JAKARTA - The songwriter Denny Chasmala questioned the behavior of the singers or performers who performed songs without permission first to their creators.
For the musician who is familiarly called DenChas, the issue of permission to perform songs is not only about royalties or money, but how a performer respects the songwriter.
DenChas himself has written many songs sung by others, where several songs have become very famous to date, including Hopeless Not Separate which was popularized by Reza Artamevia (2002) and Choose Me which was popularized by Kris Dayanti (2004).
Untuk dua penyanyi senior itu, DenChas mengaku memiliki hubungan yang baik, meski tidak dalam semua pertunjukan ia menerima royalti secara direct license.
Reza just called me (for permission to perform the song 'Hopeless You Don't Separate'). Kris Dayanti, so far still allows me, even though he hasn't given (royalti direct license). But he's already said hello to the cave. "Actually enough," said Denny Chasmala when met in Senayan, South Jakarta recently.
Given that the senior singer who in fact has many hits to perform on stage - still appreciates the songwriters, DenChas actually questioned the young singers who looked was stupid with the creators of the songs they performed on stage.
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Without mentioning names, DenChas said there was a young singer who used his song called 'Hopefully Not Separate' without ever speaking a word to ask for permission.
"But there are still young singers who use my songs. He has one or two hits, during a concert, he doesn't get permission, he uses my song. My song became a joke, the audience sang," said DenChas.
"That's me, I don't respect it. I won't mention his name. So, that culture is what I think we should tell the singer. Let's let it go first," he added.
When asking the singer for permission to perform his song, DenChas felt there was nothing wrong, especially when it was called damaging the ecosystem. He only felt that he was fighting for what was his right as a songwriter.
"Once again, Denny Chasmala is not a thug, Denny Chasmala is not asking for money, but if he is paid more, thank God," said DenChas.
"I don't want to be a thug. Please, whoever the singer carries my song, but just allow it first," he concluded.
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