should not also be welcomed for out-of-the-country shows.



Anyway, i saw Miss Ledesma a while ago on a morning show, airing her point. It looked like she just "used" the Swift and Bieber shows to promote her upcoming concert called "Hitmakers" (Yes, another one of those shows where the once famous singers will be performing their long ago hit songs.) Huhum.

Answer 2

The stupid Kuh Ledesma... Before coming up with such request to regulate foreign artist to have concerts here in the Philippines, she should have thought of the following questions:



1. As an entertainer to make such a request, am I going to make Filipinos happy if their international

idols would be regulated to come here the country?



2. Are the local artists competent to give the viewers the same or higher level of entertainment as

what my rival international artists can give?



Well if your answer is positive in any of those, think again until you arrive at a negative answer for both.

Answer 3

I say NAY.. Its the Law of Supply and Demand, Ms. Ledesma. If the public wants Bieber and Swift, no matter how much donkey bollocks they suck to the more discerning ear, then let them perform. It translates to Tourism and Taxes to the local government host. Ms. Ledesma is afraid, like any other local artist, to have a concert that will coincide with a foreign one, especially a hot commodity like the aforementioned. If Martin and Gary had another concert then Lee RItenour came over, of course I'm going to Lee's in lieu of the former, for the reason that the former are always here (and one can view them singing without charge in a weekend noontime show) while the latter has not performed here in years. The other comments make a very interesting points. Originals. No more covers.

Answer 4

"To protect the interests of local artists"? What about the interests of listeners and fans? I think it's not a very good idea to discourage foreign artists through regulations JUST BECAUSE LOCAL ARTISTS CAN'T SEEM TO KEEP UP WITH THE EVER CHANGING NEEDS OF LOCAL LISTENERS - or at least offer something UNIQUE. With the laws of supply and demand, regulations that could damage the Philippines' image as a good choice for foreign artist tours - which could lead to less foreign artists visiting - will, all the more, make local fans prefer foreign music. It is unfortunate that it has to come to this but I think the current pressure of foreign competition is necessary to make local artists realize how global the music industry arena has become. Furthermore, lessening that pressure through government intervention (regulation) will reduce incentives to innovate local music - with this, mediocrity is indirectly, though inadvertently, promoted. If innovation is achieved, the local music industry will be the one benefiting the most anyway. Oftentimes people say how much talented Filipino artists are, well if that is true then there should really be no problem.



If you want to protect the interests of local artists, eliminate PIRACY instead.

Answer 5

Ms. Kuh Ledesma have a point on her intention to protect the local artists but I think there is no need to regulate or control the number of foreign artists who come to the Philippines to perform. Yes indeed, seeing these international acts gives us more ideas, but the sad part is that our local producers prefers to field "JOLOGS" rather than "REAL TALENTS". Try to explore the restaurants and bars nationwide, you will see that there are many performers who are REALLY TALENTED while when we are to watch TV shows, we can only see singers doing lip-sync performances and bands which fronts their faces more than their songs (if those are really their songs). Reviving is not an issue, as long as we do it as a unique cover. Unfortunately, those "KNOWN" artists ruin songs from other artists. Actually, foreign artists do appreciate some music from the Philippines, but the songs that they can appreciate are those being snubbed by majority of Filipinos. Like UpDharma Down, they are being praised by Tears for Fears for their unique music. For most pinoy, updharma down is just an ordinary band behind Callalily, Spongecola and etc.

Answer 6

+++++++IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, NOT THE FAME++++++++++



At the end of the day, it's not even about the music. OPM artists(though not all) are well affected by the influx of the foreign artists. Not because they're better but they get paid BIGGER.



Regulation is different from Ban, but there is a strong bias when you regulate. Who will get regulated? which artist can visit? and which ones can't?



The parameters for regulation will be highly questionable as there are no basis to look into. Foreign promoters pay big taxes and fees to bring in artists, so why should the government meddle in this issue when their coffers get filled?? Will you bite the hand that feeds you??



Before anyone can suggest such idea..one should first look into their motives...

Answer 7

There should be NO regulation of any sort. I am not a fan of Bieber or Swift but I strongly believe that competition is a good thing and will force our local artist to work harder at their craft and be more creative. Banning foreign acts will just make our local artists more complacent and lazy and how sure is Kuh Ledesma that people will flock to Araneta if foreign acts are regulated.There is a problem but her solution is incorrect. Bottomline healthy competition is good for the industry.

Answer 8

If the local artists were good enough then the people would go watch them rather than the foreigners that come here. Although I have to say that in some cases the Philipines seems to be a dumping ground for has beens international bands that just dont know when to quit! Only a few of the foreign bands coming here are worth watching, as the rest have just run out of money in their twilight years and are trying to earn some extra cash. You'll probably find that most of those couldnt get a sell out concert in their home country so they come to asia instead where the masses still seem to enjoy air supply and other has beens bands.

Answer 9

Hell NO! Regulation is not the answer! Instead, Filipino Artists should improved their craft, make new and better songs and please enough of those revivals whether OPM Songs or Foreign Songs. Just because OPM Artists are suffering dismally in concerts or album sales, Kuh Ledesma would simply blame the foreign artists for such? Wow! How comforting, blame all except the industry where she's in! Why don't she ask herself why the Filipino consumers would rather watch foreign concerts or buy foreign artists albums even if it is quite expensive? Because, Filipino consumers knows QUALITY and would rather spend their hard-earned cash on what they deem as something that is worth spending. Its their money, so they can decide what to do with it.



Now, it would be foolish to regulate foreign Artist concerts here because THAT is not an assurance that Filipino consumers will support/patronize local artists concerts/album if the quality is substandard or it simply sucks! Please, Filipino consumers knows better when to part with their hard-earned cash. Instead, concentrate on improving the OPM Industry by giving us what we deserve: BETTER and ORIGINAL songs! If you won't, then the foreign artists would simply fill that void with their songs and concerts.



I hope, if you are reading this, somehow it will open your eyes. We Filipino consumers, patronize QUALITY not MEDIOCRITY! So please don't give us crap!

Answer 10

I think it is ok to regulate the schedule of the concerts of foreign artists in PH. This can help our local artists sell tickets and avoid financial losses during our local concert seasons. Many are saying that we don't have big-time artists anymore but come to think of it, the Filipino people is also partly at fault. Whether we admit it or not, majority of the people prefer and support foreign artists more than local ones even if most of the time, our local performers are way more talented. How do we expect to our local music industry to grow if we Filipinos won't learn to simply love our own? A simple case: this February, Taylor Swift will hold a concert in Araneta. Several local singers will also hold their own shows on the same month. Most of the fans would save up their money to watch the foreign acts since it is a rare opportunity rather than saving money to watch OPM artists because many still has the mentality that local artists are always here in the country and that there are still many opportunities to watch them live or in TV. But what we don't realize is that if we keep this mentality going, our local music industry will gradually die because eventually, very few people will patronize it even if we have high caliber performers. I just hope that we give more support to our local artists because they may be the next big thing in the international scene. Let us help boost our own music industry. GO PINOY!!!

Answer 11

Stupid is what it is. What's the use of regulating foreign artists? So that we can close ourselves to the world just like North Korea? This is almost the same issue as to what "Senator" Bong Revilla wants, to limit foreign movies. The fact that foreign artists want to perform here is a good sign, a very good sign. It means that our country is being recognized. Artists like Kuh Ledesma are just washed up singers who can't make anymore original songs and just end up doing REMAKES OF FOREIGN ARTISTS. Just because no one is going to her concert doesn't give her the right to not let any other artists come here.

Answer 12

Nah, there shouldn't be any regulation. While I'm no fan of pop music, a lot of people watch these foreign artists because they bring something new to the table.



Philippine music nowadays is marred with remakes, novelty songs, and the same old repertoire repeated over and over again in their concerts.



It is quite disappointing but it's the truth. So if OPM artists want more attention, they should do what the other foreign artists do and get creative!



Write new songs, play something new, write a new melody, heck, why not even make a Black Metal / Symphonic Metal Band while they're at it. Just be creative.

Answer 13

Local artists should only feel threatened by foreign acts if they're not up to par. If they're really good, then they have nothing to fear - they won't need to be "protected." The thing is there aren't any really good local artists nowadays. None on the level of Eraserheads or Parokya or the late great Francis M. Most are just birit queens, whose screaming give me a headache. The older people like Kuh Ledesma are just boring.

Answer 14

What a stupid stupid proposition.



If local artists want to have comparable saleability/popularity with foreign artists, they should take it as a challenge to up their standards a bit. This goes in the same vein as with local products. You can't just ban or regulate foreign products in order to protect local products! If we are looking after the interest of boosting our local industries - entertainment or otherwise, "protectionism" is never the solution. Instead of eliminating foreign competition by regulation, why not improve the quality of our products and services first - then let the market decide?



Again, what an idiotic idea. Miss Kuh should go live in North Korea.

Answer 15

NO!!! Say, if beiber or swift will be banned from doing a concert here do you think their fans would watch kuh ledesma? hell, no! our local artists before like kuh, gary and others who i consider to be real singers started about 20 years ago. and now, they are still around but nobody has replaced them. you know why? because the local industry does not fully support their own kind. where is lisa misalucha (sorry if i mispelled it)? why is charice not performing here in our country? we have this so called pinoy idol patterned from the american idol i believe. but did it produced a stand-out singer? No. because the producers of the show was more concerned of what they can gain of making a tv show like american idol rather than sincerely looking for the next generation singer or singers.

Answer 16

I don't think so. What if Taylor Swift suggests that Filipino artists can't go to US anymore and have a concert? That would be fair. Thats where they get all their money nowadays. Kuh Ledesma is so selfish, she wants to deprive everyone a chance to see Taylor Swift and etc. foreign artists just because they can't keep up with international music nowadays.

Answer 17

Kuh can call for a ban / regulation all she wants...but make sure she promises one thing. That all local artists finally STOP rehashing old songs during concerts or when waxing albums. If they say that it is because that is what majority of the Filipino audience has been lapping up, well what a pathetic excuse. If you can actively push for a regulation from the influx of foreign acts, what's stopping you from pushing for an across-the-industry agreement that only original music shall be published and promoted? I am sure artists will not oppose it and cry out that it is stifling their artistic freedom, because frankly, there isnt anything artistic about recording or performing an old song and claiming it as your own, anyway.



