When I was younger, around grade school, I remember staying up at night watching this musical program on a Friday or Saturday night anchored by a salt and pepper haired man behind a piano. The show was Ryan, Ryan Musikahan.

I would try to catch it whenever I could, and it featured a wide array of the country's best and classiest music, anyone remember The Tux? And young emerging talents groomed by Mr. Cayabyab himself, remember Smokey Mountain and 14k? Heck, I was so influenced that I even attended voice classes at Ryan Cayabyab's Music Studio in Sunvar Plaza - yes funny isn't it - where I would be in the room next door to the kids from those groups. Moy Ortiz of The Company and Nolyn Cabahug (remember the do-re-mi dequadin tvc?) had a hard time with my voice then, as I was undergoing puberty, it would be high one minute and low the next (but that's another story).

Ultimately, there came the time it had to sign off, and a chapter in Philippine music history closed.

Recently, I've sorta realized that there may be a generation of Filipinos growing up out there who have never heard his compositions, never known his masterful arrangements, or don't know that some of the songs they hear nowadays originally stemmed from his genius.

Here are just some of the songs I could find, either composed or arranged by him, and obviously some of these are part of my all-time favorites, and I hope everyone tries to give them a listen, even if they're not the most popular music out there. I'm on a search for more (I wonder if tape conversions to mp3 are clean??) and hopefully I will add to this playlist.
Araw Gabi Ryan Cayabyab - the Silver Album Ryan Cayabyab 
Tunay na Ligaya Great Original Pilipino Music San Miguel Master Chorale/Philharmonic Orchestra 
Maalaala Mo Kaya  Ryan Cayabyab 
Nais Ko One More Ryan Cayabyab 
Ryan Cayabyab - Pasko Na Sinta Ko   
Saan Ka Man Naroroon  Ryan Cayabyab 
Heto_Na_Naman  Ryan Cayabyab 
Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika  Ryan Cayabyab 
Kahit Ika'y Panaginip Lang One More Ryan Cayabyab 
Kahit Ika'y Panaginip Lang Ngayon At Kailanman Basil Valdez 
Kahit Ika'y Panaginip Lang Ryan Cayabyab - The Silver Album Agot Isidro 
Can this be love  Ryan Cayabyab 

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balagaparin wrote on Aug 11, '07
Thanks for sharing your music
atomos99 wrote on Sep 3, '07
thanks for sharing!!! XD
bluesky111 wrote on Oct 18, '07
thank you.
vikkivargas wrote on Nov 2, '07
hi! thanx for sharing ... !!!
jiseth98 wrote on Nov 4, '07
thank you for uploading!!!..
jjpipo wrote on Nov 7, '07
salamat sa "tunay na ligaya" :)
jeblit wrote on Nov 8, '07
thanks
pepper10 wrote on Nov 16, '07
mabuhay ang OPM! salamat...
phase2guy wrote on Nov 16, '07
Thanks!
clynk wrote on Nov 19, '07
thanks! i love Ryan Cayabyab!:D
clynk wrote on Nov 19, '07
thanks! i love Ryan Cayabyab!:D
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