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 Thank you for being a friend. However, sometimes friends don't receive news from each other. I realize that there are those of you who haven't know that I have released my album on 9th of January 2008. I have read questions here from my Multiply friends that are still asking whether or not I have an album.
The good news is: Yes, I have an album and you can purchase it on major cd stores. The picture on the left is the cover of my album. Go purchase it!) It has been 6 months since my album released and I have many progress in my career life. I am not saying that I have made all my dreams come true, but due to so many task that me and my manager have to conquer, we still have so many mountains to climb. I hope that you are still being a part of my journey.
Hello again:)
I hope all of you can come to watch my performance for the Scarlet TV by LG. I will be the main performance today, June 14th,this Saturday at 5 to 7 pm.
I will be performing 8 songs, which mostly are from my debut album 'Maylaffayza'.The performance will be devided in to 2 session, so make sure all of you stay put to watch all performance. Don't go away!)
The performance will be a kickass as I will be accompanied by my band, and it's for everybody to join and enjoy. Just come to the atrium of Senayan City at 5pm this Saturday,June 14th. Yes,it is today!
Continuing my earlier posting about music field, I post another short writing about the world of music career.This is another posting of mine that hopefully will broaden our knowledge in music. In my perspective, generally, music field offers you 4 departments of musical career, and those departments are: - Music education - Music production - Music performance - Music business consultant/ management/ professionals. Every department offers you varieties of job in music field. What we might think that music is just about playing music, it is actually offers a lot more than that. We can continue our discussion after this posting. First, I would like to know your respond:)
In this posting, I'd like to share something different with you. I specifically would like to share about being a musician. Musician is a profession. Just like any other profession. Just like an architect, a doctor, designers and so on. It requires expertise, skills, training, exercises, practices, knowledge, investments, experience, discipline and dedication. It is most commonly known to be a hobby, but when it comes to a profession, one should treat it professionally. Therefore, there will be professional fees for musicians, to do their work in music field. Musicians works are based on projects. They sign legal contracts and strike deals. Musicians don't get salary but they get fee for each project. The terms and conditions on the work of each party are written on the contract details. A musician gets fee from performances and musical production. A musician gets fee from performing; performances that we normally see on tv, at cafes, etc. Musician also gets fee from musical production. In this sense, music is a product and the maker is the musician that can act as the producer. Music is the product that is produced by the musician who works and create the music. The music as the product can be produced for many purposes such as for an album (like my album), music scoring (which we hear when we watch movies), soundtracks, jingle for commercials and so on. To be involved in a musical production requires skill, knowledge, experience, and again discipline and dedication. Last but not least: money to invest in the production. In a very basic step, a musical production usually consist of a team from the executive producer, producer, music director, additional players (if necessary), music arranger, sound engineer (for recording, mixing and mastering), and the artist or main talent. Here the team consists of professionals that will be paid based on each expertise. During the production, these professionals need sound system, computers with certain softwares and studio. At this point, now we all know that there are professional people and money involved, just like in any other profession, and in the business field. Therefore, music is a product that is made by music professionals that requires real work, using certain facilities and requires money for the investment of the production. I hope it gives you some ideas about this profession in music field.
 In this house I pray oh God,
to seek your presence now. For in this house I pray oh God, I know You will somehow heal the broken heart. You set me free, change my destiny. So whatever You desire to do in this house today, God, have your way, have your way, have your way.
 Yes.. it's been a while. I am glad that you're still visiting me here. I am also glad that things are on progress. The album promo is ongoing. The media exposures are going strong. Realistically speaking, knowing that this is a self-produced album, things are going well. Don't compare my promo with any promo that comes from big investors. This project is a self-investment project. Therefore, a lot of things has to be done one step at a time. Truthfully, the expense of the promo is a never ending expense. And I have to be really smart in managing my finances to pay for the whole thing. Frankly speaking, with the progress of my media exposures and with all the projects which I am going to be involved in, I can say that things are doing fine.
