Australian country music singer Steve Owen says he doesn’t speak Filipino but he tried to learn the language by singing Filipino songs.
Music has no boundaries - even learning a new song in another language.
NSW resident Steve Owen proves this right. The country music singer has learnt a few Filipino songs by heart. Despite not being able to speak Filipino, he was able to confidently sing three Tagalog songs at the Philippine Christmas Festival.
“The first song I learned was ‘Dahil Sa'yo’. That’s relatively easy, not too many words to it.”
"My wife asked me to learn these Tagalog songs and I never thought I will be performing at Darling Harbour," shares Steve Owen, who is married to a Filipina."
He performed a cover of the classic ‘Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko,’ originally sung by the Apo Hiking Society.
“It was a bit of a mouthful for me but I sing it better than I say it,” he says.
Steve admits it took a long time for him to learn the lyrics of the songs. He tried to memorise the verses and according to him it took a lot of hard work and repetitions.
