2 Feb 2010

Lamb Of God


The roots of Lamb of God were planted in 1990 when Mark Morton, Chris Adler and John Campbell were floor mates at Virginia Commonwealth University. The trio began playing at Adler's house in Richmond weathering chilly conditions. "There was no heat at the house," recalls Campbell. "We would freeze our asses off, get really drunk and hang around the kerosene heaters trying to write metal songs. Kerosene fumes and Black Label beer were definitely what fueled our early days."


After graduation, Morton moved to Chicago to pursue a master's degree, but the band continued. A new guitarist, Abe Spear, replaced Morton as the band retired its instrumental sound and added Blythe on vocals.

The quartet, known then as Burn the Priest, became a fixture in the tightly-knit Richmond music scene. To compete with the high-level of musicianship displayed by their contemporaries, the band adopted a rigid practice schedule. "To this day, we practice five days a week out of necessity," says Campbell. "The bands in Richmond can flat outplay you and if you don't practice, they will blow you off the stage. Bands like Breadwinner and Sliang Laos - two local math-metal bands - could play insanely complicated music note perfect. They inspired us to raise the bar musically and taught us the work ethic we needed to be a success."

The band was playing around Virginia when Morton moved back from Chicago and re-joined the group. Soon after, Burn the Priest released a self-titled full length album on Legion Records. Abe left soon after, which opened a spot for guitarist, and brother to Chris - Willie Adler.

A year after the second Adler joined, Burn the Priest changed its name to Lamb of God and signed a record deal with Prosthetic Records. The band's independent-debut, New American Gospel, was released in 2000. "This album was all about creating a rhythmic and pummeling musical landscape with riff after riff," explains Morton. Drummer Adler notes: ÒThis is a classic record. We had all the elements come together to make one of the heaviest, yet contagious records of our career. It was difficult to contain us - we didn't even understand at the time what we had created."

Two years of extensive touring to support the album raised Lamb of God's profile before the band released the critically acclaimed, As The Palaces Burn (2003). ATPB won record of the year honors in such notable magazines as Revolver and Metal Hammer while garnering mainstream press in Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly.

The band hit the road again and began headlining tours across the globe. In the fall of 2003 Lamb of God was a co-headliner on the first ever MTV's Headbanger's Ball Tour which elevated Lamb of God beyond the underground. The band then released Terror and Hubris, a DVD featuring early live performances, videos for "Ruin" and "Black Label" and behind-the-scenes footage highlighting the work ethic, humility and sense of humor of one of the most respected and influential bands around today. The DVD proved to be a commercial success as it entered the Billboard Music DVD Charts at #32.

Gradually, Lamb of God's persistence paid off. Their 2003 disc, As The Palaces Burn earned them a new level of respect and admiration, but it was 2004's virulent major label debut (Epic Records) Ashes of the Wake that turned the band into true contenders for the metal throne. By mid 2006, the record had sold over 275,000 copies. Revolver magazine voted it the album of the year, a Guitar World readers poll deemed it best metal album and awarded the band "most valuable players," "best shredders" and "best riffs." The video for "Now You've Got Something to Die For" earned "best video" from both Headbanger's Ball and Revolver. And a DVD chronicling the tour and life on the road with the band, Killadelphia, has gone gold. Lamb of God supported Ashes with more relentless touring, now playing mostly arenas and festivals, starting with a headlining run on Second Stage at Ozzfest 2004, and ending by headlining the North American Sounds of The Undergroud Festival in 2005.

The political angst that fueled the lyrics on As The Palaces Burn continues unabated on Ashes of the Wake. However, Blythe admits that his plans to write songs about personal responsibility quickly changed. "Mark and I write most of the lyrics together, and at the start of this album we agreed that we wanted to concentrate on internal instead of external politics," he explains. "But as we got into it, considering the condition of the world today, we felt obligated as responsible artists to give accurate social commentary, and that meant writing a few indictments against the powers that be."

