Almost all the bars in Southeast Asia are lady bars. The listener and participants who interact and frequent the clubs are exclusively male who become actively involved with the ladies, not the music. Coming to them to listen only to… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand,… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
Old is unwanted. You don't find Thais going to the thrift store. They want new clothes. They want the newest cell phone. — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
I don't speak anything very well. The longer that you travel, you find out that you really don't even need to speak the language… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
There hasn't been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres. They're not into dicing and slicing everything up. — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
My sense of humor keeps me from committing atrocities! I love rearranging words and destroying language and the established forms of art and music/challenging… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
I've had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we're truly after. — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction. If I knew the language enough to know… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their musical legacy… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
Almost all the bars in Southeast Asia are lady bars. The listener and participants who interact and frequent the clubs are exclusively male who… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
I like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings. I love what I… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
