Erik Indarto: Akustik Segar dari Tangerang
Posted on September 27, 2007
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Malam kemarin Panji main ke rumah. Memang kita sudah sepakat untuk meluangkan waktu sejenak berkreasi, bertukar pikiran, brain-storming. Untuk apa? tentu untuk One Man Karaoke! Ya Panji mengajak saya untuk turut bergabung dalam proyek terbarunya ini. Sekarang sudah ada beberapa lagu dan tadi malam kami berkreasi untuk membuat sejumlah lagu lain.
Seperti biasa dalam proses pembuatan lagu diselingi juga dengan obrolan ngalor-ngidul. Kami juga bertukar informasi mengenai informasi lagu-lagu baru juga artis-artis baru.
Pada satu kesempatan Panji bertanya: “Pat udah pernah dengerin Erik Indarto belon?” Karena bingung, saya bilang saja belum. Kemudian dia perdengarkan saya dua lagu dari artis yang bernama Erik Indarto ini.
Saat itu juga saya jatuh cinta dengan lagu-lagu ini. Kedua lagu dari Erik Indarto ini mengingatkan saya kepada album Swiss Army Romance nya Dashboard Confessional balik di tahun 2002 dulu. Betapa segarnya mendengar lagu akustik emosional sederhana seperti ini lagi. Di tengah kejenuhan dengan segala macam genre yang ada berkutat komputer saya, lagu-lagunya bagai embun yang menyejukan.
Untuk Erik Indarto, jika Anda membaca posting saya ini, sukses buat Anda, terima kasih telah membuat mood saya sejuk sepanjang hari ini mendengar lagu Anda. Anda sangat berpotensi menjadi sesuatu yang besar di blantika musik Indonesia saat ini. Kembangkan terus talenta Anda, buat lagu-lagu baru yang semakin menyentuh. Saya yakin Anda akan sukses. Saya tunggu perkembangan dari Anda selanjutnya.
Oh iya, izinkan saya men-share satu lagu Anda yang menurut saya sangat luar biasa, Mendengar lagu ini seperti mendengar Duncan Sheik membawakan Screaming Infidelities-nya Dashboard Confessional. Pengalaman yang menarik!
Buat yang membaca posting ini, silahkan kunjungi MySpace resmi dari Erik Indarto. Kalaupun Anda tidak sempat, silahkan unduh sample lagu dari Erik Indarto ini yang sangat luar biasa.
Erik Indarto - Why Romance Obviously Not Good
Sennheiser MX55: My New iPod Companion
Posted on September 24, 2007
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A week ago, I had a disaster moment; my lovely iPod ear bud cord has been cut accidentally. I was so devastated with it. I know I have the PX100 in home abd use it occasionally with the iPod. But, I can’t use that while I’m cycling, I had always relied on my old ear bud. Now that it has gone, I had to find another good earphone to suits my needs.
After a brief inquiry to Jimmy (with his signature question: “how much is your budget?”) I set myself to buy the lovely Sennheiser MX 55. This is the perfect choice. Not only it goes along with my budget (thanks Jim), this series give me something I always wanted, a mechanism that can firmly adjust the ear bud with my ear. It has the “Twist-to-fit” system that assures a firm bud in your ear. So long, facial cotton!
In the first test, the sound is so-so, nothing special in particular; But this is only the first test, maybe I should burn-in it first for a better sound quality.
Why Sennheiser? I have good experience using the PX 100 series, so I have faith with this product. This MX 55 series is a street earphone, so it matches my needs on using it with the iPod while I’m cycling. Can’t wait to try it tomorrow morning.
Some of review regarding this earphone:
- Sennheiser MX 55 VC Street Earbuds (MX55) Quick Review
- Elektriq - Sennheiser MX 55 VC Review
- Good Gear Guide - Sennheiser MX55 Review
“New Music From Indonesia” Podcast
Posted on June 6, 2007
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Equinox DMD is a company that distributes full track digital music downloads to the iTunes Music Stores. They emphasize on indie or less mainstream Indonesian music. They’re one of the pioneers of Indonesian first podcast with their "New Music From Indonesia" show (sponsored by Djarum).
