Potential of online music in the Philippines

Music is currently one of the growing products being traded online. This is now seen as a popular means of reducing the cost of production and distribution.

In the Philippines, it is known that music piracy is quite rampant. A question that usually gets asked is whether the selling of digital music online can possibly prosper? Looking at the growing number of e-commerce sites that sells and ships Filipino music, it is fair to say that there is market overseas.

Locally, despite the popularity of the Internet and television as an entertainment medium, radio lives on and this is where most of us get our dose of music everyday. With the popularity of music gadget players, this further encourages it.

In the Filipino Internet User Report Part 2 (released in 2003), this is the data that I got:

• 28% of Internet users spend online time listening to music.
  
• While offline, they listen to the music around 7 to 10 hours a week.
  
• Radio listening takes 7.8 to 8.2 hours per week.

In the Young Filipino Internet Users Habits Report (released in 2007), I also note that 84% listens to the radio regularly with 90.7 Love Radio leading.

Of course, the challenge there is how many listeners of music will be willing to buy online. What do you think?

X to launch 1st album

A good friend of mine, X, will be launching his first album hopefully this November. I'm giving an all out support to X as this guy is behind most of the art work behind the cover and layout of DigitalFilipino StatsReport series, my first book, layout of the Philippine Internet Review, among others.

In his site, there are currently two songs:

• Between the Lines
• Don't Fall

X was on his 5th year of Electrical Engineering in college when he discovered his heart was in graphic design and the arts. He was a Mac evangelist in the early days of Mac/DOS wars and continues to be a Mac user. He is also the first to develop and market his custom fonts online. Now X is pursuing an old passion for music which is now possible with the developments in technology.

Congratulations X!

Rockista Craze version 2

This blog is now going through some changes. My daughter Janin has decided to focus more in her Friendster blog where most of her friend readers are.

This change gives me the opportunity to focus this blog in the music field and with emphasis on the evolution of the online music sector.

Welcome to Rockista Craze version 2!

Edgar Nacua plays Canon in D (Rock version)

The Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center does it again with Canon in D. This time, they also got Edgar Nacua to play the guitar. Amazing!