Didi Priyadi
Encyclopedia
Didi Priyadi is a musician
and songwriter
from Jakarta
, Indonesia
who is most notable for his brief stint as a guest guitarist for avant-garde metal band Kekal
, his pop punk
band Happy Day, and for his role as front man for progressive
goth metal
band In Memoriam. He runs the independent record label
FullBlast Music for Happy Day.
Didi Priyadi is also a member of the bands Cross and ELPAMAS, and has his own solo project, Grindinghand.
In addition to his work with various bands, Didi has written radio jingles, company theme songs, children’s songs for TV programs and drama productions, and has also composed the score for a horror movie called Enam.
lessons when he was 10, and was introduced to rock and roll
when he was 15. He became a metal fan in his teenage years and started listening to more extreme music. In his college years he formed a Christian rock
band called Cross, which became a national winner in a YAMAHA Band Alert competition. Currently, he is the singer/guitarist for Happy Day, runs the solo metal project Grindinghand, and fronts the band In Memoriam.
He has been involved in the entertainment industry since 1996 when he wrote children’s songs for a TV program called Bendi, which aired on RCTI
.
as a live guitarist for local shows in Jakarta, and recorded in the studio with the band on their reunion album Acidity
. He later contributed a guitar solo to the song “Isolated I” on the album The Habit of Fire
as a guest musician.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
from Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
who is most notable for his brief stint as a guest guitarist for avant-garde metal band Kekal
Kekal
Kekal is a heavy metal band formed in 1995 in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to Allmusic, Kekal was one of the first heavy metal bands from Indonesia to make international inroads, and according to Keith Kahn Harris was one of the few extreme metal bands from Southeast Asia to ever make more than a...
, his pop punk
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
band Happy Day, and for his role as front man for progressive
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
goth metal
Gothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
band In Memoriam. He runs the independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
FullBlast Music for Happy Day.
Didi Priyadi is also a member of the bands Cross and ELPAMAS, and has his own solo project, Grindinghand.
In addition to his work with various bands, Didi has written radio jingles, company theme songs, children’s songs for TV programs and drama productions, and has also composed the score for a horror movie called Enam.
History
Didi Priyadi started in music with organOrgan (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
lessons when he was 10, and was introduced to rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
when he was 15. He became a metal fan in his teenage years and started listening to more extreme music. In his college years he formed a Christian rock
Christian rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...
band called Cross, which became a national winner in a YAMAHA Band Alert competition. Currently, he is the singer/guitarist for Happy Day, runs the solo metal project Grindinghand, and fronts the band In Memoriam.
He has been involved in the entertainment industry since 1996 when he wrote children’s songs for a TV program called Bendi, which aired on RCTI
RCTI
RCTI is Indonesia's first privately owned television network and is based in West Jakarta. RCTI broadcasts Indonesian Idol as well as sinetron , films, news and current affairs, reality shows and religious programs...
.
In Kekal
Didi Priyadi joined KekalKekal
Kekal is a heavy metal band formed in 1995 in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to Allmusic, Kekal was one of the first heavy metal bands from Indonesia to make international inroads, and according to Keith Kahn Harris was one of the few extreme metal bands from Southeast Asia to ever make more than a...
as a live guitarist for local shows in Jakarta, and recorded in the studio with the band on their reunion album Acidity
Acidity (album)
Acidity is the 5th album by the Indonesian band Kekal. It was recorded in celebration of the band's 10th anniversary, and was an official reunion album for the band. It marked the return of Leo to the band, and includes the vocal talents of founding member Newbabe...
. He later contributed a guitar solo to the song “Isolated I” on the album The Habit of Fire
The Habit of Fire
The Habit of Fire is a 2007 album by the Canadian/Indonesian avant-garde metal band Kekal. Released on May 15 in North America, Japan & Australia and March 15 in Europe & South America, it is their 6th full-length album...
as a guest musician.
With Kekal
- Road Trip to Acidity – 2005
- AcidityAcidity (album)Acidity is the 5th album by the Indonesian band Kekal. It was recorded in celebration of the band's 10th anniversary, and was an official reunion album for the band. It marked the return of Leo to the band, and includes the vocal talents of founding member Newbabe...
- 2005 - The Habit of FireThe Habit of FireThe Habit of Fire is a 2007 album by the Canadian/Indonesian avant-garde metal band Kekal. Released on May 15 in North America, Japan & Australia and March 15 in Europe & South America, it is their 6th full-length album...
– 2007
With Happy Day
- Na Na Na Na (single) – 2005
- Ini Musik Gue !! - 2006
- ANTHEM of THE UNSIGNED - 2008
- MAKSA - 2010