BY NESTOR CUARTERO
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JUST A THOUGHT: “You can’t eat applause for breakfast. You can’t sleep with it.” – Bob Dylan
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OPM LEGACY: Efforts to preserve the legacy of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) from the 1960s to the present are being made by a team of artistically inclined creatives, made up of Celeste Legaspi, Moy Ortiz, Girlie Rodis and Tats Manahan.
First step is the planned opening of an OPM Archive at the Filipinas Heritage Library of the Ayala Museum in Makati.
The opening of the museum has been pushed back by the ongoing quarantine, however.
Celeste says the idea of setting up an OPM archive meant to keep the memory of a more contemporary golden age of Philippine music alive is very important to her.
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PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORIES: Celeste says today is the most opportune time to document this gift that our country has unselfishly given us, the OPM Years from the 60’s to the present. It had been a formidable time for original Pilipino music, she muses.
She then calls on fellow singers and musicians of the period to look into their files and set aside materials for the archive.
They may take photographs of the memento, provide a short anecdote about it.
They may send photos, posters, music scores, scripts, magazines, album/ CD covers, press releases, reviews of shows/albums, recordings.
The OPM Archive Team also welcomes any other item artists may consider vital in providing a full picture of the Pilipino music scene.
Already up is the OPM Archive Facebook Page, designed as a forum of ideas.
Celeste laments that unfortunately, due to lack of space, the Heritage Library will not be able to store costumes or trophies.
Photographs may be sent to [email protected].
