but in within Asia (admittedly i dont know much about it although i should), is there no appreciation for the local sound? or are you saying there is no local sound?
we met with some Koreans last year and, for some reason, he believes that koreans have made it internationally. he kept on talking about kpop being embraced by hollywood. i was honestly weirded out. i don't know what world he's been living in but it is certainly a different one from where the West is.
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Originally Posted by Il Duce
malaysian ethnic music is not so great - i only really like the percussion-heavy makyong
indonesian is better - they have gamelan
there have been attempts to ethnicise western music, like the defunct Asiabeat, but they failed to take off, both locally and internationally
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