Mixing a call to arms with a sneering disdain balances Ashes of the Wake. "In the end, I think the album is stronger because we show the relation between internal and external politics instead of just focusing on one or the other," Blythe says. "These songs are a reality check for everyone because they rail against a wrong-headed government and against the apathetic people that ignore the government and allow it to exist."

After Ashes of the Wake, they had been praised as one of the leaders of the new American metal movement, and while they were flattered to be considered part of something so influential, this time they wanted to stand alone. "I believe it's important for us to create a legacy for this band, and I don't want that legacy to be in association with anyone else," Adler says. "In our minds, we're a cut above and we feel like we put out a whole lot more."

Towards the end of 2005, the band stopped all touring and came home to Richmond, VA, to begin writing the next chapter. An intense 8 month writing process followed. "We pretty much killed ourselves working on it five to six days a week for six to eight hours a day," says drummer Chris Adler. "It was important to push ourselves into uncomfortable territory as players. A lot of times one of us would say, 'I'm not sure if I can play that.' The typical response was, 'Well, you've got a year to figure it out.' We pushed ourselves to step it up and threw out a lot of decent material because we were insisting on only the best." One reason Lamb of God pushed so hard is because they wanted to create something that couldn't be classified, categorized or marginalized.

August 22, 2006 brought Sacrament, a stunning example of how diverse, articulate and pummeling metal can be. It's a record that emphasizes just how far the band members have come as players, writers and people and stands as a true testament of triumph over adversity. With Sacrament, Lamb of God has stoked the flames by stripping the flesh to the bone and examining the carnage. The songs are bleak and dark, yet key ingredients of a ride that's as breathless, exhilarating and terrifying as an overdose.

Guitarist and co-lyricist Mark Morton notes the band chose the name Sacrament based on a specific lyrical reference as well as a more general symbolic perspective. "We like it because it employs the idea of the traditional religious Sacrament, which is something you do as ritual to get to a different level of your faith," he says. "Also, I thought it was symbolic in terms of us putting out another record and getting to the next stage of our musical development." "This is definitely a personal record and it's the darkest thing we've ever done," adds Blythe. "It stems from a lot of depression and a fucked up worldview. In the last couple years I've been going through a lot of weird, bad shit."

The biggest difference between Sacrament and Ashes of the Wake is the lyrical content. In the past, Lamb of God has lyrically been motivated by the hypocrisy, greed and turmoil of politics and politicians. This time the band turned within to reveal an even greater source of despair and frustration.

Songs like 'Pathetic' and 'Descending' for instance are about the whirlpool of addiction and alcoholism, 'Walk With Me In Hell' addresses the destruction of codependency and 'Blacken the Cursed Sun' confronts suicidal depression.

"The lyrics were so intense for me, when I was recording, it was like breathing pain instead of breathing air," Blythe says. "So, when it was done, I couldn't listen to the record for another two months. It just took so much out of me to get all this stuff out, I didn't want to touch it right away."

In addition to being unbelievably heavy, Sacrament is a sincere expression of the turmoil that has tumbled through the last few years of the band's existence. In an era of stagnant, contrived metal, Lamb of God is a harrowing rush of honesty, a declaration that no matter what anyone else is playing, Lamb of God will always follow their own hearts.

"This band was started because no one out there was making the music that we wanted to hear," singer Randy Blythe says. "So, we decided to make that music, and from that point it has just been a continuation of that philosophy. We had never changed anything we do to appeal to anyone, appease anyone or seek any sort of approval from anyone other than ourselves."

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Bob Marley


Robert Nesta Marley
BORN: February 6, 1945, St. Ann, Jamaica
DIED: May 11, 1981, Miami, FL

In the year 1944, Captain Norval Marley married a young Jamaican girl named Cedalla Booker. On February 6, 1945 at two thirty in the morning their son, Robert Nesta Marley was born in his grandfather's house. Soon after Bob was born his father left his mother. He did however give financial support and occasionally returned to see his son.

