Gone are the days when lovers of pinoy music and pinoy artists constrict their attention to what's playing at home. Thanks to YouTube. Arnel Pineda of the Philippines, is now the lead frontman of a rock great Journey. Now, pinoy music fanatics in the Philippines beam their attention and support not only to pinoy artists at home but also to pinoy artists abroad. And inversely now, folks from outside the country, Filipinos and non-natives alike have beamed and continue to focus their ardent ears and eyes to the artists of the vibrant pinoy music scene. As you may visit the sikat ang Pinoy
( http://www.paslit.com )website you can see the newest trends of some sikat ang pinoy.
Arnel Pineda, who's now Journey's frontman, is the latest toast-if not the prime example, of this new phenomenon in music fandom. His life story, which is ok material for a block-buster movie of one who rose from rags-to-riches-
This poor kid, Arnel Pineda, started his journey in the music scene at age 15. For 25 years, he came out and in of the pinoy music scene as he came and out of the country in pursuit of his career. The longest stint was nine years in Japan. His career was not without its share of tops and valleys, while he won a global award, he also got concerned in drugs ( which in hindsight he regrets and explains it almost made him lose his voice. )
Going back to the Philippines where pinoy music is also at its most colourful, Arnel Pineda got his chunk of the local spotlight with his regular gigs at the state's capital's most well liked bars. Pinoy music lovers just couldn't get too much of Arnel Pineda's vocal prowess as he convincingly sing covers of the songs of Journey, Air Supply, Aerosmith, Queen, John Farmham, and a lot of other popular groups whose songs are favorites of the Filipino and foreigners who frequent the bars where he performs.
The huge break came when Neil Schon of Journey saw the videos of his performances which were posted over YouTube. The remainder of what occurred after this has been extensively written about in Internet blogs, music mags, and even CNN and other giant TV networks in the U. S. .
While Arnel Pineda's journey with Journey continues, pinoy music continues to flourish and continues to find out, develop and nurture more Filipino music abilities. It is simple to assert that Arnel Pineda's joining journey is a loss to pinoy music development back home, but Arnel's role now has beaten local pinoy music business. He is global now, and rather than seeing this as a loss to the local pinoy music scene, Arnel Pineda of Journey is the Philippine's prime example of the pinoy's excellence. He does better service to pinoy music this way. Arnel you are trully one of the Sikat Ang Pinoy
