Successful Bands
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If you mean successful in a Taufik way, then really it's all pure luck, singing lessons, and no originality whatsoever(let some guy write bad pop songs for you).
If you mean successful in a Ronin way, gig alot, get a fanbase, and get 1 catchy pop song for the radio.
Global stage? Never, if you stay in Asia.
Also, if you want to become famous, like Britney Spears kind of famous, then have no talent, be pretty or handsome, and do whatever the record company tells you to do.
I have many things more to say about this, but then I realized that I can answer your question in a sentence.
It's never going to happen.
If you mean successful in a Ronin way, gig alot, get a fanbase, and get 1 catchy pop song for the radio.
Global stage? Never, if you stay in Asia.
Also, if you want to become famous, like Britney Spears kind of famous, then have no talent, be pretty or handsome, and do whatever the record company tells you to do.
I have many things more to say about this, but then I realized that I can answer your question in a sentence.
It's never going to happen.
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blank said:
The golden line.
DoubleDecker
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This topic set me thinking for a while, I choose to reply only now. I was more like reading between the lines (be it in this website, or other websites) digesting the feel of this whole topic.
If you're going to look down on your own music, do you actually expect the world to accept your music? One of the keys to a great artiste is that he/she holds pride in hi/her works. It may not please every single soul, because we can never satisfy the whole world.
Believe in yourself, take pride in what you do, and keep on doing it. Set a goal for youself, when you achieve it, you know you are successful. Because you have reached your goal.
DD
If you're going to look down on your own music, do you actually expect the world to accept your music? One of the keys to a great artiste is that he/she holds pride in hi/her works. It may not please every single soul, because we can never satisfy the whole world.
Believe in yourself, take pride in what you do, and keep on doing it. Set a goal for youself, when you achieve it, you know you are successful. Because you have reached your goal.
DD
rottenramone
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think it applies to most areas in life as well
think it applies to most areas in life as well
reckless-sham
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In singapore, thers no life in music. just keep as a pastime, a hobby. Nt ur life. Education is the only way u can make it in singapore.
is life, music? or is music, life?
is life, music? or is music, life?
DoubleDecker
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I don't exactly have a "day" job. :roll:
Events, music ... both crossing each other at some point ... both my passion. It's only a matter whether you want to work hard at it or not.
DD
Events, music ... both crossing each other at some point ... both my passion. It's only a matter whether you want to work hard at it or not.
DD
AgingYouth
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Most of us should ask "Why we are not born Anglo-Saxon? Why we are born in the country with the world's biggest consumption for music entertainment? Why? Why? Why????"
fictionaire_gse
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I think a lot of SG bands do have that faith or take pride in their music. But my point is that as a Singaporean band, the greatest kind of success they can realistically hope to achieve is recognition from fellow music-lovers.
Examples of bands in Singapore who are successful as I defined it above: Force Vomit and Stoned Revivals. Bands who make wicked music, who are amazing to watch and who are still going strong after more than a decade. They don't sell thousands of records but everytime I see them, I think "man, if they were anywhere but here, they'd be huge".
DoubleDecker said:
I think a lot of SG bands do have that faith or take pride in their music. But my point is that as a Singaporean band, the greatest kind of success they can realistically hope to achieve is recognition from fellow music-lovers.
Examples of bands in Singapore who are successful as I defined it above: Force Vomit and Stoned Revivals. Bands who make wicked music, who are amazing to watch and who are still going strong after more than a decade. They don't sell thousands of records but everytime I see them, I think "man, if they were anywhere but here, they'd be huge".
DoubleDecker
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You forgotten music is no day no night...
singapore really cannot make it meh?
perhaps maybe singlish is never marketable? some singaporeans can speak good chinses as well, makes it a laughing joke when singaporeans go overseas to promote 'chinese' music. perhaps because singapore is too diverse? there is no specific market which can we can tap on here. maybe singaporeans only focused on paying bills :lol: no time to sit back to relax and listen to music.
however i keep hearing many people say ' believe in yourself. ' i mean there is always a first time right? like if stefanie din believe should would make it big bcuz no one ever has, we would not have seen her today singing every year and grabbing bags of awards.
somehow i feel rockbands like electrico and ronin cannot make it. taufik and hady also cannot make it. mi lu bing also cannot make it. so many have tried and failed because of lack of support from their own people. perhaps we can dream of doing gigs around this small island.
perhaps maybe singlish is never marketable? some singaporeans can speak good chinses as well, makes it a laughing joke when singaporeans go overseas to promote 'chinese' music. perhaps because singapore is too diverse? there is no specific market which can we can tap on here. maybe singaporeans only focused on paying bills :lol: no time to sit back to relax and listen to music.
however i keep hearing many people say ' believe in yourself. ' i mean there is always a first time right? like if stefanie din believe should would make it big bcuz no one ever has, we would not have seen her today singing every year and grabbing bags of awards.
somehow i feel rockbands like electrico and ronin cannot make it. taufik and hady also cannot make it. mi lu bing also cannot make it. so many have tried and failed because of lack of support from their own people. perhaps we can dream of doing gigs around this small island.
MadWerewolfBoy
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The first step to make something happen is to kick out the mentality that:
seriously... It'll happen one day, and it's because that paticular band didn't have that mentality...
Let us all go to Bukit Timah and meditate on this for 40 days and 40 nights, then come back and think of an answer to the question again...blank said:
seriously... It'll happen one day, and it's because that paticular band didn't have that mentality...
MadWereWolfBoy said:
Some things are just set in stone.
It may happen one day, but not in our lifetime, I can guarantee that, because it takes time for a "scene" to gain a sense of identity, and only in recent times has Singapore given us abit of freedom for expressionism.
It will take some time for our arts(music,painting,writing,whatever) scene to grow and become something that is unique and grown into, not plainly stolen from western countries, which is what is happening now, but I'm sure will eventually die out and become something much bigger and better.
