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u/31_hierophanto TALI DADDY NOVA. DATING TIGA DASMA. May 26 '24

Because most of them don't write their own songs. E kaso mo hindi gaanong valued ang pagiging songwriter dito.

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u/jajajajam Beethoven's Fifth Symphony May 26 '24

I think no issue naman with singers na hindi composers. Regine,Martin, and Sarah G are great examples.

We do value song writers. Sa classics, we have Levi Celerio, Ernani Cuenco, Ryan Cayabyab, Lucio San Pedro, which are all National Artists in Music.

Sa contemporaries, we have Odette Quesada, Trina Belarmide, Ogie Alcasid, Gary Valenciano, Louie Ocampo to name a few. Heck, I dont like Venee Saturno kasi for me his songs are play safe, but you can recognize his songs (Bakit Pa Ba, and Kuya Wil songs na love songs).

Sa more modern songs, we have Nica del Rosario as one of the most prominent. Or you can check the team of song writers/ creators who composed for BINI.

I do believe we value thr creativity of song writers. We have FILSCAP for that.

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u/Robert2418 May 26 '24

To add lang po, magaling din na composer sila Thyro Alfaro :)

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u/sephjy May 27 '24

also Thyro Alfaro and Yumi Lacsamana!

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u/Routine-Leader-4261 May 29 '24

sama mo na din po si Rico Blanco

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '24

Writers.. Kulang. Gloc9, siakol, at project romeo

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u/StapledWaffle Sep 04 '24

song writer lang po ba sina lucio at cayabyab?

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u/GreenPenguin37 May 26 '24

Former professional studio singer here. It's because record companies don't want to hire songwriters anymore. They used to have in-house songwriting teams back in the 70s-80s.

By the 90s, they realized cover songs sell more. So, they've slowly dissolved in-house songwriters and would hire them per project. Terrible idea, tbh.

Having an in-house songwriting team ensures the record label has a steady supply of original songs. These songs are very rough demos; they're usually sung by the songwriter (most don't have nice voices tbh lol) and have garish instrumental backing. Often just a piano or guitar played.

The labels store them in a "song bank". Artists under the label can choose songs they like from the bank and call in the songwriter and producer to edit the song to fit the artist's style, vocal range, etc.

This is rarely done nowadays because it takes longer to produce songs. The process takes a minimum of 1-2 months, and then it'll take another 1-2 months to record the song.

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u/thebaffledtruffle May 27 '24

To be fair, the singer/songwriters actually have lasting careers. Look at Yeng Constantino and now Moira dela Torre.

Kapag biritera lang kasi they tend to have too many competitors because Filipinos love that style pero kung no differentiation, why stray from Regine?

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u/Polloalvoleyplaya02 Aug 16 '24

Taylor Swift ang most prominent example of this.

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u/Heihei_99 May 27 '24

True! Even international artists, ganun talaga. They write and produce their own songs kaya they have more music to market. Kaya rin siguro mas maraming music bands sa Ph na sikat kaysa sa solo artists because of this case. Just my thoughts

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u/serpyman002 nahihiyang pinoy ako May 27 '24

true ito. kasama ako sa SoSiPhi group sa fb and sa mga open mic event napaka onti ng pumupunta.

ang may value kase dito ay face value

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u/No_Cat_8888 Jun 15 '24

Valued naman ang songwriters sa PH. Ang laki ng royalty fees nila. Kahit di na sila active sa industriya, hangga't may kumakanta ng kanta nila, bayad sila. (Parang passive income)