Denny Chasmala Gives Examples Of Cafe Bands That Are Permitted When Carrying Songs

Denny Chasmala (Instagram @dennychasmala)

JAKARTA - As a member of the All-Indonesian Composite Association (AKSI), Denny Chasmala has a firm stance regarding the permission to perform songs.

For him, permission for songwriters is not only related to royalty issues, but especially the empathy of the performers for the creators who have produced songs displayed on stage.

In his case, the man who is familiarly called DenChas revealed how the communication made by one of the cafe bands, which contacted him via social media after performing the song 'Hopefully Not Separate'.

"But the one I caught like this, in the class of a regular band or cafe band, who played a lot of songs, they know how to access my name. It's easy, just open Instagram, keep permission," said DenChas when met at Senayan, Central Jakarta some time ago.

"This means that they already have a concern for me, the creator of the song," added DenChas.

Despite being offered some money as a royalty, DenChas chose not to accept it.

"I have already said that the one who paid me was not a cafe band, but the one who owns the cafe," he said.

"But from here I feel respect for them, because the cafe band has empathy," he added.

The treatment obtained from the cafe band, said DenChas, was inversely proportional to several young singers who performed the song 'Hopefully Not Separate' without permission or never tried to open communication.

"So, according to me, empathy has a very large value. It's not a matter of numbers. If all the song singers allow me to go to me, that's enough. If he is paid more, give it to me, if he doesn't get paid more, don't," he concluded.