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Friday 6 May 2011

Celoteh 1: Emang beda level yah!

First of all, maap saya lagi bawel. Pengen celoteh ini itu. Padahal hari ini ga banyak consuming sugars. Well anyway, here we go... as blog ini kan emang buat sharing about things that I like (selaen tentunya photo2 as u can see), this time gw pengen ngobrolin soal ,errr what's the best way to explain this, hmm performance management? Oh by the way lagi, maap bahasanya campur aduk, ga ada editornya soalnya hihihi

Jadi gini lho, gw tuh kalo lagi liat live performance, ya music concert or theatre or musical, demen merhatiin hal2 plus plus.Nah, apa yg dimaksud dengan hal2 plus2? Those can include: time management (termasuk interval), backdrops/settings, lighting, sound systems, costumes, and tentunya gimana artis tuh nguasain panggung. Nah abis itu gw demen mikir sendiri, what's good, what to improve, bla bla bla....

Nah, tadi malam gw nonton Maroon 5 concert! It was awesome! Opening acts-nya: Ry Cuming and Sara Bareilles.Uda gitu baru deh tentunya Maroon 5. Nah dari performance 3 artists itu keliatan banget beda level and jam terbangnya.   

First performance was by Ry Cuming. Kalo gak gara2 neh concert i might never know him. He's actually great. Tipe lagunya lebih mellow2 gitu sih. Dia tampil solo, gitar accoustic. Nah mungkin karena masi baru yah, interactions sama audience-nya dikit banget. Malah cenderung canggung. And a bit kecepetan ngomongnya. I thought I was the only one who didn't get what he said. "Mungkin karena gw bukan native (English speaking)", gw pikir. Ehh ternyata bule depan gw jg ga dapet! So I guess kurang clear aja ngomongnya. Honestly, he is actually great! Cuma kurang lagu yg nge-beat aja, jadi kurang bisa "ngangkat" penonton.

Second performer was Sara Bareilles. Nah mbak Sara ini tentunya uda lebih terkenal daripada mas Ry. Selaen lagunya uda lebih terkenal, dia bawa full band. Tentunya bunyi drum, bass and piano-nya jadi bisa lebih ngangkat suasana. Lumayan banyak interaksinya sama penonton and joking around. And tentunya karena ada band pendukung, dia bisa leluasa jalan2 di panggung karena ada beberapa parts yg dia ga usah maenin instruments. Dia juga maenin cover 1 lagu yg lagi terkenal and beatnya ceria. Nah yg mayan bagus konsepnya tuh, pas bawain lagu terakhir, bandnya uda keluar semua. Jadi tinggal dia sendiri nyanyi sambil maen piano. Good buat penutup. Lagunya jg yg calm jadi sort of anti-climax dari performance set-nya mbak Sara ini. It's good juga soalnya in between Sara and Maroon 5 ada 30 minutes break. Kalo lagu terakhir yg upbeat bgt bakal lebih berasa kosongnya in between. And jadinya karena "uda ditenangin" penontonnya, after that 30 minutes break begitu Maroon 5 masuk langsung ngegebrak. (Though kalo bisa sih jangan 30 minutes, capek berdirinya hahaha)

And nooowwwww, the main act: MAROON 5!!!!! Masuk-masuk, without hi, langsung maenin lagu Misery. Tentunya karena ini konsernya mereka ya semua penonton langsung teriak histeris jerit-jerit tapi untungnya gak jambak2an (lho?). My review: very good performance. Mas Adam (as the vocalist) interaksi sama penonton, ga cuma nyanyi. And ternyata mereka emang keren! Ada kan yg di cd/tv pokoknya in record bagus, tapi live performancenya sucks. Nah mereka ini kyk ga ada habis2nya staminanya. Mas Adam juga keren, eventho jalan2 and loncat2, suaranya most of the time stabil and gak off keys. Konsernya interactive, melibatkan penonton pas nyanyi "She will be loved". Mereka did some covers on some songs and to make them more awesome, mereka selipin di tengah-tengah lagu mereka. 3 extra songs for encore and Sunday Morning as the closing. Yang keren juga, mereka do some improvisations on their songs, mostly on the intros. (Nah kalo yg ini subjective: ) mereka bawain cover "Let's stay together"... awwww I LOVE THAT SONG! Sweetest treat for the night I'd say. Also, ketiga performers-nya semua on time! Nice! All audiences seemed enjoying the concert to the max! 

Love it! I spent my 05/05/2011 with Maroon 5 and it was, as Barney said, legend...wait for it... daaaryyyy! 

-MK-

   
 

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