I have been in business for the last 20 years but I have zero knowledge in music business. My only business encounter in music is only buying tapes and CD's.
Yestrday afternoon, I went to my favourite Apple Store at GE Mall,Ampang KL. My purpose was to learn from the guys there how to rip music from my old CD's ,change their format from MP3 to AAC format (bitrate at 192kbs) and transfer these audio files to my Adipod( the name of my iPod).
As my iBook was importing all those files, I saw a young man with special hair style.His name is Cat(spelling not sure?) .With a few friends, he was buying a G5 apple computer! That is my dream machine which I can't afford. Somehow I managed to strike a conversation with Cat and got to know why he is buying the" super computer".I was glad to know that a few young men like him are investing a big sum of money to make music.Music is a multi-million ringgit business and our young people are quite talented.I wish him and his group all the best. As a senior citizen, I suggest to him to create music that encourage good values among young people. Not just pure entertainment, but dissiminating good values via songs.Music is a good medium to reach young people.
My son is a fan of his song( Tipah tertipu).Before I left the shop, I asked to take a photo of him as a suprise gift to my son. You can see the photo at my moblog on the left hand side of this blog.At about 10pm last night, I received another suprise. The photo was picked as Textamerica.com Editor's choice for yesterday.
what's your son's reaction then? :)
Posted by: md | Thursday, August 19, 2004 at 09:40 AM
MD,
My son was pleasantly suprised!
Posted by: Adib | Thursday, August 19, 2004 at 10:02 AM
Pak Adib,
The teens will be screaming at the opportunity of taking photos with Ruffedge. Ruffedge is a very popular group among the youngsters. They are also very talented people who composed good songs.
Btw Pak Adib, who's your favourite artist?
Posted by: jiwarasa | Thursday, August 19, 2004 at 11:47 AM
Jiwarasa,
My favourite artist is Anita Sarawak.When it comes to the group is still Alley Cats:-)
Posted by: Adib | Thursday, August 19, 2004 at 02:56 PM
Ruffedge songs are hard, metal rock but if you study the wordings of their songs, you can see some good advice like Tipah tertipu.
Posted by: halela | Friday, August 20, 2004 at 02:55 PM
Caya lah, Pak Adib :-) .. check out Tiada Lagi Cinta .. ask yr son abt it :-)
Pak Adib pun suka old school kan .. same here la ... artistes nowadays ..most of them are 'disposable' ... ;-( ...
Posted by: omecool20 | Saturday, August 21, 2004 at 03:59 PM
Assalamualaikum Uncle..saya suka baca blog uncle.
saya pun peminat Cat tapi entah bila boleh ambik gambar.
Uncle minat Jamal Abdillah tak?
Posted by: nana | Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 10:42 PM
Waalakumussalam Nana,
Terima kasih keran sudi baca blog uncle.Ya, saya suka dengar lagu nyayian Jamal Abdillah ,tapi kurang minat kpd dia kerana masaalah dadah.
Posted by: Adib | Sunday, September 19, 2004 at 05:09 AM