Eagerness

It is generally believed that our intelligence derives from the inability to protect ourselves from the world around us and the lack of subconscious instinct. This gives us the urge to seek protective measures - the brainpower, which works very hard trying to figure out solutions and randomly connect the synapse to generate creative thoughts and possibilities.

The primitive needs are fulfilled. Survival the harsh environment gives us the comforting emotion, which leads to further and further steps up the hierachy of needs (according to Maslow) - safety, love and belonging, esteem, and lastly self-actualization.

Whenever we possess the ability to affect others (influence, power, or so), directly or indirectly, there is always a reaction or consequence to that ability, that is, to use it or not use it. Indeed it is up to our urge or eagerness to decide.

Perhaps the most interesting thing in humanity is eagerness itself. There are differences between inert versus eager person in certain extent. Lifestyle and mindset are a few examples. Should the first homo sapiens not eager to violate its own thought not to get involve with fire, our civilisations would have not been emerged. Curiosity alone does not push our inner self to explore everything. You want to know but may not necessarily your need. But when you eager to start something, it's always some type of action that will follow afterward.

In a sense of understanding, the id underneath our conscious is a very crude form of eagerness. Good or evil being not an issue, rethought, higher-level needs, and morality do filter the dark side of ours toward lighter self.

Be yourself.

Survival Of A Rock Star Pt.2

Continued from previous post...

7. Your band must have a good naming. Advice: A good naming means a name you can't find in every dictionary on earth (or any planets within our solar system).

8. Sleep less or use JeanPaulGautier Kohl eyeliner. Dark eye circles (vampire-like) are "in" nowadays. Also, wear sunglasses even at all times (no matter if it's at night or in winter or indoors).

9. Incorporate sound effects like yeeeaaahhh, ohhh, wuuu, into your lyrics. Shriek or squeeze one or a few words as high as possible. Second alternative: shout.

10. Sign fast. This is very important because the more you can sign your autograph, the more buzz and stories will be spreading by means of word-of-mouth activity.

11.-20. The rules are there for you to define it! You're the rock star now. Improvisation is the key to becoming the legend. But remember this: TRUST NO ONE. But whenever things go wrong, DENY EVERYTHING. These two rules hold true - always.

New Tunes Update

1. MAROON5

From the successful smashing hit album "Song About Jane," the band responds to its fan's crave for the new album "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" by releasing the first single "Make Me Wonder," which you can view the music video at the official site here.

2. Linkin Park

A much-awaited new album from the alternative rock band, that changes the landscape of today's music from their past albums, is about to come out very soon. "Minutes Before Midnight" is the latest attempt to really proves the band's gifted talent. Watch the first single "What I've Done" at their official website here.

3. Arcade Fire

Canadian surprise strikes again. Even Bono of U2 and David Byrne praise this band for its rocking tunes that give the rock music another step further. The beautiful and elegant sounds abound in this album will surely change the way you listen to rock music.

Survival Of A Rock Star

The music business in today's global landscape has forced all artists to keep up with their good works or styles in order to sell themselves to stardom. We have seen new faces rushing and sweeping the old ones every single day. It is not solely a matter of artistic expression or trendy tunes but involves a timely scheduled single release, an adequate radio station airplay, cool music videos, appropriate marketing campaigns, rocking concert tours, constant appearance on the news, and such.

Here's a little survival guide to becoming a stick-in-the-umm... ear rock star:
1. First, you have to look good all the time (on screen or on stage). A hyperactively-trend-conscious-and-perhaps-gender-bended personal stylist can help you on this.
2. Besides your look, you've got to have a hip mixer and cool producer with you every album.
3. You have to fetch a f**king great motion graphic designer for you music video.
4. It is compulsory for you to release new singles every year or your fans are forgetting you real fast.
5. Also find some time to appear on a popular and highest-rating talk show programmes as many as possible. Don't forget to bring fake tears in case you have to retell your past tear-sobbing soap-opera story (or stories) and be surprised every time a long-time-you-can't-even-remember friend shows up (expectedly, of course) chit-chatting about your nasty habits or jokes about you.
6. Most of new faces are becoming flattered, self-deplacent and ruining their future by taking drugs and party too much. So, get together with yourself.

To be continued...

Snippets du Temps

It is 'Time' that flies by us at the moment we cannot possibly imagine the 'Time' itself has passed. In a world where killing time means a precious treasure, you can gain more of it only through travelling to a foreign land in the western direction but after you lose your time in pursuit of gaining it. Complex of time always wonders those who still have some time to think about it.

When time is not enough, there is no limit of 'enough' to define and be defined. The most interesting thing about time is that it is the fourth dimension, besides width-lenght-height world we can see, that we can only feel or just take a snap of it but not touching or seeing it.

Because time is scarce, the allocation or management of time is crucial to our daily life. The offset of doing one thing and not doing other things always differentiates the successful ones with the rest. Knowing what to do first and act accordingly always bring the satisfied outcome, at least to our own mind.

Love to live your life while you're still having it. Because Tempus Fugit - time flies.