Being a producer is a big leap for me in this debut album. And I feel comfortable in this position, because I am being appreciated and respected by my capacity. Not by my looks. Along with the ongoing promo to medias, I also have a bigger aim. Again, with this album, I am aiming to liberate people's mind. That we are entitled to live as kings. We are powerful of our wishful thinking. We deserve to have our dreams come true. We can and we will make things come true, only, and only to those who take risk and consequences to work smart in terms of making their dream come true. I am aiming to make people see, to care about what's going on around us. Whether it's an environmental issue, health, education nor mentality. I now realize that I have a bigger mission. My album is not about selling CDs. It is about delivering ideas to make a breakthrough. To innovate, to go along with changes in life. To take challenges and take opportunity. Sometimes in life, opportunity does not come twice. I have grown a lot since I became a producer in my album. And everyday, every working plan that we are doing, me and my team grow stronger and wiser, more knowledgeable. We now have a new sense of purpose. My album has copied the 2nd batch of 1000 cd in early March. It means that from the response from the public, it has been well accepted and appreciated. I am aiming for bigger things in life. And indeed, my album is my liberty. Lately, people appreciate me based on my visions, based on my views, based on my work. Not only because of physical aspect. I mean, of course I thank God for the positive things I have in that perspective, but I am more comfortable when people treat me based on my knowledge, and based on my brain capacity. I also realize, that this album is about a belief. And I have just realized that I've been aiming to make this country a better place to live. I realize I grow much wiser along with the promo in this album. I will support any education and health projects held by any institution. And I actually am supporting a national health campaign organized by Yayasan Jantung Indonesia, as part of a global heart-disease awareness campaign for women. It's called "Go Red for Women", the campaign has been done internationally for years and it encourages women to look after their heart. I will support any environmental campaign to heal our nature from our greed of exploiting natural resources, and also support any campaign such as the Go Green campaign that's done by the US State Department, National Geographic and some other parties. On this, I was invited by the US Embassy to come to a cocktail event at the US ambassador to Indonesia Cameron Hume's residence at Taman Suropati, Menteng. It was an honour, and not a coincidence for me because I do support any environmental campaign.. and it is even better if it also develops better diplomatic relations with other countries.
I also support to gain more public consciousness to save electricity and also the use of water and for not using plastic bags which I start in my own management amongst my staff, my family and friends (see..you don't need a big plan...small acts would do)... and that I care so much about education here, because what I see is that we are lacking strong healthy mentality that makes Indonesian slaves amongst our own people. If there is anything that I can contribute for education, I'll go for it. I will support any good deed to make our world a better place to live. So now you see, my album is my ticket to liberate. This new sense of purpose goes along with my liberating mission. That is how far I grow with this promo album. This album is about a belief, to liberate ourselves. And to be liberated, we have to earn it. One way of earning it is by caring about what's going on around us. Let's support each other to make our place a better place to live.
Hello:) I am in Bali...again. Ibu Made from Warung Made was inviting me, she hired me to perform on her husband's ( Mr. Peter) birthday as a surprise party last night (27 February 2008). I did not post this since the day I got here in Bali (26 February 2008), since I promise Ibu Made to keep it confidential. But now, it is safe for me to post this, since the party was being held last night. Me and everybody there was having a blast. I really like Ibu Made and the family. And today, with the help of Rudolf Dethu, I am continuing the promotion program of my debut album. I am extending my stay until March the 1st. I'll be having some media interviews and radio broadcasting. I'll be up dating the schedules of Bali's radio interviews so that you can listen to it. I love Bali, and I hope to return go back here again:)
 "The winners in life think in terms of I
can, I will and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done or what they can't do" ( Dennis Waitley )
It was nice to see that I was being coveraged in Bali's media, such as Oz radio, Radar Bali, also The Beat free magazine which we can purchase in Jakarta as well. In Bali, I had time to drop round at Disctarra in Galleria Mall, an there were my cd stacked on the Best Seller rack. I was glad that the distribution has finally reached Bali at the time I was there. I really hope my distributor keeps up the spirit to supervise the selling of my debut album, so they can provide more cd everytime it's sold out. I also introduce my self and ask the seller at the store, this person told me that people already bought the cd on the first days it was being sell. The buyer were varied from Indonesian to expats. I need to do this research as I am doing my job to supervise the distribution, the selling and the stocks of my cd in every store.
