If Ian Urrutia of the blog site Vandals on the Wall is to be
believed, 2012 marked the year in which aspiring tech savvy Filipino musicians
discovered and uploaded their music on to Bandcamp. He provides compelling
evidence for this by selecting from among them the top
ten EPs and top
sixty tracks for the year.
Considering the impressive collection assembled, a curious
onlooker might conclude that the local independent music scene is vibrant and
bursting at the seams. It is not just the volume but the breadth that strikes
one when confronted with this cacophony of musical talent. And Ian does a fine
job of establishing his hold on the jargon needed to review such work.
There is literally something for everyone’s musical palette
and tastes. As the website boasts, whether it’s mainstream or independent, we
surely got your music covered. Choice now seems to be endless, when it was not
too long ago, that you could count with your fingers the number of acts that
were genuinely into this type of music. The scene has indeed come a long way.
The problem though is with this much on offer; a listener could get lazy, which
perhaps creates a role for curators like Ian. The quality of their work could
either help or hinder the cause.
