SomedayDream

As we go through a phase where the OPM scene is conquered by foreign acts, all those Filipino songs that linger inside cabs, jeepneys, convenience stores and probably in every teen's mp3 player are replaced by a language that an ordinary pinoy can't understand, it is a different feeling knowing that a different-sounding pure Filipino artist is frequently hitting the radio charts.

It was a rainy afternoon when we dropped by a recording studio and Rez aka SomedayDream happened to be there. We were there to listen to a friend's new album that has already been released months ago, and then a catchy unfamiliar digital pop song started playing caught our attention. To describe it easily, it is somehow similar to the previous independent artist Owl City. I thought, for a 20-year-old new artist, in the dark age of the OPM scene, how can he pull this off?

But a few months later, I got to tune in to my usual radio station and his first independently released song "Hey Daydreamer" is climbing the charts on speed. DJs were receiving calls who the artist was and also were surprised that he is Pinoy. The track is not your ordinary feel-good song that would just make you sway and sing along. It would make you tap your feet and clap with the rhythm. (So I suggest that you will never do that while driving.)

Somedaydream is Rez himself. Similar to Chris Carraba as Dashboard Confessional that started being a solo artist then grew as a band. One thing about SDD is it makes us anticipate for his next songs that will soon invade the airwaves and hopefully start a new trend to rebuild the striving music industry.

Visit Somedaydream's Facebook Page, http://www.facebook.com/somedaydream and follow his Twitter page @sdrez.