Hell !Robin Malau from

Is the Music Think Tank that aims to foster the new music

ecosystem in Indonesia.

MUSIC CITYhow to build

History of “Music Cities”

Music Cities Around The World

The Questions• What defines a Music

City?

• Why are there dozens of successful music cities all over the world? How they do it?

• What would be the effective local music city strategies?

Our 6 Months Work

Literature & benchmark

studies

Interviews & FGDs

Local Problem

Identification

Case studies from 21 cities in

13 countries

6 largest communities

9 villages 2 districts

5 pillars of Music City

Localize

Strategy Formulation

Music City StrategiesMusic City Strategies

1 month 2 months 3 months

Results

Think Tank

Resources

Notes

“A Music City, by its simplest definition, is a place with a vibrant music economy.”

Musician and Communities Infrastructures

Learning Process

Industry Development

Social & Cultural Values

The 5 pillars of Music City

Musician & Communities= Arms & legs

Infrastructure= Bones

Industry Development = Clothes

Learning Process= Brain

Social & Cultural Values= Soul

If music city was a human

Musician & Communities= Productive

Infrastructure= Strong structure

Industry Development = Measured growth

Learning Process= Innovative & Iterative

Social & Cultural Values= Social sensitive

What is the ideal music city?

Music City Strategies

1. Government Regulations

2. Wide Community Support

3. Board of Management

4. Music City Centre

5. Optimise Karang Taruna

6. Conferences & Festivals

7. Music Tourism

―Plato

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, and life

to everything…

Without music, life would be an error. ”