My first DEWA concert in Jakarta's Hard Rock Cafe for Valentine's Day 2002; I have been a fan for years so needless to say I was ecstatic to see them play live
HOME | ABOUT | STORY ARCHIVE | MAILING LIST | GUESTBOOK | DOWNLOAD
Home > Musik
Padi Pernah Ditolak Perusahaan Musik
by Evita (4-Mar-2002) | Readers Say

Padi didirikan resminya pada 7 April 1997 dari kampus Universitas Airlangga (Unair), Surabaya, tempat kuliah para personelnya. Pada mulanya mereka memakai nama Soda. Tapi karena dianggap kurang cocok, mereka menggantinya dengan Padi. Mereka terdiri dari Fadli (vokal), Piyu (gitar), Ari (gitar), Yoyo (drum) bisa dibilang kepala batu alias keras kepala terhadap musik yang mereka usung. Sejak awal mereka sudah memilih di jalur pop rock. Dengan alasan tersebut pihak Sony Music Indonesia tertarik untuk mengambil Padi menjadi salah satu artis musisinya, padahal sebelumnya Aquarius dan RIS Music menolak mereka. Menurut komentar Ari sang gitaris dua perusahaan rekaman tersebut menilai nama Padi itu tak komersial sehingga menolak mengontrak mereka. Ternyata prediksi kedua perusahaan rekaman tersebut salah besar karena dengan album Lain Dunia (1999) milik Padi bisa terjual sebanyak 500 ribu kopi. Belum lagi album kedua mereka yang berjudul Sesuatu Yang Tertunda (2001) belum dirilis saja sudah dipesan sebanyak 400 ribu kopi. Setelah dirilis album tersebut langsung meledak karena terjual 1 juta kopi dengan waktu beberapa bulan saja.

Kesuksesan penjualan album tersebut membawa Padi ke panggung-panggung besar di 20 kota di Jawa dari Serang, Bekasi, Tasikmalaya, Bandung, Cirebon, Tegal, Semarang, Surabaya hingga Banyuwangi. Tur Satu Hati ini adalah tur panjang Padi yang kedua setelah tahun lalu mereka tur bersama Sheila On 7. Penampilan mereka di acara konperensi pers di Hard Roc Café Jakarta pada 1 Maret 2002 ini adalah pertanda tur Padi dibuka.

"Kami akan mengadakan tur panjang, untuk mengawali langkah kami dalam tur panjang ini maka kami membuat lagu Kemana pun Angin Berhembus. Lagu tersebut kami buat saat tur panjang tahun lalu," ucap Fadli. Setelah 1 lagu tersebut para wartawan berteriak-teriak supaya Padi menyanyikan lagu Sobat. Terlihat di panggung para personil Padi hanya dapat tertawa, maklum karena wartawan yang meminta akhirnya mereka pun menyanyikan lagu tersebut. Setelah itu Padi pun turun panggung karena mereka harus berkemas-kemas dan pergi ke Serang (Jawa Barat) sebagai rangkaian konser panjang yang mereka lakukan.

RELATED STORIES:
WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT Padi Pernah Ditolak Perusahaan Musik:
#43. aku bangga pada PadI.musik yang mereka bawakan sangat istimewa bagiku.aku baru tahu kalau 2 perusahaan musik telah menolak mereka,apa mereka gak mrasa rugi.KASIHAN DEH .........
Posted by lala on 5-May-2008, 10:25 MYT

#42. indonesia living legend
www.iwan-fals.com

Posted by viki on 7-Mar-2005, 11:04 MYT

#41. HUSNUL: Visit this website to get in touch with Padi: www.sobatpadi.net/kontak.php Link
Posted by Fairy on 6-Mar-2005, 01:17 MYT

#40. boleh tidak saya minta email anggota group padi

terima kasih.
Posted by husnul on 5-Mar-2005, 11:40 MYT

#39. visit : www.sobatpadi.net
Posted by viki on 3-Mar-2005, 21:27 MYT

#38. Ah evita, mau tau aja loe.
Posted by Fairy on 19-Mar-2002, 01:00 MYT

#37. wah Fai kok gue tidak pernah dikenalin dengan pacar jawa kamu yah?
Posted by evita on 18-Mar-2002, 21:05 MYT

#36. Ya ngerti lah Pandu! Errm pernah punya pacar Jawa...! Hehehe.
Posted by Fairy on 14-Mar-2002, 16:11 MYT

#35. Pandoe... Pandu.. sama saja lah!
Kok kamu ngerti sih Fai ttg spelling Jawa?? Kamu orang Jawa yah.. hehehe!
Posted by Pandu - Website   on 14-Mar-2002, 16:06 MYT

#34. Saja je Rafthah, apparently "-u" in Jawa is spelled "-oe" (old spelling or something like that. Just for fun je tu panggil Pandu-Pandoe. It's still pronounced the same.

