FAKKU Writers' Lounge

Plugging the guitar cable to the Marstall' amp beside my desk, I tried practicing some clean tunes with my brand new electric guitar. The old one has been used for nearly 10 years now, and I bought it while I was 15. You can guess my age now huh? Music has always been my greatest inspirations while I was a kid, thank goodness that my dad introduced me to this world of classic rock. The 70's sure had tons of good music to boot up, I remember when I was listening to some of The Windows' records on his CD player. The abrasive tunes they played, complemented with the clean yet aggressive organ playing, along with great drumming and theatrical vocal performance really boots me up and starts my day.

And there's one musician named Jimmy Halley, he plays blues and psychedelic rock and I found his guitar playing to be so addictive. Pops actually had his entire album, about 40 CD's or so, including his live albums, compilations, and a few of the rare extended plays. His career already spans more than 40 years as for now and he's famously known as 'The Guitar God' or 'The King of Classic Rock'. I actually skipped school just to listen to his records for the entire day, and unlike many other parents, they just letting me do whatever I like. But well, they're so damn strict to my little brother, who's being forced to study all the time, sometimes it makes me feel kinda sad.

I thought about that as I opened the window folds in my apartment after practicing my new guitar licks. The benign sunlight rays brought about clarity to my very eyes, bright enough it nearly blinds me, who always seem to get stuck up in a dimly lit room for many days without doing a single meaningful thing. The 25 years old me is someone who has been into the band business for nearly 8 years, but never really been a long-time member, constantly switching bands because I'm so hard to adapt with their musical styles. And the position I desired, as the lead guitarist, is quite scarce since many more capable people had taken that position.

But I believe there's a single thing they couldn't even pass me, because even though I have my own idol, I do not wish to follow his footsteps and play guitar the same way he did. I will carve my own path, that hopefully many others will follow. I will develop my own style, one that comprises of my deepest thoughts and feelings. No matter how people might mock me........I will beat them to death by banging their face with my guitar, well it does seem like I'm just kidding, but I've done that to some of the few assholes who tried to piss me off without even taking time listening to my music. My hothead attitude sure gets me into lot of trouble, though I don't regret it because I'm just trying to be myself, not someone else.

Actually, this last three years, for the first time I founded my own band, and all of the founding members are still present. That's the case when you've obtained quite a notoriety for being one of the biggest troublemakers around, the mates I'm playing with are also big troublemakers, and also like me...their technical aspects aren't that good either. But they do play with their soul! They put their very self on the line, expressing their own ideals through majestic forms of music.

But well, my impression of them sure changes over time. At least they're quite some fun bunch of hipsters to hang out with.