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

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

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

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