Here's How Gigi Assess Professionality Of Music Concert Organizers

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JAKARTA - The attitude of the Lentera Festival organizers which was held in Tangerang last weekend is a sign that not all event organizers (EO) or music promoters can carry out their duties professionally.

Seeing what happened, Gigi had her own way when dealing with unprofessional concert organizers. The band, which consists of Armand Maulana (vocals), Dewa Budjana (guitar), Thomas Ramdhan (bass) and Gusti Hendy (drums), have even been faced with EOs who do not work well several times.

"That's already visible, there are many prospective fraudsters. We were yesterday," said Armand Maulana in Thamrin, Central Jakarta on Tuesday, June 25.

Armand said that EO's unprofessional behavior could be seen when they were about to agree to a contract. He said people who had bad intentions often gave unreasonable reasons when faced with requests from performers.

Furthermore, the vocalist mentioned that EO had contacted Gigi even though he did not have any certainty regarding the concert. Instead, EO uses Gigi's big name to look for sponsors who want to support the event.

It's not easy to take care of licensing and places, you have to curate the audience too. It's not easy. Well, he holds the word okay from Gigi, he sells it to sponsors. Even though it's just okay. So, from place to date, until the name of the event doesn't exist yet," said Armand.

With 30 years of experience in the national music industry, Gigi based her decision to cooperate with EO based on her track record in organizing events.

"If the track record is good, they are used to it," said Gusti Hendy.

"They didn't say much right away. It's been regular for sure," concluded Armand.