Our Local Music Industry...Creame of the Crop or Kream of the Crap?
Working in my law firm only comes with one perk, that is being able to listen to the radio all day long....
And being a normal youth, who wouldn't tune in to Hitz.fm which is filled with the latest hippest hits...
Having the radio from 9 to 5 means I get to hear loads of songs and adds as well....
Nearly every hour, listeners will be bombarded with messages asking the public to support piracy...opps....support the original in which I don't intend to most of the time...
Then it dawn on me,
Why aren't Malaysians supporting our Local Acts?
"We are the winners of last years Blast Off Competition but I bet you don't know us" says an unknown member of a band named K-Town Clan...
I have never heard of their music but from what I've heard, it basically comprises of Rap.
Some of the better known Malysian Acts are Too Phat, Jason Lo aka JLo, Reshmonu and some others. The names I have just dished out are basically artist that are either in the Hip-Hop, Rock or just some sort of unknown genre that is basically a copy of something someone else did.
Is it because their music is not Good enough?
Or is it because we only listen to english songs sung people with blond hair?
For me personally, I am a big fan of ballads with a pinch of Rock and Hip-Hop to balance my taste but our local talents are really steriotypes. The things they do are so mundane. the music they produce have no, in the words of Simon Cowell, "The X-Factor".
The only make noise and just rhymes but none of which makes you sit and listen and hunger for more.
Malysian English music is so stagnant that they only produce music which is stuck to one Genre but what about the rest?
Do Malysians only like to listen to deafening music or are there more options to consider?
Will Malaysian English Acts ever make it BIG?
A question that will only be answered if Malaysians have faith to take the next step?