And as for the record producers and major record labels who own these artists and who will oppose such calls (because of claims that it wont sell), well......I really dont have anything to say to them but just a big..F#$% Y($.



That goes out to you for killing original Pilipino music.

Answer 18

How can PH regulate them if the artists` themselves don't support their country and own capacity? Look, Filipino artists` are just one of those self-obsessed bitches around. I really don't like modern Filipino artists of today, well I mean MOST but not all. Sorry, but I think, Filipino artists and also us Filipinos must not be blinded by fame. Honestly, our country is trying to become a place that it is not supposed to be.Kuh wants us to support our own artists, but what are they doing? they just made revivals of foreign songs and adapt foreign style as well, so how can she propose such thing if our artists themselves does not like to embrace their true nature? Im having this idea that Kuh Ledesma is just afraid that nobody will come to her concert so she wants foreign concerts to be banned. Well, I can see a selfish ***** in here,...

Answer 19

Kuh Ledesma is over.. you're saying such things because you're not making money from your music anymore.. thats life go get a new job.. call centers might hire you haha.. International Artists should be respected and welcomed here in the Philippines.. this is one way to show our good ties with other countries

Answer 20

No need to regulate! In the first place why? Everyone's making money including the government out from this from foreign concerts. And I don't think it will protect the interest of local artists. Calling out Kuh Ledesma - para ka namang hindi naka pagconcert s ibang bansa.

Answer 21

It's a big NO. Lets just put it this way Ms. Kuh, what if US regulates Filipino artist to perform concerts in their country, what would you say and feel about that? Everyone is right about their comments here, OPM are all revivals now. Something new has to come out, new to the OPM music scene, to entertain the new crowd in us Filipinos. Taxes are being paid here as well, the more tickets are sold, the more taxes are paid. This is a free country, if we regulate foreign artist, we also regulate Filipinos from wanting to see their favorite foreign artist as well.

Answer 22

I have watched live concerts of America, Cascades, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Bon Jovi, the great MJ, True Faith, Eraser Heads, Side A, Yano, Rockstar (not Rockstar 2), APO, Agaw Agimat, Grin D, Revelation (the Best Rock band in Ph and they're from Baguio), Boklod, The Dawn, After Image, Martin Nievera etc. etc. etc. - all in the Philippines, and fortunately never tried Kuh. SHx&###...ttttt they rock my head out. but sadly those days were gone, where both local and international artists give more than your ticket's worth.



Now tell me Kuh, whom should i watch should we regulate foreign artist? Wellie's Concert, Pacquiao's? or maybe Juday? Erik Santos? Christian Bautista?



Com'mon people! stop exploiting and politicizing local talents and we'll be back on track. there are hundreds or thousands charices waiting to be discovered and recognized.

Answer 23

from a listeners point of view, what Kuh proposes is quite stupid, why? because it will affect the economy, if they regulate the number of concerts, obviously there would be lesser concerts(duh) resulting in little income for the concert hall, less jobs for those who act as production assistants or what have you and lesser tax! I mean foreign concerts make us wanna spend, and it will certainly help our economy..



Even if someone regulates concerts of foreign artists it doesn't mean that the OPM industry will go up, that there will be more people going to the concerts of our local artists.



Here's the thing, if the local artists want sell out crowds or record breaking album sales, then they better make one helluva song or album. I'm a proud Filipino but I don't listen to music that sucks, local or foreign, but sadly, our artists do not really try hard, they keep on producing songs that practically sounds the same, and worst of all, they keep on doing revivals or covers(e.g: Sarah Geronimo, MYMP).



Listen to the song Yes Yes Show by Parokya Ni Edgar. yun, sinabi na nung kanta ang lahat. peace!

Answer 24

No, the Philippines MUST NOT regulate the foreign artists' concerts. Let them come, its not the foreign artists fault that we are not that interested in the local artists. The local artists should try something new and have originality, stop singing the foreign artists' songs in acoustic version. Kuh Ledesma must not interfere with the foreign artists' concerts here, please let them come. I got my tickets already that's why..

Answer 25

its not the foreign artists fault that we are not that interested in the local artists. The local artists should try something new and have originality, stop singing the foreign artists' songs. Kuh, don't do that, my sister even said you're just doing that cause less people buy your albums and go to your concerts unlike foreign ones. I don't like local songs, they gross me out, but i'm not against them. Kuh, let me tell you this, banning foreign artists are like crushing over a million hearts, its not that regulating them will make a lot more filipinos go to local concerts, what about the ones who love them like i do?

Answer 26

No. Instead of considering them as a threat why not consider it as a challenge. The problem with our talent here in the Philippines is that most of them are happy with reviving songs from the '70s or '80 and a lot of them lack creativity. They are trying to protect their interest as local artist but they do not value the importance of the interest of the Philippine audience. The reason why the Philippine audience admire and support most foreign artists is because they bring something new as an artist. unlike here in the Philippines, our artists either do a remake or a revival of a song. And most of the time, the song produced here are mostly ballad considering our country is known to enjoys ballad music that's why even foreign balladiers who're past their prime come here to perform they'll get something out of it. Times change, and so does music. Our artists here needs to understand that the music they create should also evolve. Another thing is possibly politics in the industry as well. A lot are protecting their own welfare that's why a lot of great talents are not recognized. Even in some talent reality shows, Those who win arre those who has connections, not those who are born with talent. Example would be with Charice. She needs to go else where in order to be recognized. When she became famous, then that's the time a lot people tried to jump on to her popularity.

Answer 27

The question should've been, the other way around: Should Foreign Artists regulate OPM concerts in PH? And I say YES!!!! Kuh Ledesma SUCKS!!!

Answer 28

I am not for this kind of regulation. The foreign artists provide something new. All the local artist have been just doing revival renditions which is only good up to a certain point. I have not heard anything new lately that makes me call the radio station for a repeat.



In fact I would rather hear the likes of Chico and Delamar and Gino @ 93.1 doing their spiel more often rather than hear any opm revival rendition. This sounds harsh statements but I have not heard anything that would bring down my statement a notch.

Answer 29

What did she mean by regulating foreign artists' concerts? Bigger taxes? Lesser concerts?



Music plays a great role in molding our values and cultures - i definitely don't want Australia-based Hillsongs to stop coming over for Christian concerts in Manila, nor do I want Black-Eyed-Peas to stop visiting our country, after all they have songs that paid homage to us. Back in the 80's the ever famous Menudo even did a song entitled, "I'm Going Back to the Philippines".... Don't we want more of that? We are a special nation where music is concerned and being in foreign artists' concert destination should give us pride. Filipinos know music so well. We should not be insecure at all.



Just the same, I wouldn't want Charise Pempengco, Lea Salonga, Christian Bautista and Lani Misalucha to face stringent regulations that might otherwise be a barrier to their current and strengthening, much-deserved international stardom.

Answer 30

By regulating the coming of the foreign artists here means that we will be limited of the fun access and enjoyment of the entertainment value that they bring. And will be forced to look and listen to local ones for enterertainment. Well not all local ones are bad, but sad to say, mostly are low level and lacking the entertaining characteristics that we are looking for. Why would anybody, local artist for this matter, would force us to look or listen to them by taking away the other choice. Entertainement is not forcing someone to look or listen to someone. You do your acts and we will look and listen to what catches our attention (May be local or foreign onnes). The request of Kuh Ledesma somewhat shows that she doesnt seem to know what entertainment is for. It is for the crowd. It is not for you the performer. You can not force entertainement into the crowd, especially when you do not have the enough talents and gigs and effort to entertain them. Entertainement itself catches the attention of the crowd. This is a free world for God's sake. It's a nonsense request from a substandard artworker who would want to be noticed and beg for it. We want to be entertain after a harddays work. And thanks to those people around maybe local or enternational ones that keeps us that way. If you want to be looked and listened to, be entertaining. Don't regulate. By requesting so, you even downgraded a little more the public's enterest in looking at you or listening to your music.



Hey if you regulate the coming of the foreign artists, then crowds may look and listen to you because of pity and sympathy, not because they are reallly entertained. Huh! It would be a Shame di bah. Hahaha

Answer 31

Foreign artists coming to the Philippines, especially, those who are still currently internationally popular gives this country an edge of having good taste. Fact is that they are just few who come. Our local artists are good performers, only that they do not move on to improve. Once people like their trade, they remain there. You can observe this in the recent film festival. Movies would go as far as part 12! It is a sign of stagnation in the film industry. For singers, they content on just making remakes. Once again a sign of stagnation. The presence of foreign artists should encourage local artists to improve their trade. Filipinos have taste. They would also watch local artists perform if they find them competitive and they show something new.

Answer 32

It's not like we are able to catch our favorite foreign acts once a year on a regular basis. The most would be once in a lifetime.



Regulation doesn't mean that there will be more audience for the local artists. They still would not come to local shows if they don't like em.



The local artists better come up with something good then tour out of our country instead.

Answer 33

No, because:

1. what should PH artists really do is to make Original Pilipino Music in a serious and ORIGINAL way...take a survey on how many Filipinos are listening to people like Kuh Ledesma [eiww, paBELO ka nga, kapal ng mukha mong masabi iyan! tsk!] and those Hitmakers that had faded over time...

Please local artists, stop reviving....start making something original...;

2. There are potential Pilipino bands today that have great talent but they had not been given chances to prove themselves that they can compete to foreign bands... [just like comparing Typecast, Slapshock, etc. to DavidCook&TheAnthemic...=D ];

3. IF this affects us financially, maybe PH should charge better taxes to those foreign artists who want to show their stuff to their Pinoy fans...[that is, if it exists/alrady exist...]..

Answer 34

Limiting foreign artists here in PH is useless. That will not make us listen to local artists, except Kamikaze, Siakol, Urbandub and all the local artists that deserve it. :)



And what interest does the article mean? Personal?



You can't teach someone to listen to Kuh Ledesma. It's a personal choice to listen.

