I began to play music at my new cafe, and I noticed that the local kids here were really interested. We spent weeks hunting around in junk shops and markets for traditional musical instruments. We called our band 'Kome Anak Pahang.' It means; the sonโs of the forest. That is a significant name, because so much of what the traditional Malay people need comes from the jungle...
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Marijuana was not widely known in the 1920โs, but for jazz musicians, it was part of their lifestyle. Marijuana sustained their energy in a way alcohol couldn't, and provoked experimental improvisation that captivated audiences...
"If the cops saw a busker playing music on the street they would make us go away or even beat us. Busking used to be seen as just a kind of begging. It was a low-class, haram thing to do. If you played music on the street people would assume you were very poor, maybe homeless..."
An innovative new technology appears and headlines pop up all over the www announcing that artistโs days are numbered and that all those musician types better start thinking about getting real jobs.
But can robots really replace human musicians, or are they just the latest mutants in musical evolution?