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The two OPM artists stressed that a songwriter should be “specific, clever, and honest.” Authenticity of the stories told in songs are most appreciated nowadays, and as Nicolas puts it, “write what you know.” This is best reflected if the inspiration of the songwriter came from one’s experiences. “Gumawa ka ng kanta na wala na, o wala pa,” Nicolas said.
Right now, Sam is working his way through a whirlwind of academics and gig life. Besides being an active musician and a junior MINT Music Business Management student, he also heads the school’s official music org Herbabuena. He is also tapped from time to time to go to production sets to do sound and mix engineering.
“Your trademark [is your own] way of interpreting it and ‘owning’ it,” he said. “[Your style] should be that no matter where it is placed and faced; you would know that it came from the person who originally thought of it.” - Elwood Perez, director
“I would like them to also see and appreciate how much work, skill and craft are required to get a production ready for an audience.”
— Mr. Dennis Marasigan,
MINT Theater Arts program head and theater actor
“I am amazed with what I saw. Nakakatuwa na ang pulido ng mga gawa ninyo,” said Karen Ong, the general manager of Prestige Paper Products after she and her team had spent an afternoon meeting with groups of students who presented various paper applications that made use of Prestige paper products.