Answer 35

All I can say is that who ever is that Kuh Ledesma is she cannot force the government to stop foreign concerts. Filipino singers have no originality anymore. all of there songs are revival. so what's the point? they sing INTERNATIONAL REVIVAL SONGS. so why would she say such a thing. if she wants to promote Filipino Music. Compose then. Don't revive songs. what the hell was she thinking? :| is she nuts? for sure if that foreign concerts are stopped. KUH LEDESMA is to BLAME.

Answer 36

the answer is plain no. why regulate them? this only goes to show how incompetent nowadays our local artists and singers are. no matter how many foreign acts come here, if local artists and singers are like the same as back in the day, people will also watch them.



sadly the present opm is just a shadow of what it once was. gary v. doesnt sing and compose songs anymore like he used to, martin nievera does only revivals lately, and we dont have the likes of neocolors, ballads of kuh ledesma, zsazsa padilla, joey albert, jam morales, etc and bands like the minstrels and apo hiking. even our underground music was way better than before. no more eheads, only wolfgang is saving the day.

Answer 37

I don't think there is a need to regulate the concerts of foreign artists in our country, unless we also want the overseas concerts of our local artists be regulated as well. These concerts are somehow beneficial to our country since we collect taxes from the sales of those concerts. It also gives our local artists doing front acts on these concerts the stepping stone to be recognized locally and internationally.



This also serves as a challenge to our local artists to step up in their craft. Produce more new compositions, minimize revivals of old hits. Encourage the radio stations and music channels to play more local music...

Answer 38

Why the hell should we "regulate" them? Are we Filipinos so stupid to be told what to like? I'm not a fan of Beiber or Swift but I respect them for their craft. They put their soul into it. Most artist here in the Philippines are in for the money so most of their materials sound "canned" and soulless. Art cannot be judged. As for local artist, I would rather play jazz music in an empty hotel lobby than sing California girls on ASAP or any of the noon time shows. (I love K. Perry but covering it on noontime shows really misses the point. Smart people can see where I am coming from)

Answer 39

Regulate foreign artists' concerts? a big question mark on this one.



I admire Kuh Ledesma for her talent but I think this one will not do any good for OPM musicians. To begin with, regulating foreign artists flocking in the country means our local talent fears they are overshadowed by these foreign acts. And there is a glaring reason why local musicians should fear them. Because they lack ORIGINALITY.



We have been introducing to masses newer and younger talents, some with genuine musical talent, some who pretend they have the singing talent, and a small percentage of people who think they have what it takes when in reality they don't.



And what's wrong with this picture? They are all singing the acoustic versions of music that had been released before, and by foreign artists. What's up with that? A typical Pinoy can render better acoustic versions of old songs than some TV personalities here.



In my opinion, there are certain reasons why our local artists, are not as believably talented as before:



1. SENSIBLE MUSIC. Local artists right now tend to just appear on TV and blabber about the songs they like, without FEELING and KNOWING what they are singing. Do they even understand the lyrics of what they sing?



2. GOOD COMPOSERS. When was the last time you've actually heard of a ballad or pop music that was originally composed by a Filipino musician? None. All of what's being played over the radio is, if not revived, rendered into an acoustic version, again, by a local artist. Gone are the days when Louie Ocampo repeatedly penned music for a talented Joey Albert singing to original pinoy music with her emotions getting apparent as she belts out the song. It is not to say that I am stuck to this music. What I'm saying is, it's the sheer talent of such people that made their music a hit to pinoys like me.



3. GENUINELY TALENTED MUSICIANS. Gary Valenciano, Martin Nievera, Jamie Rivera, Regine Velasquez. These are the very people that seemed to have been at the last forefront of pinoy music during the 90s. They were succeeded by Jaya, Lani Misalucha, Bituin Escalante, and Ella Mae Saison, who respectively earned popularity not only because of the original music that they perform, but because of their vocal prowess. They alone, were talents so credible that they give justice to their own craft. Their vocal ranges, the music genre that suits their singing styles, those were the qualities of a musician that made people patronize their music.



And apart from crappy, bakya and novelty music that's being played now, our local stations are as unbelievably cheap and negatively nasty as compared to before. I miss listening to 96.3 WRock, 102.7 The Gentle Wind, 94.7 Mellow Touch, 92.3 MRS, 90.7 DZMB Love radio, in their original formats.



My two cents worth is, in the absence of what I have mentioned earlier, OPM is certainly going down the drain. Along with the so-called talents that we are showcasing as of late.



It is not to say that I am a fan of Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber. But with the way things are with the local act, who knows, I might even end up throwing in a couple of bucks for a concert ticket to watch either Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber, and maybe in the process - I MIGHT ACTUALLY ENJOY IT.

Answer 40

Seriously? Is she insecure? As what others mentioned bringing of foreign artists should serve as a challenge to our OPM artists. I have to agree that they have to stop doing revivals and start studying the whole market of the music industry. Although as we can all remember there was a time that OPM bands was really a hit such as hale, mayonaisse, sponge cola, soapdish, and tons of other artists. I still am an OPM fan but then again there are times that they have to be more creative.



OPM should learn how to sustain the momentum when OPM was a hit.

Answer 41

Kuh Ledesma, she just afraid of losing her career. What if, the other country do the same thing of what Kuh Ledesma in mind. Our singer's will also be affected, they cannot perform to the other country. How hospitable the Filipino are? As a performer you should aware about this scenario, just show your best. If they perform good, make it better. I know that lot of singer's worry about foreign artist performing in the Philippines especially those singer's which their career are slowing down. Thanks.... Filipino singers you can make it!!!!!!! Filipino is the best. Dont worry Kuh, you have a great voice, my sister is a fan of yours.........

Answer 42

NO. Local singers must improve themselves if they think they are able to outdo the foreign artist/singers. Look Charice,Arnel Pineda,Apl.De Ap.they are world famous now.Perhaps Ms. KUH LEDESMA felt envy of their popularity and thats why she has this thinking of regulating the concert of foreign artist. for this 3 singers outstand the local singers including Ms KUH.herself,right?. Ms KUH LEDESMA, we are sorry for you..You years are over,instead. teach the new generations of youth today to be the able to achieve what Charice,Arnel and Apl.de.ap have in the making.They are the same as you when they begin their stuff at very beginning,or much even lower level I think, They are not born rich like you.You are from Ledesma's of Ilo-ilo and Bacolod,a well to do families.and you just showing envious attitude in thie matter.Please,review your thoughts on this matter if its worth to regulate this matter without public sentiments may arise.Thank you!....

Answer 43

Let the foreign artists come. Dinudugo na ang tenga ko sa boses ni Nina. She's not even a singer with original songs, she's just a karaoke impersonator disrespecting other singers' songs. And the irony of it is that her voice timbre will not even win a singing contest in perya.



It's OK to make revival versions as long as your version is better than the original. The average household helps (maids) sing better than Nina. The younger generation's taste for music and talent really took a nose dive nowadays.



It's time to hear really good music and talented singers. Let the TRUE divas and singers come to the Philippines.

Answer 44

Dont regulate. Justin Bieber sucks but Kuh Ledesma sucks more. Goes to show that even in the music industry POLITICS prevail! Those recording companies who play god, choose who becomes famous kahit napaka inferior ng music. Nagsimula sa tunog kalye noon hanggang ngayon talagang tunog kalye unlike Indonesia Malaysia and Thailand na very matured, these countries can battle the international scene. There!!!

Answer 45

I don't think it's right to do that. It is the job of the Filipino artists to win their fellow filipino audience. These foreign artists are not a threat just because their more famous. This just means that Philippine artists should make a step forward to compete with these foreign stars and win back their audience.

And regarding Kuh, I have never been really fond of her voice and songs. I don't find it that globally competitive and appealing to the taste of the youth( just my opinion). That's probably why she finds these foreign artists a threat.

Answer 46

let foreign artists come and perform here in the Philippines. most of our artists today is mainly influenced by foreign artists, fashion and music. our artists need broad knowledge about the international music scene so they can go with the flow of the international music scene. don't tell me that kuh ledesma wasn't influenced by top foreign singers?



other foreign artists loves to play here in the philippines, for example the US based band shadows fall. the band filmed their 2nd dvd at the amoranto stadium, QC last 2009 it was internationally released last october. it was their 3rd time performing here live and they enjoyed the crowd. other people from the nearby countries come here just to watch their favorite artists here in our beautiful country.



other pinoy artists performs on other countries too, so why regulate foreign artists to perform here?

Answer 47

No.

If the quality of the local music scene remains in its current state, regulating the influx of foreign acts will not make us defer to local concerts, but instead just make us uninterested in the music scene altogether.

There is no unfair competition between local and foreign acts since concerts of foreign acts usually price their tickets much higher than locals.

The reason concerts by our local acts don't get a big enough crowd is that most of our performers are just not good enough.

No matter how many foreign acts come to our shores, if the locals make good music, the people will come.

Answer 48

I must say No because it's like hindering other talents (foreign artists in this case), who are considered to be contributors in the on-going evolution of the music industry, to feature their acts. There are different genre of music and people have their own unique tastes. So these foreign artists who come here to perform share their masterpieces to their Filipino fans because of the joy their music brings.



Filipino talents should rather focus on creating new non-cliche type of songs (example is lyrics not based on love which is an overused theme) and MUST step out of the shadows of others who are just always reviving songs (either old or contemporary or both). :D

Answer 49

We always talk about globalization so why regulate foreign artists to perform in our country??? As long as they pay the necessary taxes then go...they can aLways perform here anytime. How will kuh ledesma or any other Filipino artist feel if they themselves are inhibited from performing abroad ESP in the US???

Answer 50

I agree with most of the answers here: Local artists need to improve their craft!



Kuh thinks that if they control the number or foreign artists performing in the country, it will motivate us to spend more money on concerts of local artists. --- I don't think so. We cannot be forced to watch concerts that we think is not worth our money.



Nothing against local artists though. I believe that they can do more than remaking songs.

Answer 51

I think no need to regulate because Philippine is a free country, people have the right to choose what music they want. It defend upon the person if they like that music or not. Eventhough they are foreign artist if you don't like the music they are playing, you will not watch their show. For our Filipino singer's i think they need to improve the music they created, no revival song. Most of the music from the market sang by Filipino are commonly revival. We need to add new idea that will fit the taste of the common Filipino. Concert's of foreign musician is a good competition for us Filipino's so that we can create music that is new and can remembered by common people.

