Comments on: The Change of the Malay Music Scene http://www.temparal.com/2009-08/the-change-of-the-malay-music-scene The inteprid mind of a 20-something-year-old guy. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:18:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: TP http://www.temparal.com/2009-08/the-change-of-the-malay-music-scene/comment-page-1#comment-160 TP Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:53:55 +0000 http://www.temparal.com/?p=364#comment-160 I like to return back to my roots once in a while, to remind myself of who I am. Seeing that many Malaysian and Indonesian artistes have stepped up the plate and produce many a great talent of music, I am heartened to hear that the shift from the traditional music industry's monolithic approach to making music, to a more humble and approachable reach to its audience, is what music should be all about. Malay culture need not to have a "mega-concert" of sorts; we're Malays, thank you very much. Yeah, consider myself a Malay nationalist. (Whoops, I sense an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Security_Department" target="_blank" title="Internal Security Department - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow">ISD van</a>!) I like to return back to my roots once in a while, to remind myself of who I am. Seeing that many Malaysian and Indonesian artistes have stepped up the plate and produce many a great talent of music, I am heartened to hear that the shift from the traditional music industry’s monolithic approach to making music, to a more humble and approachable reach to its audience, is what music should be all about. Malay culture need not to have a “mega-concert” of sorts; we’re Malays, thank you very much.

Yeah, consider myself a Malay nationalist. (Whoops, I sense an ISD van!)

]]> By: MrMayat http://www.temparal.com/2009-08/the-change-of-the-malay-music-scene/comment-page-1#comment-155 MrMayat Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:00:50 +0000 http://www.temparal.com/?p=364#comment-155 Saw Yuna perform live a few months back and she's all that. :) Granted, I don't actively listen to Malay songs since it's mostly jiwang, cover songs or faux hip-hop. But once in a while, someone recommends me someone indie Malay artist and I'm impressed. They really need better publicity. Then again, I don't read much Malay publications, on or offline... I don't mind genre fusion since I listen to music in any language. As long as it hooks me with its beats and melody, I couldn't care less. Hooray for random Youtube videos! Saw Yuna perform live a few months back and she’s all that. :)

Granted, I don’t actively listen to Malay songs since it’s mostly jiwang, cover songs or faux hip-hop. But once in a while, someone recommends me someone indie Malay artist and I’m impressed. They really need better publicity. Then again, I don’t read much Malay publications, on or offline…

I don’t mind genre fusion since I listen to music in any language. As long as it hooks me with its beats and melody, I couldn’t care less. Hooray for random Youtube videos!

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