I got back to Jakarta last Tuesday at 20:45, and the schedules of media interviews for my debut album has lined up. Now, everyday, I have 2 schedules of media interview. The first schedule usually regarding to interviews and photo session for the magazine. And the second one is usually the radio interview. It has been a busy program for me. In between, I used to drop round at cd stores to check whether my cd has been sold out or not, and usually if it has been sold out, I would have to informed my dsitributor. Managing distribution is quite a tricky part. Even though you have the distributor working for you, you'd have to keep your hands on. Up till now, I'd ask friends and families to informed me if they did not find my cd and could not purchase it because it was sold out in a particular music store. I hope all of you can still help me out to give me infos of where you purchase and bought my cd , and all of you who could not purchase my cd in a particular music store, please let me know so I can give some informations to the distributor.
From the latest media exposure since the coverage in KOMPAS last week January 17th 2008, I was also being reviewed by mas Denny Sakrie on TEMPO the news paper last Sunday. It was a great review, thank you mas Denny. Yesterday, TEMPO the news paper sent 2 of their field team to be with me all day and write about me. The team was Yopi and Pe. It's a whole day coverage, day and night. They followed me and be with me all the time. It was a great opportunity for me, and something challenging. I've never being followed for a coverage. It was also a great opportunity as well for my asisstant, Dinda, to learn about how media works and how a public figure manage the coverage with valuable stories to deliver to the public. Yesterday with TEMPO following me from the morning start at Talent hair salon where I had my hair done, we had interview and photo session for SHAPE magazine at Celebrity Fitness in EX Plaza. It was a phicially demanding photo session since I had to do some gymnastic poses. But you know what...itwas fun! After the photo session, me and my lovely asisstant Dinda had lunch there at EX (with the press from TEMPO following me of course). As we packed our stuff, we're on the road again around 4 in the afternoon to Utan Kayu. We got there aound 5 pm. On the evening at 6, I had a radio talkshow on KBR 68H, and the host was Andre.
I will also be on air on KBR 68H radio until this Friday, so stay tuned on 89,2 FM from 18:00 to 19:00. After the radio talkshow yesterday eveining, we went to have Nasi Goreng at Wiwid Fatmawati. Wiwid = Wi2ed so they claimed on their walls. I was craving for Nasi Goreng, and so there we were, me, Dinda, Pak Karim my driver, Yopi and PE from TEMPO eating our Nasi Goreng at around 20:30. We went back to my apartment around 21:30, and so that was it for the whole day. I hope TEMPO had a great coverage for the public about my self, my career, my personal side and my visions. Most importantly, I hope TEMPO would deliver the news about how an artist and artist management juggle everyday to keep the business going. I really hope the public would be more educated as well as being well informed about music business and all the work involved.
It was a long day, challenging and fun. Today, my day will also be the same. The promo is on going, and I hope to be going strong.
I am in Bali promoting my album, meeting and doing some media interview in Bali as well as attending radio talk show in Bali such as Oz radio today from 11:00 to 12:00. Tomorrow evening I'll fly back to Jakarta.
Who's in Bali? Let's meet up!
 How very liberating it has been, since my album has been distributed. News about me and my album is in KOMPAS today with big picture and in big capital letters. Thank you God. Thank you, I love you. These are the times, and I know I should continue the journey to excel. I feel touched, that mas Adhi KSP, the journalist from KOMPAS has been supporting me, believing me and writing about me. Just like you, you play important role in my album. If you buy my album, you are listed, written in my thank you notes. Look for the note in the back of the cover :) Have you ever gone through a journey so long, so long, that you longed for this feeling of something you really love in life? Have you ever been so vulnerable for the love of your life? I feel that for my passion in music and showbiz. I have been feeling that since I was a kid, my love for music, for violin, for being on stage, for feeling that the music is caressing me. The feeling of making your dream come true, the feeling when all your tears is worthwhile. This publication in KOMPAS today, for me, means everything to me. My legitimation. I am legit. Lately, I have been feeling so comfortable that now, I am not only a violinist and singer, as well as entertainer, but now I am a music producer and music director. I - am - now- entitled - to - it. 22 years of learning violin, 8 years in showbiz, 3 years producing the album + the album = liberation. I am now working almost 24 hours managing the distribution, sponsor, marketing, promo, media strategy and so forth. I will continue to excel. Of course... I can't help but to mention all the people who love and believe me. My 'Jerry Maguire' Yasha Chatab, my parents, my beloved parents and mentors Idris Sardi and Dr. Sharon Eng.. and all of you... I can not thank you enough. For the closest and beloved people who have been in my journey, we feel so touched that this album is finally released and under my umbrella: Maylaffayza Records!...It's been a very long road to all of us. It's been a bumpy road, full of struggle, but we believe in our dream. We believe dream will come true. So we are making it come true, although it might not be easy. Now, everyday, every second there are more mountains to climb, my work does not stop here. The distributions, marketing, sponsorship, promo, media strategy and so on have to be on my hands, I keep my hand on to that in my management. But now, every second, every breath that I take, I feel so alive. I feel all the joy, the tears, the smile, I feel so much blessed, I feel that life is holding me tight. I feel that THIS IS THE LIFE. My debut album, is a living prove of a dream that never dies. Everyone should dream, as high as he can. Everyone, should have a believe. Work on your believe, and it will come true. Liberate yourself!
