Senin, 21 Juni 2010

Shakira - Waka waka guitar cover

This video is made for most respectful of FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 South Africa

I play for Shakira - waka waka guitar solo.

I'm so sorry for many mistakes there, I still ammateur and need to learn more and more.

I do for 2 guitars there, cleand and dist, the tinny vid on the corner is clean part and I adjust the volume lower. :)
but you still can hear it if you want :p

And I'm so sorry for bad video quality, my cam has a bad pixel :(

This video is the copyrighted of its owner(S)

external guitar by : A'ank

yeah, at least I did it. This is the hardest song ever to arrange, it takes so many times and my energy. This is simple song, only contain of 4 chords but..uuuuhhhh it's so hard.


and yeah, the result still not make me satisfy yet.

The reason why I do this project because I'm sad that INDONESIA never can be participated on WORLD CUP, so , as a good INDONESIAN, I just wanna join to this party :), at least I become a vice for INDONESIA from this song :)

and here this, SHAKIRA - WAKA WAKA guitar cover :)


always need your building criticism guys :)

Keep Rockin

Angga " A'ank " Rahmawan

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Rabu, 16 Juni 2010

My Philosophy Of Playing Guitar

To The Point guys

Now, I'll write for ather side while waiting for a new request.

This write just my oppinion abut playing guitar.
First, I just wanna tell you how I can be so addicted to this instrument :)

I was dreaming to be a drummer, I loved to beat something with sticks, you know?? pillow, frying pan are the things I loved to beat with, although with very2 bad tempo.LOL

but the disaster came ( call it "LEBAY") when I faced with the real drum kits. Yeah, it was looked like a monster to me, so different with the theory, even I can do nothing :(


Since I knew that I wasn't get a talent in that thing, I thought that I have no talent in any music instrument. :(

Then, I know about guitar when I was in high school. Actually I know it since in junior high school but I'm not interest enough. High school is my 1st time I start to love this instrument. I start to play in a band with my classmate and also other friends. I feel like I have a new spirit when I play this (guitar). Then I decide to take a guitar course with my band mate. it happens in 2nd grade of high school, and I just take it for a year.

Well, enough for the story, now I'll write about my philosophy of playing guitar :

- Since I know abut guitar I really2 addicted with a speed metal, like yngwie, michael angelo and other world shreeder. Yeah, I work very hard to be like them. Ambitious, Then I realize that all skill that I've got just a "BONUS" of my work. Yeah, skill isn't everything, but how we make a creation is the real work.

- I start to love METAL when I see " S.O.A.D ", I'm so big fans of them especially with DARON MALAKIAN as a guitarist. I start to learn their song. Then I realize "hey, is DARON can play guitar???" there is no solo guitar in S.O.A.D's song. even only a simple riffs there. Yeah I know that DARON just a unique guitarist who has minim skill but with many masterpiece. FACT : HE"S BECOME 100 GUITARIST EVER WITH LOW SKILL. how surprise me!!!yeah, his masterpiece which make him famous.

- Then enjoy your music with your heart. What it means?? I've been playing guitar for almost 5 years and I've through many experiences. I play metal, pop, alternative, rock and play with some bands. but I just can get the feeling with my first band. at least I know because this is my first love of music, I play guitar very bad first, but it sounds great when we were one team. We got a feeling every single. and we were one heart. No matter what kind of music we did but it sounds great when we found our mates, just like your LOVE LIFE guys :)

- This is the last, Someone told me : "you gotta be a genius guitarist, you gotta be smart, explore your music on guitar playing, skill isn't everything, about what you've shown just now is awesome -AMET YOGA "guitarist of anna maybe"-". I'ts happen when I show him one of my guitar playing video. I play arrange MOZART's song and he said it's great. I was so happy, because I know I still amateur. So, what's the lesson we got? The Praise???NO!!!!! It means that we can't stuck with music today, but let your imagination grow. Make something new with your music, no matter it's bad or not, but at least you have your own masterpiece :)

And yeah, those are my philosophy, I don't know how about you guys. I'm sure every single have their own opinion. Just wanna share and I hope it's gonna be useful for you. Thx anyway :)

Keep Rock

Angga " A'ank " Rahmawan

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Senin, 14 Juni 2010

Rufio-Still guitar cover (duel concept)

Hai readers and viewers semua???emmm...aaaaahhh...errrr (entah kenapa gw selalu bingung dalam membuka sebuah percakapan atau sebagainya :p)