Answer 52

The PI artists should not be complaining. With the price of the tickets for a foreign artists concert, All it will do is let the PI artists start making more money for there concerts. Don't see a problem here.

Answer 53

NO!.. Let the LOCAL artist create NEW AND BEAUTIFUL songs,STOP reviving old songs..

Kuh LEdesma!?.. who the hell is she to forbid the foreign artist to stage a concert in our country!?.

Di ba siya rin does a concert outside the Philippines!?..what a sour grape..

Better Improve the local industry of our music..

Answer 54

Do you listen to the radio? I don't. Why? Because all I hear other than revivals, are 'basura' songs from OPM artists. By basura I mean songs that have a couple of chords in them, then some moron writes stupid lyrics, and there he is polluting the airwaves, and people actually listen to them.



I hear guitarists that play so bad, their notes are semi-out-of-tune because they suck at bending strings, they suck at vibrato, they suck at picking, and all the technical skills that make a good musician.



I hear singers, 'bumirit lang sikat na', even though it's so obvious konti na lang malalagot na ang vocal chords sa sobrang trying hard.



From Lyrics, to singers, to musicians, Philippine music has just gone down the drain...



Let the foreign artists come and give our local artists an ***-whoopin' they so badly need!

Answer 55

What if those fOreigners regulate Filipino artists too? Will Kuh Ledesma like that?

Answer 56

Dumb. What country do we live in, a communist? If Kuh is asking for a "regulation", then how about they start paying due taxes with VAT??? That's what regulation means.



The truth of the matter is, local artists aren't geniuses, they are all COPY-CATS, they sing foreign songs and "own" it as "their rendition," duh? We don't have our own genre, our own music. We only translate, and that's all there is. And so when foreign artists come here to perform their own music, mediocres like Kuh would intervene? They better perform a reality-check.

Answer 57

never been a fan of Swift nor Bieber, but it seems that has been Kuh Ledesma is just trying to make same noise for herself by asking for such regulation..her daughter (who knows her name?) has also been trying hard to get into the Pinoy mainstream music scene but got owned big time by "Tagalized" foreign hits..maybe it is time for our so-called local commercial artist to get their acts straight so that we may be able to penetrate even just the Asian Music Scene..we're gyrating to Korean pop songs that we don't even understand, why not try more experimenting so we'd be more than what we are now..maybe it's the Indie acts that really rock..\m/

Answer 58

Who would want to watch a concert of revivals or mere renditions of an old song? Com'on! The cause of the decline in local music is not the foreign artists performing here, it's the local music scene itself.



Revivals, Tagalog-versions, Acoustic version... - are we just down to versions? No more originals?



Only a few artists are doing originals, and sometimes, years pa pagitan.

Answer 59

no, this should just serve as a challenge to all our local artists. the market is getting competitive now and they should also compete. if our local artists are globally competitive, as they say they are, then they would not need any interference from the government to regulate concerts of foreign artists here, right? I say no because, as a consumer, i know i deserve the best and we all know that the more options we have, the better.

Answer 60

Regulate concerts of foreign artists only for equal footing with local artists on tax issue, incentives, etc. But local artists should step up because local artists would not worry about taxes if they are making tons of money. But local artists are not making money because a lot of them sucks!

Answer 61

Doesn't Kuh know how many Filipino artists take their acts abroad? Wasn't she one of them too? Now what if other countries like the US decide to "regulate" Filipino acts coming into their country too? We cry foul?



While she's at it, why doesn't she ask to have a MFF type of movie showing all year long as well?! That way, by Christmas 2011 we'd have Shake Rattle and Roll 54 showing in all theaters nationwide.

Answer 62

Foreign Artists are not the killers of OPM. Piracy is the culprit. Besides, we are in a free market economy, if your musics are not as competitive than the old times then don't blame the market, these people are only doing their own business as you are. Where are the topnotch OPM producers during the 80's and 90's? Where are they now? They've been downed by the culprit.

Answer 63

YES they should regulate it! Filipino people keeps loosing they're sense of IDENTITY! It's not bad to have the concerts from other countries it's fine. My real BEEF is on the JAPANESE and KOREAN artist! For crying out loud, Filipinos cannot understand these fuckers! And yet we go play their music and spends money to their concerts!



OPM needs to step it up, no doubt about that. American artist, will always be around. But once people thinks Filipino music is "baduy". Take a look at yourself in the mirror, cause you might see a FILIPINO looking back at you. Music is one way to express once identity. If you think Filipino music is "baduy", you just called yourself ONE!



For the ones that likes KOREAN and JAPANESE music. Buy yourself a plane ticket see if they even let you in to their country. If you can get in learn their **** and stay there!

Answer 64

Miss Kuh Ledesma (and other locals), if nobody's crazy about your concerts, don't blame foreign artists.

Answer 65

My answer is BIG NO, our local artist must have something to do to compete internationally,not only remake version...if you are fans on that particular artist weither they are foreigner or local artist you will be forever a fans with them..in this case it is quietely in a form of communism....self reliant but cannot stand @ their own feet and not competitive @ all,,,it is a part of challenge from our local artist...they must improve their songs and must have an originality @ all....please give Filipinos to watch foreign artist,,,we will go forward and not backward....

Answer 66

Hell, no! we should not regulate them because then we'd all be stuck listening to bad revivals. Regulating the entry of foreign artists may indeed protect the interests of local artists, but what would that do to the art of music in general? Wanna see better ticket sales for local artists? then our local artists should step up to the challenge-make better music, take singing lessons (hindi porke artista bibigyan na ng record at pagcoconcertin), stop singing novelty songs, stop singing and writing idiotic and moronic songs. we are a country of great artists! dont tell me, there's no filipino artist out there who can sing as well as mariah, or write songs as well as taylor, or perform as well as beyonce or britney?

Answer 67

Kuh's suggestion is one lousy solution. Our local artists MUST IMPROVE their craft. They should if they wanted to survive! Nowadays most OPM songs are plain crappy revivals of old songs ( just inserted some tonal changes, make a little insertions in some lyrics, with a added twist of inserted new choruses, you now have a "new song" to be added in their album. And they shamelessly called it a "tribute"? sheesh! ) We also have sexy but stupid double-meaning songs made overnight by some sexy girl group (or macho men group), who capitalized more on sex appeal rather than talent; and also cut out all those nonsense rap songs made by some uneducated, mostly unemployed rap gangsta groups. We should make more local stars just like charice pempengco if we want to make a dent against the luster of foreign artists.

Answer 68

NO. it would be unfair for talented artists around the world. Our artists are talented but we lack good song compositions. We agree with Ms. Kuh's campaign but we cannot continue watching our local artists singing their old songs over and over. Bad thing is, they're also singing foreign songs like Beiber's and Swift's.

Answer 69

No... why would you want to regulate it? if it makes us filipino's happy then why removed it? its like removing the freedom of choice for filipino's, hey if you feel threaten by the foreign artist then hey be world class, improve your talents or at least make yourself marketable to the people. even if you succeeded in limiting or in their words regulate the foreign artist concerts, then do you expect people would spend money and watch your shows? because your concerts are the only one in the country? nahh, people would just save their peso and still watch who ever foreign artist would dare accept those regulations and held concerts here in the philippines... fact is, the more concerts here in the philippines whether local or foreign would create jobs for filipinos, the more events the better.

Answer 70

foreign artists sell because they present something new to the scene. let taylor swift sing on ASAP every sunday and nobody will pay to see her sing on any other venue. come on, KUH LEDESMA, you don't need this to protect local artists. improve your quality of music-making, make better movies. don't just sound like a cover.

Answer 71

banning is ridiculous. Lots of Filipinos have shows abroad, why prevent foreigners from coming here. THey can come up with other measures like higher taxes and other stuff. Honestly, banning foreign artists will not improve the situation of the industry. We all know the music industry is dying because of piracy and the continuous decline of purchasing power of the peso. Most people would rather save their money than buy tickets.

Answer 72

That is a load of bull****. It's like banning countries from the Olympics just because they keep hogging the medals in some sports, just because they're so good at it. If local artists want in on the audience market, they should up their acts and show the audience they're as good as foreign acts. Hindi puro angal lang sila at nasasapawan sila ng foreign artists kasi ang ginagawa nila nowadays (local singers) e puro revival or covers. They don't give justice to the term "Original Pinoy Music". If they want my money, ipakita nila na kaya nilang makipagsabayan sa foreign artists at di puro angal ang ginagawa nila. That's why I don't listen to local radio, unless I'm on my commute to work (meaning, I'm forced to listen).



And I say again: BULL****!

Answer 73

With big name artist's coming to play in concert Manila & the Philippines.

This raises the whole profile of our country & brings with it International recognition throughout the world of our great country,

This in turn brings Iin more potential visitors to our country, who then will in turn spend more money when come visit here & thus boosting our philippine ecconomy.So in the end, we the people benifit from the extra money which has been deposited into our ecconomy.

More foreign artist the better i say........

Answer 74

Big NO. If we do that they might ban Filipino artists performing in international concerts. It is not fair to Charice, Arnel and many others. Artists whether local or foreign should earn their good money without restricting freedom of choice of their patrons. I wonder if any artist would really like performing before an audience who do not have really much choice?

Answer 75

In some ways, my answer is YES..they were just regulate a law for the protection of the local artist..it is not a banned for foreign artist by the way.



i like the music in late 1990's its all original, thats OPM you can call but nowadays it sucks...All revival songs of the oldies.

Answer 76

NO! a big NO! NO! WHY?! because foreign artist's bring something new to the industry. By doing so, we, the Filipinos that can hear them would be amazed by their new song ideas. Compared to our local artists that keeps reviving songs from the 70's, 80's and 90's. Lets look at Juris song "Di lang Ikaw". Hell, they came up with a new song and its catchy and I really like it. WHY?! because its an original song by her and not from some old revival! So why not come up with songs that people can love and be remembered not some old song that was revived and would rather listen to the original than the revival. And of course Charice! why do like the song of Charice!!! Because its new (NOT A REVIVAL), catchy and awfully lot of fun to listen to! So a challenge to our Filipino Artist, they are aslo filipinoes but they create new and fresh song! And that's why we want to attend foreign artist's concerts because they BRING NEW SONGS TO THE TABLE!

