I used to enjoy watching AFI (Akademi Fantasi Indosiar) since there’re many things to learn in the show. They indeed choose the so-called talented people, but they still kinda show that even the most telented people do make mistakes and so they still need hardwork to achieve ‘perfection’. There were process, and even when their performance was not always enjoyable, the processs of learning was still quite enjoyable, i guess. Plus, the show only included people who had graduated from highschool which minimize the probability of some musisi-abege-wanna-conquer-the-world-with-music blabbering a sad story about things that actually happened due to their labil attitude.
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| Judika, my favourite 'product' of Indonesian Idol |
I also enjoyed watching American Idol and the first two seasons of Indonesian Idol since the show also taught quite a lot, especially concerning showmanship and attitude as celebrity. And of course it was entertaining too, since there were lots of good voices back then.
However, there are so many similar shows lately in Indonesia, and mostly sucks since what they sell many times were just some crappy sad stories, regional 'chauvinism', and some exaggerated talent and originality (due to the young age, the good look of the contestant, or the limited facilities they had in their so-called remote hometown). Sometimes i wonder why the show must be under the concept of “Indonesia Mencari Bakat” instead of “Indonesia Mencari Pekerja keras”. Talent may get you into recognition, but only hardwork will guarantee its endurance. Originality may stand you out in the crowd, but without mastering the universal language of music (i.e. music theories), you’ll only become somebody different with no one to talk to because you speak different languange no one understands. And when people don’t understand, rarely that they will care. And guess, how will you master the music theories? By studying. Making it regular habit. Continous training. It’s not something congenital –like you’re born and tada! you just know everything needed to make music and get it into recognition- you have to learn, and rarely that a learning process takes short time when the aim is to really understand.
Maybe that’s what happen in Indonesian talent shows today: the producers rarely care to make people really understand. They rarely care to educate. They simply put some ‘lucky’ ones under spotlight, got some so-called qualified judges to make people believe if that ones are talented and/or original, and that’s just the way talent and/or originality get their exaggerated worship...
Rarely that anybody said a thing about how much effort should be done to become an artist with a lasting career nor delivered any explicit knowledge about alternative ways for music other than TV and/or RBT. Rarely that anybody mention about creating a music network to help you learn and get you out into the vast world of music. Nobody really said that the show is a part of a long long (and potentially fun) journey, and treated the show as if it was a destination instead. If i were in the show, i guess i’ll be so sad for knowing that i’ll be reaching my destination in the age of twenty something. I mean it’s a long way to go, there should be many more places to travel to, so why settle down in certain destination so soon...
Well. I don’t know.
Somehow what you aim is just what you get. When you aim for instant result, you’ll get instants result, but it could be an instant loss very soon, and vice versa. Good branding company may put you to quick fame, but when you don’t learn until you understand, it’ll be hard for you to develop yourself. When you don’t develop, even the best branding company will soon run out of things to be promoted. When they’ve run out of things to be promoted, they’ll no longer able to promote you. And since you don’t have a back-up plan –especially when you’re still abege and labil- that’ll likely be the end of your career. So sad..
To be continued to “music contemplation – part 4”
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