It was now the late fifties, jobs were scarce in Jamaica, so Bob followed his mother from their home in St. Ann to Trenchtown (West Kingston) to seek employment in the big city. Trenchtown got it's name because it was built over a ditch which drained the sewage of old Kingston. In Trenchtown Bob spent a lot of his time with his good friend Neville Livingstone who people called by his nickname, Bunny. Also in the big city Bob was more exposed to the music which he had loved, including such greats as Fats Domino and Ray Charles. Bob and Bunny attended a music class together which was held by the famous Jamaican singer Joe Higgs. In that class they met Peter Macintosh and soon became good friends.

In the meantime Jamaican music evolving and became very popular throughout the Caribbean due to it's invention of Ska music. When Bob was 16, he started to follow his dream of becoming a musician. Music to many young Jamaicans was an escape from the harshness of everyday life. One of those kids was Jimmy Cliff who at the age of 14 had already recorded a couple of hits. After meeting Bob, Jimmy introduced him to Leslie Kong, a local record producer. Bob followed his advice and auditioned for Leslie Kong. Bob's musical talents shone much more brightly then anyone else that day and found himself in the studio recording his first single "Judge Not". Unfortunately neither "Judge Not" nor his 1962 single "One more cup of Coffee" did very well. Bob soon left Kong after she failed to give him his pay.

The following year Bob, Bunny and some other friends formed the Wailing Wailers. The didn't get off to a great start, after just a couple recording sessions two members, Cherry and Junior Braithwait left the band. The band continued on and were introduced to Clemet Dodd, a producer of the record company Coxsone. It was here where the Wailing Wailers recorded the first song "Simmer Down" which did quite well in Jamaica. To help with the recording of their songs the studio provided several talented Ska musicians. The Wailing Wailers consisting now of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny were starting to become quite popular locally. Their audiences rapidly grew and they recorded several more songs on the Coxsone label which included "It Hurts to be Alone" and "Rule the Roadie" Bob soon took on the role of the leader, being the main songwriter and all.

Bob's life continued to look more bright on February 10, 1966 when Bob Marley married girlfriend Rita Anderson. The next day Bob left for the United States to visit his mother who lived in Delaware. While in the US he worked to better finance his music and soon returned home. When Bob Marley returned the Wailing Wailers' music evolved from Ska to Rock Steady. This evolution conflicted with Coxsone who wanted a Ska band. So the newly Wailing Wailers left Coxsone to form and renamed themselves the Wailers. Instead of looking around for a new label the Wailers decided to form their own which they called Wail 'N' Soul. This coincided with the birth of the Marley's first born who they named Cedalla. They released a couple signals on their label such as "Bend down low" and "Mellow Mood" before it folded the very same year.

The ending of their label affected the band greatly, it wasn't until they met Lee Perry that they got back on track. With the help of Lee Perry the Wailers produced such great tracks as "Duppy Conquerer", "Soul Rebel", "400 Years" and "Small Axe".

1970 saw the Wailers family grow with the addition of Aston "Family Man" Barret and his brother Carleton. The Wailers were now quite popular throughout the Caribbean but still internationally unknown. With this popularity a second more successful label was formed by the Wailers called Tuff Gong after a nickname of Bob Marley. The Wailers met Johnny Nash and soon Bob accompanied Nash to Sweden and London. When in London, Bob recorded "Reggae on Broadway" which was released by CBS. After this the rest of the Wailers arrived in London to help promote the single only to find that there were out of money and stranded there. With little options available, Bob went into the Island Records Basing Street Studios and asked to speak to the boss, Chris Blackwell with hopes of a possible record deal.

