Raim Laode Starts A New Journey With Single 'Abangku'

Raim Laode (Ivan Two Men/VOI)

JAKARTA - Along with a single eprilisa entitled 'Abangku', Raim Laode was introduced as the first musician to collaborate with a new music aggregator platform called Idevent.

Raim said he was happy with the collaborative values supported by Idpendent, but on the other hand still gave full awards to the musician as the owner of the work.

According to Raim, who calls himself an independent musician, the values above are indispensable.

"So it's independent that it grows together. It doesn't mean that I made it all independently, I made the song, I made the merchandise, I was the one promoting, not that, we collaborated," said Raim Laode in Bulungan, South Jakarta some time ago.

"But here, the owner of the work is still in control. It connects to my heart now," he continued.

Meanwhile, my single 'Abangku' was written last April, when Raim and Boy (his brother) both celebrated their birthday. In other words, 'Abangku' is a birthday gift from Raim for Boy.

"I wrote (the song) April this year, when he (Boy) had his birthday, it coincided with my birthday. I was 30, he was 33," said Raim.

"At that time I ( thought) there had to be the best gift. Coincidentally, his wife was pregnant, I also missed him, and he was having a birthday, so (this song) was his birthday present," he continued.

From the beginning of writing the song until it was finally played to the public, Raim finished it in a relatively short time. However, the singers from Wakatobi admitted that many revisions had been made.

"Five months, I only revised it quite a lot, the production revision is yes, if my lyrics never bother me," said Raim.

What distinguishes the song 'Abangku' from the previous single, said Raim, this song sounds more 'luxury' in the ear.

"Mewah di telinga, banyak instrumen yang saya cintakan, di antara acoustic ada digital audio, kita sebutnya ada musik listrik," katanya.

For Raim, working on a song that produced better than the previous song was fundamental. Instead of benchmarking at a higher number of streams, he chose the quality of song production which continued to improve.

"The streaming is good, thank God, budgeted income is also good. But the most important thing is that I have to fix production," he said.