Rabu, 10 Juli 2013

trust. believe. FAITH.

"Do you see light like i do?"
"No."
"But you still believe it's there?"
"Yes"
"That's a beautiful thing, isn't it?"
"Yes, it is :)"

- Ghost Whisperer

Selasa, 09 Juli 2013

Membudayakan yang telah membuatmu berbudaya

buku bikin otak kaya, jadi kalo udah kaya budayakan buku.

Dari kecil gue paling seneng diajak jalan - jalan. Kalo jalan - jalan liat alam kemana aja gue suka. di kota gue suka banget sama toko buku. Kenapa ya? Bagi gue toko buku itu paling 'berwarna'.
Iyalah. Disana gudang orang - orang kepo. Bayangin lo mau tau tentang fashion, makanan, arsitektur, pertanian, politik, novel, puisi, otomotif, bahkan bahasa..ada! Belom lagi sebagian besar toko buku itu jual cd atau kaset baik musik maupum film. Jual ATK, jual alat musik, jual alat olahraga, dan Alfalink (penting?). Kalo toko bukunya berdiri sendiri, bisa jadi ada kafe dan tempat live music nya ato malah galeri dan souvenir shop. Goks ga? Gue senang sebagian besar buku di sana ada eksemplar nya yang ga disegel :' jadi buku jutaan pun gue bs liat isinya. Di Indonesia sih yang paling eksis ya Gramedia sama Gunung Agung. Gue ngetik ini pun di sebuah bangku resto di Gramedia Matraman.

Hem. Gue kepikiran sesuatu.
Ini soal keinginan sih
Kalo gue udah pny duit dan Insya Allah banyak, gue pengen bikin toko buku kecil sndiri. Isinya semacam dia.lo.gue kemang, dan toko buku, dan perpus kecil yg isinya buku arsitektur yang mahal2 yang belinya harus jual sapi dulu. Harus ada cafe sih karena orang bisa laper kalo mikir dan baca hahah
Perlu banyak duit banget ya?
Seenggaknya stlh rumah, itu bangunan 'cita2' gue skrg.

Kita dikasih ilmu sama buku, jadi lebih berwawasan, dan berpotensi semakin berhasil.
Jadi ketika kita sudah sampai titik itu, turn around dan buat semua orang bersahabat dengan buku.

" Human's best friends is God, family, their own minds, and inspiration" - pradipta (ini kata2 gue sendiri maksudnya hahaha)

Minggu, 07 Juli 2013

Just stay true and stay being you.

Jumat, 05 Juli 2013

the singing hearts.

first of all, i am willing to write this because of reading my senior high school junior's blog http://ayusepta.blogspot.com/ Septa Ayu Bungasari while she's writing about Indonesian Indie music,and i thought that i have to share some of the music i love, because it may be your next favorite also :)


i used to getting easily attached with any musician who really loves music and sing with their heart, not produces music from their mouth. i know many of them, but only few i can remember recently.
they definitely fall in love with the story behind the song, and dive deep down. they feel it and sing it with heart :) 

These are indies singer from around the world,

Allen Stone with his 'Unaware'. His voice will brought you to heaven.

Joe Brooks with 'Someday'. his 'Superman'  also great eventhough the lyric is a lil bit cheesy. ahaha

Sam Ock is awesome, but i adore Clara Chung so much and i forgot when i found her very first fideo. she's a talented asian girl who can really sing, play a lot of instruments such as guitar, bass, xylophone, piano, percussion, trumpet, etc. she is really beyond awesome!

the cute couple from The Honey Trees with 'Find Home'

The Paper Kites with 'Bloom'

She and Him, with 'Sing'. Me and my best friends favorite, been singing this song almost everyday on our way to college. A simple yet heartwarming song. Am personally love 'You and I' song.

Banda Neira, an Indie Band from Bandung, Indonesia. This one was recommended by my best friend Rachel Febrina :) and am too in love with this song. and also the another in the album.


Payung Teduh with their originals, ' Berdua Saja'. They both traditional and international! Traditional style in an Internatinal quality of music.


