University of the Philippines Manila College of Arts and Sciences Padre Faura, Manila

September 19, 2011 [Name of the Interviewee] [Address of the Interviewee] Dear Mr./Ms. __________: Good day! We are currently undergraduate students at University of the Philippines Manila and taking Communication 3 as a general education course. The said subject requires us to conduct an informational interview in relation to field of music. We are formally requesting your permission for an interview. Furthermore, we believe that you can provide us greater insight about the field, particularly the original Filipino music (OPM). Your background and experience will be very helpful and very valuable to us. For your convenience, the interview will only take 30 45 minutes. The place will based on your desired location and the time will depend on the availability of both parties. Moreover, we would like to notify you that during the interview session, we are required to use a video camera or tape recorder and taking of pictures. Such paraphernalia will serve as proof for the interview occurred and will be submitted to our professor. We will contact you after three days to confirm your response and to see if we can schedule a meeting. Thank you for considering our request, and we hope we can spend some productive time together in the near future.

Sincerely,
(signature above printed name) Nazelle Ashley B. Astibe 4th year, B.A. Political Science ashleyastibe@yahoo.com (signature above printed name) John Lorenz B. Nazarrea 2nd year, B.A. Organizational Communication john_lorenz_nazcutie@yahoo.com (signature above printed name) Jan Kevin O. Villanueva 2nd year, B.A. Organizational Communication jkov04@gmail.com (signature above printed name) Carmela delos Reyes 2nd year, B. A. Organizational Communication (e-mail) (signature above printed name) Beanca Jhanine M. Samiano 2nd year, B.A. Organizational Communication beanca_jhanine@yahoo.com