Dah seminggu lebih i announce kepada warge twitter yang Yana Samsudin & Shaheizy Sam akan memeriahkan Karnival Karangkraf tapi sampai sekarang, maklumat penuh belum lagi i bagi. Sebenarnya, terlalu banyak info x dapat nak share di Twitter! so skrng, i buatlah blogpost! Jumpa korang sana k? Karnival berlangsung dari 27-29 Januari 2012

Sesi Temu Artist Adnan Sempit 2

• Artis – Yana Samsudin, Shaheizy Sam, Along & Angah Raja Lawak (Along & Angah x confirm 100%)
• Hari – 28 Jan 2012
• Masa – 4-5.30ptg
• Lokasi – Booth DiGi

Sesi Temu Artist Sumpahan Kum Kum

• Artis – Fezrol Khan, Shima Anuar, Wawa Zainal
• Hari – 29 Jan 2012
• Masa – 4-5.30ptg
• Lokasi – Booth DiGi

Konsert PPMH @Media Hiburan

• Artis perform – 6ixth Sense, Amir Jahari, Stacy, Nubhan, Adira, Akim, Awi Rafael, Aliff Aziz, Dafi
• Artis undangan – Aaron Aziz, Neelofa, Shaheizy Sam, Rozita Che Wan, Johan Ashari & Ramai lagi..
• Hari – 28 Jan 2012
• Masa – 7.30-11.00mlm
• Lokasi – Pentas Utama

Kempen #YanaSuperFriends

Nak berkempen utk Yana buat #ABPBH2011, datanglah dgn berpakaian Pink Malap! Bawa Poster & Banner design sendiri dan Yana akan ambil gambar beramai-ramai dgn fan club dea. Masa dea antara 4-6pth 28 Jan. Dlm design banner tu silalah taruk juga cara undi iaitu BH ABP G05 atau BH ABP BPP G05 Datang Beramai-ramai ok? kita kena kasi pecah #KarnivalKarangkraf. Gambar ni insyaallah akan dilihat di FB Yana dan mungkin juga di suratkhabar

Kempen #Sam4Ever

Nak berkempen utk Shaheizy Sam pula, dtglah ngan color purple. Masa & hari sama juga dgn Yana. Bawa juga poster & banner design sendiri dan taruk cara undi Sam iaitu BH ABP F04 P12 ataupun BH ABP BPP F04. Sam juga akan bergambar dgn sume peminat setia beramai-ramai dan insyaallah gambar ni akan terpapar dlm FB sam atau mungkin juga akhbar.

Jika lepak area booth DiGi juga, berpeluang untuk jumpa Artis undangan DiGi iaitu Amir Jahari & 6ixth Sense. Selain itu, ada hadiah berjumlah RM10,000.00 utk dimenangi di booth DiGi. Ada top-up, kamera & voucher dan banyak lagi hadiah. Kalau belum lagi guna DiGi, tunggu apa lagi, belilah sim pek satu.. =D

Konsert Pilihan Pembaca Media Hiburan! Lebig Happening dengan DiGi!

Kalau berpeluang, tweet lah saya @melakaboy bila ada sana, kita pon boleh bergambar =D

#HaruslahLove

Fikirkanlah.. banyak lagu kolaborasi yang jadi Hit sekarang! ini adalah satunya cara untuk artist berkonsi peminat atau untuk artist yang lebih popular untuk membantu dan membawa artist baru ke dalam industri. My favorite collaborations in 2011 are as follow.. klik klau ng tgk MTV

1. Kotarayaku – Altimet feat Noh Hujan
2. Selamat Tinggal – Zizan feat Dina Nadzir
3. Bawaku Pergi – Zizan feat Kaka Azraff (i think they removed for the time being, nantikan!)
4. Pokok – Hazama feat MUH
5. Malaysian Boy – Various Artist
6. Untukmu – Flizzow feat Ila Damiaa
7. Beribu Sesalan – 3 Suara
8. Dilema Cinta – Hao Ren feat Aliff Aziz

Tanpa disedari, praktis kolaborasi ini membangunkan industri muzik negara.. aku dengar Shaheizy Sam dengan Yana Samsudin juga bakal relis single mereka. Dengan pembabitan kolaborasi, artist yang besar dapat membantu memperkenalkan artist masa kini yang kian maju.

So for 2012, i harap harap ada peluang untuk melihat kolaborasi seperti berikut…

1. Zainal Abidin feat Aizat Amdan
2. Ella feat Faizal Tahir
3. Sheila Majid feat Shila Amzah
4. Search feat 6ixth Sense
5. Wings feat Hujan

Dan moga-moga, artist yang dapat berkolaborasi dan membina nama ke tahap berikut akan membantu artist – artist baru yang kian bangkit seperti Liyana Fizi, Reza Salleh, Amir Jahari dan sebagainya..

