Crystallized.

Yesterday was one of the best moments of my life.

I FINALLY GOT MY HANDS ON AN ELECTRIC GUITAR!!!

The feeling was as equivalent to finding your one true love. It was just that sexy...
lol look at me, I'm getting all promiscuous over a musical instrument.

BUT IT CANNOT BE HELPED!
All of that fantasizing of holding an axe finally became a reality.
The only thing that isn't coming true so far is the skills of playing an electric guitar...which is actually the main point of holding it, right?
I'm falling flatly behind on this matter. I really wish I know how to play it =.=;
But this fact really made me appreciate the talent of musicians everywhere. Playing instruments could be one of the hardest art-forms. That's the reason why I don't give much credit to those "musicians" who only dance and sing on stage(Actually paraphrasing this from my brother, Zaki). Not even to Michael Jackson, who is undoubtedly my favorite entertainer. The instrumentalists are the ones who are in charge of the melody and beat. So what's dancing when there are absence of these people?

 Synchronization is another complexity. I find it really hard to sing along while playing the guitar without missing more string plucking than I would by playing it without singing. Yet those performers who play onstage seem effortless in their attempts and moreover, you yourself can feel the unison of their vocals and the beat. More than almost anything, I want to be just like that. To be taken away by the rhythm I make...

But man, does this need practicing! And what's more, I am lacking a guitar that could be available to me 24-7. And it would be incredibly and awesomely perfect if there was a friend who could make me his/her apprentice to master this wonderful art-form. If only I had been more assertive on my first attempt to play the guitar during fourth grade... the skills I have now (though scant) could at least be a bit more developed...

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention the song I clumsily tried to imitate. It's none other than a Romy Madley Croft classic, The xx's "Crystallized". And I have to admit, it sounded SO much better using an electric guitar instead of  an acoustic one. I love her style, it's just so sweet and simple and awesomely FLY.
But it's still tedious because I really wanted to emulate every nook and cranny of the guitar beat of that song (which BTW uses two guitars and one bass and I had attempted to cover one of the guitars and the bass using only one guitar)
Plus, it's really hard to get used to using a guitar pick...

So unless I get more frequent chances of using the music room in INTI, the solidarity of wanting to play the guitar and knowing how to play the guitar will remain dormant and unmoved. Plus, it may take a few more years for me to own my own guitar...

I'll just continue fantasizing then :p

Artists that would become my inspiration(when you know, learning how to play):

Romy Madley Croft from The XX (and a little bit of that bass-coolness from Oliver Sim)
Arctic Monkeys(The early years..)
Of Montreal
Morning Benders
Keith Murray (We Are Scientists)
The Shins
The Eagles
Bee Gees


and more as I discover...

Guitars I dream of owning:

Epiphone Les Paul (This is bias-based since Romy uses it)

Taylor T5 Classic (Has the best of both worlds: acoustic and electric all in one)

 Surveying for more though.

And here's Crystallized :D