Mr. Blackwell had already heard of the Wailers and signed them on the spot. He advanced them eight thousand pounds so that they could fly back home and record their first album for Island. This was a massive deal, for the first time a reggae band would have access to the finest recording facilities. The album they released was "Catch a Fire", it was very well received by critics and was one of the first reggae albums. Before the Wailers reggae was sold on signals or compilation albums.

In the Spring of 1973 the Wailers arrived back in London to kick off their three month tour of Britain. At the conclusion of the tour they returned back to Jamaica where Bunny decided to quit touring. He was replaced by Joe Higgs. The Wailers along with Higgs travelled to the US were they were scheduled to open 17 shows for the number one black act in the States, Sly and the Family Stone. The Wailers were fired after 4 shows because they were more popular then they band the opened for, the crowd often chanted "Wail-ers" well into the Sly and the Family Stone set. Also they opened a couple dates for Bruce Springsteen. After Sly and the Family Stone axed the Wailers they found themselves once again without money and stranded, this time in Las Vegas. Somehow they found their way to San Fransico. While there they did a live concert broadcast for the radio station KSAN-FM. The whole experience boosted their popularity in North America.

With 1973 winding down the Wailers released the much anticipated follow up album to "Catch a Fire" called "Burnin". On this album many Wailer classics appear such as "I shot the Sheriff" and "Get Up Stand Up". The Wailers popularity in North America grew even more when Eric Clapton re-recorded "I Shot the Sheriff", becoming a number one hit on the US singles charts.

1975 saw the release of the Wailers's third album, "Natty Dread" with such great tracks as "Talking Blues", "No Woman No Cry" and "Revolution". On the down side though two thirds of the original Wailing Wailers, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer quit the band to pursue solo careers. This caused the band to change their name again. This time to Bob Marley and the Wailers. The departure of the two members created a hole in the backing vocal section, this hole was filled and then some by the I-Threes (Rita Marley, Judy Mowatts and Marcia Grittiths). That summer the band started a new European tour. Two of those shows were at the Lyceum Ballroom, both shows were considered among the top of the decade.

Both shows were recorded and made the album "Live!" which included the unforgettable live version "No Woman No Cry" which was a world wide hit. The band underwent more changes with the addition of Al Anderson and Bernard Harvey who were later replaced by Junior Marvin and Tyrone Downie. The last time the original Wailers ever played together was at a Stevie Wonder concert for the Jamaican Institute for the blind. Bob Marley and the Wailers continued their roll releasing the incredible album "Rasta man Vibration" in 1976. This capped off a type of Reggae-Mania happening in the states. Rolling Stone named them band of the year. On the Rasta man Vibration album was the powerful track "War" which lyrics came from a speech given by Emperor Haile Selassie. Bob Marley decided to play a free concert at Kingston's National Heroes Park on December 5, 1976.

The idea behind the concert was a peaceful message against the ghetto wars happening in Trenchtown at the time. Tragedy struck two days before that he get on stage, gunmen broke into the Marley home and shot at Bob, Rita, and two friends. Luckily no one was killed. Despite this Bob Marley went on to put on a memorable show two days later at the Smile Jamaica concert. Following the show the band left for the UK. While they were there they recorded 1977's "Exodus". Possibly their best album to date, it solidified the band's international stardom. It went number one in many countries including England and Germany. It was also one of the top albums of the year.

During their European tour, the band did a week of shows at the Rainbow Theatre in London. It was at the start of the tour when Bob injured his toe playing football. It was later diagnosed as cancerous. Also during this tour Bob received a very important ring, who's previous owner was the Ethiopian Emperor. In May Bob was informed of his cancer. His cancer would most certainly be taken care of by amputating the toe but Bob refused. To do so would be against his Rastafarian faith. With this news the remainder of the Exodus tour was cancelled. His illness didn't prevent him from recording music though, 1978 saw the release of "Kaya" which had a much more mellow sound then previous albums. Bob was accused of selling out because many of the songs were love songs or tributes to ganja (marijuana). Rastafarians believed the smoking the holy herb would bring them closer to Jah (god).

