Many Foreign Musician Concerts In Indonesia, Local Musicians Should Not Be Forgotten

Management and musicians from demajors (Ivan Two Putra/VOI)

JAKARTA - Concerts of foreign musicians in Indonesia have indeed been increasingly prevalent in the last two years. Musicians from the Americas, Europe and Asia flocked to the country.

Most recently, Indonesia's failure to present Taylor Swift, even made the government move along and planned to help the performance industry to present foreign musicians Taylor Swift.

However, local musicians cannot be forgotten. They must strengthen ranks and host in their own country.

Aldila Karina as the Director of Communications demajors and Synchronize Festival stated that her party will remain on track in support of local musicians.

With the condition of Indonesian musicians who are felt more compact than before, Aldila feels that the onslaught of foreign musicians holding concerts in Indonesia will not interfere with the national music ecosystem.

"So far, what has been done from demajors and Synchronize Festivals is like we are istiqomah to support local music movements. Whatever the onslaught from outside, the important thing is that we are internally and domestically strong," said Aldila Karina when met at the Demajors Office in Pondok Labu, South Jakarta, Wednesday, March 27.

"That's happened before actually. Let's just say it's like in the past, we saw Indonesian music is not as good as it is now. In the past, maybe the one who played the same mainstream was the same, right, now it's starting to bias the line like that. In the past, it was still international-centric, precisely what demajors and Synchronize did remained local, so that we remained strong," he continued.

Aldila hopes that the performance industry in Indonesia, both for foreign and domestic musicians, can go hand in hand. However, it must be noted that local musicians must still have support.

"So, in the future, whatever happens, when the international line up or concerts and others are active, the locality remains strong. We shouldn't be afraid as long as we are in Indonesia as well as supporting local releases, and it is also important that the government is present in supporting local industries," concluded Aldila Karina.