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Does the tobacco industry finance many music events/bands etc.? Yes. But now, telecommunication companies also finance many events/bands in Indonesia. Do you see Indo music going to Bollywood and Hollywood?
Bollywood? Maybe one day. But to US and other countries, yes, they have been and are continuing to tour. The bands and musicians that have toured abroad are: Sandy Sondhoro (Russia & Germany), Dira (UK), Suarasama (UK, Europe, US), The Temper Trap (UK & Australia), Ghost of A Thousand (UK), Discus (Europe, US, UK), Simak Dialog (UK, US, Europe), Anggun (France). What suggestions do you have for the music industry and how can it prevent piracy?
Selling music with subscription on a mass scale potentially solves almost every problem the music business faces. It kills piracy – with the death of ownership comes the death of theft – and injects a fresh flow of cash into an industry whose profits have been ripped down to zero and beyond by a generation of freetards. I don’t think that’s too naïve a hope. But ultimately it’s not about fuzzy abstractions like the ‘state of the industry’. It’s about us as listeners, and the value we place on creativity. We need to make a decision - do we care about music enough to pay for it? What message do you have for the international readers of Live encounters?
We should follow the principle of ‘to enlighten and lighten up’ – in a way similar to ‘inform, inspire and rock n’ roll’. The fact is music is an art form that needs to be protected just like any other art form. And this can only be done if we all join hands to protect it from piracy, unscrupulous business and government interference. www.rollingstone.co.id
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