In April 1978, Bob returned to Jamaica to play the One Love Peace Concert. In attendance was Jamaican President Michael Manley and the leader of the Opposition Edward Seaga. It was Bob who got them on stage and even got them to shake hands. On June 15 he was awarded the Peace Medal of the Third World from the United Nations. For the first time he visited Africa going to Kenya and Ethiopia. On this trip he started to work on the song "Zimbabwe". The band also released their second live album "Babylon by Bus" with was recorded in Paris. The album which followed it was Survival in 1978. Throughout the album the theme of black survival was evident.

The Seventies were now coming to a close, Bob Marley and the Wailers were the most popular band on the road breaking many festival records. In 1980 the band found themselves in Gabon to perform in Africa for the first time. Here Bob Marley discovered that there manager had defrauded the band, Bob gave him a beating and fired him. The Zimbabwean government invited the whole band to perform at the countries Independence Ceremony in April. Bob later said of the invitation to be the biggest honour of his life.

After the amazing honour and experience Bob Marley continue to record, "Uprising" was released in 1980. Everything was looking bright, the band was planning an American tour with Stevie Wonder for that winter. Bob's health was deteriorating, but he still got clearance from a doctor to go on the road. The tour started with Boston, followed by New York. During the New York show Bob's looked very sick and he almost fainted. The next morning on Sept. 21 while jogging through Central, Bob collapsed and was brought to the hospital. There a brain tumour was discovered and doctors gave him a month to live. Rita Marley wanted the tour cancelled but Bob wanted to continue on. He played an unforgettable show in Pittsburgh but was too ill to continue so the tour was finally cancelled.

It would be the last show he ever performed. Treatment prolonged his life somewhat but the inevitable was soon to happening. Bob was transported to a Miami hospital where he was baptized Berhane Selassie in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church on November 4. In a final attempt to save his life he underwent a controversial treatment in Germany. While in Germany he celebrated his 36th and final birthday. Ultimately the treatment didn't work. Bob wanted to die at home so he was flown back. Unfortunately he didn't finish the trip, he died on May 11, 1981 in a Miami hospital. He was internationally mourned for and thousands showed up at his May 21 funeral to show their respects. In attendance wereboth the Jamaican President and the Leader of the Opposition. Bob Marley now rests in a mausoleum at his birthplace.

After his death he was awarded Jamaica's Order of Merit. The Prophet Gad insisted on becoming the owner of Bob's ring. However, amazingly the ring the disappeared and still has yet to be found. Bob's mother said that the ring was returned to it's place of origin.

Bob Marley knew of his fate. Being a visionary he foresaw this, his words will forever be immortalized in the lyrics in which he wrote.

"One bright morning when my work is over I will fly away home"


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Taylor Swift



• Taylor Swift has been singing all her life and her motivation is her grandmother who was a professional opera singer.
• She began locally performing around her town at the age of 10 and at the age of 11 she sang the national anthem before a Philphadelphia 76ers game
• When she turned 12 she had picked up a guitar and began practicing for hours each day until her fingers began to bleed
• While performing at a showcase at Nashville's Bluebird Café, Swift caught the eye of music industry veteran Scott Borchetta. He had plans to create a new label and decided Swift was one of the first acts he wanted to sign. Still a high school student fascinated by love (which she uses as her muse), she released her debut single, "Tim McGraw," in August 2006

cat named Indi (who hates everyone in my family except for me) and two Dobermans
Favorite Color- white
Food- cheesecake
Holiday- Christmas
Hobby- driving fast
Place- anyplace around a creek
Season – summer
Things to do- write songs
Things to write about- LOVE
Guitars- Taylors Guitar
Artists- Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert
Song- Can’t tell me nothing by Tim McGraw
Quality in other people- Honesty and sarcasm
Movie- Love actually
Memory- Living on a farm
Zodiac sign- Virgo
First single- Tim McGraw
TV Show: Law & Order, SVU, CSI & Grey's Anatomy
Straight A Honor Roll student

