Arturo Pajarilla Ramasasa, better known as Art Ramasasa, is a musician who performs in the
Waray-Waray language
Waray (also known as Waray-Waray or Bisayâ/Binisayâ nga Winaray/Waray, meaning Samar language) is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to Eastern Visayas. It is the native l ...
. He has been given the moniker ''Blind Master of Waray Song'', in reference to his blindness and his different roles in the music industry as composer, lyricist, arranger, guitarist, organist, and vocalist or singer. He is said to have started his career as composer-singer at the age of 18, recording for the music label Aquarius Records. Like his fellow Waray musician
Joseph Uy, he has also recorded music, much of which is composed of his own versions of traditional dances in
Eastern Visayas
Eastern Visayas (; ; ; ) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region VIII. It consists of three main islands: Samar, Leyte, and Biliran. The region has six provinces: Biliran, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Easte ...
such as the ''kuratsa'', ''jota'', and ''aminudo''. Unlike Joseph Uy's style which is said to be serious, Art Ramasasa employs humor in his musical style, which has led some like writer Doms Pagliawan to compare him to
Yoyoy Villame
Roman Tesorio Villame (November 18, 1932 – May 18, 2007), better known as Yoyoy Villame (), was a Filipino singer, composer, lyricist, actor, politician and comedian.
Early life
A native of Calape, Bohol Province, Villame was the youngest ...
and
Max Surban
Max Surban is a Filipino Cebuano singer-songwriter. He has been given the "King of Visayan Song". Although known primarily for his singing of novelty songs, he has also recorded romantic ballads.
Like his fellow Visayan, the Bol-anon singer ...
.
Discography
Songs
*''An Giporlosanon''
*''Ikaw la an higugma-on ko''
*''Man Tomas''
*''Never Been Touched, Never Been Kissed (Mahamis an Iya Kutis)''
*''Lajuta Segunda''
*''Hi Ana'' (sung to the tune of
Neil Sedaka's ''Oh Carol'')
*''Mano Joe ug Iday Leleng''
*''Kuratsa Mayor''
*''Ismayling''
References
Catbalogan: Cradle of Recording Artists by Doms Pagliawan
Filipino musicians
Living people
People from Borongan
Year of birth missing (living people)
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