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

Lucu. harusnya sih.. >_<

alkisah suatu hari jumat tanggal 13 juni 2008, kami sedang bersiap2 untuk acara ultahnya mey. (kek dongeng ih) setelah tiba jem 2 dan merusak rumah mey, kita akhirnya memutuskan k sportclub utk sound check. secara yg ngangkut speaker dll masih d rmh mey. geblek jg yah kita.
yasudah, parkirlah kita (kami, whatever) di depan pintu masuk sportclub (Klub Keluarga. haha), tp di seberangnya, jd pintunya terlihat jelas. gak lama abis itu, datanglah mobil pengangkut sound systemnya. trus, kita malah asik nontonin petugas2nya yang (sepertinya) kewalahan/kelelahan mengangkut sound system. berbagai macam komentar jayus (dan sebenarnya berengsek) kami keluarkan, seperti "wuah, beratnya." "yak, ayo angkut terus!" dst, dari dalam mobil. kalo di luar uda dilempari speaker kali.

trus somebody (gak inget siapa) menyadari hal yg lucu. dari orang2nya itu, ada yg tinggi besar pake bandana, tinggi kurus dan mukanya mirip guru ekskul potograpi, dan ada satu yg paling kecil sendiri. yah, klo mo digambarkan, anggeplah kayak atenk, gw, dan ferry gt.
nah, yg lucu, dari semua alat yang ukurannya variatif gitu, dari mulai kita perhatiin, "si kecil" ini membawa alat2 yg keliatannya paling besar dan berat, yang tinggi kurus bawaannya mirip2, trus yg tinggi besar berotot malah bawa yg mungil2. begini ceritanya:

(entah siapa): kok kayaknya daritadi gw perhatiin yg kecil bawaannya yg gede, trus yg gede bawaannya yg kecil yah?
zra: iyakah? *nengok* (bneran, yg paling kecil lagi bawa ampli yg gede.)
(entah doi ato hip): iy, dr td jg gw liat begitu. (muncullah yg kurus, ngangkut ampli lagi. trus si bandana keluar)
doi: nih ada yg gede. ayo kita liatin.
(ternyata dia ngeluarin speaker yg gede2. uda pada merasa teorinya gagal)
semua: wuooohh.. bawa yg gede juga rupanya. hahaha
gak taunya dia cuma sekadar ngeluarin terus taroh di samping mobil. swt besar bagi semua orang di mobil. setelah dia ngeluarin (sendirian) bbrp speaker, kembalilah dua orang kawannya. si kecil dan si "bowo". dan mereka berdua ngangkut speaker yg jelas2 kelihatan berat (mana bawanya gak seimbang pula, tinggi sebelah. ngakak tuh kita) sementara si bandana masih sibuk ngeluarin barang2 dari mobil. yg dua orang balik lagi, trus ngambil satu speaker, dan melangkah ke dlm. si bandana kembali "merogoh" ke dalam mobil.
kita kirain mo ngeluarin speaker gede satu lagi. gak taunya muncul dengan speaker kecil (yg bwt in-stage kyknya. entah apa istilahnya) dan dengan santainya bawa masuk. ngakak lagi deh kita.

intinya sih begitu aja. mungkin gak gitu lucu klo gak liat sendiri. nanti foto2 menyusul deh. XD

-zet

birthday performance.. maybe. XD

haha. hal lucu terjadi kemarin ketika persiapan acara ultahnya mey (which was excellent, btw).. dimulai dari yg gak terlalu lucu. siang2 setelah ambil rapor (satu band naek smua loh) kita memutuskan ke rmh adi utk nongkrong, istirahat, maen2, skalian nunggu toh acaranya sore-mlm baru mulai. nyampe rmh adi, nelpon hipo suru dateng. pake hapenya addoi, berhubung pulsanya lagi surplus.

doi: halo? hipo?
hip: .... (gak kedengeran, paling "knp doi" ato semacemnya)
doi: hip, lu bisa dateng ke sini?
hip: hah? sekarang?
doi: i...ya.. sekarang. (uda pasrah, hape dikasi ke ferry)

haha. hal konyol laennya, sembari menanti kedatangan vokalis kami nan 'lucu' (baca: geje), nongkronglah kami di kamar addoi. gw maen the sims, ferry ama addi maen rubik's cube, atenk.. tidur. trus gw inget klo ntar pegi pake mobil gw, jadinya gw telp spupu/sopir pribadi/sopir band/juru angkut tercinta, lia. yang ternyata dateng gak lama kemudian, tanpa kami sadari. gw addi dan ferry keluar k balkon, manggilin si lia suru naek. trus gw dan adi mengunci ferry di balkon.

*cklek*
fer: di.. addi, ntar gw nangis loh
doi: bagus.
zra: blm perna liat tuh.
trus si adi keluar kamar, menjemput si lia. dan gw membukakan pintu bwt perry, dan menyuruhnya ngumpet di kolong tempat tidur. kembalilah adi.

doi: fery ud lu bukain blm zra?
zra: blom. ngapain jg? *lanjut maen the sims*
doi: bagus. kekekekek *nutup tirai, yg kebetulan pas disamping tempat tidurnya, dan keliatan balkonnya*
doi: loh mana feri? gak kliatan
fer: *megangin kaki adi dari kolong tempat tidur* WUAAAA!
doi: *jatoh terduduk k tpt tidurnya* sumpah ni anak. gw injek2 lu. hiyaaat!!
tenk: *terbangun* loh, fery mana?
zra: masih kekonci di luar
tenk: perasaan gw denger suaranya ferry, tp kq ga ada? (maklum lah, baru bangun tidur jd rada lemot [lebih dari biasanya])
zra: di luar kok. noh liat aja sendiri *buka pintu balkon* noh ada di balik meja (ada meja ato semacemnya di balkon, bisa bwt orang ngumpet)
tenk: mana, gak ada. *masuk lagi*
fer: *muncul dari kolong* halooo..
tenk: walah?

haha. gak terlalu lucu. yg lebih lucu lagi di post berikutnya. ato mungkin post ini diedit ama hipo. entahlah. huahaha. jgn lupa upload fotonya ya hip.

