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I can't play any fucking music instrument to save my fucking live, but I don't think i can live without them.

I've always wonder why music have become a huge part of my life, i can't remember the time where I don't have an earphone/headphone with me.

It started from listening to radio in my room, ultra MP3 on that Nokias, to built-in MP3 player, to iPod.

iPod nano changed my life.

I mean yeah, listening music on your phone means the capacity is limited, and the average size of your average mp3 files were 1Mb, and your average memory is 128mb, that includes other data.

8Gb iPod nano changes everything, i could have thousands of it, managing my music collection and creating playlist(s) to fit my mood becomes a thing that i take very seriously.

Back to the main theme of this post.

I think I like music a lot because in some sort of cosmic coincidence, someone, somewhere, producing this art - the lyrics and the music, it's a package - that somehow i can relate to.

and i don't know why i relate to music in a way that is different than me relating to other people.

Maybe because a lot of these music is a nakedness of thoughts, and relating to thoughts is a whole different beast.

And finding out other people likes the same music as I do felt like finding a long lost friend.

I mean of course liking the same obscure thing does not mean you're meant to be friends or a soulmate - just like i found out myself - but it is a start, a window of knowing someone.

Finding out new music that you know you'll like is a great feeling, but finding a new music in a new genre that you know you'll enjoy is the greatest feeling, the fact that it's a genre you're new with means there's a shitload of things to discover.

Then the question arise, what kind of music I like?

Despite being the technical snob that I am - I love technicality, it's indisputable - music, like any art, it's about invoking feeling with its use of melody and lyrics and whatever the artist could use.

Take Arctic Monkey's 505 for example, 

But I crumble completely when you cry

the way the music plays - before and after - and how Alex sang that part means a lot.

So yeah.

I give up to logically explain why I like something - or someone. 

I know why I like them, because they invoke feelings inside me, and anything that invokes any feeling is worth remembering.

Do I wanna know

Encounter pertama sama Arctic Monkeys itu masih inget banget.

Temen gw yg library music nya terkini banget, ngomongin band yg nama nya Arctic Monkeys sama temen gw yg lain.

Karena gw lagi bosen sama lagu2 di hape gw, ya gw minta bagi aja via Bluetooth - those were the days man.

When the sun goes down

Itu lagu Arctic Monkeys pertama yg gw dengerin, and the rest is history.

Kenapa nulis ini? Ya gatau juga, tiba2 keinget aja.

Dan gatau kenapa gw ga pernah bisa inget pertemuan pertama gw dengan musisi lain, tapi Arctic Monkeys berkesan banget.

Mungkin karena waktu itu temen gw udah pessimis duluan, "bukan lagu lo banget deh"

Siapa yang sangka sekarang gw anaknya brit rock banget #ciegitu

Architecture won't do

Saya ini kan ngeh ya kalo ada orang asing yang sering papasan di satu tempat, misalnya di kantin kampus dulu, ato klo sekarang ya di tempat ngerokok kantor, ato tempat makan sekitaran kampus.

Engeh disini bukan berarti naksir ya, engeh eksistensi aja, kayak kalo misalnya tb2 nasib mempertemukan kita di situasi dan kondisi lain, misalnya ternyata punya mutual friend gt, trus kemudian dikenalin, pasti saya engeh dan bilang "eh situ yg kerja disini juga kan", gitu.

Ato kalau sampe mati pun cuma jadi orang2 yg sering nongkrong di tempat yg sama tanpa pernah kenalan pun, entah kenapa kok ya saya melankolis sendiri gt.

Mungkin kita semua saling ngeh, mungkin nggak.

Semacam ratusan garis yang parallel tapi tak pernah bersentuhan.

Ratusan ribu keputusan hidup dan jutaan faktor lain membuat puluhan orang ini nongkrong di satu tempat, tapi tidak pernah bersinggungan.

Mungkin sebaiknya saya ga dengerin/baca lagu2/buku2 yang saya dengerin/baca akhir2 ini.

Tapi mungkin ada hubungannya kondisi mental saya dengan lagu dan buku yang saya dengar dan baca akhir2 ini.

Tapi mana yang duluan juga gatau, ini masalah ayam dan telur.