HOW I MISS THE DAYS LISTENING TO PAROKYA NI EDGAR, ERASER HEADS, APO HIKING SOCIETY!!!

Answer 77

Ibig sabihin ni Kuh Ledesma, hindi naman totally banning foreign artists (singers).. Gusto lang niya huwag naman sanang itaon sa Valentines season, Christmas season ang mga foreign concerts para naman kumita ang mga local entertainers natin..

Answer 78

I'm with most of you, local artists DO need to improve their craft. But yes, we need to regulate concerts-for both international and local artists. We are not putting a ban, but we're simply creating rules. From what I heard on the news, our artists lack sponsors because these benefactors would prefer something that would "sell". We need to support our own so they could improve as well.

Answer 79

No to regulation. Whoever thought of this idea is a retard incompetent. Foreign artists should perform here anytime they want so that the local artists can carry the luggages or perform during the intermissions.

Answer 80

No. We should be thankful that foreign artists come to our country. That is our culture. We are welcoming people. On the other hand, instead of making regulations on foreign artists, we should first regulate our local artists. Let us cultivate our local artist to be better, world-class performers.

Answer 81

A big N.O.!



The local artists now-a-days are over exposed. You could see them on ASAP, SOP, commercials billboards, movies... and the likes, even in politics. So we -the local people- are fed up of local artists. Moreover, they haven't done anything catchy for how many years from now, especially in music industry. What do they do? They revive music from the old days. Sino ba kumakain senyo ng "pangat", o "butcha"? i compared music to "pangat" and "bucha" because the music is already dead -in the radio- but revived by new and as well as old artists.



Why don't you ask yourselves, what is wrong with your talent? The K-POP is making a noise here in the Philippines. Why not P-POP?



We are hungry for new music, don't offer us "pangat".



Filipinos love music and to sing it. I have observed people now-a-days doesn't sing their music anymore. They just do the nodding while listening, maybe the music is not overwhelming to their hearts to pour-out to their mouths. Please, make music the way you make it in the 90's or maybe even better. Make people sing again.

Answer 82

There are more important issues that need attention; regulation of foreign acts is selfish. Are we regulating imported goods to protect the local industry? No, instead the local business owners are aiming to compete globally. Regulating the foreign acts is a coward move. It's like killing your opponent to win. Improve, grow, learn and relearn, these are what we need to do.

Answer 83

NO. This is a big challenge to our Music Industry. We should develop a quality and new way of composition that are pleasant to hear for us Filipinos, not just doing a revival, making music in a repeated style, just to earn huge money. That's the reason why we were always left behind because of "selfish motives". The Solution: Let us support other Filipinos, encourage them to show their talents in a different way. Let us see and compare other Filipino performers in order for us to know the best we can and improve much better.

Answer 84

Nope!

Foreign artists coming in the Philippines are good for the whole country. It promotes tourism.

If we focus ourselves only to local artists, it will only do good for few people. Besides, if a local artist is really good, there's no way of stopping that artist into becoming famous and he/she will surely succeed.

Foreign artists should not be considered as threats to our local artists, instead local artists should be inspired and they should realize that they should do their very best at all times for the public to recognize them.

Answer 85

NO WAY. Are the local artists THAT desperate to even suggest that? It is not fair for ALL artists to regulate performances! Any artist, local or foreign should be encouraged to put up shows for all fans!

Answer 86

I dont think they have a regulation or ordinance

that foreign artists are not allow or no right to do a small or big concert in philippines,and one thing this foreign artists are the idol of our fellow filipinos.they are also pay tax,they also pay the place to do the concert and this for our beloved philippines.

Answer 87

I don't agree with regulating foreign artists. I mean, what will happen to us? We're so left out na? We won't be able to see our favorite int'l artists perform live? HAHA.



Let us not blame international artists if they are more preferred by the Filipinos to watch. Face the truth, the OPM needs a lot of reinvention.

Answer 88

NO.



To our local artists, just jibe with the current kind of music. Leave the old ones if you want to get the mass. Shift from Ballads, Neocolors, and other boring kinds to a more lively but simple kind of music. I am still a fan of Pinoy Singers/Bands but only for Parokya ni Edgar, Rico Blanco, River Maya, Eheads, and the like!



Get me?

Answer 89

no! filipinos are known as hospitable people.kuh ledesma should called a conference on how they can make opm better not just doing always revivals and make original songs and it is not the foreign artist's fault because our local singers love to sing foreign songs and they sing it to the filipino shows that makes filipino people wants to see the original singer..so if you protect the local artist, tell them to make their own songs!

Answer 90

This just show how insecure filipino artists are which I am positively convinced that they are not so what they are trying to do is copy the foreign artists... Puro nalang revivals... At parang pagnagproproduce ng album parang d pinag-iisipan basta nalang meron... Gaya ng film industry natin. Does this mean also filma from abroad will be regulated? I am just gonna laugh at the drowning of ourindustry

Answer 91

No. it means profit for the government in terms of tax in ticket sales. Local artists need to come up with more sensible and original songs, not just plain shouts and meaningless sentences. I always listen to 90's music, especially Wolfgang as I can see how lyrics and sounds produce the best artist in our country. But nowadays we are swarmed with a bunch of rehashed and revised songs, too bad. Let us improve originality and sensibility of our songs first before training our gun to foreign artists.

Answer 92

No, though I couldn't blame Kuh. I think she only means well for the local artists. If most of those who answered before me are really "open-minded" then you should think out of the box than you already do. The reason why most artists do revivals is because revivals DO sell. Do not blame the local artists for their lack of creativity or originality. Creativity and Originality do not always mean profit especially if you don't have the RIGHT connections in our industry. Blame PIRACY and our obsession over anything FOREIGN. Please keep in mind the RECORDING COMPANIES which in one way or another controls our ARTIST'S projects. Hawak nila ang promotion ng mga artist. So a good artist must also choose a good company that will sell him/her well. And regarding talent, hindi rin sapat na may talent ka. Kelangan may 'face' ka rin. Kaya nga kahit gaano kagaling ang isang singer basta hindi ka feel ng kumpanya, they will reject you. Takot na magsugal mga kumpanya ng bagong artist ngayon dahil sa setback ng piracy. Ayaw nila yung gagastos pa sila para pasikatin lang ang isang singer na may 'potential' pero wala namang 'market'. Kukunin ka na lang nila kapag may pangalan ka na or kilala ka na sa TV.



Also blame the MEDIA for incorporating what is "uso" or "in" na music into our daily lives.

Answer 93

NO! seriously! come on! Give us reasons why we should regulate concerts. Protecting interests of local artist. I think that's too shallow. If you really want to promote your "CRAFT" I think you should make it updated, new, exciting and up beat. No more "Revivals" I know its classic and all but seriously "timeless" pieces are for timeless people. I think revivals are so rampant ans saturated. sorry but i think regulating foreign artists concerts are just lame. I do love locals bands and artists but if you're making it all the same why do you think people get sick of it? "cause its the "SAME" haha

Answer 94

Rehash at low level of artistry lang naman ang pinoy music sa panahong ito. There is very little effort in producing Original Pilipino Music in this period. It's more of Revived Original Pilipino Music. Or jejemon. Or cheap lyrics with ill-composed melodies. (With the exception of certain bands who have always been original and catchy in their songs. Galing ninyo! Bow ako sa talentong Pinoy nyo!)Matakot na ang singers na umaasang may mababaliw sa ganyan. Foreign artists have always been more than willing to take a step further in their career by reinventing themselves or by being fresh, new and at the same time maintaining their originality. Nabobo-bore din ang music audience kapag paulit-ulit lang ang naririnig nila, We also crave for new sounds, fresh melodies and lyrics. If the local artists can't cater to what they want, better let the foreign artists do it for them.

Answer 95

definitely a NO. why would you ban them? this is just a clear indication that local artist are no longer capable of doing good songs. lahat na lng revival. nakakasawa. local artist should see this as a challenge to do more than reviving old songs. its quite unfortunate but i think thats the reality sa music ind sa PH. and btw, pag band ba foreign artist, cgurado bang may manonood ng local artist with what they have right now? the 90s era was the peak of pinoy musicians, pinoy alterntive in particular. lahat ng songs nun original, wala revival. at lahat ng concert sold out... bat kaya di magawa ulit ngayon?

Answer 96

No! because our local artist are already exposed, you have ASAP, Party Pilipinas and another one in TV5, so ano pa ang dapat bayaran mo, para kantahan ka? But I like Kuh Ledesma, I'm a big fan of her.

Answer 97

Absolutely NOT! The same goes for the PH artists too. Which countries would support PH artists performing overseas if you ban their artists from performing in PH? These concerts generate much needed revenues too.

Answer 98

NO........Philippines should not regulate international acts........International acts should be used to boost Philippines music scene. Philippines bands should be support acts for International stars getting the exposure to the big concerts and to the people. In Australia we find often people will attend as much for a support act as for a main act. In addition what if other nations regulated our acts...Charice can only do one concert outside Philippines opewr year...We will never promote our talent abroad....



Philippines music scene is not dead. there are still good bands and good music but it needs to get noticed......Noontime shows and Weekend star studded shows only reduce peoples needs to leave the comfort of their homes to support local talent. occasional promotional appearances would be OK and thus this would give a platform for the new stars to get exposure....Not for old stars and existing talent to milk the population for support and money....



No dont regulate.....Yes we could improve but really we just need to develop our live scene....More free open air concerts in Luneta and MOA would bring the people from their living rooms to the dance floors.......

Answer 99

NO! no need to regulate foreign artists' concerts in the country..What we need is improvement of our music. Filipino artists must show new kind of songs..one that inspires the filipino youth..Nakakasawa na mga Filipino singers..same tune..same lyrics..same story..nothing new to lift our spirits..Come on Kuh! if you want filipinos to watch and hear your music, then sing something new!



Regulating the concerts of foreign artists in the country is tantamount to curbing the right and freedom of every Filipino to good music..

Answer 100

Why regulate foreign artists to come here? We're lucky that many visit our country and we're lucky because they bring dollars to our country. And besides, these artist gives some new artists some clues and learning experiences for their improvement.