The podcast consist of interviews with various people in our music industry (especially the independent ones) about various things regarding to the Indonesia’s music scene. The host, Jason Tedjasukmana has done great job on discussing topics that are very interesting. You can subscribe to that podcast free in iTunes Music Stores
from the beginning; CHIP has built a relationship to distribute the weekly podcast via its CHIP DVD. They even managed to do a live podcast last year on Indocomtech 2006. This is one of the means of CHIP to introduce and promote podcast technology to Indonesian people.
This is a good thing for us. It shows the world that Indonesian artists were as good (or sometimes even better) than their foreign compatriots. We now have the medium to promote our music to the world. Kudos to Equinox DMD for doing a great job.
PS: This post related to the old idea of mine to build a music blog consists of interesting artist that I listened. I am currently lining up the pieces for that blog. So stay tune for updates regarding the blog.
Dragonforce Live At Senayan, May 19th 2007
Posted on May 21, 2007
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It has been a while since I went to a good rock show. Last Saturday was one of them. A couple of month back, I heard great news that Dragonforce, one of my newly favorite band would play here in Jakarta. Back then, I was like WTF. Is this some kind of hoax or what? But no, this is a sweet fact.
The first time I have heard about them was back in December. My friend Panjie recommends this band via text message. I’ve known Panjie all my life, we’re like brothers, and his taste of music is my taste of music too. The album that I first heard was “Valley of the Damned”, their first album. I was blown away with that. Imagine Helloween on Kai Hansen era but 20 times faster! But I guess you won’t believe what I’m saying until you heard it yourself.
So I made a deal with Panjie that we would definitely watch them playing at Senayan. Last Saturday we went to Tennis Outdoor Stadium at Senayan. We arrived there at 4.30 PM, but the crowd wasn’t full yet. One of the reasons that get me exaggerated about this show was the fact that the event organizer had successfully lining up some great bands (including a legendary band) as an opening act for Dragonforce. Where else I could see Roxx (yeah, for you old school Indonesian Metalheads, I’m not lying to you, it is true, Roxx!!) lining up with Seringai, Painkiller, Edane, and Netral? It’s almost a dream.
“CD Headhunting” Updates
Posted on November 20, 2006
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Last night after went out with my girl, I decided to check one of my targeted CD, Morrissey’s “Ringleaders of the Tormentor”. A couple of weeks ago I saw that record on Aquarius Pondok Indah along with “Live at Earl’s Court”. Well, with the fact that they offer two copies of Ringleader there, I then chose to buy “Live..” first then saving money to buy ” Ringleaders..” next time around. Bad decision.
You know that old saying, “Regret comes afterwards”. On the road to Aquarius, I just get a hunch that something’s not right. It’s true. When I arrived then checked, those two copies were missing. Dumb luck. Then I remembered what my friend Tyas told me: “You should rather go broke than not having what you wanted right in that instance”. Well, that’s what she told me (kinda..).
The Smiths Collections
Posted on October 27, 2006
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My seldom interest towards The Smiths has begun back in 2002. One night, MTV started to play “How Soon Is Now” video on their Classic programme. That instance, I fell in love with them.
However, the love story does not come quickly. Face it, back then I was just a struggling college student, which initially doesn’t have much money to buy a CD. So, the idea of having a Smiths record was merely a dream.
Until in 2004, I have managed to gather some money to buy my first Smiths records. It was their “Very Best of The Smiths” album. I guess that’s the beginners guide towards The Smiths, so I bought that. For long, that was my favorite album of all time.
After I have a job, I finally get to pursue my dream of collecting rare CD’s (well, the term ‘rare’ here is somewhat subjective to my own definition, so a ‘rare’ CD for me doesn’t always be a rare CD for other). Every month I can save money to buy one CD that I really want. The first couple of months I had collected some New Order records. You will surprise what records store in Indonesia could offers. Some nice rare CD’s that very tempting to collect, spread in every corner in Jakarta.
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