Asian Music has been around for centuries and centuries, but it has yet to gain real recognition in the world of music. Why do you think this is?

Sutasi is a platform to change the perception of Asian Music, but what other ways do you think are there to proliferate a new genre of music?

asian music uses different instruments so the beat is different.People are looking for something fresh and new so if you can overcome the language barrier.People will embrace it as long as it gets coverage.As long as it doesnt replicate western music and keeps its own identity. Good music is good music regardless of its origin.Just see how latin music boomed.

asian music is diffrent from the other continents around the world.. they uses a lot of instruments that most of them were newly discovered..a lot of different music attacks ang genre’..apart from the western music, asian music is a lot more of an undiscovered talent, that mostly never have given a chance. But hey! its time to shine!!!!

I agree with Peter & Susie, I think the instruments give it a new, fresh sound. But I also think exposure plays a big part. In the west we simply don’t hear much asian music. That’s why Sutasi excited me. It’s an english speaking site that I could understand bringing me asian music. Trying to find good asian music on the net is a headache. When I do they tell me very little about the bands or I can’t understand what they are saying. I also found a lot had really annoying ads popping up all the time. I think Sutasi is great because I can find really good music on it and learn a little bit about the bands as well. It just makes it a lot more interesting if you know something about the people you are listening to.

I do agree with everyone about Asian Music having different instruments, and that it is able to bring something new to the table. But is it just the angle of having different instruments that make it appealing?

When you think back on African American music, the so called hip-hop, rap, gospel, even possibly to a certain extent R&B, jazz, and blues, it wasn’t entirely about having different instruments. Yet, it was able to penetrate into the mainstream. Sure back in the day, radios around US began supporting African American music because BMI gave them a catalogue to run with without having to deal with publishing rights issues. Although I don’t know much about Latino Music, I’m not sure if that was entirely about having different instruments and sound either.

Point being, isn’t it too stereotypical to just differentiate Asian Music as something with unique instruments? I’m more in-line with the thought of not having defined a specific catagory by the music industy, and that the form of expression has yet to congregate enough audience to penetrate into mainstream. With the industrialization around the world, capital began to dominate all industries, and music was no exception. Industry people had the notion that Asian Music doesn’t sell. Why is that? and what can be done to change this?

im from Soth East Asian country..i understand that some of the finalist are well known in their country and some are not especially us in SOUTH EAST ASIA where this people are desperately hoping that those SOUTH EAST ASIA finalists will be again air on Local TV station..i was so sad that we only got the chance to watch them once on TV for all a week time..but i was also dissapointed of why they only aired them once on TV especially on ASTRO and after all…no more, in other words that they are starts fading and now it remains mystery..where are they?sounds off..wake up.

Asia’s music lover