31.12.16

Banda Neira dengan Penutupan Manis

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Seminggu lebih satu hari yang lalu, Banda Neira, sebuah band (tidak ingin disebut duo) indie lokal yang lagu-lagunya banyak dinikmati itu, resmi dibubarkan. Lagu-lagunya emang enak sih, candu. Nggak heran banyak yang suka. Dibuktikan dengan banyaknya para  penikmat lagu Banda Neira yang mem-posting foto dengan hashtag #TerimaKasihBandaNeira di instagram. Terakhir ngecek ada 807 postingan saat ini. Wow.

Awal tau Banda Neira itu waktu iseng aja nyari-nyari lagu indie yang easy listening kayak Mocca yah walaupun musik mereka beda tapi pokoknya yang nggak terlalu jedag-jedug gitu. Karena aku kurang menikmati kayak lagu-lagunya The S.I.G.I.T.  Bukan nggak bagus loh ya, karena musik itu tentang selera. Bahkan Barasuara aja nggak semua lagunya aku suka  hehe :p

Motivasi lainnya adalah karena ingin tau indie-indie lokal yang lain. Dulu cuma tau Mocca,White Shoes and The Couples company, Adhitia Sofyan, Endah n Resha, dan Maliq & D'essentials (eh mereka indie bukan sih?) sampai akhirnya bertemu lah dengan Banda Neira. Aku lupa lagu pertama mereka yang aku dengerin di SoundCloud. Kesan pertamaku adalah lagunya lucu-lucu! Gimana ya definisiin ‘lucu’nya itu....ear-catching gitu deh.

Menurutku, untuk beberapa lagu, lagunya itu unik dan nggak bosan didengar berkali-kali. Lagu mereka yang slow dan bikin galau bukan tipe-tipe yang membosankan dan lagu yang ritmenya lebih cepat itu asik banget. Petikan gitar Ananda Badudu dipaduin dengan suara Rara Sekar itu indah sekali. Terus aku suka lirik-liriknya, bagus semuanya! Dan ngena.

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*side story*
FYI, pengetahuanku tentang dunia permusikan terbilang minim (yes! you can say that I’m a boring person!) Juga tentang band-band atau penyanyi-penyanyi keren dan terkenal, bisa aja aku nggak tau loh. Aku cuma dengar apa yang aku ingin dengar aja. Aku nggak pernah dengar dan tau lagu yang sampe sealbum gitu. Dapet poin yang maksud aku nggak sih? haha. Kayak aku suka dengerin lagu Coldplay, tapi nggak semua lagunya tuh aku tau. So I can’t say I’m a fan. Banyak yang ngefans sama Oasis, aku bahkan cuma tau beberapa lagunya. The Beatles juga gitu (Yap!) Pokoknya masalah musi, aku payah banget but we can talk about book tho.  Kadang aku cuma jadi pendengar tanpa tau siapa yang nyanyi, sejarah penyanyinya, dan sebagainya. .Kalau lagunya enak ya aku dengerin. Kadang nyari lagu random aja gitu dan tau penyanyinya hanya sekadarnya aja. Jadi maaf ya kalau ada istilah yang aku pake itu salah dan terdengar sotoy.

Yang bener-bener aku dengerin se-album tuh kayaknya cuma Apink (yeah that kpop girl group, tapi aku suka :p), Mocca, dan satu lagi Banda Neira ini. Dan btw setahun ini lebih banyak dengerin lagu-lagu Indonesia (mostly penyanyi-penyayi indie). Bahkan lagu korea yang sering aku dengerin aja sekarang udah jarang banget kecuali lagu-lagunya Apink (maaf ya kalau terkesan freak). But tbh, itu juga udah jarang, paling cuma cari tau lagu baru mereka. 
*side story selesai*

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Aku merasa lagu-lagu Banda Neira cocok aja di telinga aku. Belakangan juga aku jarang denger musik, tapi sekalinya denger lagu pertama yang diputar adalah lagu Banda Neira sebelum dishuffle dengan lagu-lagu lain. Beberapa lagunya berhasil boost my mood.  Bahkan album kedua juga album mereka yang terakhir ini, Yang Patah Tumbuh, yang Hilang Berganti, enak semua! Nggak bohong dan nggak mencoba untuk melebih-lebihkan. Dan dari seorang kakak kelasku, aku dikasih tau itu album mereka sebelum mereka vakum. Denger mereka hiatus aja rasanya gimana gitu, kesempatan buat nonton mereka dalam waktu dekat pasti nggak ada. Makanya aku sedih banget pas tau mereka bubar. Aku bahkan belum pernah nonton mereka live.

