No, the title above does refer to any books or pages or inscriptions. It’s actually Karyawan’s proposed ratio for Malay language songs radio airtime. What do you think?
IT’S RIDICULOUS!
I oppose such proposal. That will kill competition. And killing competition kills innovation. Killing innovation kills progression. How do you expect local Malaysian Malay songs to succeed when:
- Music composition, lyrics, beat, rhythm, etc – SUCKS!
- Record companies takes a huge bite of the pie. Solve this problem first, then you will solve the basic economic problems faced by all artists.
- Educate these artists to use more of their brains! You, as an artist, are already gifted with the gift of talent. Use that talent & your brains to the fullest.
- Indonesian artists are more talented, more focused in their music. And they were clever. They realised that they couldn’t grow anymore in Indonesia, so they decided to venture out. So, why can’t we venture out & discover new opportunities? In short: PEMALAS!
- They, the Indonesian, simply just produce better songs than us Malaysians. If we say we can be better, than walk the talk.
And I quote,
“Kami berharap agar ia dapat dikuatkuasakan sebagai salah satu akta atau undang-undang dalam bidang penyiaran di negara kita,” katanya pada Mesyuarat Khas Karyawan…
Wow. Sounds like a minister proposing a New Economic Policy for the music business. And this 90/10 ratio sounds very similar to the real N.E.P itself. It’s sounds like you’re afraid of competition, Karyawan.
And I agree with Meet Uncle Hussain’s comment about this new proposed act. It will certainly will make our local artists much more lazy bums as they already are. And this is from my 1st hand experience in the music industry. Not all of them, especially the ones I’ve worked with. They are hardly the pemalas. They just needed some guidance & support.
You, the artist, are suppose to be creative. So, do your business CREATIVELY!
Goddammit. Buat aku tension je.
I mean, come on. We finally have a Malaysian group winning the Gangstarz competition, which maybe was a setup. Don’t get me wrong, One Nation Emcees performed very well in the final competition. Very impressive. But, the other Black Eyed Peas wannabe group from Indonesia, was very impressive too. If I compare vocally, D’Reborn sounds a lot more better. But there’s a lesson to be learn here. If you worked hard enough, you will get your moment to shine. I know i know, sometimes you feel like the moment will never come with all these new competition building up around you.
But hey, that’s life. You need to be survivor, not a follower.
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