Let's not be selfish to share what we have to other people, especially foreigners, they like our country and we should be proud of it. Our local artists should get more exposures and improve themselves to compete them.

Answer 101

She's very right!, government should regulate the performance of foreign artist in the PH, to support its local talents and further encourage aspiring home grown talent to show what they've got. Indeed, its the function of congress to look into this concern and create legislation limiting the number of foreign performance in PH.

Answer 102

simply no. have you ever thought that the reason why we'd rather spend our hard earned cash on foreign artists rather than to OPM is because most of the recent OPM songs i've been hearing over the radio suck. there i said it. honestly it really does. in my 650 song-playlist, i have 15 OPM songs max and most of them were made during the 1990's.



its right for the local music industry to feel threatened. maybe they'll finally up their craft and produce some decent music and not just revive some old crappy song. don't even get me started with the usual obviously-low budget music videos.



just my two cents anyway. /shrugs

Answer 103

regulating concerts of international stars is a big mistake. if local artists don't make money on their concerts, they should perform better or retire! you have to accept that your star is fading already and its time for new comers to shine. for example charice pempenco, she showed the world that she can sing and that is why people all over the world love her! sabi nga e weather weather lang yan! faded stars can perform as front acts to big international artistsand im sure that will bring in more audience to a concert!

what i think is the international artists must acquire more than 50% of local talents as backup singers / dancers / technical team and pay 10% fee to our local artists fund

Answer 104

Nope, that's a stupid solution. Both local and foreign artists can coincide with each other. This is a form of barring any international acts to showcase in the Philippines, which could be detrimental.



That's my take, and I see no reason why international acts are to be barred.

Answer 105

I think most people here misconstrued "to regulate" with banning. I agree with the proposal "to regulate"or "to impose regulation" so as to protect the interest of our local artists who on their part should take this as a challenge to improve their craft to impress local and foreign audience.

Answer 106

Why should we? The problem with Filipinos is we hate fair competitions. Filipino artists are already world class talents. If our pro-celebrity government will heed Kuh's request, other countries might do the same thing to us. Poor Charice, Arnel & others.

Answer 107

The real problem is on the local artist and producers who just make mostly revival songs from the 80s and most of them also copied or ride on the bandwagon of foreign music icon like lady Gaga and Taylor Swift. Every time I turn in to those Sunday variety show like Asap and Party Pilipinas most of the song they sing are foreign made, sus me ang daming magagandang OPM songs in the past three decades na dapat sila mismo ang nagpropomote. SAka nawala na yung excitement na makita yung mga local artist kasi madali na lang silang mahanap either sa YouTube o manood ka ng local afternoon show sa Sunday, regular naman sila duon eh libre pa.

Eh bakit yung Shembot song pumalo sa masa, kasi orig and Eat Bulaga promotes it on their show everyday, kung baga ang may gobyernong tumutulong sa pagpropromote ng OPM songs.

Answer 108

Well, if the local artists don't have much to offer, maybe they should try a new line of work. Talent is what brings US artists to Manila. If they can't stand the heat, they need to get out of the kitchen.

One more thought, what if we say to our elected officials to start deporting Filipinos who are taking jobs from US citizens. Let them try that, and I will be the first one to call my Congressman and protest. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Answer 109

NO way! ang mga local artist kasi natin over exposure na sa mga sunday show nila and why bother to watch their concert kung every sunday naman makikita sila kumakanta .. mas ok kung meron mga foreign artist na mag coconcert sa pilipinas para mas ma challenge ang mga local artist natin pagbutihin ang craft nila.. hindi yun puros remake na lang ang kinakanta nila.. and to ms kuh ledesma isipin mo pumupunta ka rin ng ibang bansa para mag concert din..

Answer 110

I'm no fan of Taylor Swift & Justin Bieber, but I have this to say... Local artist should improve their craft. What our local artist are doing nowadays ay puro remake of old (sometimes recent) songs. Makikita mo lang sila sa mga noontime variety shows kaya nakakasawa din.

Answer 111

Hell no! stop whining singer-ACTRESS Kuh! protect the interests of local artists? Then compete with them, how? improve your songs. All I hear from now from our local artist are revivals. What if those who make/compose those song from other country banned you from singing their song?

Answer 112

Why regulate? Scared of the competition? I say this: Write original songs, do new gimmicks and the people will appreciate you better. What needs to be regulated in my opinion are the beltings being done on TV - whenever I hear someone belt it I thought someone is giving birth on stage.

Answer 113

The Philippines already uses allot of discrimination towards foreigners now,Like charging more to them, not letting them own property and much more. maybe here in Canada we should stop Filipinos from doing concerts or owning a home, but that would not be fair right? but it is fair the other way?

Answer 114

No, why regulate? i think the local artists just need to step up and level up. regulating foreign shows here will never be an answer. they need to do something unique just like foreign artists pra magkagusto ang tao manood ng mga concerts nila.

Answer 115

Ask kuh Ledesma, how about if other countries will do that also to our Artist.

Answer 116

Swift and Bieber? They have fans? Oh Yeah. Let them in. Pinoys are too stupid not to listen to them. Be it International or local, Artists sound like **** now a days in the airwaves.

Answer 117

no because that's stupid in the first place shouldn't it be a wake up call to local artist to make their performance and music better don't blame others and protect from what exactly i used to like PH music bec it was original and beautiful but now some of it isn't even worth listening to

Answer 118

there's nothing wrong about having a concert with foreign artist in PH,it's not a matter of popularity its matter of choice to pinoys if they want to watch both of them local or foreign! what a childish reactions to the rest....! Would you like as well that other countries to regulate pinoy concerts?my dear friends; its a matter of give & take.!NO,no crying pls!

Answer 119

It's not the foreign artists' fault. I'm not against local artists or anything but you can't really blame people if they don't bite the former's gimmicks. Hell, some can't even write their own songs, they just keep on doing covers.

Answer 120

why did she called for that.. did ms. kuh ledesma experienced some kind of regulation during her concerts abroad..? i believe she performed in various countries so many times..

Answer 121

No. Minsan lang naman din sila magconcert dito eh. Challenge nalang yun sa mga local artists natin. Wag nyo kasi masyado exposed sa mga noontime shows. Nakakasawa na kasi eh. Napag iiwanan na yung iba. Buti nalang meron pang Franco, Wolfgang, Urbandub, etc.

Answer 122

Why regulate or prevent foreign artist from coming here and perform? Other local artists and OFWs go to other countries to perform. The countries they go to do not complain...

Answer 123

Fair competition says 'free-trade'. Why ban foreign competitors when they are not the absolute toll to fair market. Ask Filipinos' love to foreign patronage. Such can not be blamed either. Solution: believe that you, too, are world class, equally marketable as foreign talents are. You can do it!

Answer 124

the answer is walang magmamahal sa pilipino kundi kapwa pilipino. for so long we have been deluged with evertthing that is foreign be it in films, beauty products, consumer goods, etc. the net effect is that big factories which hires many workers have been closing down. its no wonder why we have a high unemployment. Filipinos have displaced from their work.there must be a regulation.media is keeping the colonial mentality of the Filipinos.

Answer 125

As long as the Producers are paying the equity set by the government to OPM, i guess it's okay. What the government needs to do is to study and probably increase the equity fee to control the foreign acts coming in to perform.

Answer 126

No, Because thats the only time that we hear the original singer who will sing the song, anyway our artists are just REVIVING the song of those foreign artists.

Answer 127

c'mon, who are we going to watch? which local artist. Nina? Sarrah Geronimo? Regine? Martin? then what? listen to them sing unoriginal songs? Watch them as they make a profit for song that aren't theirs? Or watch local "rock bands" as they just continually shout on stage and "sing" out of tune?

I personally don't like taylor or justin, but look, they're younger than most famous local artist and they have their own materials, their own songs. Taylor even writes every song she has if i'm not mistaken so i applaud them. Let them come. they are successful because of their originality, so they have their rights.

Answer 128

if you ban them, ban the freakkin KOREANS as well!...Ms. Ledesma, why would you want to ban them? don't you think that we need them for our economical growth?...TAXES mam ang tawag dyan!!!....secondly, why are our local music and band scene is stil being widely supported even though a lot of the are underground...because...they make good music! unlike you...yes, definitely they will support you if you will make GOOD MUSIC...what do we hear from you nowadays?...the same song like was remaked, renditioned, a HUNDRED TIMES!!!...why would we listen to that?...ask your daughter Isabella what's on her Ipod?.....I bet none of your songs are there!!! (lucky you if she has one)...take UP DHARMA DOWN...they are being recognized globally because of their quality, innovative and ORIGINAL music.....kaya nga OPM yan eh...ORIGINAL Pilipino Music...so where is ORIGINAL if you're going to remake a song a hundred times!!!??...Mag isip isip ka MS. KUH LEDESMA! wag makitid ang utak!



Wag isisi sa iba kung nalalaos ka!...BE COMPETETIVE!!!!..."for every action there is an equal reaction"...alam mo ba yan?...why don't you ask yourself...."bakit kaya di binibili album ko?...i know you'll find the answer...I still support OPM - ORIGINAL Pilipino Music...not RPM - REMAKED by PILIPINO MUSIC!...but this move, it's so CHILDISH.

Answer 129

No let foreign do concerts here ! I Think Bruno Mars is coming on March @ MOA ... eheads & Wolfgang are not underground artist,they are mainstream acts & their contemporaries are all boring !!!! There are lots of interesting bands in the underground scene here in our country mostly in the Ska,Reggae,Rockabilly, Soul, Neo Swing , Metal , Punk , Hardcore genre .. One band you should watch is THE MARCOS CRONIES CONSPIRACY & many more.

Answer 130

yup justin bieber does suck donkey ****s. There is NO need to regulate foreign artists from holding concerts here in the philippines because WE ARE NOT NORTH KOREA!



I think the OPM scene is suffering not because of foreign artists, but because the OPM scene sucks now. Solo female artists just sing cover songs from the 80s. local bands are unable to create NEW music. the 90's was the best. after that, it's all bullcrap

Answer 131

****!!! its a big NO....... No No I am not fun of watching concerts of foreign and local artists but if sound banning its a big no no no simply because its bad to the image of the my beloved country.... I will supports slight regulations.