Aku harap juga single Sam & Yana tu meletup.. dan dapatlah kita menggabungkan industri musik dengan perfileman di Malaysia!

Sekian… jom follow @melakaboy di twitter kalau suka artikel ni =)

Awie & Ella (kredit mstar.com.my)

Baru-baru ini, mesti kamu ada kedengaran tentang Konsert Awie & Ella yang bakal menggegarkan Istana Budaya dari 12-15 January 2011.

Sebenarnya, konsert ini tak payahlah nak publisiti banyak kan? Awie & Ella, Rock King & Queen, what could possibly go wrong? However, without realizing, you all akan realize yang nak buat konsert berbayar di Malaysia hari ini, bukan lagi satu usaha yang senang lagi.

Industri musik Malaysia sudah dalam beberapa tahun ini mengalami masalah ‘Konsert Percuma’. Tiap-tiap tahun, konsert percuma itu tidak kurang dari 10 konsert di KL jer. Manalah orang nak berbayar untuk tengok Konsert lagi kan?

Namun, ramai yang sudah terlalu lama tidak menghadiri konsert berbayar dan sudah lupa apakah ketidaksamaan satu konsert berbayar dan percuma.  Setelah melibatkan diri dengan beberapa artis tanahair baru-baru ini, aku dapat tahu yang artist juge dibelengu masalah ini. Artist artist baru tidak berani pun nak mengadakan konsert berbayar kerana sedar orang KL dah biasa dengan Konsert Free.

Namun, Artist-artist tempatan masih kuat dengan pendirian, persembahan mereka bagi konsert berbayar dengan yang percuma adalah tidak sama sekali. When you pay for a concert, you are paying for the production, the art director, the choreography, and you are paying the artist to give you the best show. Bila ko tengok konsert Free pula, ko tengah tengok show di mana artist akan menyanyi dua buah lagi dan lepastu, turun pentas untuk penyanyi seterusnya.

Dengan gabungan Awie & Ella di Istana Budaya, i’m sure you can expect nothing but the best from the two of them. Especially when you have Edrie Hashim yang akan mengarahkan susunan muzik dan konsert tersebut.

Tiket-tiket oleh didapati di Istana Budaya dan di www.ticket2u.biz atau ditalian 03-4147 8600 dengan berharga RM43,RM83,RM143,RM213,RM303 dan RM403.

Ingat, kalau korang tidak sudi bayar dan sokong artist kegemaran kamu, siapa yang akan berbuat demikian? Kalau kamu minat Ella macam saya, cepat dapatkan tiket kamu ok?

Kalau suka artikle2 saya, followlah di Twitter @melakaboy

Lebih maklumat mengenai tiket konsert ini boleh didapati di http://www.ticket2u.biz/Events/Konsert-Awie-dan-Ella atau maklumat yg lebih menyeluruh di http://mstar.com.my/cerita.asp?sec=mstar_hiburan&file=/2011/12/16/mstar_hiburan/20111215194812

Sekian. =)

Baru baru ni, naik darah i tengok tweet tweet yang ditujukan kepada selebriti Malaysia. Ramai yang berbunyi seperti.. ‘Alah hidung tinggi la selebriti ni, x jawab langsung tweet saya’ atau ‘dah tweet beribu kali pun x jawab la slebriti ni, dah lansi ke?’ atau lebih teruk lagi ada yang tweet selebriti tolong RT dan bila tidak, akan guna kata-kata yang kejam.

Aku nak tanya korang, ingat selebriti x ada keje lain ke nak 24 jam balas tweet korang? kamu tahu x selebriti tu, dapat kurang masa sendiri dari seorang pekerja awam. Mereka tidak ada masa pun nak keluar dgn kawan, ataupun meluangkan masa dengan keluarga. Itulah sebabnya ramai ahli keluarga menceburi bidang entertainment. Mereka nak luangkan lebih masa dgn orang tersayang mereka jer.

Tapi, ada cara-cara juga untuk tweet dgn selebriti.. mai i bagi petunjuk sikit.

1. Tunggu masa bila you nampak selebriti kesayangan you online dan balas tweet. Masa tu lah yang mereka luangkan untuk peminat, tweet tweet yang korang tweet tgh malam tu, takkan lah dia nak baca beribu-ribu yang dihantar sebelum tu. Mestilah mereka tweet yang baru-baru je.