My debut album is out now in cd stores....hoooraaaayyy!
Thank you for supporting me through the whole process.
Congratulations to all of you!
Why? Because you are the one who make this possible to happen. You are the one who has followed the journey and supported me throughout the process. This is your album, you're the one who made it possible.
I want you to know that all of you here in my Multiply, is the reason why I work hard to push the distribution of my album.
The distribution of my album has finally started. For now, it's already distributed in some stores in Jakarta. In the next few days we are moving on to distribute into other cities. I will focus the distribution in Jawa and Bali island. I need to work more on some letter of agreement to have more distribution via digital distribution. But let's wait for that. For now, I am supervising the distribution. Please support me and buy the cd :)
I have sent the sample of my single to 25 radio stations in Jakarta, and I also keep it updated. Several radio has put it on their air play play list. Please tune in and let me know if you hear my song, be part of my journey!
The music genre is pop crossover which means: Pop is nonclassical and hip, modern, fresh. And crossover means: crossing over cultures and music genre. The music is fresh, liberating, dynamic, vibrant, daring:) It is a breakthrough, as you see the picture of my album represents liberation and breaking through.
Below are the facts you would like to know about my debut album:
Artist: Maylaffayza
Album Title: Maylaffayza
Label: Maylaffayza Records Music producer & music director: Maylaffayza
Executive producers: Maylaffayza & Yasha Chatab Music arrangement: Bobby Surjadi & Maylaffayza Violin composition: Idris Sardi & Maylaffayza
E-mail: maylaffayza.management@gmail.com
Track List: Violin Tracks
- 01. Run!
- 02. Hey Britney
- 03. Bungong Jeumpa
- 04. I Play My Violin Like I Make Love
- 05. Mantra
Vocal Tracks
- 06. Apapun Hidupku
- 07. Everywhere I Go
- 08. Tergantung
- 09. Complete Mess
- 10. Victory Within Me
Music Genre: Pop Crossover
Language: Bahasa Indonesia and English
This is your album , all of you have been supporting me through the journey of producing it. You have made me possible to continue the hard work and to keep on fighting to make the dream come true. Now the dream has come true, the cd is now available in music stores, please help me supervise it and be part of this journey:) Celebrate it and buy the cd as well! I put all of you in my thank you notes, noted as my Multiply friends, because you mean so much to me. Please support me through the journey, because I have a long list of more work to do from the distribution, marketing, promo to sponsorship. This album is our journey, this album is our liberty. I can say that together we are making things come true. Thank you for believing me. The album is out, it's been made for you. You made this come true and let me announce that today is our liberation day. Have the album and have a liberating day!
 Yay! Happy 2008 to all of my friends, I am wishing you a great year of 2008. May love, joy and peace be within our steps. Love, Maylaffayza
Dear All,
We are looking for a female Assistant Manager who can perform show/project managements, field coordinating during events, conduct business meeting, dealing with our clients, overall media strategies, negotiating/ dealing with sponsorships and much more (education background in public relations and communications management is an advantage). Proficiency in English is expected. We are looking for passionate individual with warm personality who works from the heart, and most importantly who has a believe in Maylaffayza.
We have run this management for 7 years, and as we expand rapidly, we need someone who is capable of taking it with us to the very top. That is our goal and that we want that to happen in year 2008.
