Rudolf Dethu

Negara dalam Keadaan Bahaya

Aktivis hiphop mbalela Marzuki Mohammad alias Kill the DJ kali ini datang bersuara lantang, mengingatkan semua orang bahwa negeri ini sedang limbung dan goyang lewat tembang “Negara dalam Keadaan Bahaya”.

Sangat direkomendasikan untuk disimak serta silakan diunduh bebas bea.

Maroon 5, Presale Tickets & the Power of Twitter

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Like it or not, you have to agree with the power of Twitter—or social network, at least. Look what happened with Maroon 5. They are scheduled to play in Jakarta on April 27, 2011. Java Musikindo, the promoter, started promoting the concert a month ago and opened the sale of presale tickets on Sunday, Dec 5; although the information about the presale tickets day was only published on Twitter and a few big banners ads, the 6000 tickets were sold out in less than 10 hours!

A similar thing happened a few months earlier, Java Musikindo sold presale tickets of Pitbull, and 4,400 of them sold out in less than 24 hours. As with Maroon 5, Java Musikindo only promoted the presale tickets via Twitter, and it worked really well. Who would’ve thought that Pitbull would get that awesome response from the public?

Java Musikindo is also using this strategy for the upcoming Deftones gig, scheduled to play in Jakarta on Feb 8. Their presale tickets were sold on Nov 27, a few months before the gig. Although no proper data is published as to how many tickets were sold, if we look from the Twitter time line obviously the Deftones concert has created a lot of hype on that web platform.

Earlier in October, JavaRockin’Land already proved how effective this Twitter marketing can be. By creating its own account which people can follow and know what’s going on minute by minute with JavaRockin’Land (e.g. are Smashing Pumpkins confirmed to play? When are the presale tickets on sale?). The gig itself ended up a massive success: Almost 50,000 people came to witness the biggest rock concert in South East Asia. Maybe not all because of Twitter, but there’s no doubt that Twitter played a major role here.

Yes mister, the super power of Twitter!

Awas Serigala!

Manusia serigala bertebaran di sekitar kita. Sepertinya ungkapan tersebut tepat untuk menggambarkan fenomena yang kian kerap terungkap di negeri Ini. Coba kita kilas balik, tentu masih lekat di ingatan kejadian memalukan sekaligus menyedihkan dimana perempuan yang menjadi korban: Syekh Puji (praktek pedofilia, menikahi gadis di bawah umur), A’a Gym (poligami sumbang, ingkar janji), Anand Krishna (pelecehan seksual), serta yang terbaru Zainuddin MZ (pelecehan seksual).

Never Say Die, Jakarta Rock Parade

Tulisan—lebih tepatnya curhat—yang bermaksud menyemangati Jakarta Rock Parade ini sejatinya adalah materi lawas (tayang di Musikator pertama kali pada Juli 2009), walau pamali untuk dibilang usang. Memang, di kala itu belum ada konser rock lokal berskala gigantik. Belum ada yang nekat-berani mati menyelenggarakannya. Dan saya tidak rela jika Jakarta Rock Parade layu sebelum berkembang. Saya memimpikan Indonesia memiliki festival musik rock sekaliber Ozzfest. Syukurnya tidak lama berselang muncul kemudian Java Rockin’Land, yang bukan cuma bermutu tinggi, tapi juga termegah se-Asia Tenggara. Artinya spirit Jakarta Rock Parade menolak dimatikan. Yay.

Ya, artikel ini sengaja tetap saya tampilkan di situs pribadi saya ini demi mendokumentasikan perspektif yang pernah saya tuangkan agar menjadi lebih rapi, tak lagi berceceran tak beraturan, bisa menjadi arsip yang sahih lagi sinambung.

Countdown to Music Armageddon

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Aquarius Pondok Indah, one of the biggest record stores in Indonesia and located in the South of Jakarta, will soon be closed. The shop, first opened in 1995, has simply run out of business. Mid-August saw them start selling tens of thousands of items in their collection with a massive discount. A few months before that, in February, Aquarius Surabaya, after operating for 7 years, went bankrupt and Aquarius Dago, which used to be one of the coolest hangout spots for kids who lived in Bandung, was shut down in December 2009 after 19 years of guts and glory.

Disc Tarra, another national record retail chain, consisting of 78 stores to be precise, is apparently in a similar situation and although they haven’t closed any of their stores yet, some in significant cities like Jakarta, Surabaya, and Denpasar, have been resized, some down to 50% smaller. This phenomenon, most people believe, is caused by the digital trend. MP3s and iPods took over the world. They are more popular than cassettes or cds and walkmans or tape recorders, and piracy is exacerbating the problem. Even the gigantic-size record stores like Virgin have lost the add-on “Megastore” in their title, switching now to become Virgin Store only. HMV, idem ditto, they get tinier. Not to mention Tower Records, once considered a major influential music institution in their heyday, called it a day in 2006.

With the many DVD and CD shops that line many of Indonesia’s streets, the Indonesian government must come up with a strategy to put a stop to piracy and illegal copies. If they fail to do this, the countdown to music armageddon will continue…

The Block Rockin’ Beats: Momentum Budaya Tandingan

Tulisan ini sejatinya adalah karya Felix Dass berjudul “Dethu dan Program Radio Bali The Block Rockin’ Beats” serta tayang pertama kali di jakartabeat.net pada 29 September 2010. Jakartabeat.net kebetulan memang sedang membahas radio-radio di seluruh Nusantara yang mendedikasi diri khusus untuk rock and roll.

Selain saya ubah tajuknya, artikel ini juga saya sedikit improvisasi dengan menambahkan beberapa gambar pendukung.

Profil Umum 7 Calon Pimpinan KPK 2010

Artikel ini saya peroleh dari Transparency International Indonesia. Sepertinya layak untuk kita ketahui. Semoga saja yang akhirnya terpilih adalah sosok yang kompeten sehingga penyakit kronis korupsi di negeri ini bisa segera habis dibasmi. Semoga saja.

SVF ~ Saha Nuhur: Hurrah, Pecha Kucha Comin’ Atcha!

That’s right, don’t give up the fight, back in full-effect: Pecha Kucha Night!

Friday, August 06, 2010; 7 PM – end, at Sanur Village Festival.

Twitter Wars in Asia

by Hera Diani

Conservative and liberal Muslims in Indonesia are taking their fight for hearts and minds to Twitter. Is that good or bad?

Sejarah Bagi Publik, Untuk Ruang Publik

Sejarah adalah pengetahuan untuk semua, bukan hanya objek nostalgia untuk mereka yang mengalami suatu peristiwa sejarah.
Sejarah terus menerus berada dalam proses menjadi, diciptakan kembali oleh setiap pemberi makna dan generasi.
Setiap generasi punya hak untuk mengakses bukti sejarah yang diarsipkan.
Setiap generasi punya hak menciptakan ruangnya sendiri untuk mengunjungi kembali sejarah.