Ѽ me.Life.muzik. Ѽ

the reason aku post natang ni sebab aku benci Manchester United sampai mati.
Liverpool best sebab ada Joe Cole!

semalam aku tak tido. orang cakap tak remaja tido awal. jadi aku ikot. nasib badan, pop-out satu tweet ni dari Mr. Rewan Ishak. tanya "Who wants to watch KIL trailer on youtube now before its official premiere tomorrow 3pm? Private invitation. Limited to 5 people only." masa tu, pukul 4 pagi macamtu la. then, bagai pucuk dicita, ulam mendatang, aku pon balas saja2. yela, orang-orang besar ni bukan slalu nak balas twit dari budak hingusan kan. invisible katanya. tapi, si Rewan ni balas jugak twit aku. maybe aku sorang je kot antara follower2 dia yang berjaga time tuh. then, dia bagi direct link untuk usya exclusive trailer ni kat youtube. aku. Happy!

Rewan Ishak. aku sebenarnya dah lama follow dia nih. dari zaman Redeoscape lagik. first film yang buat aku impressed, My Indie Rock Darling arahan Razaisyam. lain dari yang lain. tak silap aku, cinema Malaysia masa itu kuat dengan aura indiependent (kalau korang ambik port lah). James Lee, Amir Muhammad, arwah Yasmin Ahmad, and all memang stylo. filem-filem ni walau low-budget tapi nilai estetika dan sosio-budaya tu tinggi. ada yang dekat dengan hati kita secara sedar dan tak sedar. ok. jaoh melalot. back to Redeoscape, produksi ni dah pon produced banyak MV untuk artis. Antaranya, Bila Aku Sudah Tiada, Jiwa Kelajuan, Aizat's Fikirlah, Pesawat's Mirage and Excuse Me, Seven Collar T-Shirt's Wild Child and Fragile (lagu dadah aku!) which video-video ni slalu dapat heavy rotation dalam MTV Asia. kalah video-video Alyah, Jaclyn, dan Imran Ajmain. kalau korang rajin, cari 'the making of' kat youtube. boleh tengok cara dorang buat kerja, managed sana sini, editing process and seronok tengok dorang having fun instead. dan video-video viral Rewan ni slalu jugak aku stalk kat sana.hehe but then, aku pon tak tahu status Redeoscape ni macamana sebab Rewan ni dah ada satu lagi produksi iaitu Flux Visual Lab. maybe sebab ada partner lain kot yang join which aku pon tak tau sangat la. Flux Visual Lab ni lah yang handle production KIL

Ok. aku bukan David Guetta. bukan juga Benny Benassi, Tomcraft, DJ Sammy atau Calvin Harris. mungkin tak setaraf RedOne atau Fernando Garibay lagi. Rick Rubin? jauh sekali... tapi demi mencapai cecita yang tinggi, aku setat buat lagu. baru nak berjinak-jinak lah kata orang. agak-agak dapat jadi cam Justin Bieber pon okay jugak. boleh dapat Selena Gomez. Hmmm, jadila.. dan aku dah compose satu lagu ni sebagai permulaan. tajuknya Dance Wit’ Me yang berbau Trance/House. mengikut analisa yang dibuat ke atas Mediabase Pop di US, sudah terdapat 2 lagu yang berjudul Dance With Me yang berada dalam senarai top 250 ketika ini. dengan semangat untuk mendapatkan Selena ni, aku sanggup jadi yang ketiga - termasuk minus-nya H (pada ‘With’). sebenarnya, aku telah siapkan dua versi yang berlainan untuk lagu ini. pertamanya, adalah original version iaitu ketika otak aku masih suci ketika pembikinan trek ini. versi kedua adalah the Dirrty Version dimana sound tadi telah diubah menjadi kotor (akibat pencemaran otak). tapi akibat tahap keyakinan diri berada di bawah par, aku hanya menge'post' Dirrty Version sahaja. komposisi lagu masih lagi dikekalkan tetapi echo dan riverb ditambah mengikut sesedap rasa untuk mendapat ambience yang dikehendaki. dan sempat juga dicampakkan dengan sedikit perisa British Rock pada salah satu sample untuk versi Dirrty tersebut. cuba cari ya! FYI, aku pernah bagi trek ni pada Jackman (DJ Hitz.FM yang selalu buat remix dengan Skeletor). Jadi silalah dengar dan harap jangan muntah hijau :)

recently i have these money-can't-buy moments with ma gal - Taylor Momsen from the band The Pretty Reckless. havin a chat with her bout the band, bad girl behavior, the all girl-fronted band, her acting career and more.. then, despite all those cliche questions and i don't even know why i'm asking her that, i keep looking on her beautiful eyes and wishing i could fall in love with her (omaigod!) and expressed how i could be the one to have her heart out.. 

It's definitely something to overcome, but every musician has his or her own challenges. The reception to the record has been amazing. I just want them to give it a chance, and ignore the rest. Come to the show...

It seems there has been such a drought in terms of female-fronted rock acts. Would you agree?

I think there's been a drought in rock music in general. I tend to not think of it as all female. Most of my influences are males. I think definitely there's been a lull in rock music. It's just time to come back to it with us and a lot of other bands on the rise.

