Manila Sound - New Manila Sound and New OPM

New Manila Sound and New OPM

New Manila Sound and New OPM are terms coined to distinguish new songs that follow the Manila Sound style from those made in the 1970s and 1980s. Songs in this category are not remakes, and are currently circulating in the Independent Music Movement, mainly on the Internet, through the fledgling group SongwritersPh. The label IndiePinoy is one of the few independent labels that have released new songs mostly without the benefit of radio and television media exposure, but through alternative distribution means such as online and mobile downloads. The same group also created RadioPilipinas.com in 2008, and is touted to be the first Philippine-based Internet radio that airs OPM and alternative music, when the local FM radio stations have changed format and programming.