Reasons Why Melly Goeslaw Invited Putri Mayangsari, Khirani Trihatmodjo to Sing on the Album 'MASTERPIECES'

Kapanlagi.com - In early February, Melly Goeslaw released her new album titled MASTERPIECES. This album contains Melly Goeslaw's hit songs that are sung again by several Indonesian singers.

Melly Goeslaw said that this album could come to fruition because of the insistence of her friend, Mayangsari. She said that Mayangsari played a very important role in the making of the MASTERPIECES album.

"Actually, I didn't really think about making an album. But then my friend, who is also friends with Mayang, suddenly came up with surprising ideas, but usually just talks about it," said Melly Goeslaw when contacted by KapanLagi.com, on Wednesday (2/2) yesterday.

"So when she said 'I'll make you an album, don't you have a masterpieces album or something?'. I just said yes, but it turned out to be serious. Alhamdulillah, I have an album this year," she continued.

1. Invite Khirani Trihatmodjo

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In addition to participating in the making of this album, Mayangsari also duets with Melly Goeslaw on the song Menghitung Hari which was previously popularized by Krisdayanti.

Not only that, Mayangsari's daughter and Bambang Trihatmodjo, Khirani Siti Hartina Trihatmodjo, also sings one song on this album. According to Melly Goeslaw, Khiran does have a good voice.

"Khiran has previously sung a duet with her mother. So when she duets with her mother, I told Mayang, 'your child has a good voice'," said Melly Goeslaw.

2. Choose the Song Gantung

Melly Goeslaw also chose the song Gantung to be sung by Khiran. Meanwhile, Melly Goeslaw entrusted the arrangement to her two sons, Ale and Abe.

"Then when I chose the song Gantung, it was one of the songs that was a bit difficult to make into another version, so I really gave the freedom of the song Gantung to Abe, my son, and Ale, whatever they wanted to do with it, and the result is like that and sung by Khiran too," she explained.

3. So More Fresh

Melly Goeslaw is quite satisfied with the results. She considers the song Gantung sung by Khiran sounds fresher.

"Khiran is still relatively new and hasn't had many other music inputs because he's a new singer. That's what I need so it becomes really fresh," said Melly Goeslaw.

4. Album Making Process

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the album making process was mostly done online. The wife of Anto Hoed also gave the singer the freedom to create the songs according to their own versions.

"(The album process) took about a year or so. The difficulty was because of the current situation (pandemic). For this album, I completely gave freedom to the selected singers to create their own versions. It doesn't have to be the same as Anto, if they have different ideas and want to create their own, they can. We just do some brainstorming via zoom or whatsapp," she concluded.

5. Featuring Famous Singers

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In addition to Mayangsari and her daughter Khirani Trihatmodjo, this album also features other famous singers such as Reza Artamevia, Rizky Febian, Tata Janeeta, Petra Sihombing, Anneth, as well as two child singers, Rafathar Malik Ahmad and Arsy Hermansyah.

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