Having seen the way the European and US record labels worked, I set about creating superstructures for the industry: charts, an academy and the Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM). I figured that it’s not just about marketing your own products, it’s about creating a market if one doesn’t already exist. Professionalizing the industry as well as your own company always yields dividends – the better the standards in the industry as a whole, the more growth you can generate.