Wah, PR work with this office. That would be so cool. What wouldn't I do for a working experience over there!
Posted by Fairy on 14-Mar-2002, 15:47 MYT

#33. hah! go and visit pandu (pronounced pandoe is it fai?) then tell us about it, and after this fai would be the first to do the pr stuffs with 'em *heh*
Posted by Rafthah on 14-Mar-2002, 13:30 MYT

#32. Asik deh Pandoe, nanti kalau udah tau lebih lanjut tentang kantor itu bilangin ya! Penasaran berat ni. Makasih!
Posted by Fairy on 14-Mar-2002, 11:05 MYT

#31. Sori Fay, lembaga itu baru aja dibuka. So waktu kamu ke Jkt bbrp waktu lalu lembaga tsb belum buka. Aku aja baru tahunya kemarin. Kebetulan letaknya di sebelah kantorku. Soal what do they do aku juga blm tahu tuh, I'll visit them to find out what they do, nanti deh aku kabarin lagi ya!!!
Posted by Pandu - Website   on 14-Mar-2002, 10:21 MYT

#30. it is interesting, but am not msiannnnnnnnnn uwaaaaa

and yes, what do they correspond abt?
Posted by Rafthah on 13-Mar-2002, 18:41 MYT

#29. Wah Pandu, kok gak bilang itu ke gue sih? Gila cink. Ada juga... what do they do ya? Maksudnya corresponding soal apa nih? Hey Rafthah, interesting ni...
Posted by Fairy on 13-Mar-2002, 16:13 MYT

#28. but pandu, im a singaporean. boleh sekali ke?
Posted by Rafthah on 13-Mar-2002, 14:59 MYT

#27. Hai Rafthah! Di Jakarta ada tuh lembaga yg mengurusi korespondensi dan persahabatan antar warga Malaysia di Jakarta, namanya Persahabatan Malaysia, alamatnya di: Kantor Taman A9 Blok A4 Jl. Mega Kuningan Raya - Kawasan Mega Kuningan Jakarta Selatan 12950.
Posted by Pandu - Website   on 13-Mar-2002, 14:19 MYT

#26. ahhh, i think i didnt get hat wrong then hehehe, mmg sronok ah keje like evita, but its irregular hours as well right? but when ur young, all these are just fun to do. and to be happy at work is to have fun (mengarut sket haha)

hey fai, thanx for signing my gb, terharu sket baca those words *heh*
Posted by Rafthah on 13-Mar-2002, 06:53 MYT

#25. She's a music reporter. Strictly music press. Cool though being in her position, get to meet lotsa people, masuk konsert free, selambe jek!
Posted by Fairy on 13-Mar-2002, 00:59 MYT

#24. hahahahah hey, i was just writing bout ur site n evita, then i had forgotten, whether evita a music writer or a music reviewer or reporter? what would be best to describe her?
Posted by Rafthah on 12-Mar-2002, 21:34 MYT

#23. Tengok lah, that one a bit later kot that music review, I planning je, I'd love to have one on my Indon music collection, would have to start building a database of them. I'm not a professional 'resensi kaset' (cassette review) writer like some people out there, so a bit nervous nak kasi komen2 benda music nih. Someone watching me you know... hehe.
Posted by Fairy on 12-Mar-2002, 18:46 MYT

#22. errr fai air laut masin dak?? r u sure masin? ekkeekekeke

i'll be looking forward to your review bout your music collection, then i can see what would be nice to have as well.
Posted by Rafthah on 12-Mar-2002, 18:09 MYT

#21. Fan of base jam? Kenapa tidak? One of Base Jam's vocalist (ada dua), Sigit, kinda comel hehe (ada his picture in my MTV photo album masa Evita interview Base Jam, tapi tak nampak sangat muka dia). But the guy with the higher-pitch vocals for Base Jam makes me feel irritated, tinggi sangat suara dia! Macam boleh pecah je tingkap. Sigit tu macho sikit.

Yeah Rafthah, macam mana lah you tanya I soalan whether I ada latest Dewa and SO7. That's like asking kalau air laut tu masin ke tak haha. Fairy always tries to have the latest from Indo, girl!
Posted by Fairy on 12-Mar-2002, 16:20 MYT

#20. not a fan of basejam, just wondering what happen to them, i just like one of their vc of an ol song of theirs, somewhere dekat cemetery, cant even remember the title *haha*

ive got a basejam cd then (its like 5 yrs back i think) and one compilation cd which i lost it in perth. since then ive been dloading. oh yes, mums got for me sheila on 7 n dewa's latest, which i believe u should have it *heh*

me basejam fan? hahaha impossible!
Posted by Rafthah on 12-Mar-2002, 15:49 MYT

#19. I know! Wassup with putting MTV Ampuh and 100% Indonesia pukul 5pagi weehh still slumbering in dreamland tuh. BTW Rafthah what were those two Cds you bought from Tg. Pinang?

