John Roa Promotes “Amgo” in Cebu

19 year old Cebuano singer-songwriter John Roa visited back his hometown to promote his new mini-album called Amgo.

Amgo is a Cebuano term for realization.

Amgo include songs like Lagi, Muli, Andiyan, Natatangi and Itutuloy.

Roa said that he named the mini-album in Bisaya mainly because he always remember his roots being a Cebuano where he also started as a music artist.

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“I always wanted to look back to my roots, where I started as an artist,” Roa said.

Roa admitted that Amgo has a personal touch since the lyrics describes his challenges, risks, pain, struggles and blessings all through his journey in life.

Roa also said that for a person to be happy, he\she needs to appreciate the little things in life.

“Try to appreciate the little things in life and it will make life much much better,” Roa said.

Roa also called out everyone, not only musicians but every dreamer to never stop what they’re doing because the only secret to success is to never give up.

Meanwhile, Original Pilipino Music (OPM) is again, one of the most listened songs worldwide and made Roa want to write more songs in the future.

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“Siguro in the future I would like to write a patriotic song, pero ako pa na gi huna huna, plano pa na nako, there is so much to do pa (I would like to write a patriotic song in the future but I have to settle everything first),” Roa said.

Meanwhile, fans of Roa showed him love and support during his live performance on Friday, August 30 at the Ayala Terraces in Ayala Center Cebu.

Roa, born and raised in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City and a certain place in Lapu-Lapu City went to Metro Manila to pursue his dream of becoming a renowned music artist.

Roa has now over 600k followers on Facebook, 150k on Instagram and 80k on Twitter.

All the 5 songs under Amgo is available now on streaming platforms like iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and more under Viva Records. (MLC)