Life Of A Fatstar

Huuh.

Music..

Hari Sabtu kemarin, Gue, Erwin, Tante Nia, Astrid, Kristi and Anggi ngumpul di gereja buat cari lagu for Talent Night. Kita bener2 blank banget. Terus Tante Nia (Ketua Pemuda) menyuplai contoh2 lagu yang mungkin enak untuk dimainkan. Tapi, spertinya tidak ada dari kita yang tertarik untuk main lagu itu.

Then, sambil memetik string gitar, jari2 gue mencet chord 'You Are Good'. And I strummed it. Astrid (vocals/keys) sang. Erwin (Chinese Drummer. Lol) starts tapping his hands. And Anggi and Kristi tagged along. I glanced at Tante Nia's face, and she smiled SOOO WIDE. " Lagu ini aja!" she screamed. Band Chemistry started to flow.

Second song and Third song were later found. Since the two songs were easy, we focused on the first song. Because the arrangements are made by Israel Houghton, the song is tough. Especially for the drums.

After practicing for 3 hours, we STILL haven't played well. Erwin missed his beats, the arrangement was still scrappy. We were frustrated for some reason.

Kebetulan Erwin mau nginep dirumah gue. So I have time to crash course him on drums. Then the next day, kita latihan lagi. Kali ini didepan sekitar 15 orang. We played, and Erwin missed lots of beats.

In my mind, I felt really pissed. Because I KNOW, he can do it. But he's second-guessing himself. Lack of confidence, lack of experience and lack of belief were his problems. And another thing was, he didn't take this thing seriously, eventhough his skills and feel weren't up to it yet.

After the practice, some people LAUGHED at him. Pressure started to interfere his mind. As a good friend and a good band mate, I truly supported him. Sampe ada ketua bagian pujian, mengkritik dia dengan pedas, sambil menertawakan dia. FUCK. I said to myself. His name is JOHAN SEMBIRING. A BASTARD who plays the keyboard like a BITCH (literally). He sucks ass. And he thinks he's so good, and kerjanya ngekritik orang mulu. And Erwin's motivation was depleted to 0. He wants to quit the band. He wants to leave our Church organization. Because of a 40-something BASTARD called JOHAN SEMBIRING.

Fiuh. Akhirnya keluar semua emosi gue. Setelah gue membujuk Erwin untuk berlanjut, motivasinya kembali lagi.

Daniel Gurning is hoping that Erwin pulls out all the stops on the 20th.

Kalo ada yang mau nonton, kabarin ya! hahaha.