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May 4, '08 9:19 AM
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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.

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fixmanius wrote on May 4

Indeed, professional musicians earn money through live performances (concerts), or recordings, or, for some, teaching.

I am a musician too, but ain't no professional yet. Still longing for it.

maylaffayza wrote on May 4, edited on May 4

You'll get there eventually..it depends on how much you really want this as a profession. Here I would like to share with all of our friends because I noticed many people have no idea about what a musician does and what is music in terms of musical production. And you are also right, that musician can also earn money from teaching music lesson. There are fields for music performance, music production and music education.

deodeo wrote on May 4

How about those who plays music and do it really well, but they don't do it for a living. Are they called 'musician' as well?

kondombocor wrote on May 4

deo deo...kamu ada dimana2...:D. kamu jelas musisi deo. maen asik cuman belum brani terjun beneran aja.ayo buruan terjun biar jadi tohpati muda.:D.jgn ampe kesasar pilih jalur.s610 blok m -pdk labu.maaf maylaf numpang lewat :D

deodeo wrote on May 4

kondombocor said

Hahaha, selama ini saya main musik cuma buat diri sendiri aja. Belom berani dan emang belom layak aja untuk tampil di depan umum =D
*duh kok jadi curhat dan nyampah, di tempat artis pula ckckck*

igloodesigndecor wrote on May 4

iya kalo gak dijelasin orang suka ngelihatnya cuma jadi artis terkenal aja gak tahu kerja keras dibalik itu

thedyingsirens wrote on May 4

nice writing! saya share yah! =)

bestinaguswuri wrote on May 4

nice post

kacamatapepito wrote on May 4

wah nice post mbak.. itulah knapa banyak musisi kita yang jarang bertahan,karena mereka ga punya pemikiran yang seserius mbak :)

alvian wrote on May 4

sayangnya banyak yang pemikirannya ga semoderat miss fay...kalau banyak pasti industri musik jadi salah satu proffesi yang lebih diminati dibanding jadi politisi..

varchi wrote on May 4

i luv the way she thinks..she's truly an entreprenur (salah ya tulisannya? maap..:p) in music..she thinks about all thinks in music..in her music actually..she get a good idealism in music..n musician like her..can stay long in this "business" ..:)

hope can work together with u soon Fay..hehe..:)
LIBERATTI n Le Dre.. :)))

ARCHi

mryasha wrote on May 5

jadi politisi seharusnya panggilan hati, bukan panggilan dompet

alvian wrote on May 5

mryasha said

jadi politisi seharusnya panggilan hati, bukan panggilan dompet

hehehe..tapi menuju kesana butuh isi dompet yang teubeulll banget mr yasha..mo ga mao harus cari cara biar balik modal..

mryasha wrote on May 5

sebetulnya balik modal itu pasti, makanya semuanya berlomba-lomba... Seperti praktik nyogok utk bisa jadi PNS lah...

alvian wrote on May 5

mryasha said

sebetulnya balik modal itu pasti, makanya semuanya berlomba-lomba... Seperti praktik nyogok utk bisa jadi PNS lah...

huss..sudah2 ntar miss fay marah lagi kita nyampah disini.. ;p

tiarrahman wrote on May 5

thanks for sharing, May? Eh.. what I should call you? May or Fay...
I have not a talent for music, but I wanna be a master on flute or clarinet. I think it is very nice... otherwise, I will be a music writer only...

maylaffayza wrote on May 6

tiarrahman said

Call me Fayza or Maylaf..either way. You are very welcome. I share this because a lot of people do not know what this profession namely musician. If you want to pursue your dream, go make it come true. Music offer many kinds of job, it varies from music teacher, music producer, music director, music arrranger, composser, song maker, music business consultant, etc The choice is left to you:)

maylaffayza wrote on May 6

deodeo said

Hahaha, selama ini saya main musik cuma buat diri sendiri aja. Belom berani dan emang belom layak aja untuk tampil di depan umum =D
*duh kok jadi curhat dan nyampah, di tempat artis pula ckckck*

Silahkan curhat, gak apa-apa kok..punya hobby dan passion dalam apapun menurutku selalu bagus. Keep the music alive:)

maylaffayza wrote on May 6

deodeo said

How about those who plays music and do it really well, but they don't do it for a living. Are they called 'musician' as well?