OK, kali ini gw menerima request dari saudara JELLY (lagi :p). Dia minta di coverin lagunya RUFIO yang judulnya STILL. Agak telat sih bikinnya soalnya gw abis kelar ujian man.hehe

Yah, sedikit cerita tentang cover lagu ini, setelah gw dimintain buat cover lagu ini, gw mikir tema apa yang cocok ya??? terus gw liat2 koleksi video yang gw punya. Disitu gw liat lagi videonya dragonforce. DAN!!!!!!!!!!!! gw langsung dapet ide gitu aja, gw bikin aja video gw kali ini pake konsep ala DRAGONFORCE yang kalo setiap solo guitarnya selalu dibikin duel gitu, adep2an satu sama lain dan di bawahnya ada video kecil yang nampilin permainan gitar secara zoom. GOTCHAAAA...langsung deh kelar ujian gw garap aja project ini.aha

Jadi gw disini recording 2 kali. bikin gitar 1 dan 2. nah buat yang liat video gw, sbg confirmasi aja ya, bahwa pada video gw pas lagi maen gitar berdiri itu cuman lypsinc.hehe, dan video kecil yang dibawahnya itu baru real recording :)

oiya, buat yang liat kalo mau ngakak ya ngakak aja gak papa, gw kebanyakan tingkah di video ini.hehe

here this, RUFIO - STILL guitar cover by a'ank, special for Mr.JELLY :)




buat yang mau download videonya bisa klik disini :)

thx guys, keep update on my blog :)
need your building criticism always

Keep Rock

Angga " A'ank " Rahmawan

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Senin, 07 Juni 2010

MOZART - Serenade No. 13 for strings in D major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik") Re-arrange by me

UPDATED : I've got the title, helped by FEBBY TAN a.k.a VISUAL GROOVE, she helps me so much, thx FEBS :)

Hay guys, What's up nih? :P

ya, kali ini gw sepertinya lebih produktif dengan mencipta lagu dari pada nerima pesanan cover. Tapi bukan berarti gw berhenti dr ngoverin lagu pesenan. Masih tetep kok, cuman kepending dulu :p

Ok,alasan kenapa gw sekarang lebih suka bikin lagu atu meng arrange lagu karena gw baru aja mempelajari ilmu "KONTRAKAN RECORDING" inget bukan HOME RECORDING. hehe
Jadi lagi seneng2nya bikin lagu sendiri


Nah ceritanya nih ya, akhir2 ini gw seneng banget nostalgia sama CANNON ROCK arrange nya JERRY C yang beberapa tahun lalu sempet booming dan menjadi artis youtube nomer wahid.hehe

Yah, itu lagu termasuk favorite gw banget, gw rela g' makan seharian demi mempelajari lagunya master JERRY C (lebay :p)

Kemudian, gw kepikiran, kenapa gw g' mencoba mengikiti jejaknya bang master ya? meng-arrange lagu klasik. Gw pun sibuk nyari lagu2 klasik dari mozart, pachelbel, beethouven dsb. tapi memang susah buat milih lagu yang tepat, apa lagi lagunya sumpah TINGGIIIIIIIIII banget, g' nyampe ilmu gw deh :p

Terus gw bersenandung aja gitu di pikiran sambil nyanyi2 sendiri kaya orang gila, SUDDENLY : " jeng jengjeng jengjengjengjengjengjeng " ( bayangan suara intro sebuah lagu klasik)...VOILA.... GW NEMUUUUU, yah lagu itu. Tapi sayang seribu sayang gw lupa ama judulnya sama composernya siapa (ato bisa disebut g' tau).

Tapi gw berpikir, ah bikin dulu aja dah. Langsung gw buka FL studio, Cool edit dan bikin project itu. Gw bikin drummnya dulu, semaleman bikin hanya untuk durasi 2:18 menit aja T_T

DRUMM Jadi, langsung take guitar buat bikin backing tracknya. DAN JADI LAGI. wah gw malem itu lagi niat banget pokoknya.haha

Terus gw kreasi MAIN SOLO-nya, dan finalnya adalah tadi pagi. Bangun tidur gw cuci muka, setel laptop gw, idupin cammera laptop dan software recording gw. SIAP BUAT TAKE MAIN SOLO. *SAMBIL NGEPALIN TANGAN*

Well, ini dia hasilnya. Enjoy it guys



yah, sampe sekarang gw belom ngerti judulnya apaan, buat yang ngerti judulnya. plisss contact me as soon as possible. OK :)

yang mau download silahkan klil disini :)

Thx anyway

Always need a advice and building criticism.