Frau with their originals 'Sepasang Kekasih yang Pertama Bercinta di Luar Angkasa'. They are really doing a story telling through songs. and a little theatrical. i can feel their song being played all around the haunted amusement park. whehehe

(click the URL above, don't know why the video won't appear here. but clicking this, it's really worth your time)
Compassio Veraque, an Indie Band from Depok, Indonesia with their song 'Udara Gratis'. The vocalist is Luthfi Yuta, my best partner in crime recently and my junior in college. this song is actually originally made by him and being played for the band. I love how they put love and transfer energies to each other,and how they express everything in their poetic way. I love mas Bob Prakasa also, he is a very adorable man, really with a breathtaking voice. Haykal Hafizul or known as Pijul and Arditya Putra or known as Tegank played the guitar. All of them are students and alumnae from Faculty of Psychology in Universitas Indonesia, except Luthfi. Oh yeah if you like rock music or alternatives, you'll definitely love Haykal's another band, BDS. i love them a lot, too! if i get the video of BDS i promise i will post it here :)



the rest of them are from major labels music. but still, they are THAT musician i refer to in this writing, such as

Jamie Cullum, with his 'What a Difference a Day Made'

Norah Jones, with her 'Seven Years'

Gotye, with his best song ever 'Save Me'

Jason Mraz, with his 'Love for a Child'
I never care if people call me mainstream or whatever because am too overly attached with Jason's music. But i found a magical malodies in his every songs. Most of all, he wrote all of his songs from his deepest thought and tell the world about it, with a singin' heart. Even his mumbling is beyond awesome!

Sara Bareilles at a live jamming session, with her 'Many the Times'. She definitely always feel the song! :')

Ingrid Michaelson with Elvis Presley's most touching song, 'Can't Help Falling in Love'. I love her for years, but love her more when i heard this. I can't help falling into tears also while listening. She feel it, and tell it to the listeners. Maybe even you don't know English at all :'' thanks for my best friend Luthfi Yuta who told me to listen to this, you rawk! haha

Ever heard two angels made harmony together? Here's 'Winter Song' by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson


Ed Sheeran with his 'Autumn Leaves'

and so many singer i forgot this time. but i guarantee you, there's so much more singing hearts that roars around you. you just. don't realize them yet. they are the kind of singer that you would always wish to sing live. it's faraway better than the recordings.

oh yeah, and i recommend you some of my best fellas at my College, Architecture - Tarumanagara University. am honestly confused, is this a school for future architects or for future musicians? or, both?

Voice with Instrumental Covers:
Hedista Rani Pranata (Batch 2011) https://soundcloud.com/hedista-r-pranata
Rachel Febrina (Batch 2009) https://soundcloud.com/rchlrachel
Randy Gozal (Batch 2011) https://soundcloud.com/randy-gozal
Inggrid Dharmawan (Batch 2008) https://soundcloud.com/inkgreat
Luthfi Yuta Juliansyah (Batch 2010) https://soundcloud.com/luthfiyuta-1
Yudhistira Yamani Soleman (Batch 2010 ) https://soundcloud.com/user6706174

Instumental Covers :

actually my favorite guitarist and pianist at college doesnt't have any soundcloud, but you can heard he arranged unique melodies in me, luthfi yuta, and rachel febrina's cover of halo - halo bandung and layang - layang. This beast's name is Mardianto Kurniawan and he's my best music mates from the start. best, EVER! https://soundcloud.com/pradiptadippy/halo-layang-layang-bandung


 * i do not own any of them except the last one on soundcloud.



teman dan irama

i once wished for friends that have the same interest with me. whom i can get along with in a random journey or creating a random song without a plan before. conflicts or other differences, are they really matter?
i once wished for friends like them.


you can listen to their soundclouds, rachel febrynna and luthfi yuta. they're a great musician but we are raised to learn architecture :)

people.

semua orang ingin menjadi yang ter-, bukan?
tercinta, terbaik, ter-awal, termasuk tertawa? haha okestop dengan itu, lanjutkan sendiri :)
sama. gue juga pengen.
tapi most of all, persaingan yang sesungguhnya adalah diri kita sendiri, bukan orang lain.
seberapa tinggi kita bisa bermimpi,
seberapa teguh kita bisa berniat,
atau yah, seberapa jauh kita menggantungkan standar.
perang sesungguhnya adalah menyaingi dan melompati limit yang kita pernah tentukan sendiri.
lupa ini kata - kata siapa, maaf anonymous jadinya, 'nggak ada kesuksesan kalau ga punya target. because none to be evaluated'
jadi diri sendiri, benar sih. totally benar.
tapi ingat, menjadi diri sendiri sudah termasuk tidak takut dibilang mainstream, tidak takut terinspirasi, dan tidak takut buat salah.
Kalau itu diri kita, live it. tapi jika ada 'diri kita' yang merugikan, rubahlah. Jangan membohongi hati tapi jangan membohongi logika. Setimpal.

Jadi diri sendiri itu, mencintai kita ;)

Priceless.

When a friend bought you something you really need or you really love, and they need to save their money to buy you that stuff, trust me. You are very very special to them.
When a friend mad at you when you did something inappropriate or wrong, they never really mad at you. Trust me, they're just too in love to let you be bad.
They don't buy your friendship. They know money can't buy them friends, so they put an effort. Also, no one will show that they are mad when they really don't, except they love you so much. For people like this, their friends and their love are beyond priceless.