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28 Jan 2010

Tips Cara Belajar Bermain Gitar dan Gitar Bass

Mempunyai hobi musik tidak lengkap rasanya kalau belum bisa memainkan alat musik seperti gitar yang terkenal yang dapat dijadikan teman pengiring semua jenis lagu yang ada di seluruh dunia dan akherat. Belajar bermain gitar awalnya memang sulit dan terkadang membuat stres orang yang mempelajarinya. Untuk belajar bass sebaiknya anda belajar gitar terlebih dahulu, karena orang yang dapat bermain gitar otomatis bisa bermain bass, namun jika anda bisa bermain bass tidak otomatis bisa gitar. Kunci dan nada pada bass gitar tidak jauh berbeda pada gitar, sehingga ada baiknya jika anda belajar kunci dasar gitar dahulu. Selain itu anda bisa menghemat uang, karena tidak perlu membeli bass, tetapi cukup gitar kopong yang murah saja sudah cukup.Untuk bermain gitar anda harus siap merasa agak sakit pada ujung jari kiri anda, karena akan digunakan untuk menekan senar untuk membuat formasi kunci gitar / kord gitar. Terkadang harus membuat ujung jari kita menjadi kapalan maupun melendung baik jari di tangan kiri maupun kanan. Untuk mendapatkan sesuatu anda memang harus mengorbankan sesuatu, itu adalah hukum kimia dan ekonomi yang wajar dan normal.Jika anda berencana untuk kursus sebaiknya anda jangan ikut kursus musik sebelum menguasai tehnik dasar tempo lagu, kunci dasar gitar dan kocokan gonjreng pada gitar. Jika anda belum menguasai hal itu anda hanya akan memperlama masa kursus anda yang akan menghabiskan uang. Untuk menghemat biaya anda bisa belajar pada teman, saudara atau tetangga yang anda kenal baik dan bisa barmain gitar. Jika tidak ada yang bisa bermain gitar maka anda harus belajar otodidak alias belajar sendiri.Yang diperlukan untuk belajar gitar dasar sendirian :
- Gitar apa saja boleh kopong dan boleh lisrik
- Buku atau majalah lagu-lagu yang ada kunci gitarnya beserta petunjuk kunci gitar
- Kaset, CD atau MP3 lagu yang ada di buku lagu
- Kemampuan stem atau menyetem gitarUntuk memulai latihan anda harus menyetem gitar anda terlebih dahulu agar suara 6 senar gitar bisa harmonis dan tepat. Jika tidak distem maka anda tidak akan bisa belajar, karena suaranya tidak mungkin pas. Untuk stem gitar anda bisa minta tolong orang lain atau stem sendiri dengan insting. Untuk masalah stem gitar anda bisa mencari buku panduan bermain gitar di toko buku. Jika anda mau stem sendiri, maka caranya adalah dengan menyamakan fret ke 5 suatu senar dengan satu senar setingkat di bawahnya pada fret 0. Kecuali pada senar ketiga dari bawah yang barus distem pada fret ke 4 dengan fret 0 di senar kedua dari bawah. Anda harus menggunakan filing anda apakah suara suatu fret dengan fret di bawahnya sudah sama suaranya. Jika tidak sama putar-putar pengendali tegangan senar pada ujung gitar sampai pas.Jika sudah OK, maka selanjutnya anda tinggal mencoba gonjreng pada kunci standar sampai jari anda anda terbiasa dengan posisi masing-masing kunci. Kemudian coba buka buku lagu-lagu yang ada kunci gitarnya, lalu coba ikuti perubahan dari kunci ke kunci dengan tempo yang sesuai dengan aslinya sebisa mungkin berdasarkan filing anda.Jika sudah bisa maka anda bisa mencoba bermain bareng dengan suara kaset atau lagu yang sebenarnya. Namun syaratnya adalah steman pada gitar anda sesuai dengan steman yang ada di kaset dan kunci lagu yang ada di buku atau majalah juga benar sesuai dengan yang di kaset dan gitar anda.Jika anda sudah agak lancar anda bisa melanjutkan ke kursus gitar atau inovasi sendiri belajar hal-hal lainnya dari buku mapun kenalan anda. Jika sudah menguasai anda bisa membentuk grup band anda sendiri bersama orang lain yang bisa memainkan alat musik lainnya. Selamat belajar dan semoga berhasil :)