Keep Rock

Angga " A'ank " Rahmawan

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Minggu, 30 Mei 2010

A'ank feat Febby - Telephone - Lady Gaga ft. Beyonce Drum and Guitar Rock

I'd like to say thanks to febby tan a.k.a visual groove who had allowed me to re-arrange her cover song. she plays drum and I play guitar, she's the best woman drummer I think, I know there are so many mistake that I made from this vid, I need to learn more and more.

LOL, because when I try to cover it suddenly my 1st and 2nd string was broken, so I only use 4 strings here.

my gear :
- washburn guitar
- Zomm GFX 707 multi effect
- and my fuckin notebook (it's an old notebook cammera that I use :p)

once more, thx to febby. :)


jadi gini, kemaren2 gw searching2 video di youtube dan nemu videonya febby (yang g' tau febby siapa, dia drummer cewek yang keren abis maennya) yang terbaru, ya udah gw download deh. Nah di descriptionnya ada nickname twitternya si febby itu, sekalian aja gw follow. Terus kemudian ada pikiran, kenapa g' gw isi gitarnya aja ya? gw arrange gitarnya??? then, gw twitt si febby *sangat berharap dibales twittnya* , dan g' taunya dibales beneran. #senenggulingguling.

gw twitt gini : @febbytan I'll be very happy if you allow me to arrange your cover of lady gaga's song, I'll play guitar and you play drum.

dan dibales deh sama febby. @febbytan > @aankguitarist Do it, I wanna see !! :D

langsung deh gw semangat ngerjain project ini. pengerjaan cover lagu ini lumayan susah, gw musti edit suara yang rusak, edit video juga, pokoknya ribet dah, soalnya laptop gw ini laptop super butut jadi g' semua software bisa diinstal ke laptop gw. Tapi akhirnya berhasil juga.hehe

and here is the video.



gimana guys?? kalo menurut gw sih ya, cover yang sekarang ini adalah cover terbaik yang pernah gw lakukan, mungkin memang tak sebaik yang kalian lihat, but this is totally my work, no plagiarism, pure mine.hehe

oiya sebagai bonus gw kasih juga lagu gw yang baru, hasil semedi di kontrakan, g'ada yang maen bass sih, gw bukan bassist masalahnya.

suara drum sendiri gw bikin pake FL studio 5, dan recording pake cool edit, dan gitar gw cuman pake 4 senar gara2 senar 1 dan 2 putus pas cover lagunya lady gaga yang diatas. And here is my song. bingung kasih judul apa akhirnya gw kasih aja judulnya The Groove Rawrgh :p



how about this one guys?

always need advice and building criticism. thx anyway :)

Keep Rock

Angga " A'ank " Rahmawan

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Jumat, 21 Mei 2010

my demo song, download please !!! :)

Well, readers, viewers..how are you? (garing)

OK, masih belom bisa cover lagu sodara2, mohon maaf sekali. But sebagai gantinya saya bakal promosi demo lagu saya. Didownload ya :)

Jadi gini, selama ini gw semedi di dalam kamar kontrakan, nyari inspirasi kemudian liat gitar gw, effect gw, laptop gw, software cool record edit yang gw punya. Lalu terpikir tak ada rotan maka akar pun jadi. Akhirnya gw take demo song gw sendirian tanpa bantuan orang lain dan dilakukan di kamar kontrakan gw sendiri.

Ya memang sih hasilnya masih jauh dari quality recording yang kita musti rogoh kocek dalem2 di studio recording. Secara ya, gw cuman modal laptop butut, gitar, effect, jack converter dan software dan udah gitu aja.

Cuman ada suara drum dan gitar aja, drum sendiri gw ambil dari suara drum yang ada di effect digigital gw, jadi monoton gitu deh.

Yang mau download KLIK DISINI dan selamat menikmati.

Buat yang ngerasa kupingnya banyak kopoknya dan g' punya cutton bud ato susah2 nyaricutton bud, gampang aja, tinggal pasang headset dan stell volume ke max lalu dengerin lagu gw itu. Kopoknya bakal ancur dan rontok :p

Tak lupa juga buat yang udah download bisa kasih saran dan kritik yang membangun.

OK sekian aja. Thx guys for visiting.

