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Jogging Foreign Artists Stage History

The presence of foreign artists seem increasingly to Indonesia can not dibendung again. The phenomenon is the presence of foreign to Indonesia as part of the music industry is a stage, a process that is quite long in the history of the music industry in the country.
At the time of order long bring foreign artists can be classified as action against the government. This is because government policy prohibits the Soekarno Western music that is classified as a rock Ngik Ngok. Isn'T draw, play Western songs can be imprisonment, such as that experienced in the legendary band Koes Plus in Jakarta and Surabaya in Bharata band. Some of the other performers have to go back and forth diinterogasi prosecution. Music at the time more as a means of political form, that is against neokolim.
Existence is still visible in the transition from the old order-to-order new. During the transition many ABRI is holding role for the development of the music stage in Indonesia. Role in the program including the Stage soldiers. A music program in the various regions to integrate people with the ABRI in the communists. Political existence in the music here mean a reversal of values. Values of the dominant anti-West at the Soekarno dibalikan by ABRI. In Stage soldiers, many of the artists sing popular songs, Soekarno era known as the musical entertainment, which was banned by the government. During this transition a lot of doubt in the community about the existence of Western music in Indonesia. Is now the Indonesian people can play songs or Western music elements that damage?
Doubt be missed when the community through ABRI BKS-Kostrad the Hotel Indonesia in cooperation with the show band Blue Diamonds to several regions in Indonesia in a series of music tour. It was held from December 1965 to January 1966. In the mid-1960s music group Dutch origin is in the peak of international popularity. Blue Diamonds players are young men born and Cimahi Depok, West Java.
Blue Diamonds can be said as the Western artists who first came to Indonesia after Soekarno collapse. And the only foreign artist who was used for political interests. Indonesia is coming to mean the reversal rate for the ABRI, from old-order to limit the smell of all the West to the new order is not anti-West.
On further development of the presence of foreign artists in a stage-stage music began in Indonesia often. It was felt more in the early 1970s. When Indonesia experienced the level of an economy that is increasing significantly along with the Oil Boom. At this era, the presence of foreign artists to Indonesia not materialize as politics but as a business.
Eforia order to allow a new-music West and economic improvement that occurred at that time can be said as a condition conducive to the growth of the music industry in Indonesia. Including the music industry show. Young people compete with the established group band berkiblat to the West. Hotels and entertainment venues are to be a first place. In addition to the artist in the country was not uncommon to bring their artists abroad. In addition to the distraction, the return of foreign artists will also have the power to sell high.
Arrival foreign artists can not be released for the access to bring foreign artists opened by the young people are fond of Indonesian music. They generally come from middle-class over that of India in education abroad. For example, Denny Sabri had malang cross in Germany and the United States and Peter Basuki in the Netherlands. Overseas, they are interested in the music world and began to enter a first circle of the stage in the music industry.
The two people then that will bring super successful rock group at that time, Deep Purple, 4-5 to Indonesia in December 1975. Hadirkan show that they are a most fenomenal stage in the music industry in Indonesia. Success stories coming of Deep Purple reverberate long, it is a very broad coverage of the mass media. Especially Aktuil the magazine at that time to "guide" the Indonesian music lovers. The number of spectators for the spectacular at the time (around 30,000 people), a riot occurred two days performance, the death of one crew Deep Purple that fall from the hotel place overnight, and when the officer's death held a talk show that is not limitless.
Although the need to bear the losses caused by burning-burning going on in the audience about stadiun show can be said successful. Denny Sabri and Peter Basuki benefit. large financial. But at that time they did not use the sponsor. In addition to reports hangar binger staging, the "kitchen" was also received the attention the various mass media such as Point Break Event its capital reaches seventy million, the number of paid artists, and the amount of benefits obtained by the promoter. Hand-start the business discussed openly.
Despite the success of Deep Purple is not the sole factor determining the growth stage, the music industry, but can not be denied that these events from the community to become more open stage that the music business that bring foreign artists are very profitable. Although they were also a lot of risk, such as riot.
Wave tide foreign artists going to Indonesia in the 1980s, as promoter 1970s, most music promoter national stage is that they consist of young people including the top of the middle class. Extent of the network they have open access to the artists and sponsors. The use of sponsors in the stage musical artists who bring foreign popularity since the 1980s. This is because music is an effective medium for advertising. The reason is the number of audience in each performance, social class audience that can be seen from the high price of tickets sold, and young people as potential consumers.
The success of staging the music stage in Indonesia during the mid-1980s can not be separated from the companies that produce goods for consumption of the young. Sponsors in every music director in Indonesia is the company's cigarettes. Ketergantung the sponsor foreign artists in the stage of payment is due the United States dollar, so the ticket price to be high and difficult to reach by public middle to bottom. Benefit sponsor is subsidize the price of tickets must be spectators. Spectator ticket prices can not cover the cost of production.
Development stage, the music industry since mid 1980s, has been developing well. In the era of reform until the foreign artists are already world-class promoter by Indonesia. Since the reform era until the 2006's the music industry can be said that the stage show foreign artists are prone. It was more because of security conditions that make foreign artists to think duakali to mentas in Indonesia. Non-economic factors, because the middle class still pack up each director. Hopefully the presence of foreign artists can bring back the music industry stage Indonesia. However, we certainly will be more happy if the promoter makes the artist Indonesia Indonesia as foreign artists abroad.

R Muhammad Mulyadi
Researcher History Music Industry, Department of History lecturer Unpad
mulyadilucky@yahoo.com, mulyadisejarah@unpad.ac.id