By Yong Chavez, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
CALIFORNIA – Marco Sison, one of the most well-known voices of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) during its heyday in the '80s, said there's a big hole in the Philippine music industry and not because there's a lack of talented singers.
"Kasi siguro may shortage ng composers. In the '80s kasi may yearly competition ng composers, amateur and professionals, yung Metropop, at dun nafe-feature yung mga aspiring composers at dun nga lumabas sina Vehnee Saturno. Sana magkaron ulit ng ganun para yung mga composers, kasi hindi rin nila alam kung paano nila ipe-present ang mga kanta nila," said Sison.
The Manila-based singer is a US green card holder and regularly visits California where two of his children go to school.
The other two are staying with him now in the Philippines while pursuing their own showbiz careers.
The singer said his next tour with fellow OPM icons is tentatively set for September, hopefully when Rico Puno has fully recovered from his heart surgery.
"Si Rico is recuperating right now, so yung mga prayers nyo po is kailangang-kailangan ni pareng Rico para mabilis ang kanyang pag-galing," he said.
Before going back to Manila, Sison staged an intimate show for Filipinos in southern California to promote his latest cd, "Isang Pagkakataon."
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