Oh ya, barusan juga baca dari Tumblr mereka yang ditulis Ananda Badudu. Dia menyebutkan bahwa albumnya yang terakhir itu akan ia katakan berhasil kalau ada yang nangis dengerin satu atau dua lagu dari album tersebut. Dan ya kalian berhasil. Yakin banget nggak cuma satu orang, karena waktu itu juga pernah baca ada yang nangis karena dengerin Sampai Jadi Debu, salah satu tracknya. Sebagai pendengar lagu-lagu Banda Neira, tidak ada kata-kata kecewa karena mereka membubarkan Banda Neira dengan album penutupan yang sempurna. Kalau waktu  itu albumnya (mungkin) mengecewakan, maka kekecewaan dari para pendengar yang akan mereka tuai. Kenapa harus bubar sebelum membuat album yang sangat bagus. But it's Banda Neira we're talking about. Aku yakin sih kemarin albumnya nggak bakal mengecewakan dan emang bakal bagus (banget). Maaf ya kalau kalian yang baca ini merasa aku melebih-lebihkan sesuatu. I tell the truth:(

Dan yang terakhir: Terima kasih Banda Neira! Senang bisa mengenal lagu-lagu kalian, musik yang kalian mainkan, lirik-lirik menyentuh yang kalian ciptakan. Suka sekali sama kata-katanya! Terima kasih juga atas lagu-lagu yang berhasil menemani juga mewakili perasaan. 

 Sekian.

Bukan siapa-siapa dan yang awam tentang musik,


Gina

19.12.16

lost in Haruki Murakami's thoughts

Who doesn't know Haruki Murakami? At least we ever heard his name once due to his famous books even if we haven't read them. And I know it's kinda late to talk about him.

Despite people said Murakami is overrated, I still do love his writings. It's too early to say I'm a fan since I only read four of his books (he has so many books and my main problem is money! I don't really like e-books) #1001alasan #padahalyangprintedcumadua

As I read his books, I can say Murakami has 'quiet' plot in his books,but that's what made me reading them. I enjoyed the quiet plot and strangeness he made. He distracted me to his surreal-and-real world then I would sink into his thoughts which sometimes we cannot fathom. However, it's strangely addictive and interesting. They would ended up leaving me curiousity that leads me to find a thread in which people discuss about strange things I found in his books (lol). So I can say I would read his books are boring because all of his books are all the same.

I dont know this is the minus point or not. I let you to conclude it. Murakami would start the characters' life story from  a small problem then he would make it complicated. Like I would think how on earth they would do that? You start questioning some things might disturb you.

But overall I love his books. Wish I had more time and money so I collect his books.But in fact, I  just want to borrow his books from people hehe :( or i hope i  can find them in library)


18.12.16

Two days to boost myself

Guess what? I'm back using this blogspot lol. I found that I'm already comfortable with this blogspot and couldn't stand myself using tumblr for sharing my daily life. Tumblr suits my trash words (sorry Tumblr!) I mean, Tumblr is great to share kind of poems, my fiction story and other short words. Meanwhile blogspot is better to share a long story, so that's why I come back to this blog hehe (It's only my own opinion of course)

so back to the topic.

First of all, if you are reading this, don't be suprised if you found that I'm writing about you.  It means I was glad to meet you, had a fun time, and I think I have to write something about you. It's just what I do.

So on november 10-11 I followed a kind of program (or event? Help I can’t find the right word) to boost myself. Before I decided to go, I had to argue with my own self whether I should go or not because none of my friends would be there and then I thought again that, that’s the point! You need to meet new people. And I have to spend this gap year with something positive. It would be the most stupid decision if I didn’t go just because I had no one that I know there. So yeah I did attend.

My main purpose to participate is to meet new people because I believe those who also participate are people with good vibes. And I was glad I made a right decision.

The program limits the quota by the way. There are only 29 of us (If I’m not mistaken), but it’s supposed to be 30 (and that one who didn't come supposed to be one of my roomates). They came from different background. There are ones who are struggling with their thesis, of course there are also those who are still active college students, and there's one who has graduated. I don’t know if I’m the youngest or not because there’s a girl who graduated from high school in the same year as me. What makes it different is, she already went to college, while I’m taking a gap year. At the first, I was afraid I would be judged, but in fact they didn’t. Instead, they made me comfortable. Even there are words that came from a mentor which made me more confident, boost my spirit, and made me didn’t regret for taking gap year and some of them also gave me prayer so I could pass the test next year. AAMIIN.

I learned a lot of new things and got to know many things that I did in the past were incorrect and being guided to made the right ones. With them—the mentors especially (again, I don’t know this is the right word or not but let me call you this way ;_;) and participants—whose experiences are great made me insecure and felt smaller yet gave me a bunch of spirits to create good things in the next! And to become more confident (I really need to apply this one)

Also to my three roomates which are older than me! Nonetheless, I felt comfortable and got along well with them (thank God). We shared stories and I was so happy that they had so many fun experiences and life story to be shared. I got new things and insight from listening to their story. It’s more like boosting my spirit instead of myself lol.

The important thing I got from this is gaining my experiences. Meeting good new people is something that you need, to know that yourself need to learn more from others, to give you a high optimism that you're not alone on chasing dreams, to make you think positively that you can reach your dreams, to make yourself to be better person by learning from others, to make you to be yourself.

All experiences and dreams they have had brought me postivie vibes to me, to chase my own dreams. Like I can’t wait to improve and explore myself more and become great like them. Aamiin.