Answer 132

thats bullshit!! why banned them? in the end its not the government money we are spending for the foreign concert.We are paying for it so there is no reason to banned them.Who is Kuh ledesma anyway to suggest it? is she's running out of money? what a crazy idea!!!

Answer 133

im sorry but im against this.its just now that these artists started to come here after all these years.just let them come.we Filipinos would love to see these artists perform live.it doesnt mean that if we watch foreign performers we no longer support our local artists.isnt it that even our local artists even go and watch these concerts?im sorry but i really dont think there's a need for this.

Answer 134

The public should be given the chance to enjoy music at its best whether from local or foreign performers.

Answer 135

foreign concerts should really be regulated. this is not only for the protection of local artists but for boosting the spirit of nationalism among Filipinos. the country should rid the minds of is citizens of the baduy factor of local artists. by regulation, it may inculcate in Filipinos that our local artists if not better are just as good as the foreign artists.



Its asia's time to shine now, with k-pop and j-pop swarming the music industry, why dont we give our local artists that same support that other countries give to their own artists?

Answer 136

I'd say for lack of variety in our local entertainment,WHICH IS SO BAKYA AND LACK OF ORIGINALITY, let the foreign artists come to entertain us. that will bring in more revenues for us. as for the filipino entertainers, prove yourselves first, stop copying foreign material and then let's discuss limiting the foreign artists from holding concerts here.

Answer 137

No. Im a Filipino and proud to be but dapat i-open din natin ang country natin sa mga foreign people. tsaka ung ibang local artists parang di nman deserving maging artist kac ang kokorney ng mga kanta., ung iba medyo bastos pa. pero tlagang the best ang 90's..

Answer 138

I don't Think so...Compared to other countries like japan or australia, the influx of foreign artist in the philippines is still too few!!!and filipino's like me are really looking forward to other bands/artist to come here.and besides, most filipino artist or musicians nowadays sucks anyway.Unlike during the 90's when eraserheads or wolfgang where still mainstays in Radio and TV.

Answer 139

When attending a concert you want to avoid having a lot of things to keep track of. This will leave you free to enjoy the music without worrying about where your purse, sweater or whatever is.

Answer 140

Shoot! before the ever first foreign concert ata dito sa Pinas mi regulation na eh. Kung walang existing regulation eh di sana we can't help 'em all na. Hanuvah!!! kinakabahan lang ata ung isa baka d na xa kumita. ooppsssieee! me and my mouth :D Happy 2011 k Kuh! Makisaya ka nalang. Mi regulatory board na ata para jan.

Answer 141

I don't believe this is the right solution. Instead, our local artists should be encouraged to improve their craft. They should consider these foreign artists as their challenge.

Answer 142

Concerts by foreign artists only happen infrequently. There's no point in regulating it.

Answer 143

Done my homework, eto ang list ng mga concert ni Kuh Ledesma out of the country not including

mga foreign talents na kasama nya sa shows at concerts nya na inspired sa foreign songs.



Tour De Force (U.S. Concert Tour)

The Diva Tour (12-city U.S. tour)

Power of Two U.S. Tour (with Regine)

An Evening with MICHEL LEGRAND

Power of Two U.S. Tour (with BASIL VALDEZ)

Diva2Diva U.S. Tour

Power of Two U.S. Tour (with NORA AUNOR)

Diva2Diva in Sydney

PAANO KITA MAPASASALAMATAN – 25TH year anniversary US Tour

POWER OF TWO: Kuh Ledesma & Regine Velasquez

MOSAIC MUSIC FESTIVAL in Singapore

Answer 144

We live in a free trade world. Why protect Filipino artists, they dont need protection as they already have wondeful talents. Also, there is nothing like competition to create better talents.

Answer 145

Big NO, we should not blame foreign artists for the degradation of our local artists, it is our present local artists who should be blame for, why? because nowadays most artists have no originality all they are doing are imitating foreign artists, singing foreingn songs instead of patronizing our own tagalog songs,, no more BANYUHAY NI HEBER, the great ASIN, FREDIE AGUILAR, EHEADS these folks had originality they composed and sing their own songs......and furthermore if you watch ASAP and PARTY PILIPINAS, most of the time they are performing foreign songs instead of filipino songs, this shows, that our present local artists are TUTA NG MGA KANO!!!

Answer 146

no so that foreign can have chance on having a concert here in this Country what are we selfish we must welcome them like the good characteristics like welcoming the visitors properly and nicely so Kuh Ledesma you dont have that good pinoy characteristics like welcoming visitors nicely and properly and you have bad manners

Answer 147

IL DIVO. I neglected their previous stay overall performance and actually wish they might come back. Daughtry is stable too. Rihanna pun ok. Justin and Timbaland, or according to threat Kanye West. Wokeh, too lots. What!? i can't make up my concepts. Their my universal!

Answer 148

No. Improve the OPM, regulate those artists that makes revival or cover songs.

Answer 149

nako kuh ha? tumigil ka laos ka na pati mga local artist wala kasi kayong sariling composition sa kanta puro english song lang din kinakanta nyo. Bakit si charisse singer sa ibang country.. papayag ka ba siya din ay pag bawalan kumunta helloooooooo... pasalamat nga tayo pinupuntahan pa bansa natin at makilala din eh ang bulok ng systema dito.. hellooooooooooo shut up kuh? ang sama talaga ng ugali mo. pangit ka.

Answer 150

I AGREE!.... ONLY IF THEY (KUH & cohorts) ALSO REGULATE THEMSELVES FROM PERFORMING OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY!!!... get real, stop making garbage songs and prove yourselves to be world class and competent against these foreign acts. if they they don't like the competition then go sing on the sidewalks...

Answer 151

am no longer fan of filipino singers, almost all their songs are revivals....all revivals...they earn money from foreign songs...then what, regulate the foreign singers coming! you kuh is going nuts...what if that foreigners will not allow filipinos to revive their songs...wahhhh then there will be no more Filipino singers....didn't she is always going abroad to sing and earn their dollars singing these foreigners songs...Filipino singers have lost their ORIGINALITY!...What is there to protect!.....

Answer 152

No. I believe the government has existing guidelines already that's good enough to protect everyone. Pero sa tingin ko para matigil ang baduy na kanta na sinasabi ng marami. alisin ang payola sa mga fm radio station sila ang number 1 promoter ng mga kantang walang kwenta kahit pangit at baduy na kanta basta me bayad pinapatugtug. sana ito ang i regulate ng gobyerno ng maayos.

Answer 153

Yes

Answer 154

This will challenge local artists to hone their craft well and COMPOSE songs instead of REVIVING past songs. For the past years, artists like christian bautista, sarah geronimo etc. were going for the easy way -- REVIVALS. Well, I'm fuckin' sick of them doing it over and over again. This will make them rethink their strategy.

Answer 155

Dapat proteksyonan ang local artist para hindi pumapasok ang mga walang kakwenta kwentang mga palabas na lalung lalu na ang mga korea novela.....

Answer 156

HAY NAKU

THIS IS THE MOST CRAZY IDEA I HAVE EVER EARED

WHY NOT ALSO BAND ALL FOREIGN MUSIC FROM PLAYING ON

THE RADIO ALSO. I TOUGH THE PHILIPPINES WAS A DEMOCRATIC FREE COUNTRY

BUANG KA TALAGA

IF THIS LAW EVER PASS TREW I WILL BE VERY DESAPOINTED IN THE PHILIPPINES I LOVE SO MUCH



DAVE FROM CANADA

Answer 157

puro bakya songs kung hindi man pang jejemon ang mga pilit na pinapatugtog sa radyo ngayon, rather than mag regulate ng foreign artist concerts, dapat i-regulate yung bastos na kanta na pinapa-tugtog sa radyo at mga walang ka-kwenta kwentang banda na hindi maintindihan kung kakanta o magpapatawa. tsaka sino ba naman ang matutuwa kung puro tili at sigaw ang babae na kumakanta na akala mo eh na-apakan ang paa kaya humihiyaw?

Answer 158

Yes of course. We put such huge taxes on local performers who boast of enormous talent, while foreign artists who can't even sing are given tax breaks. (Side-note: ban Auto-Tuners!)

Let's curb colonial mentality by promoting our own. We're such American slaves that we idolize people without talent just because of the color of their skin. Regulation is an intelligent choice, unless brainless lawmakers choose to hold the reigns on this issue.

By the way, REGULATION is different from BANNING. Go get a dictionary.

Answer 159

we do not need to regulate foreign artist because it may bounce back to us if other countries will do the same way

Answer 160

Let them come here in the Philippines. This is a free country. No more restrictions! If you don't like it then just shut up!

Answer 161

NO! Prove us you are worth watching first before you implement this INSECURITY! Make quality music videos. that's all. And hello!!! You're so yesterday Miss Kuh Ladesma...........

Answer 162

No justifiable reason to regulate them. Sa mga mahina ang 'Kuh'kote at utak talangka, ganon cguro ang gusto nilang mangyari..

Answer 163

absolutely not.

we are in a free country and everybody does have their own preference. this means our country is open for new talents and not just from the local scene.

we cant please everyone.



so lets just leave it to the fans. if this will continue and be banned for good, who will be patronizing local entries when they refuse to let others serenade our countrymen.

Answer 164

I hope no.I'm a Filipino musician and do concert in other countries too. what if other countries stop us doing concert in other country especially U.S where most of our talented singers and musicians perform

will you feel happy?

Answer 165

what is that a joke or something. that's not going to make people go see locals if you ban others. Come on now get a life

Answer 166

this indicates an "inferiority complex" among local artists. maybe they should look into reinventing themselves and being really original. and please, "original pilipino music" does not mean a local artist singing a cover of (or remaking) a foreign artist's song! haler!

Answer 167

i think that local arits should not treat this as a threat they should see this as a challenge...ang mga local artist natin nangungupya lng namn sa mga banyaga wala na silng kinantang original na kanta...kaya kuing ako pinoy bat ako manonood sa nangopya kung kakantahan naman ako ng MAS SIKAT at ORIGINAL SINGER....so its time na paganahin ang creatitvity ng piunoy...wag na tayo kopya ng kopya...nakabobo ang nangungupya...diba???

Answer 168

NO!

why stop them from earning money..hehehe

seriously its a NO!

this only shows that OPM is not open to any competition that could make them more better!