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Basic Technique to Play Drums. By Gideon


When playing drums should be noted is how to hold drumsticks the right, if one holds the drumsticks of the vote results will come out when we hit the snare drum or tom-tom result is not loud or inaudible. And to train a single stroke and double stroke is to use a drum pad or pillows can also be used, you only make time at least half an hour in one day to train a single stroke and double stroke. when done regularly you will certainly be more agile to play the drum sticks.

I will give examples of basic video learn drums, maybe this can help you who want to learn drums, it's very easy to follow. In my opinion more difficult to learn drums or learning guitar learning guitar is more difficult, why did I concluded that learning guitar is more difficult than learning the drums, it's because we only learn drums focus on the ball and not only will produce a tone, not like learning the guitar who must learn penjarian and tone.

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Hertz Dyslexia Mini Album Terbaru The S.I.G.I.T

Setelah kembali ke Indonesia, The S.I.G.I.T yang beranggotakan Rekti (vokal), Farri (gitar), Acil (drum) dan Adit (bass) mulai bersiap untuk meluncurkan mini album terbaru bertajuk “Hertz Dyslexia”. Lagu “Money Making” dan “Midnight Mosque Song” yang berada dalam mini album tersebut sudah bisa didengar di myspace mereka.

“Hertz Dyslexia” sebenarnya dijadwalkan keluar Februari lalu. Akan tetapi, karena masih berada di tangan Lembaga Sensor Film, mini album tersebut belum bisa keluar.

Mini album mereka harus melalui Lembaga Sensor Film karena menyertakan DVD rekaman penampilan The S.I.G.I.T. “Jadi peraturan pemerintah sekarang kalau mau rilis video harus lewat badan sensor film. Nah itu stuck di situ. EP (extended play atau mini album) semua produksi sudah jadi, jadi tinggal menunggu DVD.

Rencananya, ada dua cakram padat berbeda dalam rilisan tersebut. Cakram padat pertama berupa tujuh lagu dengan bonus DVD, sementara cakram kedua berisi empat lagu jika pembeli membeli kaos bergambar sampul mini album “Hertz Dyslexia”.

Seperti mini album dan album perdana, lirik lagu di “Hertz Dyslexia” mayoritas dibuat Rekti. Sementara, musik digarap bersama-sama. Rekti dan Acil mengaku dalam mini album terbaru ini, mereka bisa lebih berimprovisasi.

“Kalau dulu kita kan lebih ngejar hook-nya yang lebih sinistik, lebih gampang ngikutin iramanya. Kalau sekarang lebih banyak pemahaman beat, noise,” atau “Lebih keras”. Di EP ini kan ada 11 lagu, dan Ini merupakan jembatan ke album kedua karena ada nuansa-nuansa album keduanya.

Selain mempersiapkan peluncuran album, The S.I.G.I.T juga akan menggelar The Dyslexia Concert di The Venue, Eldorado, Bandung , 20 Juni 2009. Setelah itu, mereka akan menyiapkan album baru dan merencanakan tur.

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The Sigit - Menggigit

The S.I.G.I.T Bisa Kalem Namun Menggigit

Mengusung aliran musik rock and roll, The Super Insurgent Group of Intemperance Talent, biasa disingkat The S.I.G.I.T tidak tabu untuk tampil tanpa distorsi secara langsung di depan ribuan penggemarnya.

