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Guess what?: Indonesian Music Awards go digital
A jazz musician for over three decades, Dwiki Dharmawan is set to make a breakthrough in the local music industry
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jazz musician for over three decades, Dwiki Dharmawan is set to make a breakthrough in the local music industry.
The elected chairman of the Indonesian Music Awards (AMI) will employ the latest technology in the registration and judging system for the award.
“One of [those technologies] is to implement a digital system for applicants. Musicians can register themselves on the website and upload their cover and music to submit it,” he said as quoted by kapanlagi.com on Thursday.
Dwiki estimated that more than 600 entries would be submitted for this year’s awards.
He said the organizing committee would add more categories to the AMI competition to accommodate the works of the lesser known musicians.
“We’re considering to include musicians who have yet to release an album but have gained a high number of views on Youtube, for example.
