Stop raiding music gigs, please


Azmyl Yunor

Jazz is now a mainstream part of music culture and a staple of the urban middle class, a far cry from its underground roots in the poor black neighbourhoods of the United States. – US Library of Congress handout pic, February 3, 2023.

LIVE music – or gigging to us troubadours – is probably the most misunderstood activity. I use “activity” because I want to be inclusive: not everyone who gigs is a full-time musician.

In Malaysia, most musicians who gig are a mix of so-called part-timers and professionals.


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