I must congratulate the Malaysian Cabinet. Yes the Cabinet who has taken valuable time away from pressing matters such as the state of sports in the country, the worst bus accident in Malaysian history, the failure of PKFZ and other minor things such as the rate crime in our country and the economy - just to help this creative student promote his music to the world!
How many world leaders and their Ministers really take the time to help creative local musicians onto the world stage, providing wide publicity to his works. A chap from Muar by the name of Namawee has been given this privillage - a privillage even stars like Siti Nurhaliza and Jac Victor did not get. Namawee now is world famous, his hit single now has exceeded over 1,000,000 hits (not counting the other sites hosting his song) and I can say probably many times more. I think there is not a single office in Malaysia that has not heard or circulated the URL to his hit single, Negarakuku. In the real world, it would have been a record - a platinum hit in days!
The Malaysian Cabinet Ministers deep understanding and appreciation of the internet technology has definitely helped in this effort. In singing praises to the Cabinet, we should not forget the local mass media for their kind generosity and magnanimity. I do not think Namawee spent a single sen on advertising to drive traffic to his song and his blogsite. Very rarely do we get this level of generosity from the press. I tried to get a discount to advertise a not-for-profit event some time back and of course, I did not get it. The wonderful thing is that ALL the local papers came together to give unprecedented mileage to this wonderful young man. The latest I have heard is the legal fraternity is jumping to do his bit starting to make this young man famous. Leading this initiative is the Attorney General himself! Great work!
All it takes now is for Namawee to go take the world by storm and make Malaysia proud. Go get a recording contract or start to sell you songs online via i-Tunes. You should not waste the efforts of our Nation's leader to working so hard to see you successful.
If you have just woken and missed the entire episode, here's the hit single below.
I personally like this on, Kawanku
Happy Birthday Malaysia!
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