Filipino iTunes

I don’t know when or if the Philippines will get its own iTunes Music Store, but you can actually buy songs by Filipinos from the U.S. iTMS right now. Tagalog ones too. Yes, really. I combed iTunes in search for songs by Filipinos and about Filipinos/the Philippines. The following list is what I came up with. Now I only found a few mainstream OPM* artists so if they’re what you’re looking for, it’s best to just order CDs from websites like this and this. The bulk of what I found are mostly obscure bands and singers. There is also a handful of Fil-Am pop artists, who are mostly featured in iMixes here and here. Ok, here we go (you need iTunes to access the links):

    Spoken Word

  • Re-evolve – Fil-ams kick the cipher
    Filipino Songs by Non-Filipinos

  • Dahil Sayo – lounge version(!) by Arthur Lyman
  • Waray Waray by Eartha Kitt – I just love the way she rolls her Rs (she says it’s Togalog though)
    Tracks about the Philippines by Non-Filipinos

  • Cebu by the Commodores – 70s era jazz fusion
  • The Conquest of the Philippines from a lecture by Howard Zinn
  • Elite Manila by The Smugglers
  • Manila by Ciclon – song by Colombian band
  • Manila by Martin Denny – vibraphone goodness, complete with exotic bird calls
  • Manila by Joe Loco – latin jazz track about wanting to dance with a Filipina
  • Manila by Mongo Santamaria & Poncho Sanchez – entirely different latin jazz song from the one by Joe Loco above; it says something about Filipina women being divine, precious and cariñosa.
  • Manila Bay by Glik
  • Manila Stylez by MB1000 (German rap)
  • Manila Waltz by Broque
  • Mayon, Philippines, meditation music by Sam Dickens
  • Philippines / Zero Attack from the Medal of Honor: Rising Sun videogame soundtrack

Whew, there you go. I’m thinking whether to add the artists from the iMixes above. I probably will later. But in the meantime, if you find any more tracks, please let me know so I can add them here.

I’ll try to do a “Filipinos in iTunes Podcasts” post but it takes time and effort so if any of you guys are up to the task, you’re more than welcome to do it before me.

*Original Pilipino Music

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8 Comments

  1. Marc
    Posted November 10, 2005 at 7:39 pm | Permalink

    Coool :) . I’ve been using and purchasing songs from iTtunes but never thought of looking for Filipino music. I can’t wait to check out the electronica genre! Thanks!

    By the way, did you buy OPM CDs when you visited the Philippines? I have bought a few that are quite good: Bamboo, Hale, Orange and Lemon and Urban Dub.

  2. Posted November 13, 2005 at 1:39 am | Permalink

    I did buy some. I bought the “Acoustic” compilations to get more bang for my buck, I mean, peso. I really like the Rivermaya songs on them. I also got Kitchie Nadal, Barbie Almalbis and Moonstar 88 stuff.

  3. Posted November 24, 2005 at 5:12 am | Permalink

    That’s cool. Thanks for posting all this. I’ll have to tell my wife about it.

  4. Posted November 26, 2005 at 1:24 am | Permalink

    Wow, this is the first time I’ve got 3 Marks/Marcs in the comments section. Thanks for the link, Mark!

  5. Posted November 28, 2006 at 11:15 am | Permalink

    I just got my 2000t and all of my songs are skipping in iTunes, and I cant figure out why. If someone could help me out and tell me how to fix this I would really appreciate it because its driving me crazy. Thanks for the replys.

  6. Posted November 28, 2006 at 11:58 am | Permalink

    How about this:

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93610

    I usually go to the Apple Discussion Forums for any Apple-related problems. For your problem, I used “itunes” and “skipping” as my search words:

    http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?search=Go&q=itunes+skipping

  7. blackbird
    Posted January 10, 2007 at 6:05 pm | Permalink

    i dont recommend buying any chadburn music. the vocals is just so painful. ..but try the band moonbugs. they’re actually the same band members minus one (the vocalist). their songs are actually good especially if you’re an eraserheads & the cure fan.

  8. blackbird
    Posted January 10, 2007 at 6:07 pm | Permalink

    …and before i forget, there’s this website called fliptunes: http://www.fliptunes.net/store/song_list.php?sort=4a&page=7

    hurrah!

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