Ruang Raung
What if it turns out that the decline in local cultural values and our society’s greater recognition of foreign culture is triggered by ourselves? Our cultural thinkers are too busy boasting about the goodness of their culture and accusing globalization of being the culprit, reluctant to give birth to new and fresh memes/ideas that could benefit society.
So why has there recently been a stigma that keroncong music is the music of older people? Perhaps it is true, as Gema Lansia members say, that keroncong is less exposed, so people don’t know about it; keroncong seems elitist, exclusive, and only suitable for older people to enjoy.
I interpret the Berkarat (Rusty) album by Burgerkill as a manifesto from the figure of Ivan Scumbag. The real form of frustration and incomparable fatigue that he felt.
The presence of AI is not a threat. In fact, AI will become a very important tool in preserving and developing local culture and wisdom typical of the archipelago.
Slank, Iwan Fals, and Marjinal once known as the revolutionary musicians who often criticise Indonesian Govt. What happen when they changing?
By fighting musical paralysis and getting out of the cage, we will be surprised to find that there is actually so much good music out there. Just like food, no matter how much we like the music that is to our taste, there will be a point when we feel bored with that music. It is at this time that we can take advantage of it by listening to new music.
Ramainya festival musik yang diselenggarakan di Indonesia adalah bubble yang baru. Begitu banyaknya festival musik yang diadakan EO amatir ini menjadikan festival musik di Indonesia masuk di tahap awal sebuah bubble ekonomi. Jika dibiarkan, jangan heran jika akan ada titik ketika bubble ini meletus, dan banyak pihak yang akan dirugikan. Mulai dari promotor atau EO yang profesional akan ikut terkena imbasnya, para musisi juga tentu dirugikan.
Kita bisa mengamini kredo mbeling yang Remy suarakan: nakal boleh, tapi dibarengi dengan pintar, bukan urakan. Remy Sylado akan selalu dikenang sebagai sosok yang istimewa. Sosok yang serba bisa dan eksentrik pula. Sosok yang ketika menulis benar-benar melakukan riset yang serius, lalu tanpa tedeng aling-aling menuangkan hasil risetnya tersebut dalam sebuah tulisan yang terkadang akan terbaca pedas.
Want your music to be famous? just make it viral on TikTok! Forget about artistic beauty for a moment, and make trendy music. Undoubtedly, fame will come to you.
That's the reason I often leave Spotify lately and prefer to listen to a collection of physical releases or FLAC format music on my laptop. The seventy million songs on Spotify is too big a universe for me to explore at all. So, I changed the way I listen to music in this contemporary era. Back to analog format, for the convenience of listening to better music.
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