"I'm excited, I'm very honored," ang sabi niya sa pagkakasama niya sa board of directors. "Hindi ko pa alam kung ano ang posisyon ko. I don't know where I would be effective."

Ang muling mabuhay daw ang OPM ay isang napakalaking bagay.

"I've been  with OPM since 1986. So, lahat ng mga rights, lahat ng mga mabuting gawain ng OPM, I experienced it. E, what about the others out there? Hindi naman natigil ang OPM. I think it just needs time to gather us together. And si Ogie went out talaga to tell everybody na we have to get together for OPM...

"Malaki ang paniniwala namin na may magagawa kami. We have our plans at least for the next two years. At sana makuha rin namin yung cooperation ng government, ng media, both radio and television, to really establish what OPM was meant to be.

"Before the nominations took place there was a rundown, almost like bullet points, as to what  OPM has done from the day that it was established. And it's sad na many of the things we continue to fight for have not really progressed at a level that can really change. For example, the rights of the artists, not all artists know about their rights."

GOOD WORDS FOR OGIE. Kahit na magkalaban ang shows nila every Sunday, puring-puri ni Gary si Ogie sa pagiging masigasig nito na tulungan ang music indutry.

"I think with somebody like Ogie, I don't know if you remember the time nung Ondoy, siya rin yung nag-assemble ng napakalaking event where we had all artists here and there. All the fans were there also. That's because of Ogie. I'm truly hats off to that guy.

"I was talking to Ogie. Sabi niya before that meeting happened, ang dami niyang kinausap na bands. Imagine Ogie Alcasid, he's a solo artist pero he's the one asking to meet yung mga banda. Grabe daw yung nalaman niya na hindi alam ng mga ito ang karapatan nila sa industriya. We have a lot to do. And I hope  that kung anuman ang nagawa namin for the next two years, will only open for things to come."

Posible bang si Ogie ang mapili ng board na maging presidente ng OPM?

"Para sa akin it will all be determined by all the six directors. But Ogie has really been showing all the effort. And he has not backed out when people need him to be there... The fact that we are all together. Doon sa first night pa lang when we were talking, ang dami na naming nabuong plano."