Okay, let's talk about the album. It's called 'Light Me Up'. How happy are you that the album is actually out now, and people can hear what you worked so hard on?

It was the hardest thing for me. I worked on it for two years. I am really relieved that it's finally come out and I can let the music speak for itself. You can talk all you want, but at the end of the day if the record is not good, it doesn't matter. The reception has been great. We went from playing a 100-seat club to a 3,000 venue, and once the record came out, we've started seeing fans singing every word.

What was the songwriting process like for you?

It wasn't really a direct process. As a writer, you're open for anything to inspire you. If I knew where the inspiration came from, it'd be a lot easier to write the record. But, it's a constant process.

I'm curious. You modeled for Madonna's clothing line. Did you have any interaction wit her? Did she give you any advice?

Not really. It was a job task but I'm not really one for advice. I take my own advice.

Do you have any regrets?

I don't really like to look back. It's a waste of time. I look forward. I'm exciting to tour this summer in Japan, Europe... Ireland, Russia, Australia..it's a world tour really.

Your role as a rock star will likely take time away from acting. Will you go back to it at some point?

I don't know... maybe at some point. It's certainly not what I think about. It's something I enjoyed and it's a big part of my life since three years old, but I'm really happy doing what I'm doing. I won't say I'll never act again but music is what I think about.

I realize you just released your first but have you thought of the second album yet? 

It will be a rock progression but in a different way. I'm just really excited and can't wait to get back on the road. We leave Wednesday...

Are there any misconceptions about you that you'd like to get off your chest?
I don't know... probably most things that are written are misconceptions or done in a negative light. They have no idea what I'm really like and you're not going to find it out from an article or an interview. Buy the record if you want to know what I'm like. Hear the record... that's my heart and soul there. Judge what I'm actually putting out there. You can't change what people write. I work 24 hours a day, and I'm really luck to be able to do what I do.

Well, they probably throw you under the bus because you're so young...

Yeah. I don't care. I don't read [what they say]. I don't even have a computer.

Okay, here is a little private question. Will you marry me?

Oh, yeah. Of course! You're one lucky guy that I could fall with. Your cute look, charming smile, good manner, cute little arms..(giggling) I feel stupid if I said 'No'!

Me: *collapse*

p/s: wa talak tipu lu olang punya. betol punya maa...

credit: jon chattman

amaran: post kali ini agak keras. jangan baca kalau tak tahan!

aku geli
aku depressed
aku nak muntah
aku rasa totally fucked up!

i know i'm UNALLOWED to say this but i really have to do..
kalau tak, aku boleh kena sakit mental, yangyok!

first of all.
aku tau cara kau salah.
so, tak salah kalau aku tegor.
kalau bukan keras, aku buat lembot-lembot.
asal kau rasa dan BERUBAH sudah lah.

emo?!!
wehh, tak payah nak emo-emo la derrr.
habistu kalau tak cara macamni, aku nak buat macamana lagi bagi kau paham.
tak kebulur aku nyerrr.

sibuk sana-sini nak tahu hal roth.
pandai-pandai la ... .... ....

kadang-kadang aku senyap tu.
paham-paham la.
tak kan nak kena habaq satu-satu kot macam budak kecik.
kau pon tahu kau ada akal, guna la!
fuck la!

weh, aku tak suka la diperlakukan sebegini.
aku ada hak bersuara.
kalau tak aku sewel.

tapi ingat:
Tuhan Maha Berkuasa!
Cepat-Cepatlah Mintak Taubat!

jangan nak melalut lepas ni. yang kat sini, habis sudah. esok aku jadi orang lain.
life ni kadang-kadang memang suck jugak!

kan aku dah cakap, aku nak kembalikan zaman kegemilangan penulisan bebelog aku ni. Bak kata orang, "dah lama tak beraksi!" haha.. dah 2 bulan lebih tu boleh dikatogerikan sebagai tumpul la tu. So, aku nak asah balik la ni. OK. Untuk post kalini, aku nak korang compare kedua-dua lagu ini. kira si artis ni cilok melody lagu lain lepastu buat lagu sendiri la, atau dipanggil 'Plagiarism'. *now ima criminal, criminal, criminal*

untuk pengetahuan korang, lagu asal (baca: yang diriliskan terlebih dahulu) adalah dari kugiran britpop, The Last Shadow Puppets. ni kira side project Alex Turner la bersama seorang ahli The Rascals la. Kira band ni agak success sebab pernah tercalon untuk Anugerah Mercury tapi tewas kepada Elbow (they deserved!). Well, speaking of THE SONG, it's called 'Standing Next To Me' which aku pun tak berapa familiar pada mulanya sebab aku mula kenal TLSP ni menerusi 'My Mistakes Were Made For You'. Then, i've been told bout the song, and aku pun mula perasan yang lagu ni ada vibe ala Aizat's Years From Now. At first, aku ingat lagu tu (Aizat's) ada bau-bau Stay from Estrella dan juga Oasis's Wonderwall je tapi obviously keseluruhan lagu kuat dipengaruhi oleh lagu TLSP ni. Even Girls Aloud pon ada mengaku yang Life Got Cold ada ambil inspirasi dari Wonderwall. Mengaku itu baik!

You judge, lads..