Answer 169

their concerts here can be only once in a lifetime. we are given a chance to see them..





"hindi naman sa ayaw na ng iba na manuod ng local artists. kasi yung iba sawa na kasi puro revivals nalang yung kinakanta nila; halos wala ng bago.."



"siguro naman tulad ko gusto rin ng iba na may marinig na bago mula sa artists natin.."

Answer 170

Ah ok. Ayaw nilang magpunta yung mga foreign na artist dito. Pero pag sila naman yung nagpeperform eh MGA KANTA LANG DIN NAMAN NG MGA FOREIGN ARTIST yung kinakanta nila ah. tama na mediocrity.



Maraming OPM artist dyan na magagaling pero di nabibigyan ng exposure. Kasi yung binibigyan lang ng pansin eh yung mga sikat at yung mga palaging nasa noontime show. to think hindi na nga dapat sila tawaging OPM artist eh. Di naman ORIGINAL yung kinakanta nila, revive lang tapos di naman PINOY yung song na nirerevive nila. Diba?



ANDAMING MAGAGALING NA OPM INDIE ARTIST DIYAN. Magpunta ka ng Saguijo, Route 196 or sa B SIde bar etc.. Marami pa ring OPM artist na gumagawa ng sarili nilang tunog, Na nagsusulat ng original na kanta. Yung pwedeng makipagsabayan sa ibang foreign acts. Di lang talaga sila napapansin kasi sarado utak ng karamihan sa atin.



Ba't kailangang maghanap ng sisisihin kung bat di sila bebenta? Kung magaling naman sila, kahit may kasabay silang foreigner eh may manonood sa kanila.



Tsaka itigil na yang colonial mentality. Maraming magagaling na artist sa pinas pero mas pinipili pa rin natin yung mga foreigner.

Answer 171

Why regulate? We are free people, we have the freedom to choose what we want to watch. Improve your craft so that people will watch you.

Answer 172

foreign artists? ariel rivera is a canadian citizen; mrtin is american citizen;m.valenciano is puerto rican citizen.dahil ba pinoy ang ancestry nila..opm narin sila? sa mga artista din natin daming foranger powers... kala mo pinoy..kalahi lang pala..pero loyalty nila nasa kanilang adopted country...bakit ba ako maniwala sa opm!

Answer 173

Kuh Ledesma SUCK BIG TIME!

Answer 174

hell no!!! what her point on this, its simply self promotion. if she cant help herself laos na sila then dont stop people here in the philippines to experience their foreign idol musicians in a concert!!!

Answer 175

No, Eh.. paano kung ganun din ang gawin ng ibang bansa?

Answer 176

para umasenso tayong lahat, tangkilikin ang sariling atin... maraming mga artist sa bayan natin, mga magagaling at hindi sila nabibigyan ng pagkakataon dahil walang suporta.. mahalin natin ang sariling atin, kung hindi natin gagawin yun, walang ibang magmamahal o magmamalasakit sa atin, kundi tayo lang.. maaaring may kakulangan pa ang mga musikero o artista sa atin pero hindi tayo kulang sa creativity, sa pagkamalikhain, marami naman na kontribusyon ang mga Pinoy sa mundo tulad nina Charice P., Lea S... marami nang nakilalang Pinoy na magagaling, kelangan natin suportahan sila.. malay nyo, yung anak o pinsan nyo ay maging isa sa kanila, ano ang mararamdaman mo kung sa sariling bayan mo di ka binibigyan ng suporta...

Answer 177

No they should not do it... example of which is: ( WHAT IF YOU FILIPINO ARTIST GO TO THEIR COUNTRY AND WAS DENIED TO SING? ) --> think of out current Bomb artist Chariz... what if she is not allowed to sing international? -- And by the way... Who is Khu Ledezma in singing industry anyway??

Answer 178

NO, because kuh ledesma's music sucks and she's fugly.

Answer 179

What the? First and foremost, why not ask the public first? As for the rests it's up to us, really. Whatever?!

Answer 180

noooooooooooooo. local artists just be competitive do something about yoir craft be somebody worth our money and adimiration

Answer 181

Ma'am Kuh..OK ka lang?? eh for sure anak mo manonood sa mga ganyan. lol! karamihan sa atin gustong gusto manood sa mga concerts ng mga foreign artists o makinig at bumili ng mga record albums nila. eh sa yun ang gusto ng karamihan eh. bat pinipigilan ng mga pinoy artists? eh maski sila nga nanonood ng mga concerts ng mga foreign artists. kasalanan naman din yan nila eh, sila mismo nag rerevive ng mga foreign songs, mga walang originality, kahit sila bumibili ng mga record albums ng mga foreign artists. sa mga concerts nila kinakanta nila yung mga songs ng mga foreign artists.yung iba ultimo sayaw at pananamit ng mga foreign artists ginagaya nila diba? panay OPM kayo dyan..OPM stands for original Pilipino music right? eh bat panay revive kyo ng mga foreign songs? parang kayo mismo pinopromote nyo yung foreign songs.

Answer 182

No way

Competition is a good thing

Variety is the spice of life

Answer 183

Now tell me Kuh, whom should i watch should we regulate foreign artist? Wellie's Concert, Pacquiao's? or maybe Juday? Erik Santos? Christian Bautista?

Answer 184

Here's the thing, if the local artists want sell out crowds or record breaking album sales, then they better make one helluva song or album. I'm a proud Filipino but I don't listen to music that sucks, local or foreign, but sadly, our artists do not really try hard, they keep on producing songs that practically sounds the same, and worst of all, they keep on doing revivals or covers

Answer 185

sige nga makinig ka magdamag sa boses ni yeng constatino saka ni sam milby. kundi ka mapraning..

Answer 186

sa tingin ko panahon na para ang sariling atin naman ang pakinggan natin..hindi pa ba tayo nagsasawa sa mga produktong banyaga?tignan natin ang sarilin natin?me mga naka barong tagalog pa ba ngayon?damit,sapatos,pantalon,lhat lhat na ay pawang mga produktong banyaga na?andaming lokal na musikero d2 sa pinas!SOBRA!hindi lan tlg mbgyan ng pansin dahil sa radyo man o TV eh puro mga banyaga na ang pinapanuod naten?hindi sa hindi magaling ang ating mga musikero pero hindi kasi sila nabi2gyan ng pagkakataon?sana sa taong ito pinoy na musika naman ang mamayagpag..

Answer 187

I think no.

Hey, can I have an official badge like yours?

This orangey one is great and all but I like green.... A LOT....



(o_O)

Answer 188

Let those foreign artists come. Local artists need more new songs. More gimiks.

Enough of revivals please.

Answer 189

Such an incompetent move...

Answer 190

OO! OO! OO!

hindi naman ban eh.. bawasan lang.

mahiya nga yung mga nagsasabing hayaan lang ang mga dayuhang yan nag pumunta sa pinas. lalo na ang mga tumatawag sa sarili nilang artists din sila in whatever form *dance, visual, etc.) ang mag artista ay dapat sumuporta sa kapwa artista dahil alam nyo ang situation ng art education sa pinas.



lalo ang mahiya ang mga radio station na hindi sumusunod sa pagpapatugtog ng mas maraming opm songs. ayan tuloy, maraming hindi nakakakilala sa napakaraming magagaling na banda at singers sa bansa. hindi lang naman kasi mainstream ang source ng opm song, may underground, independent at marami pang iba. kilala nyo ba si noel cabangon? makiling? bayang barrios? naalala nyo pa ba ang true faith? ang magaling na tanya markova? general luna? nakikinig pa ba kayo sa rivermaya? bamboo? parokya?



mahiya din ang mga pilipinong wala man lang opm lists sa kanilang players, ipods, etc.



pausbungin ang pagtangkilik sa sariling atin! gaya ng japan, korea at iba pang mapagmahal sa sariling identity.



mabuhay ang Pilipinong sining at kultura. mas magaling tayo sa mga dayuhan na yan.

Answer 191

sus..kung issurvey to sa mga pilipino, cgurado mraming tatanggi. isang malaking kalokohan to.. sino ba siya para sabihin un? siguro hindi na siya kumikita kaya nya to nasabi. mahilig ako sa music, kaya ako nagaral ng mga instrumento at bumuo ng sariling banda, inaamin ko hindi ako masyado fan ng OPM, kasi mas namulat ako sa originality ng mga foreign bands, pero hindi ko cnsbi na gaya gaya ang mga pinoy, pero db, kaya nga merong salitang "influence" e, kasi naiimpluwensyahan tayo ng mga foreign bands ng style nila kaya nagkakaroon ng idea ang mga pinoy at nkakabuo ng kanilang mga piyesa. bakit ba sumisikat ung mga foreign artist? oo kasama na dun ung looks, pero nsa talent pdn nila un e, nsa style nila..tama ung ibang mga sumagot e, puro REMAKE na lang ung nangyayari. bakit di nila itry na magsulat ng sariling kanta? kita mo kahit mga simpleng DJ sa radyo kung ano ano ang nasusulat na kanta kahit walang sense dba? tska para nmang hindi nagcoconcert sa ibang bansa si kuh ledesma para sabhn un. inaalis nya ung pagiging HOSPITABLE ng mga pilipino.. sana kasi, itry ng mga OPM artists ntn ung ibang genre ng music. hindi lang nman pop, rock, hiphop, at ballad ang mga genre e..pde silang mag experimento para mkabuo ng sariling style ng music nila. haha dami ko sinabi amp. kuh is such a brainless ****.

Answer 192

they should put high tax. but im afraid it will be more expensive for Filipinos to watch.

Answer 193

Sure! And let's all wallow in mediocrity.

Answer 194

Thankyou for the answers EVERYONE xx

Answer 195

kuh's kung fu is weak

Answer 196

Nah, local artists should make better music, also no more revival music please.

Answer 197

bieber sucks !!! he shouldnt go here !!! were taller than him !

Answer 198

HELL NO!mag isip ka nga..

Answer 199

wag naman :( ok lng kung c bieber lol (peace^^) i'm looking forward for the SHINee to have their 2nd concert here in the phil :( so please no please please pretty pretty please :)



thanks in advance :)

Answer 200

NO. period.

Answer 201

no ~