Final Review: Asian Music

8. (275) What has been the impact of Bally’s desire to “westernize” his music?

Bally's new music style can only be described through his own words: "it's new, it's exciting, it's refreshing and people are sick of hearing the same old crap over and over again. " He believes that his use of both traditional music and Western music is the way to "open Asian styles out into the Western market and out to the world masses - because some people don't like traditional music, some people do like traditional music, and vice versa. " Bally created a new style, and by doing so, you have "hundreds of styles for every kind of listener," The impact he has is having parents tell him that their "sons and daughters are listening to some Asian music, because before they didn't." Bally reasons that "like most of the Western youth, Asian kids brought up here also wanted the punch, racy basslines, the great drum beat and the powerful female vocals coming across."