Oh you're a Base Jam fan? Evita attended and wrote about their birthday bash about 2 weeks ago which you can read about here: Base Jam Ulang Tahun. However everytime I attempt to get a copy of Base Jam's albums, Evita stops me; thinks they're not much as musicians and nothing too special about them. Biasa-biasa aja, basi..., kata dia. But some people suka their songs. I think they're alright.
Posted by Fairy on 12-Mar-2002, 14:45 MYT

#18. hey thats a good idea fai, i have to depend on mtv ampuh etc (mampus kene bangun 4 pagi to watch all that, but by the time kuliah subuh im dead asleep ahahahaha) to know whether is there any good bands out there

u should give a review on what u have, the last time i was in tg pinang (which is just like 1 hr away from sg by ferry) i just grab 2 indon cds and thats how it leads me to this indo music interest.

i think the underdogs would be just as great as the big names these days, just not glamourous enuff yet . and what happen to basejam huh? bubar teruskah? didnt hear anything bout 'em for so long.
Posted by Rafthah on 12-Mar-2002, 13:21 MYT

#17. Tanjung Pinang ni kat mana? Wha..?? RM50 for So7 cds?? That's a rip off! They don't cost more than RM35 lah, in fact I got mine when So7 had their concert in KL in July last year, and itu pun I beli for RM28 (diskaun lagi you). Kalau beli kat Indon, lagi murah sial, tak sampai RM20 equivalent.

Cekik darah, dasar import.

The Indo music info on my website pun kira mainstream lah jugak (Dewa, So7, Padi, Melly, etc) since we like those bands and that's what's popular at the mo', but I would like to talk about the underdogs jugak. I wonder if I should put up like music reviews of my Indonesian music collection, you know talk about each album that I own and why you should listen to it. What say you?
Posted by Fairy on 12-Mar-2002, 12:09 MYT

#16. id rather go to tanjung pinang or something and get the cds when u convert the money its practically way cheaper. and msia sells indon cds at 40 bucks? i saw one s07 cd at 50 bucks! i was like 50!!!! giler!

btw, if Ako mUstapha could find time to search the net for infos about HIS NAME *sarcastic laughs* surely evita could ask PADI members to start surfing around and check out THEIR BAND NAME as well right?

evita, u hear me? *heh*

and fai, tho its not updated daily, at least we get some infos right? just where the hell am i gonna get indon magz here and the sg scene focus mainly on s07, padi and dewa for now, and melly occassionally.
Posted by Rafthah on 12-Mar-2002, 09:52 MYT

#15. Amboi, melampau lah kalau nak kata website ni mcm webMag betul, update pun bukannya everyday cik kak. Haha. And no lah dun think Padi sudi ada masa sign my GB. But then again Evita has a way with the boys in bands kat sana, so if she dragged them here perhaps they'll spare me a digital signature.

Susah ye nak dapat Indonesian CDs kat Spore, go figures lah, sure they just sell Chinese and English albums berlambak2, sah2 target market diorang kat sana macam tuh. Should come over to Malaysia, we got lah some decent collection BUT very pathetic juga. But I did find Project Pop the other day kat MidValley Mall's Jaya Jusco which was a surprise (but I already have the CD, Fibi hantar), also found Ari Lasso's solo album, Ruth Sahanaya, and some others lah. Tak tau lah kat Pertama Complex in KL perhaps ada more choice since area tu kira Melayu habis juga lah. But nothing beats Indonesian music shops lah, giler sih. Now there's always a reason for me to go back to Indo.
Posted by Fairy on 12-Mar-2002, 09:34 MYT

#14. hahahahah if im related to padi, the first thing id do to see an indon fanatic side like this, would go and tell them "eh go and check it out, full infos, like a norm magz as well!"

and you'll have padi signing ur gb's
Posted by Rafthah on 12-Mar-2002, 08:40 MYT

#13. Rafthah, haha, aku ingat kau betul2 related to Padi! So far aku dah terjumpa orang yang related to Adam from Sheila on 7, mana lah tau Padi ni pulak ada kazen sesat kat Spore hehe.