2. Bila tweet selebriti, jgnlah selalu marah-marah. Ada kala, tanyakanlah khabar, ataupun lebih baik, promosilah filem atau lagu artist itu, bila mereka nampak pun gembira sikit kan?

3. Bila nak tweet, janganlah 1000 kali suruh selebriti tu follow kau. Kalau dia sudah comfortable ngan you, dia follow lah. Kekadang, selebriti pun nak timeline mereka tu personal sikit. Ramai yang pilih untuk follow orang yang mereka kenal je ataupun tweet tweet yang mereka nak baca, mereka followlah. Kalau tweet u slalu kutuk orang je, takkanlah mereka nak follow.

4.  Biasanya, kalau korang mention artist tu, mereka nampak, tapi bila mereka tak reply dan you kutuk pastu, takkanlah u masih harap mereka nak follow you kan? Artist tu pun manusia juga. Mereka ada perasaan lah.

5. Yang penting juga, ko kena selalu cakap-cakap tentang topik topik yang artist tweet. Mereka tak balas pun xper.. mereka akan baca. Kerana topik tu biasanya ada kene mengena dng kerja mereka, sama ada filem atau musik.

Sebenarnya, aku boleh tweet jer kata-kata ini, tapi panjang so pilih blogpost. Aku harap korang lepas ni akan berjaya di RT atau dijawab tweet oleh artist kesayangan anda. Paling penting, jangan sekali-sekala marah artist kerana tak reply ok?

Bak bata pepatah #HaruslahLove =)

Diandra, Amir Jahari & Asmidar

Dah lama x blog tentang lagu-lagu baru.. so i dedicate blog hari ni to the 3 new very promising artist.. Let me introduce u to them..

This girl Asmidar is in the middle of a reality show at the moment but she has already made waves among the Malaysian Music Industry. She’s got a really jazzy voice and it really suits the music that she writes. Currently, i’ve seen @HandDimas from @HujanBand who has already done some work with her and even @AnasAmdan & @MuhdAizatAmdan said that they have noticed her. Here’s her song that caught my attention.

Then we have Diandra Arjunaidi AKA @iamdiandra on Twitter. Would not have seen her if Aizat & Anne had not asked me to pop by @RezaSalleh’s gig at theBee the other day. This girl not only have a beautiful voice but i’m sure her good looks has already made many notice her.. hehe.. Her first malay single has made it to radios and she’s to look out for.

Last but not least is the Jazzy Acoustic star also known as Amir Jahari or @AmirJahari on Twitter. Amir had toured with #DiGiJelajahDesa after making waves with his first hit single Tanpamu. He recently launched his new single Gelisah that will be on air pretty soon.

Some of the video’s are live performances so if you kind of like the songs, get their CD’s.

Ingat2 tau, kalau kita x support industri musik kita, takkan nak tunggu org luar negara yg support kan? Buy original k?

Songstress Liyana Fizi

The night started with light Acoustic Bossa sounds with Malaysian Songstress @LiyanaFizi with her all but beautiful Mahagony built Martin&Co guitar. Backing her up were @ruviyamin on the Cajon and @Pitobass on Bass. She was accompanied by another guitarist with my all but favorite Godin Multiac but i have yet to catch his name and twitter handle. It was a superbly bold but wonderful move for Liyana to do her originals as the Malaysian music crowd is slightly less appreciative when it comes to original music. However, it was pretty well received.

I was pretty surprised that the stage set up was pretty bare. I did not really compute how Acoustic was @RichardMarx going to be. Then when he came on stage, equipped with nothing but his Taylor glossy top finishing guitar, i knew it was going to be ‘One Man, One Guitar’ and as much as i love my music that way, as a solo musician myself, i know how hard is it to hold a 4,000 people crowd with just 1 guitar!

One Man, One Guitar

However, i clearly underestimated him as his charisma on stage, how he handled the crowd was superbly professional and since they all did pay a price to come and see him sing, it was lovely. My hats up to the sound engineers as to my surprise, there was no feedback at all throughout the show as an Acoustic Guitarist would know better on how difficult is it to handle the sound without a muffler to the guitar and with 2 monitors blasting away right in front of your guitar!

Richard took everyone down memory lane with just his guitar and and at some times, accompanied by a pianist. I got really excited when he covered Josh Groban’s To Where You Are and to my surprise, was actually written by him. Brought me back to my early days of listening to Josh when i first discovered him on Ally Mcbeal.