Hal itu dibuktikan oleh Rektivianto Yoewono [vokal, gitar], Aditya Bagja Mulyana alias Adit [bas], Donar Armando Ekana alias Acil [drum, vokal], dan Farri Icksan Wibisana [gitar] dalam konser tunggal berjudul “The Dyslexia Concert” di The Venue Eldorado Bandung, Sabtu [20/06/09] lalu.

Penampilan yang kalem namun menggigit itu mereka selipkan pada bagian kedua konser.

Untuk mendukung musiknya, grup musik yang sudah terbentuk sejak tahun 2002 ini menggandeng Hendi ‘Unyil’ Priyatna yang biasanya tampil bersama The Milo. “Ini pertama kali kita main akustik,” kata Rekti, sang penyanyi.

Sembari memetik gitarnya, dia melantunkan refrain ‘Provocateur’ yang merupakan versi kalem dari lagu ‘Black Amplifier’ yang jadi lagu pembuka dalam konser tunggal pertama The S.I.G.I.T di Indonesia ini. Menariknya lagi saat Insurgent Army-sebutan untuk penggemar mereka- menyanyi bersama, tiba-tiba dinding dan langit-langit The Venue mendadak berkerlap-kerlip dalam warna biru dan putih.

Kehangatan dan kebersamaan sekitar 2 ribu penonton malam itu benar-benar terasa. Satu persatu, lagu-lagu dari album pertama “Visible Idea of Perfection” seperti ‘New Generation’ dan ‘Live in New York’ dinyanyikan bersama-sama layaknya sebuah paduan suara.

Pengaruh Led Zeppelin pada grup musik ini terasa kental. Lihat saja gaya Farri menggesek senar gitarnya dengan bow atau alat gesek biola yang terbuat dari ekor kuda pada lagu ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’. Tembang milik rocker Inggris, Neil Young ini berhasil dibawakan dengan apik oleh Rekti, yang mengaku itu lagu favoritnya.

The S.I.G.I.T yang sempat menjelajah sembilan kota dan tampil di 16 panggung selama sebulan penuh saat di Australia itu melanjutkan konsernya dengan raungan gitar elektrik lewat ‘Alright’, ‘Up and Down’, ‘The Party’, ‘Bhang’, ‘Midnight Mosque Song’, dan ‘Did I Ask Your Opinion’ yang merupakan soundtrack dari film Catatan Akhir Sekolah.

Lepas itu, grup musik yang baru saja pulang dari tur di Amerika ini ‘berupaya’ menyudahi konsernya lewat ‘Nowhere End’. Sebelum dinyanyikan, para personil The S.I.G.I.T membagikan puluhan tamborin untuk dibunyikan bersama-sama.

Pada bagian akhir, masing-masing personil memegang stik drum dan meninggalkan instrumennya. Mereka menggebuk dengan irama yang semakin cepat sampai akhirnya keluar dari panggung.

Setelah melepas semua kemeja hitam yang sedari awal dikenakannya, Rekti, Adit, Acil, dan dan Farri kembali naik ke panggung. Mereka menyelesaikan encore dengan permainan musik yang lebih ‘liar’.

Encore adalah babak tambahan dalam suatu konser, yang biasa [dulunya] dimainkan berdasarkan permintaan penonton begitu pertunjukan berakhir. Dalam bahasa Prancis, encore berarti lagi.

Untung saja pilihan lagu pada bagian akhir ini tepat. Sehingga para penonton tanpa dikomando ikut menyanyikan lagu ‘Clove Doper’, ‘Soul Sister’, dan ‘Money Making’. Sebagai penyempurnanya, penonton diguyur oleh uang-uangan kertas dari atas gedung pertunjukkan.

“Buat kami ini merupakan konser yang sangat penting dan ini menjadi tonggak buat kami ke depannya,”

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