Mla Bulletin | Ogie awed by encounter with Canseco

CELEBRITY WORLD
by Crispina Martinez-Belen
August 2, 2010, 2:42pm

From the looks of it, hitmaker Ogie Alcasid could qualify to be a National Artist soon, what with his achievements in the music industry. We all know that Ogie is one of the most love and bestselling musical artists in the country in the past two decades. He has composed topsellers for himself and other artists, and all of his 20 albums have been certified platinum and gold discs. It could be later rather than sooner though because there are still others more qualified to become National Artists soon, like Dolphy for one.

Anyway, if he does become a National Artist, Ogie’s latest album under Universal Records, “Ngayon at Kailanman: A Tribute to George Canseco.” will have two National Artists. The album features 14 compositions of the late George Canseco, among them “Ngayon at Kailanman” of course.

The other songs in the must-have album are “Yakap,” “Ikaw,” “Kung Ako’y Iiwan Mo,” “Kaibigan,” “Paano Kita Mapapasalamatan” and “Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan.” These had been charttoppers and performed in the past by Basil Valdez, Kuh Ledesma, Sharon Cuneta, Regine Velasquez, Pilita Corrales, Dulce, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Leah Navaro and Martin Nievera among others.

Ogie recalled that he first met George Canseco during an awards night. “He approached and congratulated me. He said I won the top prize, he already knew it simply because he was the chairman of the board of judges.” That same evening, George generously imparted songwriting tips to Ogie. These pointers on rhyme, phrasing and right choice of words further improved Ogie’s own techniques.

“George was kind enough to remind me that a song is actually a poem, so all the exact rules in creating poetry must be followed,” Ogie said. When the opportunity to record “Ngayon at Kailanman” album came, Ogie said he was so inspired.

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