me @ java jazz festival 2008

i went to java jazz ALONE last saturday. i actually didn't plan to go there but my manager rang me in the afternoon and told me there's a ticket for me. i was excited but i began to think "will i go there alone?". so i asked my manager, "do you have another ticket for my friend?"

[biasanya orang kan beli 1 gratis 1.. kalo gw: udah gratis 1, minta 1 lagi...]

but, my manager told me, "i only have one.". so i said, "okay, i'll come!". it's JAVA JAZZ, man! i don't give a f**k if i'm there alone...

so i arrived there at 8 P.M. i saw seven great performances from seven great artists! these are the performances i saw [chronologically]:

1. THE JANE PROJECT
this group is from holland. i've never heard of them before but their performance was f**king cool! very soulful...

2. KAZUMI WATANABE
a guitar legend from japan. it's just amazing to see him performing live, especially when tetsuo sakurai joined him on stage!

3. SOULLEH & SOULLEHA
this is a band project created by young and talented indonesian musicians. i didn't recognize all of them but i knew that the drummer is parkdrive drummer. this group really attracted so many people. the java jazz committee only placed their performance at the lobby but this group really made the lobby very crowded. great performance!

4. BIBUS
i saw his performance many times before this event. you know why? because he's my uncle... hehe.. :)

5. RYAN
this singer works together with me under one management and label. he delivered a good performance that night.

6. RAUL MIDON
for me, his performance was spectacular. for a blind man, the way he sang and played his guitar was amazing. he also could make a saxophone sound just by singing. he's really impressive. it's a "wow" performance from him!

7. D'SOUND
one of my favorite artists! so i know you can imagine what i felt when i saw their performance. they performed their hits, like "smooth escape", "tattooed on my mind", etc. they performed on the main stage and they really showed us why they deserved it.

so, it was my java jazz night! i felt happy about it, especially i came there for free... btw, i wasn't really alone there because i met my friends. it's a fun night!

february 29th 2008

* we only experience this day once in four years... so i want to post something in this special day!

today, i feel so lazy to go to college so i skip a class. it's so hard to wake up because i only had two hours of sleep. lately, college life really irritates me. you know, i don't like doing this. i go to college and will get my bachelor degree just for a social status. i'm totally not interested about the study. i don't need the degree actually because i will never do nine-to-five job in my life. i wanna work independently, like being a musician and entrepreneur. that's challenging! and that's what i'm passionate about...

tonight, i will see ronski speed's performance.

i don't really feel good at the moment so i want to drink and party a little bit. i also want to enjoy the music played by one of the best DJs in the world.

message from me:
keep supporting my music by giving your comment to my songs...

question from me [answer this!]:
help me make a concept for my music.
1. do you prefer john mayer or james blunt?
2. what will suit me best: being a soloist with music like john mayer or james blunt? or making a duo with my friend [guitarist] with music like john mayer or james blunt?

thx friends! :)

sweet revenge

i wanna write something really unimportant n a lil' bit narcisstic. =)

if u read my entry "losing a bet", u will know that i lost 20000 rupiahs bet in billiard games few weeks ago. i lost against my friend [ga perlu gw sebutin namanya yaa... biar kaga malu. hehe]. since that day, i played billiard so many times because, u know, i just can't take losing easily. i hate losing even just losing in an unimportant game.

u gotta read this: i played billiard again with him this afternoon. i beat him ten times and he only beat me three times... hehe. what a sweet revenge...

losing a bet

today, i played billiard in b'side with my friends and lost a 20.000 rupiahs bet. =( i should practice more, bro... we bet in many games and i admit that my friend played better than me. but u know what made me angry? first, he made a golden break. second, he pocket the nine in two shots on the next game... hhh... i lost the bet without even shooting a ball! can u imagine? but in total, my friend won more games than i did... so, there's no excuse... losing is losing, man... take it like a man. hehe...

alone in kemang foodfest

i was walking from jl. bangka raya to kemang foodfest. i chose to take a walk because i was a lil' bit bored so i wanted to do something unusual. but taking a long walk is actually usual for me... i walked from pondok indah to blok m, mampang to apartemen taman rasuna, and kuningan to tebet before and still many more, but the last time i did that was like the beginning of this year... so i chose to take a walk last night! =)

i was actually planning to drink glasses of beer in foodfest, but you know what? all beer places were closed! goddamn it! so i just drank ice lemon tea for the whole night... can u imagine? glasses of ice lemon tea for the whole night... hhhhhhh... but i had a good time with my friend so i didn't really mind the lemon tea... =)

my friend went home at 3 A.M. and i was still there. at 3.30 A.M., i was the only person there... it was wednesday night so everybody went home soon. but u know what? it was cool being in foodfest alone... i was there for like an hour and didn't get bored... i should've brought my camera and take a picture of myself there... too bad! it' s gonna be a cool picture if i brought my camera [3.30 A.M. @foodfest alone]... =)