Jacky Cheung is willing to participate in one combined music award ceremony
2/03/2010 01:52:00 PM
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Jacky Cheung has been the first artist to break TVB’s “monopoly” on exclusivity with HK’s singers. Not only did he accept an interview with ATV last month, he will also be making a musical special for ATV this week that will air on Chinese New Year / Valentine’s Day. At the same time, Jacky continues to reprimand TVB for not having any respect for music in Hong Kong, which contributes to the general public’s lack of respect for copyrights in music.Jacky has indicated that he agrees with having 1 combined music award ceremony (as opposed to the 4 that HK currently has). Though Jacky has expressed long ago that he will no longer compete for awards in the music industry or “participate” in music awards ceremonies, he said that if the one ceremony concept does take place, he is definitely interested in participating to show his support.
Yesterday, Jacky accepted an interview with Metro Radio station. He admitted that this week, he will be filming an interview-style musical special for ATV. In terms of RTHK (government radio station) suggesting that next year’s music awards shows be combined into one, Jacky highly agreed: “The fact that RTHK is willing to consider this is a good thing. There are a lot of organizations out there that are unwilling to talk about it, mention it, or even think about it – so RTHK is very brave and respectable for suggesting it.” Actually, more than 10 years ago, Jacky had already made the suggestion of combining the music awards ceremonies into one, but at that time, it did not materialize. Jacky feels that back then, the timing wasn’t right, but now, the situation with the music industry has changed drastically – albums no longer earn money, so perhaps various organizations would be more willing now to combine one award ceremony, since there would be less conflict of interest in terms of money. Even if it ends up taking several years (for this to happen), it would still be worth it.
Jacky also expressed that he is interested in participating in a “combined” award ceremony: “Having the same standards and rules would allow music fans to clearly know which singer(s) or which song(s) were truly ‘good’ in a particular year and the tolerance level of the award show would be higher. After combining the award ceremonies, the competition would be greater – I would also be more interested in participating…even if I’m not in the running for any awards, I would still like to participate in the ceremony itself and go support it…hopefully, it does happen!” Jacky also encouraged people working in HK’s music industry to elevate the quality in music so that fans of music will have confidence in and respect the industry – this would hopefully alleviate the problem of consumers not wanting to pay money to buy HK music because the quality is so bad.
In the interview, Jacky also reprimanded TVB for not respecting the music industry: “Sales of record albums declining is no surprise; but in Japan’s music industry, 80% of the revenue comes from legal sales of music over the internet – songs are ‘bought’ not ‘taken.’ Hong Kong has a such a huge market for music, yet all the illegal downloading that takes place is such a shame. Education by the government and the media is very important. For instance, during last years HK Film Awards, Justin Lo was already told to stop before he even opened his mouth to sing – this is very disrespectful to singers. If the media outlets don’t even respect music, how can we expect the general public to respect it? If you are going to do a musical variety show, then you should respect the ‘completeness’ of songs….if you are not able to air the entire song, then say so – we can always do a special 1 ½ minute version of the song to air. Creation of a song involves hard work from a lot of people – by only being able to sing 1 line of a song, nobody knows what the song is about or the significance of the lyrics. If there is no ‘heart’ for music, then why produce a ‘music’ show? Filming TV series and doing game shows are already able to bring in revenue…there is no need to do a music show…if you are going to do one, then please respect the singers. Educating [the public] is a collaborative effort – only in this way will the Hong Kong music industry change for the better.” Jacky also lamented that the HK music industry has been a disaster for a long time already. He hopes that HK’s music fans can take the lead in improving the music industry and hopefully it will have a positive effect on Taiwan’s and China’s music industries as well.
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