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Kamis, 13 Mei 2010

My 1st Mie Ramen

Well, kali ini belom video cover lagi postingannya, lagi ada problem dengan kamera laptop gw sehingga belom bisa mengcover lagu. :p

OK, tepatnya kemaren malem hari Rabu, 12 Mei 2010 lagi OL sekitar abis maghrib, as usual, gw buka acc FB sama twitter gw. Boring so much, do nothing and don't know what I've to do. Nah, suddenly, gw liat daftar chat di FB gw, ada temen gw si Anggi ( yang notabene temen gw sejak SMA dan kebetulan sama2 kuliah di jogja ). Well, gw chat aja dia .

gw : nggi.....
anggi : woi, apa ngga????
gw : gak papa, cuman mau konfirmasi kalo gw laper.. :p
anggi : hahahaha...ya makan lah
gw : sekalian mengharap ada orang yang mau gratisin gw makan. (sangat mengharap di bayarin )
anggi : hahaha, ah uangmu kan kemaren aku liat masih banyak.
gw : *dalam hati* doh ketahuan deh..


lalu gw pun berfikir, si anggi udah sering bayarin gw makan, ah gw harus balas budi ini, masak gw lagi yang di baarin...lalu * entah kesambet apa * kok gw tiba2 dengan ikhlasnya nawarin anggi buat gw traktir makan. Padahal selama ini gw aselalu berpegan teguh sama prinsip " selama masih bisa di kasih maka terimalah dan simpanlah milikmu " ( bener2 prinsip yang salah kaprah dan jangan ditiru, itu menunjukan kalo lo pelit. LOL) ". Then, chat berlanjut.

gw : ayo gw traktir makan deh, gantian sekali2 gw yang traktir...
anggi : asiiiik.
sekarang nih??
gw : kagak, taon depan...ya sekarang lah * sambil liat jam yang menunjukan 07.15pm
anggi : OK
gw : gw jemput sekarang ya..
anggi : OK

Dan....berangkatlah gw jemput si anggi. Setelah sampe tempat anggi, gak pake lama kita langsung cabut cari tempat makan, pertamanya bingung, kita mau makan apa, dimana, dan yang enak apa? "Ke utara apa ke selatan nih nggi?" gw bilang. "ah terserah" anggi bilang. OK, kita ke Jl. Tamsis aja, banyak makanan disana kayaknya.

Kita pun ke sana sambil bercanda2 di jalan, sampe Tamsis, bingung man mau milih tempat makan, banyak banget soalnya.

Suddenly gw liat sebelah kanan ada warung yang bernuansa JEPANG dan gw lirik ke tulisannya, tertulis RAMEN. Saat itu pula yang tersirat di kepala gw adalah mukanya NARUTO yang sumpah selalu bikin gw ngiler kalo dia lagi makan Mie Ramen, dan gw pun langsung puter dan bilang ke Anggi. Kita makan Ramen sekarang.

Sampai....Parkir motor lalu pesen yang harganya 13ribuan dengan judul alias rasa chicken or beef, gw pesen 2 mangkuk dan sempet ditanyain sama yang jual, "mau mie lokal apa impor mas?" , gw berfikir sejenak " lokal impor apa bedanya sih, ah paling beda harga, yang lokal aja dah, pasti lebih murah" .hehe,

Yah, sambil menunggu pesenan dateng dengan penasaranya kaya apa itu mie ramen, kita cerita2 sebentar. Dan kemudian, walaaaaaahh, datang juga mie ramenya..



















ini mie ramenya...hmmmm


















dan ini gw lagi nyeruput ramennya.



oiya, si anggi g' ada di foto, dia g' mau gw foto. malu katanya.hihi

well, kesan2 gw selama menikmati ramen ini, sangat jauh dari pikiran gw tentang ramen yang digembor2kan sama NARUTO. gw kira kuahnya bakal kentel kaya mie karenya mie S***P, tapi ternyata encer, malah terlihat seperti kuah sop gitu deh.

Dan rasanya juga tak sespecial yang terlihat dan gw bayangkan, yah memang enak sih, bagi gw mah kalo g' enak berarti g' menarik, dan ramen itu sudah berhasil menarikku.hehe

Gw abis semangkok, dan anggi g' abis, cuman abis sekitar separohnya, dari pada mubadzir ya gw babat aja punya dia. nyam nyam nyam.hehe

Memang benar guys, pengalaman cukup mahal harganya, setidak nya itu pengalamn gw dalam menjelajah kuliner yang ada di jogja, pengen gw jelajah kuliner2 yang ada di jogja yang belom tentu ada di kota gw.hehe

well, sekian aja postingan kali ini. Kalo cam laptop udah bener ato kalo mungkin sukur2 gw bisa beli camcorder gw bakal sesegera mungkin posting video cover gw.hehe

thx guys, see ya on the next post

wassalam,
keep rock


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