BTW about Padi members' punya religion, yang I tau Fadli is Muslim tapi Piyu is Christian. Yang members lain kurang femes, jadi aku kurang tau.

evita, memang bayar polis di sana mahal kan? gak jugak sih, kalau you tinggal 1000 rupiah dalam dompet aja diambil juga kok!
Posted by Fairy on 12-Mar-2002, 01:04 MYT

#12. err i was kidding about being related to Padi, if am related to 'em, id use all the powerties I had to go everywhere they go har har har. ive been dloading mp3's so far, nak beli cd kat sinieh susah seh, and i hate going to geylang just to check out indon cds since the only muzika rekod there doesnt impress me with their mats hahahaha

evita, ok thanx for that bit, maybe i need to get my butt down to do some survey.

eh anther thing, padi muslims or not, saja tanya, just confused thats all.
Posted by Rafthah on 12-Mar-2002, 00:46 MYT

#11. oke now i know soalannya.. hmm..yah its hard to find a person in Jakarta but we always pay the police to do PI things.. but paying the police very expensive...
Posted by evita on 11-Mar-2002, 23:13 MYT

#10. Sabar Rafthah, we will put up stories about the bands and music we love most as soon as the time is right hehe, which is when I dunno lah. Tenang deh, pokoknya tenang haha. I would love to write about Project Pop, they're so funny! Jikustik best kan album dia, can you get it in Singapore?

And BTW how are you related to Padi anyway? You related dengan siapa?
Posted by Fairy on 9-Mar-2002, 17:27 MYT

#9. hey thanx fairy for explaining that, and yes ive been trying for 10 yrs. no results. advert papers pun tarak respon.

pi, kau sepupu aku blah pokemon, faham sangat.

err im related to padi ah fai, so i like them hahaha, ok dak gituh?

what abt some infos on jikustik? or maybe project pop! yiehaaa hype giler. (ups sory demand lak ahahaha)
Posted by Rafthah on 9-Mar-2002, 07:09 MYT

#8. evita, I think Rafthah means dia mau cari orang tu di sana, tapi how ya, gila bo, Indonesia penduduknya 220 juta bo! Good luck lah trying to find anyone there specifically, it's like digging through several haystacks looking for a mere needle.

Since this article is about Padi, I remember evita telling me that she did so many articles for Padi when she was working for this music magazine that dia dah muak dengar asyik dengar lagu diorang (tapi tak sempat hafal judul lagu tuh, hebat). Tapi Padi tetap fenomena yang I kurang faham tu, I lebih paham kenapa orang suka lagu2 Sheila on 7. Tapi kenapa Padi yaa....
Posted by Fairy on 9-Mar-2002, 01:57 MYT

#7. rafs.. tak kenal ke aku.. aku ni 3 pupu sebelah pak sedara ko.. ha ha.. tapi aku bukan arab.. ha ha..

mane tahu?
Posted by lutfi on 9-Mar-2002, 01:05 MYT

#6. heheh I'm trying to find my step sis thats all, silap soalan. i mean like P.I's (spies etc) not organisations *heh*.

hahah jadi jejak kasih kejap site fairy!
Posted by Rafthah on 8-Mar-2002, 22:15 MYT

#5. what kind organisation? to tell the truth i tak pernah join any organisation.. but i meet so many people everyday.. odd ya? hehe
Posted by evita on 8-Mar-2002, 17:41 MYT

#4. hmm just thought of something, Evita, could you might know of any sources of how we can find anyone in Indon?

Like an organisation kah, P.I's kah, something like that.

Any ideas?
Posted by Rafthah on 7-Mar-2002, 07:13 MYT

#3. thanks jugak.. for reading my story... any questions about Padi dont hesitate to ask me yah...
Posted by evita on 6-Mar-2002, 12:59 MYT

#2. i like padi as much as i like dewa. lirik padi more poetic tho, and my mum cant stand having me listening to Padi over n over again.

heyyyy evita thanxxx for updating all this indon scene news. its really great!. great combination u guys
Posted by Rafthah on 5-Mar-2002, 11:48 MYT

#1. Man those label companies yang reject PADI initially must be shooting themselves in the foot right now, or perhaps even pointing the trigger of guilt right into their mouths! PADI is just so phenomenal right now, it's unbelievable, heck they beat Dewa in winning the MTV Asia Awards for Indonesia category, now you must be one heck of a band to be able to beat Dewa in winning ANYTHING.

I still don't quite get their songs though. Quite slow for my taste but bearable lah. Apparently they are famous for having really beautiful lyrics. Wonder what PADI fans think...
Posted by Fairy on 5-Mar-2002, 10:39 MYT

POST A COMMENT:
Name:
Email:
(not displayed)
Website:
Verify: code: : Please type the verification code as you see below:

 Remember me
Say what?


Mahdzan.com © 1996-2005