Should the Philippine government regulate foreign artists' concerts?

I agree I think we are an open economy and we could not stop foreign artist from performing in our country at a certain point in a year. They can choose whatever or whenever they want to perform in our country. I guess the local artist should find some ways to lure the locals from watching them. That is what we call competition.

I heard this news too and on that certain morning show, it was Ogie Alcasid and Gary V who are saying to regulate concerts by foreign artists. Gary V commented that, maybe, one of the reason that many Filipinos go to concerts by foreign singers is because they are rarely seen by their fans. On the other hand, local artists are always seen on TV shows, gigs, and other out of town shows. I guess Gary V's lamentations has some grain of truth. We often see our local artist sing on shows like SOP and ASAP every weekend. With this thing in mind, why would I be elated to see their concerts if I will just see another version of ASAP or SOP at places like Araneta Coliseum? I would rather save my money for concerts of foreign artists and watch Gary V and Ogie at local TV.

Do you want your wife to sleep with the mayor? I think they should not regulate foreign artists' concerts because Filipino local artists aren't as good but rather guide them as equals as they are artists too just like the ones in the country. They are all just artists but when you do have foreigners you treat them nice, why? I think the government shouldn't force-feed Filipinos with Filipino musicians because that is desperation.

Hello Lealuv, The reality is that, people will like the foreign music better since we are more exposed to them in a sense. well, i would believe her if she is in the Philippines and helping the OPM and the Government. but the thing is, she is also living in the US having that greenier pasture thing so for me, i disagreed with her opinion. I believe Filipino people liking the music industry is the effort of the artist to make unique and catchy music to attract pinoys and not force them to do so. this is entertainment and we do have democracy by the way.

That is just her opinion. I think it is her knee-jerk reaction out of fear that her concert wherein she teams up with the Hitmakers (a group of oldies singers like Rico Puno) will be affected by the concert of Taylor Swift because they are very near each other in terms of date. If that was the case then that is hilarious since the people who will watch Kuh Ledesma and the Hitmakers will certainly be mostly their avid fans who knows their classic songs and most likely were matured and likes the 70s-80s music, while people who will watch the Taylor Swift concert will be mostly also her fans and people who are in the teenager and young adults bracket. My own opinion is that there is no need to regulate foreign artist doing concerts in our country. On the contrary, we should allow them to come since it will generate more revenue for our country. What should be done will be to use part of the taxes collected from their concerts to develop our music industry. Implementing stifling measures to prevent the freedom of choosing what music, movie or art that people will consume will likely only backfire, since it has been proven that the more you make something unlawful, the more people will crave for it.

I think this is just a matter of scheduling in order not to affect our local artists. Maybe she's afraid that less income will be going to her own concert or other Filipino concerts. Our Filipino artists are also having their concerts abroad, did they experienced this abroad? This is just also for business sake, this is in demand now with many Filipinos.

I do not agree on this. Filipino artists should start writing ORIGINAL songs first and not re make a song that was re-maked and covered for like 70 times with so many versions. I cant imagine hearing OPM's "PANGAKO" with Gary V, Regine Velasquez,Kuh, the company etc's version all the time or my ears will bleed! I need other songs too. Foreign artists always comes up with different and Original songs that are refreshing to the ears of many. We should also support foreign artsists as they support our artists too!

Why do they have to regulate or limit something from the arts that trancends continental and cultural bounderies and barriers?. It's like robbing people the freedom of choosing what they want to see and hear. Guess we have to continue improving ourselves, although it is my honest belief that we are already at par with world standards, if we regulate, then we lose the basis for comparison if we are indeed world class.