MORNING GLORY for planet Earth!
This time, I wanted to explain to you about me being a singer / musician! My most passionate Job in my whooole life!^^ I mean, seriously, you just can’t separate me with music dude, cuz if you do – I’m just gonna struggle to fight it back! Go ranger natnat! >_< (♫lebaaaaay♫)
Anyhoo, it has been a rocky road for me to be able to sit here and feel my true color of music. Believe me, I’ve been thru ups and downs till I get to be here, in my music position, I mean. It’s haaaard you know….!! XO
But you know what? No matter how hard it is, I just can never feel tired for facing that, I never feel ‘had enough’ for waking up again and again if I went thru some down-points, because I LOVE THIS JOB!
“Choose a Job you Love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life!” – Confucius.
I dig it, Con. I do. Peace yo.
Sooo, maybe I’ll start it from where it began. Pro’lly since I was around 7-ish. I always listened to my dad singing with his guitar (there was no keyboard back then), and he used to sing some Pance songs, Broery songs, KoesPloes, etc..
♫Widuri… Elok bagai Rembulan… Oh Sayang…♫ - Broery Marantika / Pesolima.
And I also listened to my mom karaoke with Mariah Carey’s tape ( yes, not CD, nor DVD, it’s a tape!)
♫I can’t live…! ..iflibilibidadyu..!♫ - Mariah Carey, I guess…
And a little version of me (me as a kid) was interested on that. So I took the mic, and I started to sing some Mariah Carey songs, Whitney Houston, even Celine Dion (yep, I aim for the toughest ladies, ehehe).. And you know what? My family loved it and they proud of me! Yiaay!^o^
I remember my very 1st performance back then. I was forced to sing in some ‘Kenaikan Kelas’ event @ my school by my mother. I was still a cute shy ‘not little’ girl who didn’t have a gut to sing in front of lots of peeps (not like I am now. I know!!). yet, I kept singing a song called:
♫Mamaaaa… Kembalilah Padaku….!♫ - anonym.
And you know what? They loved it! They complimented my performance, saying that I have a huge talent for that! So I was happy and excited! From that day, I made SINGING becomes my 1st passion ever!!..
I went thru lots and lots of competition. Losing or winning, I don’t care! (although, mostly I got the winning part, ehem! Sombooooooooong).. seriously, as long as I kept singing from the heart, then I’m happy to do that!
When I first got in to my Senior High School, I remember that I was on my orientation days (before the school begin), and I got to sing (and forced myself up) to be brave singing @ a school hall, in front of everybody in school, representing for my Class 1-8. I was singing, The Pretenders – I’ll stand by you and Chantal K – Leaving on a Jet plane.
AND EVERYONE LOVED IT AGAIN! Teachers, all students from 1st grade to 3rd grade, they just clap their hands appreciating my performance. I was relieved, finally I got a chance showing my true ability to everybody. :D Thank God!
Because of that performance, I was asked to join with a School Choir, PSS – PADUAN SUARA SMANSA. And from that activity, my experience of singing career has been taking to a more serious path.
PSS - The left corner is me singing in a yellow dress with a pink veil and the dudes wearing a blue shirt, what a COLORS!! -_-;
Besides doing some choir, I also did some band things back in my school days. Here are some of the pictures, me performing with my schoolmates. :D
Me singing – SHUT UP by BEP with my 3C1 class mates! Looking so fashionable, huh?? Lol…
Miss this moment! ^o^
Me with senior dudes, having a gig @ Cipanas
Anyhooooo,
After school, back in my campus time, I didn’t have much time dealing with music stuffs again, I was too busy thinking about having good grades @ Campus (and finally I did have a good grade, ehehe.. – somboooooooong). But then, in a year of 2006, I met with my old friend, ANTON, and he asked me to joing him to sing in a café, so I took his offer right away! From him, I was met with A dimaz, and then we had our first gig back @ Rumah Nenek. And I loved it!
Me with Anton (the red dude) and A dimz back there @ Rumah Nenek.^^
@ PHDC, Campus event. Me looking so admiring Anton, lol…
Anyhoooo (again and again)...
Things were not going so well between us, so one thing leads to another.. A dimz made me meet with his 2 friends, Adit and A Gondz, they wanted me to help them performing @ Neo-Calista. So I did. I played with’em, and you know what, the chemistry did really work with us! I was happy having a gig with them! And so, we came to a final and called ourself as DJIMBE – Disini Jiwaku Ingin Menyanyi Bersama. – A Dimz.
These are several events that we went together.
Me having so much fun @ a stage with DJIMBE. Yiaaaaay!!
But then, time is passing by, the guys were too busy minding their own business until they abandoning the so called Reggae Band – DJIMBE. I was so sad and disappointed, cuz we’ve been thru so many events together with fun! But you know what? It didn’t make me stop fighting back for my own music! I need to find other Soul of Music!!
So, I asked my pals @ Campus for helping me having a gig @ Kongkow’s Café. And we did quite well.. but you know what, they’re my pals, I was happy playing wth’em though! :D So, we called our self as BOSSA.
Opeck, Rangga and Me @ the front (still, the curvy one! Lol..)
And then, we thought that we had to have a real guitarist for us, so we meet Polin.
Bossa + Polin, the guitarist! And me on a new looks!!.. too shoooort!>_<
But then again… sigh*
One thing always leads to another.. I really thought it’s the best way for me to create some band with a more serious type of guys. Guys who have as biggest passionate as I am in Music World. So, Polin asked me to meet with Dika and Hegar, these are all the guys from my recent band, SistaR = Sister as Star.
And you know what? The Chemistry was going back again! We really hit it off reaaal nice!!..
These are some pictures of us together:
SistaR – in ♥ with the sound of Music!
Guys @ SistaR (look @ me thiner! Yieeaay!)
Right now, I was blessed to still have a chance building up my true music. I hope I can make it thru the right path of this passion of mine! Because I do love SINGING, and no one can’t take that away from me, even though there are lots of challenges or troubles heading my way thru successful, to come to a Promise Land.. I still believe in my heart, that I can make it.
By believing in your heart.. you know that you are on your way to catch your own dream. :D - natalia pratiwi
Wish me a very good luck, peeps XD
BEST REGARD,
natnat.instyle
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