Objectively when the person start to treat it as a profession they will be entitled to the word musician.

maylaffayza wrote on May 6

kondombocor said

Silahkan lewat:) Sangat menyenangkan jika ada teman seperti kamu yang mensupport temannya juga untuk maju terus. Good attitude, good for you!

maylaffayza wrote on May 6

igloodesigndecor said

iya kalo gak dijelasin orang suka ngelihatnya cuma jadi artis terkenal aja gak tahu kerja keras dibalik itu

Orang-orang anyak tidak mengerti bahwa pada saat musisi berprofesi itu berarti mereka berkaitan dengan kerja di dalamnya, dan berkaitan dan uang sebagai modal,selain usaha, tenaga untuk kerja. Sampai detik ini masih banyak orang yang bertanya "dimana saya bisa download musik Maylaf yang gratisan?" Sementara, untuk membuat musik dalam sebuah album melibatkan tenaga professional untuk team creative, maupun business consultant termasuk orang dibagian keuangan dll, melibatkan musisi profesional, melibatkan sejumlah uang sebagai modal produksi, serta memerlukan fasilitas dan alat-alat untuk memproduksi dan melibatkan juga kontrak-kontrak yang mempunyai kekuatan hukum. Banyak orang masih tidak mengerti, bahwa selain hobby ini adalah pekerjaan yang sangat nyata.

maylaffayza wrote on May 6

thedyingsirens said

nice writing! saya share yah! =)

thank you..it is a pleasure if this writing can help all of us to broaden our perspective. Many people still don't have any idea about this music field. So share it to your friends:)

maylaffayza wrote on May 6

kacamatapepito said

wah nice post mbak.. itulah knapa banyak musisi kita yang jarang bertahan,karena mereka ga punya pemikiran yang seserius mbak :)

Musik dan music business adalah 2 hal yang berbeda. Musik adalah produk nya. Sementara music business adalah musik yang dijadikan produk untuk menghasilakan transaksi bisnis.Jika musik sebagai produk tidak di tangani dari segi business, maka produk tersebut akan tidak menghasilkan uang karena tidak terjadi transaksi bisnis. Jika musik bermaksud untuk dijual, disinilah kita masuk ke dalam lingkup music business dimana akan ada pemikiran profesional lainnya lagi dalam rangka bagaimana menjual musik tersebut, dimana transaksi business dan business deal akan masuk di dalamnya.

maylaffayza wrote on May 6, edited on May 6

alvian said

sayangnya banyak yang pemikirannya ga semoderat miss fay...kalau banyak pasti industri musik jadi salah satu proffesi yang lebih diminati dibanding jadi politisi..

Hi Alvian, thank you masih suka main ke sini:) Well, musisi adalah politisi sejati. Mereka menyampaikan pesan-pesan kepada masyarakat. Contohnya: Slank, Iwan Fals, kalau diluar negeri contohnya Bono dll. Seperti Yasha bilang, khususnya untuk politik bukanlah industri, dan politisi harus merupakan karena panggilan hati untuk melakukan perubahan baik di negaranya. Itu idealnya. Musik merupakan sesuatu yang dalam lingkup business menjadi sebuah industry dimana ada uang yang mengalir dan berputar di dalamnya. To tell you the truth, banyak sekali orang yang tertarik terjun dalam music business, namun, sekali lagi banyak juga yang tidak mau berproses. Banyak sekali pelaku dalam music industry, dan sekarang ini makin meningkat. Cuma disatu titik juga, pengetahuan masyarakat terhadap bidang musik, dalam profesi musisi, maupun apa saja lingkup dalam musik industri, pengetahuan masyarakat luar biasa minimnya. Mereka masih berpikir bahwa musik itu asal jreng..jreng aja. Dengan banyaknya tumbuh pemain-pemain baru di industri musik tapi gak disertai edukasi ke masyarakat, akhirnya banyak hal-hal yang terjadi yang tidak bijak. Karena informasi tidak disertai pengetahuan. Ya contohnya itu: masih banyak yang tidak sadar bahwa musisi itu hidup dari royalty lagu yang dijual di dalam cd yang kita lihat di toko. Akhirnya mereka dengan naif bertanya: "mbak, saya pengen down load lagumu yang gratisan dimana ya?" Ini contoh ketidak tahuan masyarakat bahwa ada kerja, team serta modal yang di perlukan untuk memproduksi musik dalam album tersebut.

maylaffayza wrote on May 6

varchi said

Hi Archi, thanks for being here, and being supportive as usual:) Hope that you can teach me some of your expertise in music:)

selectapop wrote on May 6

mbak fay. dengan bangga akhirnya saya selalu menulis di kolom pekerjaan saya: full timer entrepreneur and part timer musician

maylaffayza wrote on May 6

selectapop said

mbak fay. dengan bangga akhirnya saya selalu menulis di kolom pekerjaan saya: full timer entrepreneur and part timer musician

hebat:) keep it up and be a great professional!

tiarrahman wrote on May 6

maylaffayza said

Maylaf, thanks atas commentnya. salut... semua dijawab dengan taktis dan jelas. jadi pengen nyari albumnya... nanti aku kasih direview di MP ku deh....

maylaffayza wrote on May 7

tiarrahman said

Maylaf, thanks atas commentnya. salut... semua dijawab dengan taktis dan jelas. jadi pengen nyari albumnya... nanti aku kasih direview di MP ku deh....

The pleasure is mine dear:) I"ll be more than honored if you buy the album and enjoy the liberating spirit in it. Do let me know if you have puchased it, I will look forward for your review.)

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