BANYUWANGI – The recording industry in Banyuwangi is getting stretched. Five dangdut artists in the capital are currently recording albums at Bumi Blambangan. The five famous artists are Ike Nurjanah, Hey Susan, Evie Tamala, Ine Cintya, from Iyet Bustami.
This time, the dangdut artists will record the dangdut koplo song. The information collected by Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi mentioned, the five capital city artists will produce their respective The Best albums. Each album contains ten songs which were all recorded at the Sandi Record music studio on Jalan Ikan Sadar, Karangrejo Village, Banyuwangi District.
Even, the take vocal process for making the dangdut koplo album has been going on since yesterday (10/7). The plan, the sound recording would last to this day (11/7). After that, the five artists will be shooting a video clip tomorrow night (12/7). Just like the sound recording process, The location chosen for the video clip is the Sandi Record complex in Karangrejo Village.
“The concept of the video clip is a live show,said M. Sandi, the owner of the Password Record. Sandy acknowledges, Initially, he had difficulty persuading the "pure" dangdut artists to sing the Koplo dangdut genre. "After we explained, finally these artists are willing to sing their hits in the dangdut koplo style,” said the man who also acted as the producer.
He explained, bringing in the capital's artist based on the consideration that currently folk songs are sluggish. No wonder, he dared to spend a much bigger budget than when signing local artists. "Because folk songs are quiet, to boost marketing, we bring in the capital's artist. Especially, the dangdut artist sings dangdut koplo.
Bring something new to the community,said Sandy. The man who is also chairman of the Association of Indonesian Recording Distributors and Entrepreneurs (APPROVED) it targets every album the artist in the capital city sells 50 thousands of keeping VCDs (video compact disk). But honey, Sandi was reluctant to reveal how much money was spent on contracting the five top dangdut artists.
He was only willing to leak that the artists were paid royalties. “Artists are not paid based on the number of VCDs sold. We pay them per song they sing," he explained. Meanwhile, when met by Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi, Evie Tamala refused to be interviewed yesterday. He admitted that he had to maintain concentration so that the take vocal process would run smoothly. “Wah, don't do the interview now. We are still in the mood. Because in two days we have to finish recording 50 with,he said. (radar)
