Andry Priyanta is a Jogja musician whose name is now highly regarded. As Ngatmombilung's bass player, Andry Priyanta is also a songwriter for many bands, especially for contemporary dangdut musicians.
Call it the song 'Korban Janji' which was popularized by Guyon Waton in 2018. This song is still the favorite song of some young people who love Javanese dangdut. On Guyon Waton's YouTube channel, the video clip for the song reached 100 million views.
Apart from this song, songs created by Andry Priyanta are also often performed by Denny Caknan, Ndarboy, and other dangdut singers. Almost all songs created by Andry Priyanta usually always go viral because of their unique titles, 'deadly' lyrics, wrapped in simple arrangements that are easily accepted by today's society.
"Even though I'm still not confident about being successful as a songwriter. Actually, if I write a song, it can take up to two weeks. And then I just make the chorus," said Andry Priyanta when he visited the Brilio Editorial office some time ago. .
However, the great music career that Andry Priyanta is enjoying now is certainly not easy. He admitted that he never received any royalties from the songs he wrote for two years.
His track record as a musician is also unconvincing. Many people didn't expect that Andry Priyanta was such a genius at creating songs. Before becoming a musician, who would have thought that he had been an employee at a heavy equipment factory when he migrated to the capital. From there he moved on to become a bicycle mechanic, and then pursued the world of coffee by working as a barista.
"You could say that I became a musician by 'accident', especially as a bassist (bass player). The reason is because from the beginning I had a lot of basic friends, the majority of my hangouts were band members. From there I started learning to compose songs, which at first was just for fun. just," said Andry Priyanta.
Together with Ngatmombilung, Andry Priyanta is also still very active performing outside the city. In fact, in a month, Ngatmombilung was able to perform 14 times in 2023.
"When there are a lot of people (performing), then let's just say it's good luck for the children (Ngatmombilung). Because in our band it's unique, my vocalist is a policeman, my keyboardist is a priest, so sometimes we don't always get to play a lot of gigs. The point is that Ngatmombilung is actually relaxed. "It's not sloppy (Javanese)," said Andry Priyanta.
Until now, several of the hit Ngatmombilung songs created by Andry Priyanta are still always broadcast in cyberspace. Call it 'Pingover' (2019), 'Choosing Himself' (2021), 'Pingal' (2021), 'Klebus' (2022), 'Sanes' (2023), 'Dumes' (2023), and 'Gampil' (2023). Uniquely, almost all of these songs first went viral because they were covered by dangdut singers, not because they were sung by Ngatmombilung himself.