Maylaffayza, as a solo violinist has had quite a unique path in the Indonesian music scene for the last 7 years of her professional solo career. Without an album out in stores, Maylaffayza managed to excel and has been an exclusive performer especially in events conducted by/for premium products and corporate market.
Maylaffayza have finished producing 1st album that contains avant garde songs (including vocal songs) that hopefully will be enjoyed by the general public. Album will be released in January 2008.
This is a full time job.
If you think you are qualify and you have the passion to do this, contact us, BUT, please read through my blog first before you send an application letter to Maylaffayza's manager Yasha Chatab.
Please send the application to:
maylaffayza.management@gmail.com
Dear All,
We are looking for a female Assistant Manager who can perform show/project managements, field coordinating during events, dealing with our clients, overall media strategies, negotiating and dealing with sponsorships and much more (education background in public relations and communications management is an advantage). Proficiency in English is expected. We are looking for passionate individual with warm personality who works from the heart, and most importantly who has a believe in Maylaffayza.
We have run this management for 7 years, and as we expand rapidly, we need someone who is capable of taking it with us to the very top. That is our goal and that we want that to happen in year 2008.
Maylaffayza, as a solo violinist has had quite a unique path in the Indonesian music scene for the last 7 years of her professional solo career. Without an album out in stores, Maylaffayza managed to excel and has been an exclusive performer especially in events conducted by/for premium products and corporate market.
Maylaffayza have finished producing 1st album that contains avant garde songs (including vocal songs) that hopefully will be enjoyed by the general public. Album will be released in January 2008.
This is a full time job.
If you think you are qualify and you have the passion to do this, contact us, BUT, please read through my blog first before you send an application letter to Maylaffayza's manager Yasha Chatab.
Please send the application to:
maylaffayza.management@gmail.com
 There you go..that's my question for today. In my 'about to be release album' , there will be 10 tracks, consist of 5 violin tracks and 5 vocal tracks ( I am also a singer, remember:>.......) I will start sending one song to all my media list, only 1 song that is considered to be a hit. But I still can not really decide which one should be a hit, and there for, I could not really decide whether it is vocal or violin song that has to be send to radio stations. On top of my mind, my questions are still:
1. Which one should I decide to be a hit, violin song or vocal song?
2. Which song should I send to the targeted radio station: violin song or vocal song?
 Monday, last week of 2007. This morning I wake up,feeling strange, and I don’t know why, what does the feeling really represents. I went down stairs,and facing the same question from my Mom over the years “..why so early..? Where are you going?”. This is the exact same question, every Monday morning at my parents house, every time I am getting ready to go back to my studio apartment at Kemang.
I spent a couple of minutes in my room, to think through what I really feel this morning. Maybe I fear something, maybe I am scared of something. But I could not figure it out. Now I am waiting for my taxi cab that I order last night. 7:30, Blue Bird, destination: Kemang. I keep on thinking what I feel right now. Or just guessing around. Maybe I fear that this Monday is not going well for my cd cover printing material that I need to be re-do. Maybe I fear that people are not going to coordinate well today. Or maybe I am worrying because my album release has been on delay, that it’ll finally be released on January 2008. Maybe I fear of failure, maybe I fear that tomorrow is not a great day nor future. Maybe I am being clueless for 2008, maybe I am afraid that I am not going to make it. I keep questioning what I actually fear. Or maybe hate. This 2007 has been another year of roller coaster ride. But I sure am grow wiser and stronger. I am thinking of my destination on 2008, and I am scared. My album will be release, yet I feel like things are lacking. Not because I am not working hard enough, but because of many things that is beyond my control. I fear of failure, and I am not sure what my future will be in 2008. Maybe I’ve never been this scared before. Maybe it’s because I’ve never produced an album, that this album is my 1st album produced by me, and maybe I found out a lot of things required to make success of an album, and I am not sure if I am having enough troops and weapons to win the battle. I’ve never been this unsure about things, nor afraid of facing another year. I love my life, but that’s not enough.
