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Are Filipinos Marketable in Music?

Filipinos have an immense love for music. Go to any family gathering and you’ll find either a videoke machine or a tito strumming passionately on his guitar. But music itself has and always will be part of our cultural identity. And while most of us have continuously attempted to make a career out of it, plus the fact that a whole Asian-lead genre known as K-POP is currently succeeding, the music industry in America still doesn't seem to want to back us up. Why are we worth a viral 4-chair turning audition video but not worth promoting a debut album? Does this mean Filipinos can’t sell music or are we just not given the opportunity to?

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