annoucement

hey there. i suppose there's a better way to do this, but i can't seem to find the time to do it. (or maybe i just can't bring myself to do it personally)

After much deliberation and consideration, I've finally decided that due to various personal as well as musical differences, i am officially leaving the band. Trust me, i wish it wasn't like this, but there's a price to play every game. It's been a good year, and it was fun while it lasted, but everything's gotta end sometime.

To the remaining members of dS, i love you guys, and wish you all the best. Don't give up on this, you can make it much farther without me.


so, for the last time,

cheers
-Zet

new songs!

Setelah brp lama, akhirnya saya memutuskan utk mengisi blog ini lagi. toh ada bbrp berita baru ttg kami. hwahaha. dalam urutan kronologis berantakan, demikian hal2 yg terjadi:

Kami baru saja merekam Track 6 di rumah hipo. lucu loh. msh kurang gitu bersih klo didenger tp. maklum lah, kami kan bukan audio mixer profesional. at least ini memberi kita semua gambaran bakal mo rekam kyk ap. gw sih niatnya secepatnya rekaman lagi tu lagu.

Berikutnya, vokalis kami tergeje sedang dalam proses membuat 2 lagu baru. Yep, dua. gw jg heran jujur aj, soalnya terakhir gw denger, dia lg mo ngerjain Track 7 doang. tau2 tadi kami bertiga (gw, ferry, addi) datang ke rumahnya, dia bilang lagi bikin lagu baru. entah dikasi track 8 ato sepuluh. kenapa 8 ato 10?

Ceritanya begini, setelah hipo membuat track 5 ato 6, rupanya teman kami bernama kat2 meminta dibikinin lagu kedelapan. mungkin mo minta 7 tp uda ada di kepala hipo sebuah lagu, akhirnya dia meminta angka 8. Lalu alkisah suatu hari pas gw lagi latian bass, muncullah sebuah bassline di kepala gw, yg kemudian gw kembangkan. Tdnya gw mo bilang itu track 8, tp kat2 protes ke gw di msn (gw pajang di PM informasi track terbaru), katanya dia dah booking 8. akhirnya lagu gw itu (sementara ini judulnya "Talking Music", hasil pembicaraan dg Denise) digeser ke nomor 9.

Lalu gw jg ada lagu baru lagi. Hasil dari dateng kepagian selama 4 hari terakhir, dan membawa gitar ke sekolah. Satu dan lain hal yang panjang lebar dan saling terkait menginspirasi gw utk membuat lagu itu. Alunan melodi yg sangat sederhana, nothing special, tp enak didenger mnrt gw. huahaha. entah mo jd track 10 ato 11, tergantung hipo ambil yg mana. XD ribet ya? Telah gw putuskan judulnya, cm blm memutuskan bahasanya. Entah "Rahasia Sebuah Mimpi", ato "Secret of a Dream", berdasarkan inspirasi dan tujuan gw menyusun lagu itu. (kepada yang bersangkutan, you know who you are. hehe)

Kesimpulannya demikian:
New songs:
1. Track 7 (in process) - Hipo
2. Track 8 ato 10 - Hipo
3. Track 9; "Talking Music" - Ezra
4. Track 10 ato 11; "Rahasia Sebuah Mimpi" ato klo mo sok inggris "Secret of a Dream" - Ezra


kayaknya cukup sekian update kali ini.
-Zet

Holidays. woohoo... -__-

holidays are here, and i've nothing better to do, so excuse the lack of enthusiasm. That said, i was actually bored enough to decide to ruin this blog, by actually talking about something. anything.

movies. what news have we in movies? there are two that pop into mind (because of giant posters at a certain mall), the new 007 movie, "Quantum of Solace", and "Twilight". so let's start there. I've not much to say about 007, except that i'm quite looking forward to it. Just like the previous one tackled issues of terrorism, this one is said to revolve around environmentalism. if i'm not mistaken, that is.\

Twilight. i'm not a fan of the series yet (someone please get me an english copy), but i've heard a lot of good things about it. definitely looking forward to reading it. but my experience with book-to-novel adaptations haven't been very pleasant, so i think i'll go for the movie first.

Speaking of which, what is it with studios these days? Adapting stuff so soon after they're published? Or is it just that i'm behind on the news? Honestly, i don't think three years is enough time to come up with a good enough adaptation, but then again, call me a pessimist. I mean, look at the Harry Potter movies. Not that they were (all) bad.. as a single movie series they work quite well, i suppose, but they could've been better. There are so many things that end up being dropped from the movie, that it's barely an adaptation.
I mean, why not wait until at least the whole things finished? then you could wrap the thing up properly, give the fans what they deserve. And mind you, Harry Potter isn't the only one. There are many other book-to-screen adaptations that were disappointing, like Eragon. The others are mostly local movies, so i won't even bother mentioning them.

