JAKARTA - Former Kerispatih vocalist, Sammy Simorangkir, said that the position of songwriters is much more profitable when compared to singers or players in other musical instruments.
This was conveyed when Sammy was present as a witness to the petitioner in the judicial review trial of the Copyright Law at the Constitutional Court this week.
Sammy said a singer had a short career in the music industry. In addition, singers are also required to undergo several other unwritten rules.
The singer is very short, Your Majesty. He has to live a healthy life, he has to eat healthy if he still wants to sing until the age of 70 years. But in part, it's usually just for the lucky ones," Sammy told the constitutional panel of judges.
For Sammy, a singer is strongly prosecuted when she is young, to prepare for her old age. Not to mention an incident that requires a singer to stop singing.
"I think he (the singer) should really work as hard as he can to have enough savings in his old age," said Sammy. Because if the singer is sick, she is already lying in the hospital, her economic rights are over.
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"So, he has to live a healthy life or maybe work like a horse, until he has savings up to an age that maybe he doesn't get sick either, but maybe because he's an age factor, he's no longer popular. That's the singer or performer we know a lot of," he added.
Meanwhile, Sammy sees the position of songwriters as more stable, with income coming from many paths.
"With the record that the system is going well... I can answer with 1,000 percent, the creator is much more profitable," said Sammy.
They get three direct rights from mechanical, synchronize, even if I'm not mistaken, when I founded a band (Kerispatih), who created the most songs did get the most royalties," he concluded.
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