 Last night me and Yasha had meeting with our distributor. We discuss about every single thing that we need to do based on several flaws that occurred during the production. The delay will happen, my album will have to be release on January 2008. We hope that the process from the present process to the time where we can finally find the album on the stores will all go well. I have prepared all the meeting material for last night's meeting, and I asked every possible things that can probably happen during the process of production to the process of distribution. Asking questions is an important part in this, because I don't want to missed any single process that I should've known, and end up finding something has been going wrong and unknown. It is not what it supposed to be when you area producer. You would not want any grey are a in your scope of work. You would not want to not knowing every single detail of the process. You would want to know who's in charge, you would want to know details of the process, you want to know the technicality of the production, you want to know the schedules and the time frame of the whole work. You want to know that you can communicate and coordinate with your team.You would want to know all the 'how,where, what, when and why' . Why all these? Because you are a producer and you'll be the one who's being responsible of the whole manufacture, and the whole business aspect. So you know everything that it takes to have successful project and you will know what it takes to fail on it. And so you know that you can choose to be successful, and act like one, make result like one. Going home last night, my heart was still not at ease. Today I will be coordinating with my distributor for the printing material that has to be re-do.I don't think these holiday season will be as much fun as it used to be. Not because of the work..I love working. But it is because I am still worrying about the whole production. I had roll the ball, but I should make sure it's going on the right track.
 I must admit these passed few days I've been very anxious about how my cd production has been going. I noticed how this affect my well being. There are things that is still lacking. Some of the printed and folded material will be returned to Indonesia Printer, not because of the printing issue, but because the folding of my cd cover was not exactly treated properly. It has to be re-do. This will create a delay over the whole production. I also find several mistakes over the production outside the printing material, it came to my mind just yesterday. I found out several mistakes of it, I was shocked. But I had to admit it was also by my responsible should I take the consequences and act upon it right away. I came to an understanding that becoming a leader means that I should stand for every act that occurred through all process and take charge of it. This project has been led by me, and as a leader, I should cover all that's lacking, whether the error was done by me, nor the team that I lead. I learn so much, the title that I am entitled to as the music producer and music director is a far more wide spectrum than what we all knew in general. It is about being a leader, and that's even a far more wider scale of act for any professional being. This morning, I have made a to do list to get things rolling. I know I should roll the ball, and today I will check and re-check every single detail of my cd production.
 I’ve been having cold feet..and my hands too!) I am just a bit stressed out about the whole process of my cd. The folded cd cover has been dropped at my distributor’s office this noon at 12.
BUT. My distributor was not satisfied with the folding result of my cd cover from Indonesia Printer, which if they aren’t happy with it, then it is more likely that I will feel the same way too. I haven’t seen the result since yesterday IP delayed the delivery because all their cars are being used to deliver. The delivery address was changed to my distributor’s office since they are entitled to supervise the result of all folded cd cover.It’s not in my hand.. I haven’t seen it and I am quite feeling tense about this. Being a producer is really tough, and this is my first time of being a producer. When you are a producer you are being responsible from A to Z. And this is killing me sometimes, for a first timer. I have gone through the level of music director on the music production, including the conceptor of the art work production. But the next level of printing, folding the cd cover, cd duplicating, inserting cover and plastic wrapping is another responsibility a producer entitled to. I can feel from time to time , a feeling like “..oh my God…oh my God..what’s next…is there anything wrong?....Must be something wrong…are they making it on time? Did they do it right? …Have they finished working on it?...” and so on..and so on.. Lately I could not sleep well, and waking up tired ..and I know because I have things in my mind…even when I sleep, unconsciously I am still thinking about my worries.. Today, when I woke up, I have this strong feeling or an instinct that I don’t suppose to make any decision today. Intuitively, I can sense that this is not a good day for me to decide anything. And not a surprise for me, lots of things are vague today. These are on of those days when you ask questions. This day is not about having an answer. It is about having some questions to be questioned. I am quite nervous about the folding result of my cd cover. But the good news is the cd duplication has been done, and it’s all been delivered to my distributor’s office as well. BUT. The thing is I haven’t seen the result of the cd duplication either. SO..I am also still nervous about it. Bottom line: it’s getting on my nerve. But you know what..this is the roller coaster, and I should enjoy the ride.
More work to handle, more roller coaster rides. It's not over 'till it's over.
As what they said in opera.... it's not over until the fat lady sings.
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