Prepare Collaboration With Rhoma Irama, Creative Adventure Of Dewa Budjana Never Ends

Dewa Budjana and Rhoma Irama (Instagram @dewabudjana)

JAKARTA - One of the most influential guitarists in the country, Dewa Budjana will collaborate with Rhoma Irama. The creative adventure of this musician who was born in West Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara never ends.

In fact, currently, Budjana is preparing a single with a new singer named Raissa Anggiani. Previously, he had also just completed a religious project with singer Astrid Basjar.

The plan to collaborate with the legendary musician nicknamed the King of Dangdut is now entering the preparation stage.

"All song material from me, and I'm ready, it's just a part of Bang Haji. When is the time, it's up to him," he said excitedly.

Looking back a little. The musician who was born on August 30, 1963 is a typical quiet musician who cannot stand still. He is among the most productive guitarist in producing instrumental solo albums. Several books about guitar and himself have also been published.

Budjana actively pioneered social movements to help people in need of helping hand. On October 12, for example, he held a 'Dewa Budjana KieselGitar for Lovepink' located in Sarinah, Jakarta. The goal is to raise donations for the treatment of breast cancer problems, especially early detection and moral support for patients. This step is done in collaboration with Lovepink, a non-profit organization.

"This event is a collaboration project between me, Kiesel Guitars and two leading artists from Indonesia, Putu Sutawijaya and Eko Nugroho, who have voluntarily agreed to paint on my guitar," said Budjana, who has been supported by the guitar brand since 2018.

Not immediately, this plan he had planned for two years ago. His inspiration was born because he heard about cancer, cancer and cancer every day. He had accompanied his aunt for chemotherapy until she breathed. From there his heart was moved to do something even though at that time he did not know what to do.

Dewa Budjana's concern finally reached the ears of Mark Kiesel (President of Kiesel Guitar) and Jeff Kiesel (Vice President of Kiesel Guitar) who immediately donated a new guitar. Budjana himself also added a collection of guitar acoustics. A survivor from Yogyakarta named Sekar Jatiningrum then quickly responded.

From the charityraising event which was also attended by a number of state officials, donations were collected of Rp. 3,640,000,000. The amount of Rp. 2,000,000,000 was obtained from businessman Irwan Mussry who is Maia Estianty's husband.

"Actually, I have done this donation or charity activity several times. One of them is by cooperating with dozens of musicians to collect natural disaster funds," he recalled.

Budjana seems to have no tiredness in living his life as a musician. With music, much can be done so that the universe no longer needs to cry.