Bands, graffiti, or underground movies. The popularity and prosperity of Indonesian culture

The popularity and prosperity of subculture in Indonesia is shocking. Most young people between the ages of 13 and 23 will become subcultures and enter the three cultural circles of bands, graffiti, or underground movies. I still think that Indonesian electronic music bands are one of the most professional groups in the world. They take the most meager appearance fees and Travel between the vast islands of Indonesia. It is common to have three or four performances a day. So the band members often pool their money to buy a mini truck, and eat, sleep and travel in the car. It happens that Indonesians love camping and staying out, so it is not difficult for the band to sleep in the wind and rain.

The band was formed in junior high school or even elementary school. Most of the members are playmates together. As long as the lead singer has a good voice, others can take turns to use different instruments. Before I went to Indonesia, I had already experienced the extremely developed singing culture in the country through the daily updates of Indonesian netizens. From Jakarta, which is known as the music capital of East Asia, to the congested roads of third-tier small cities, there are people who make a living by singing everywhere.

All private and commercial activities in the county must have bands participating. The larger ones must arrange mainstream bands to perform every day, and the smaller ones must have 1-2 bands resident every day. Most of them do not have tickets. The band's fans from all over the country and young people who love rock can form a large flow of people in any place no matter how small.

Opening of farmers' markets, stalls in second-hand markets, supermarket promotions, weddings, funerals, farm relocations, New Year's opening of Starbucks and McDonald's, and even Chinese New Year. Large-scale and slightly mature bands will participate in such activities all over the country, jokingly called commercial Tours. A successful band must have had such a tour at least in the few years from its establishment to its dissolution. A performance with a longer history can earn 300 to 400 yuan, while ordinary ones only earn a few dozen yuan, and some even have no income, just for the stage [the income of the entire band].

With the prosperity of bands, Indonesia also has hundreds of record companies and music production teams of all sizes looking for new talents. The luckiest ones can get the opportunity to release records or appear on mainstream media and TV shows, but these are very few lucky ones. Most bands still wander around the stores and farmers' fairs in various counties. Even if there are no audiences, they will sing professionally and seriously to the end. In other words, everyone knows that making music does not make money, and the band will break up sooner or later, but this is the love and integrity of Yabi.

Indonesia, with a per capita belief, has many restrictions on the content and form of the band, but almost all local Indonesian bands are very supportive of Eastern culture. People love folk music, rock, electronic music, and Indonesian melayu pop music. Young band members are usually excluded in the adult world, have no proper jobs, always in groups, and play music too loudly. There is no law on noise nuisance in Indonesia, so no matter how loud the sound is, neighbors cannot complain. Simply put, they are a group of people who don't even realize how idiotic they are. There are even mom rock bands that exist specifically for anti-fraud propaganda. They go to various small towns to perform and use singing to remind people to be careful of micro loans.

The disbanding of the band and the music career of most people will end after a member passes the civil service exam or gets married. Indonesia also has a strong civil service exam culture. Getting a stable job after adulthood is a gift for most people. Even if they fail the civil service exam, the band rarely tours around after marriage because they have to take care of the family and have children. Bands without a solid local mass base often disband after releasing EF at their own expense. Pay social security, medical insurance, queue up to work in the government building, and then come back to play guitar and teach their children to become idiotic.