To finish of the night, Richard brought Liyana back on stage for a duet. When Liyana told him ‘My Mother Loves You’ he said ‘I think you need to get off the stage’ which made people burst into laughter after how Richard cracked a joke on how he wrote the song they were about to sing for N’Sync and one of the N’Sync fans first asked if he was Richard Marx and after getting excited about a young girl acknowledging him, got let down by that girl telling him that her mother loves him. Pure LOL story Richard! And so, they sang ‘This is Promise You’

@LiyanaFizi & @RichardMarx

Before Richard called it a night, he for once put his guitar down and dashed to the audience, creating so much excitement for those who came and watch. He went to the back and told the crowd ‘Who has the best seats now?’ and that made the crowd at the back really really excited. He then made his way through the crowd acknowledging his fans along the way and singing to a few. So much love in the air at that point!

Richard Marx acknowledging the crowd

It was a beautiful night and he ended it with ‘Right Here Waiting’ and the crowd was blown away! everyone sang together like it was ‘Karaoke’ night!

Did not want to bore everyone with too many pictures so if you are keen to see more pics, do see here k? http://on.fb.me/s9kE4U

Thanks for reading! and remember to support the local music industry and buy @LiyanaFizi’s album. It’ll be the best for an easy listening weekend ala Lisa Ono =) Have a great weekend ahead peepz!

Pitbull Live in Malaysia

So the title says it all, you were either there or you were square!

In what had to be the craziest party of the year, Pitbull brought down the house in Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach on the 1st of December 2011.

The party started with fears with strong winds and rain clouds wandering in the sky the whole evening. Then when the party was scheduled to start, water fell from the sky. It started with drizzels and the crowd of about 8000 people at that time, would not leave their spot as to not loose the best view.. then it poured, so hard that the music had to stop and equipment had to be protected.

At this point of time, everybody was asked to take shelter as the rain went out of control and this prolonged for over an hour. At this time, the crowd got restless, impatient and it did not help that they were drenched wet in their party outfits! it was a total mess!

At about 9.15, the rain settled down to drizzles and the music came back to life! Mizz Nina ‘Took Over’ the stage and gave a warm welcome to the Malaysian audience, at which had touched close to 15,000 people by that time. Although people were soaked in rain water, they nevertheless made Mizz Nina feel welcomed on stage. It was a good turn up and the crowd was OK. Mizz Nina then ended her set asking Malaysians to show Pitbull how Malaysians partay!!

At this stage, the crowd was getting restless, not only did Pitbull not come on stage, but DJ Big Sype came on and spun.. however, in just minutes, Sype’s music drew the crowds attention away from their anger.. his featuring of songs from LMFAO and BEP really got the crowd started into a real party mood! the hype was growing! and the atmosphere was unbelievable!

At the exact time the audience heard the voice uttering the words, thank you KL for waiting for me although it rained so heavily, the crowd screamed and cheered and that was when Mr. Worldwide made his appearance on stage with his classic shades and all dressed in black!

After the crowd exploded into screams and crazy partying, i moved myself down to the DiGi VIP zone, why? because thanks to their collaboration with Carlsberg Malaysia & Nando’s, there was free flow of BEER & CHICKS.. haha get it? cracked this joke coz i like the new t-shirts by Nando’s. The women one says ‘chicks rule’ and the guys one says ‘guys dig chicks’!

It was a great party not only because everyone said it was, but for me, it was getting to meet old & new friends there!

A big thanks to @AltimetHM, @Shaheizy_Sam, @mizznina1780, @Sasithedon, @Mr-Afy88, @Lourenzar, @Linoralow, @polytikus, @pinkytham, @mimipie, @simonturtle, @mynameisbirds, @sulinlau, @ZainHamid, @doristhedorry and all my other non-twitter friends who came and partied till the cows went home! too bad @yanasamsudin could not make it

I hope you all had as great a time as i did but remember, as much as we may love Pitbull, remember to support the Malaysian Music Industry to! and YES, as much as the industry does not want to admit, they need support from each of you to bring back the glory days of Malaysian music!

A big shoutout to my team from DiGi, namely @iamdukered, Beverly, Suriati & Justin for all the crazy efforts being put in for the show!

For those of you who are more interested to see pictures, go here

PS: Big thanks to JS Concerts for giving DiGi the opportunity to work together on this project! and of course thank you for….

Pitbull & Melakaboy

Peace everyone! and remember, let the music rain over u! =P

#DiGiJelajahDesa

Selepas 3 minggu, penat sungguh aku.. naik, turun, naik turun, nasib baik semua orang dalam pasukan #DiGiJelajahDesa memang happening dan saling tolong-menolong. Dengan berkat mereka, barulah Konsert ini telah menjadi perbualan utama di alam maya!

Sebelum memulakan post saya tentang konsert ini, aku ingin mengambil masa untuk mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada orang2 berikut di atas segala usaha mereka dalam menjayakan projek ini! mereka adalah!

