Together With Hendri Lamiri, Guruh Perdana Writes The Story Of CLBK In A Song For Us

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JAKARTA - Guruh Perdana is back with the 4th single he created himself, entitled For Us. The song, which is a Pop Ballad genre, raises the story of an old love blossoming again (CLBK), which he wrote based on the love story of one of his best friends when he was in college.

"This song is about the reunification of the feelings of two human beings who were once lovers, then separate and live their own lives. And accidentally one day they meet again and communicate with each other until they open up that in fact they still have the same feelings as before, even though in the past, in the end they can't be together. Because basically we also know, we always fall in love with people we can't have," explained Guruh about this song.

"The creative process of this song just flows, accidentally while traveling I got a short sentence idea for the chorus then I recorded it on a cellphone voice note and when I got home I tried to develop it with a piano to find the right progression. After that I looked for lyrics and work on the composition of the arrangement," he added.

In this new single, Guruh hooked up with one of the Indonesian violin legends, Hendri Lamiri. The touch of Hendri Lamiri's violin and the addition of a slick piano playing, of course, become its own strength in this meaningful song.

“Mas Hendri has been my idol since high school. When the music arrangement was finished, I imagined it would be better if there was a violin sound in this song. The journey was not short, I was afraid to contact Mr Hendri. Moreover, he is a senior musician, afraid of not wanting to or being rejected. Finally got up the courage to contact him. Alhamdulillah, after I sent this song, Mr. Hendri immediately agreed, "said Guruh.

For Hendri Lamiri, he admitted that he was happy and excited to collaborate with Guruh Perdana because he and Guruh came from the same homeland, Kendari and could jointly contribute to Indonesian music.

"I see that Guruh also has good vocal skills, and this song needs a touch of a violin because the lyrics of the song are very meaningful," said Hendri Lamiri.

From making song arrangements to the process of recording this song, it is indeed quite time consuming due to this pandemic period. But Guruh was able to finish it without any hindrance. In this song, Guruh Perdana was also assisted by several great musicians such as Reno Revano, Aldhan Prasatya, Ivan Tangkulung, Timur Segara and others.

“The overall recording process took approximately 10 days. Alhamdulillah, there were no difficulties, only the mixing and mastering process took quite a long time, almost 3 months, because there were many revisions as well,” said Guruh.

Guruh Perdana really hopes that his works will be well received. And with the release of the song For Us, it is hoped that it can entertain music lovers and bring positive things to all circles throughout Indonesia.