-zet

a picture

AKHIRNYA! kami punya foto bersama! (dan kali ini NGGAK BLUR)
yiha!

here it is

der Schwartz

sori tenk gw lebih dulu upload fotonya. lu upload yg 1 lagi aja kalo emg mau tau cara upload foto di blog gmn. if u need help just ask me. huahaha

and finally it is only a day to go until our performance on Mey's birthday party. we're really really honored to be the special performance on your birthday party, mey. have a very happy birthday! best wishes, from der Schwartz :)

that's all for now, folks
ttyl
.van!

a late announcement

tests are over. lol. they've been over for almost a week now, but school saw fit to give all of us more nonsensical stuff to do. argh.
*shrugs* ah well. that's life for ya.

Zet

lack of time

Hiya! 1st posting dari gw. telat abis. udah lama gitu blognya gw baru posting. haha. bentar lagi ulumm. kami tak sempat latian *seperti kata ezra. hix. ya sudahlah, berjuang ya semua di ulum! hua!. postingannya penting abis ya. kurang waktu latian nih! Tuhan, bantulah kami.

~dreamer.

Tests! Oh noes! >_<

Yep. that's right. tests are coming up. which means our already-limited practice time will become even more so. Hopefully we can make up for it the following week, by practicing everyday. Yep, that's right. Every. Single. F**king. Day.

In other news, we sort of tried our hands in playing at parties yesterday, at the birthday party of our good friends the twins. Interesting, fun, and it showed us that we need to work on more songs.

-zet

Update. For lack of a better title.

It's me again, with more random news on the band. For those of you who haven't noticed yet, all my posts will be in English.

First off, we've got two new songs in the making. Working titles are "Lagu ceria" and "Do You Love Me?"
"Lagu Ceria", obviously, is a cheerful, upbeat song with a strong rythm section. Still in its early stages, though.. dunno when it'll be done. For the time being, at least, I wash my hands of this song's composition.

"Do you love me?" is a slow, mellow, perhaps even melancholic song. Piano is the key for this one. I've been literally pulling my hair off thinking of the composition for it. Those of you who like J-Music might notice similarities between this song and Aqua Timez's "Chiisana Tenohira". I guess that's my fault for being an Aqua Timez fan. Wish I could get my hands on their albums, though.
For those of you who haven't heard this song (which is maybe most of you), we'll be playing it live for the first time at Mey's birthday party later in June. (Don't forget to come, everyone! XD)
As usual, credits for both songs go to van for lyrics and music, with composition by derSchwartz.

As I mentioned earlier, composition for "Do you love me" has taken a lot out of me. We seem to be getting little if any progress during practice sessions, so on my insistence (how selfish of me) we're gonna hang out sometime during the holidays. No practice, just hanging out, talking, eating, maybe catch a movie or two. Hopefully we can get to songwriting, but strengthening bonds (for want of a better term) is more important right now. XD

Oh, and don't forget to keep posting those requests! XD

Well, that's all I've got to say for now... i think.
Cheers

-zet

WANTED!

for readers who know great song(s) for us to play, please click the comments link below and enter the song title+singer in the comments box thingy. thx a bunch!

--der Schwartz

hello!

ahoy mates!
okay! leave it to me, then! (hipo)
I'm the guru of blogging. the master! the PRO! the senior!
(okayyy. maybe that's exaggerating)

so...
gw meninggalkan komputer gw karna tadi udah di ancem sm dd gw kalo gak segera pergi. dan gw gak sempet set jadi away. (bukan, ini bkn crt ttg gw kok. tetep tentang DerSchwarz [DS]). lalu pas balik gw mendapati ejra udah gondok manggilin gw di msn. OH TIDAK! MAAV EJRA! tapi gpp sih udah biasa di kacangin sm gw di msn. *haha. sorry*
lalu gw liat conversation yang tanpa gw. ternyata adi ejra invite gw ke conv. mrk. tadinya adi bercerita dia ikutan bikin blog. tapi yang gw dapati adalah blog nya DS. yay! DS punya blog yay yay! (udah lupa sama blog adi)

lalu gw buka linknya dan..
mendapati satu post tunggal dari ejra.
(ya iya lah. post duet mah nyanyi kale)

ga lucu hip

enihow.
smoga smua anggota deswas mau dan niat ngurusin blog ini dan bukan cuma kesenangan semata yang kalo udah bosen bakal ditinggal. ihiks. SERASA MEMBESARKAN ANAK LAGI! (ya ya ya hip. ancur ni blog sama lu.)

kami akan mengabarkan info2 kapan dan dimana kami manggung
dan..
hopefully you guys can see us!
(SOK BANGET. pdhl satu2nya plan manggung adalah ultah mey dan itupun juni nanti. SWT swt swt)

that's all for today, folks!
see ya!
hipo.

Hi.

Well, so this is our blog, guys! haha.. suppose we're supposed to post blog-related stuff then?
*shrug* i'm new to this. guess i'll leave it to the others. XD

--zet valentine