SIGN THE LOCAL MUSIC PETITION!

[hailtothetrickster]

http://www.petitiononline.com/localmuz/petition.html

Sign the petition if you believe in what it represents! LOCAL MUSIC!

 

[guitarnub]

these kinda petitions arent really that useful

 

[HeartRockSingapore]

Who are you petitioning to and what solutions or outcome are you expecting? Petitions, though serve a purpose of gathering mass support, are often perceived in negative light. Will the petition cause those on the receiving end to view the local music community as one that is rational, genuinely seeking progress in the local scene or it cast the local music community in a different light as what we all wanted it to be?

Think about it!!

 

[gordonzz]

"If you are a musician, fan, music lover or supporter to any extent, sign this petition to show your faith in LOCAL MUSIC and what it represents for our country."

No offence but i think this petition should not be started as it's meaningless. And it sound selfish enough.. demanding people to listen to local music. Like what Heartrocksingapore had say, who are you petitioning to and what are you petitioning about? About local musician not able to produce music that goes up to public's standards?

Everyone have their rights to choose what they like and what they don't. Simply you can't just start a petition and demand everyone to like, into and listen local music right?

If our music is really good enough to meet the public's standards.. then people would listen to us. You just can't start something like this and go.. 'hey.. you singaporean? then why are you not listening to singapore music? no? then your not a singaporean!'

It's just like indian people don't like curry.. and they are not indian? Maybe the curry is not delicious enough?

" Sign the competition, and let organizers, associations and committees realize that if they were to invest interest and efforts to flourish the local scene now, the rewards will open up new opportunities for all musicians and music lovers alike.''

The thing is not organisers not giving any chances to our local musicians. But look it in a way, if your good enough.. your music meeting public's standard.. what public wants.. i'm sure you would have much more chance.

The thing is not asking whether other people give you a chance or not.. but are you good enough to create chances for yourself?

I think showing with action would be more useful than this petition. Action like producing music that being able to attract public's attention.

Don't quote me. All only IMHO.

Thank you.

P/S: And this petition thing ah.. people in Singapore thought it worked on the NKF Tulai shit once.. and it gonna happen again.. petitioning about everything.. but the truth is petitions are not really workable in Singapore man.. that's just an exception.

And .|. first to anyone that wanna flame me :lol:

 

[neuro182]

Hmm

I have signed, but I don't think its gonna be that efxive.

I hope the message does get across.

 

[stars]

whoa whoa

i agree man ... good intent , phrased badly.

hmmz maybe a more directed , more focused , more practical and objectives stated petition would be better ?

in any case , i am not for market protectionism to encourage local music.

not that i have anything against malaysia or anything but a case in point would be like proton. after years of government protection and its generous subsidies , proton is now suffering badly once competition comes.

competition breeds progress and improvements in quality. if local music cant make it in local radio stations, it has to improve in order to make it. its good to have a head start or support but bias-ed protection and mindless decisions would not help the progress of local music.

if you want local music to be heard, learn to be like electrico , do great music and make yourself worthy to be heard.

its not about the stations , its about our music. think about it . i generally believe singaporeans are not that shallow as to discriminate against local music and prefer foreign music. so as long as it is good music , singaporeans dig it.

 

[sanXp]

I just signed for fun, dunno what it is for tho.

 

[gilbert]

hi

instead of signing this kind of thing, i suggest u guys do your own marketing & improve your play. signing petitions & whinning or complaining will get u nowhere. loads of artistes or musicians or even actors/actresses work really really hard 2 get 2 where they r today. hard work & perseverance & being humble is the only key 2 your music careers & success. dont always think u r not given a chance. think of why u r not given a chance. gd luck

 

[sycododo]

i'm off topic but do you know in US mothers are petitioning against hard rock music to be BANNED. how horrible is that !? okay, so as they set up their own petition, people who objected to it also made another petition to fight back.

 

[gordonzz]

there is nothing to be petitioning about in music 8)

 

[Vaiyen]

Re: hi

instead of signing this kind of thing, i suggest u guys do your own marketing & improve your play.

+111111

 

[Yuzy]

if you're passionate enough about something, just go out there and do it.

cheers.

 

[serialninja]

spend more time practising and less petitioning. that should help.

 

[TheBreed]

spend more time practising and less petitioning. that should help.

that is absolute truth

 

[HeartRockSingapore]

spend more time practising and less petitioning. that should help.

At least I know you did spare some thoughts and effort on promoting the local scene.


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[serialninja]

At least I know you did spare some thoughts and effort on promoting the local scene.

well i believe there are lots of good local bands that deserve more publicity, but i believe there are at least an equal number of local bands that are abysmal and probably shouldn't be playing live. petitioning isn't going to help the local music scene if there are still bands out there that do shows without getting their act together first. even weird experimental bands that are tight can achieve a measure of success within the market that appreciates such music. but no matter what kinda music you make, if your band isn't tight and you're not putting effort into your music and your performance, you're doing both yourself and the rest of the local music scene a disservice.

i actually don't believe in "local" music because to me, music is universal in all senses of the word. if we collectively make good music and put out good bands, and if we're all of a respectable standard, people will respond positively and we'll carry more credibility. i won't support local music just because it's local if i don't think it's worthy.

thankfully, there are some great bands in singapore that i respect, admire, and enjoy listening to. i admire 3dash1, Surreal and Electrico for their songwriting, and i particularly enjoy Surreal's live performances and hope to share a stage with them someday.

so....back to practising. sorry for the long post.

 

[Dirt]

hey ho let`s go!!!!!!!

yeah...true enuff!!!!
sum bands dun even deserve to b on-stage sumtimes....
but hey....u wanna b on top....u gotta work hard n earn it!!!
I LOVE WEST GRAND BOULEVARD!!!!!!!!!

u guys make me squeal!!!!!!!hahahahhahahahahaha...

 

[HeartRockSingapore]

well i believe there are lots of good local bands that deserve more publicity, but i believe there are at least an equal number of local bands that are abysmal and probably shouldn't be playing live..

I guess we are not disputing in any areas in fact. Bands need to attain a certain standard to be marketable. It boils down to which chapter of the economics book we are referring to. School Of Rock has to sift through over 200 bands to land a few, yet it is still not the best. But the very act of orgainzing a competition like SOR helps promote the "local" music scene, yet it is still not representative of local music per se. People of different age group were left out of the competition. And as we continue to adjust our focus lens, we find ourselves shifting from being microscopic to telescopic, from mico econs to macro econs.

We need both general stimulus as well as specific stimulus to work the music scene in Singapore. Practise hard, but do not neglect the non practical aspect such as marketing, management and development.

But PETITION is still, in my opinion, not the means to the end.

 

[konsandy]

i think s'pore & s'porean SUCK lah tat's y ppl need to come up with patethic petition to support local music ..

not that our talent or musician suck but ppl suck coz they will only support foreign talent like not even music but also sports & everythings else best i emigrate lah ...

:evil:

Japanese music so good coz they so support their own u 1 2 blame blame godforsaken goverment & their stupide crap! :twisted:

 

[neuro182]

Erm

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There are actually people who appreciate local music by the way.