What makes me so much interested in punk rock (besides its kick-ass music), is the DIY Movement, or the Do It Yourself Movement. It reflects the independence and autonomy that punk rock also contains.
Through DIY Movement, they don't have to obey the corporates cause they do almost everything by themselves. In their early years, bands like Dead Kennedys and The Exploited recorded their music, produced albums, merchandise, distributed, and promoted their works independently. By that, they could do whatever they want without considering the trends. And that's how independent label started.
Not only in the music industry, DIY Movement can also be applied to many aspects of life. With the DIY spirit and punk rock attitide, you can live your life freely. You can own the freedom. And you can never give a fuck about anything but the loved ones.
Entrepreneurship is the manifestation of DIY Movement. By being an entrepreuneur, you are the boss of your own. There's nothing on earth can dictate you. You work for yourself by being a self-employed. And you build your own dream, instead of helping your boss build theirs. Those are exactly some concrete ideas of punk rock attitude.
A month ago, on November 29th 2015, i started a company named Pills Jakarta. The main reason i started it, was because i was so afraid and worried. I was afraid that i would end up being a robot that is paid and dictated by corporate. I was worried that the corporate's ambitions would kill my ideas and creativity, and start telling me what to think, what to do, and what to behave. I won't let that happen.
I started Pills by selling used cassettes and a few imported records online. I've sold a used T-shirt once. Although it doesn't make much money yet, but i felt relieved. It makes my fear of becoming a corporate robot slowly fading away. I hope, i wish, and believe that Pills will be big and will make huge amount of money. And by that, i can be a corporate and start hiring my own employees so called corporate robots. Brilliant, isn't it?
Well, fear sucks. But sometimes it is fear that triggers you to start doing something. And what triggered my fear is punk rock, with its attitude.
I want to keep being an entrepreuneur with DIY spirit, punk rock attitude, and straight edge lifestyle.
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