Rakan penganjur :

• ERA FM (@era_fm)
• Media Hiburan (@mediahiburan)
• Gua Malaysia (@guamalaysia)

Rakan pengelola :

• Emma (@rempitmom)
• Alan (@alanthoo)
• Simon (@simonturtle)

Rakan Artist :

• Adi Fashla (@adifashla)
• Dina Nadzir (@DinaNadzir)
• Aizat (@MuhdAizatAmdan, @AnasAmdan, @Lourenzar, @KasiGegar)
• 6ixth Sense (@6ixthSenseTirta, @ZalyHaripin)
• Amir Jahari (@AmirJahari, @Klubbkiddkl)
• Reza Salleh (@RezaSalleh)
• Zizan Razak (@ZizanRajaLawak, @MarinaJuki, @FaliqJamadin)
• Altimet (@AltimetHM, @Mr_Afy88)
• Shaheizy Sam (@Shaheizy_Sam)
• Lisa Surihani (@LisaSurihani)
• Mia Sara (@MiaSaraNasuha)

Aku amat bangga kerana berpeluang berkerjasama dengan artis-artis tanahair ini kerana mereka telah memberi sokongan penuh terhadap setiap inisiatif yang telah kita lakukan untuk projek ini! Aku berbangga dapat berkawan dengan anda semua!

Aku ingat lagi masa aku julung-julung kali mempromosikan konsep konsert ini kepada para artis. Aku masih ingat dengan kata-kata aku yang ini tidak boleh menjadi konsert percuma kerana konsert-konsert percuma membinasakan industri musik Malaysia dan kata-kata inilah adalah pegangan aku selama ini. Walaupun berbayar cuma seringgit, tidak boleh percuma! Dan kerana konsep ini, para penganjur dan artis terpaksa berusaha lebih gigih untuk mempromosikan konsert ini dan itulah yang semua orang bersatu untuk buat!

Perkara kedua yang aku katakan kepada para seniman tanahair kita ni ialah, buat apa-apa saja yang kau suka atas pentas itu, konsert ini bertemakan kreativiti artist dan saya ingin memberi peluang kepada artis untuk menggunakan ‘platform’ ini untuk memajukan diri. Yang tidak aku duga, kreativiti artis ini telah menjadi percakapan semua orang! Bagi aku, kolaborasi Aizat & Amir di pentas memaparkan sikap artis tanahair yang kini percaya bahawa adalah penting untuk para artis membantu sama lain. Amir juga mempamerkan kreativiti dengan memeriahkan style persembahan dari konsert ke konsert dan apabila Adi 6ixth Sense menjemput para hadirin untuk menari bersama di atas pentas, aku tahu, konsep ini memang telah memenangi hati para penonton. Tidak kurang jugak Zizan dengan Sam yang amat ‘beramas’ oops.. beramah mesra dengan semua penonton dan memberikan persembahan yang amat mantap di atas pentas! Pendatang baru Reza Salleh juga tidak ketinggalan apabila dia menggunakan peluang di atas pentas untuk mendekatkan lagi muzik beliau dengan para peminat yang hadir!

Harapan aku adalah untuk melihat konsep seperti ini berterusan di masa akan datang. Samada di kota atau di desa, yang penting, musik tanahair didahulukan, seniman tanahair diutamakan! Time kasih buat semua follower twitter yg telah follow @melakaboy dalam beberapa minggu ini. Semoga anda semua terhibur dan terus berjuang untuk muzik tanahair Malaysia! Gambar-Gambar #DiGiJelajahDesa boleh didapati di fb.com/melakaboy =P

Sekian! =P aku tinggalkan dengan klip-klip dari #DiGiJelajahDesa Alor Setar & Bagan Serai. Jumpa korang nanti kat KUALA SELANGOR 10/12

Ini dia maklumat konsert yang disiarkan di http://digi.com.my/jelajahdesa

#DiGiJelajahDesa

Kalau ada sebarang pertanyaan tentang konsert ini, bolehlah tweet saya di @melakaboy

Jumpa nanti di Konsert DiGiLive Jelajah Desa bersama Era!!! =)

Jaclyn Victor

I still remember the days when i follow every episode just to watch out for her and the episode when she sang, Superwoman, i knew she was going to win. The power from her vocals and the feel from her voice must have touched the hearts of millions. Met her through Sasi’s album launch and her latest single with Sasi inspired me to include her into my list of under-rated talents in Malaysia. If you’ve not heard that song, check it out here.

And yes, the video that made me cry here…

Also, the song that earned her the Malaysian Idol title..

Jaclyn, good luck for your future undertakings.. you have my support!