I've suddenly and utterly run out of things to talk about, so that's it for now.
-Zet

COMMENT QUESTIONS!
here's something new. if anyone reads this blog, take some time to answer these questions in the comments page:
1. What d'you think about movies tackling real-time issues? is it just to make more money, are they really trying to spread the word?
2. What do you think about book-to-screen adaptations? past, present, upcoming (i just know 'future' was in your heads XD) anything.
3. What book would you like to see be made into a movie? any book. just don't try to be funny.

Next Show! (kind of...)

Yeah! dS mendapat tawaran utk ngeband hari rabu nanti di Aula SMU St. Laurensia. Haha. It's not much, only 2 songs, but heck. a show's still a show.

See ya there!
-Zet

---edit (17 Sept 2008, 18.00 WIB)---
Well, the show was a success.. or at least, we weren't booed off stage.. haha. i actually think it went pretty well.

Jujur aja sih, gw rasa sebagian besar (klo nggak semua) yg nontonin lebih inget ngebandnya daripada kampanye programnya. haha

-Zet

Injuries! x__x

Sepertinya band ini lagi sial. minggu beberapa waktu yg lalu si regan kepalanya bocor gara2 jatoh di tangga. ato dari tangga. entahlah yg mana. sekarang sih untungnya ud terlihat sehat2 aja.

Kali ini giliran ferry yg cedera. Tangannya kejepit resleting. ato mungkin pintu mobil. entah deh yg mana. Sekarang tulang2 tangannya retak, jadi gak bisa maen gitar. boro2 maen gitar, nulis aja perjuangan.. haha. katanya sih 2 mingguan gitu deh.. jadi intinya KITA GAK LATIAN 2 MINGGU KE DEPAN. haha. cepet sembuh ya fer.

that said, jangan2 ini tanda2 dimulainya 'kutukan' bwt band dS? pertama regan, trus ferry, berikutnya siapa? amit2 dah *tok3*

cheers
-Zet

recent updates. just for kicks

gila nih blog basi banget ud 2 bulan gak di update. hal2 yg disebutkan berikut ini bisa2 uda basi2 semua. ('bisa2 uda basi2'. haha. i'm the only one who thinks that's funny, eh?)

letsee.. sejak terakhir blog ini ditambah postnya, telah terjadi beberapa hal yg cukup penting disebutkan. basi, but i'll say it anyway. in no particular order:

Regan jadian ama Felicia. 'hai siarkan di gunung, di bukit, dan di mana jua'. haha. Ini hal pertama di dunia ini yg bener2 membuat gw speechless wkt denger. dan itu sangat tidak menyenangkan bagiku, yang selalu bisa memberi komentar2 nyelekit terhadap hampir segala hal. sama kek denise yg gak kuat disuru diem 5 menit pdhl suaranya ilang (peace, den). Tapi sumpah, gw gak tau klo yg laennya, tp gw pribadi msh dendam kesumat ama regan gara2 gak bilang2 kapan jadiannya. grr.

ngomongin Denise, dia dah jadian. gw masukin aja tu berita, berhubung selama bbrp pertemuan dS (minus addi) di ekskul band, we had the honor of having her join us (cie elahh, bahasanyaa..). jd secara gak langsung dan secara gak resmi kami anggep aja dia anggota 'derSchwartz extended family'

masih sehubungan asmara, kini feli menjadi 'manajer' tunggal band dS. yup, berita terbaru ini membuat gw mengatakan bahwa dS adalah band paling ironis sedunia. ('ironis' mungkin bukan istilah yg tepat, tp apa boleh buat. XD)

in other news, gw (ezra) mendapat tawaran melalui tempat les gw (purwacaraka bintaro), katanya ada band label (entah apa maksudnya) lagi cari bassis. orang di tpt les nanyain ke gw apakah diriku tertarik ato nggak, dst dst. ujungnya dia bilang bakal kasih nomor telp gw ke mereka, biar gw ngmg langsung aja ama mereka (siapapun mereka itu) komitmennya dst. hingga saat ini gw belum dihubungi, jadi gw anggep mereka uda ketemu bassis dari tpt laen. tp tak tau.. keeping my options open, ppl.

apalagi ya? rasanya sih uda lama banget gak latian di studio (or anywhere else, for that matter). hari ini jg gak jadi gara2 bentrokan jadwal. jadinya gw, ferry, regan, feli, dan atha pergi ke sutera telaga biru bwt nongkrong dan karena gak ada kerjaan. terus kami mengundang (baca: menyeret secara paksa XD) addi untuk ikutan. hyahahha. not bad. ni aja gw baru pulang sekitar sejam.

fiuh. this might be the longest post i've written so far. yasudahlah, cukup sekian dan terimakasih dulu. haha.

cheers
-zet

CD Cover

Okayy. I know DS havent even record any song, but here is the "imaginary" CD cover. Or something I made just to picture how it's like if we're really launching an album. haha. I made two designs because.. I want to! (silly reason, I know.) anyway, it's not like we're having 2 albums or something, it's just two different designs. /sigh
these are the pictures and.. hope you like it! :D



A bunch of thanks to Maissy that asked us to play on her birthday party, and thank you also for the pictures! :D

Best Regard,
DS