[MUSIC] Eet Sjahranie | About Archiving Personal Work Without Exceptions

Age goes by. Music lives on in an ever-changing trend. The way to enjoy it at most has changed. Likewise the recording medium. Which is increasingly developing towards modern. Eet Sjahranie is at every node of this transitional transition. And with one small movement, Eet managed to immortalize all the works he has ever created throughout his musical career. From the story Eet archives, we can actually learn how to respect one's own work.

We arrived in Cimanggis, Depok, West Java on time. From what we can see, the digital clock in the pulse shop with the faded red wall shows that it is 20:27 WIB. We had to interrupt the shopkeeper's phone conversation to make sure the twin gray gates standing right next to the shop that read Galuh Cell were the home of Eet Sjahranie, guitarist for legendary rock band, Edane. Just right.

However, according to the shopkeeper, usually people have to make an appointment before visiting the house. Coinciding, our cell phones rang. Eet confirmed our existence. Knowing we were right in front of the gate of his house, Eet rushed out. "It's just right. I just really got home, here," said Eet as he opened the gate wide.

Eet then led us to an open terrace. Surrounded by empty spaces like a warehouse, the conversation began. Regarding Eet, who is said to be the most consistent musician in archiving his work independently. For Eet, every work he produces is an important process that builds his identity as a musician. And archiving is an attempt to preserve the immortality of that identity.

From a simpler point of view, Eet interprets the archiving he does as a way of respecting his own work. Starting a professional career since the 80s, Eet has been involved in various music productions. Not only for various band projects where Eet once stood as personnel such as God Bless, Edane, or Sinomadious.

"Archiving in its true sense is limited to collecting works that involve me. In the past, before I was present in the big band, God Bless, I had time to help my friends. I would like to help, because if I put it into what category My status at that time, people saw it outside as a studio guitarist. Session player counts. But, I never called myself a session player. I prefer to call myself helping friends who ask for my help. "

Eet Sjahranie

Eet's first recording project as a professional guitarist was Iwan Majid's album "Pesta Reunion". In that album, Iwan presented Eet to fill in a number of album materials. Besides Eet, Iwan also invited Fariz RM. The cultivation of the album which took place in 1986 raised the name Eet. He was then asked to fill the position of the studio guitarist for a number of albums released by other musicians.

Despite calling the album "Reunion Party" as his first record, Eet said, Fariz RM's song, Congratulations For You as his first release. Indeed, the album "Reunion Party" which was worked on in '86 was only released two years later, in 1988 to be precise, only some time after Selamat Untukmu was released in the form of a compilation album entitled "12 Idol Stars".

"First fill, yes. Not the first release. But, if the first release, it's Congratulations to you, Fariz RM. So, some time later (since the" Reunion Party ") I filled it again, right. In fact he (" 12 Stars The idol ") came out first," said Eet, whose voice was shouting at the roar of the motorbike engines passing around us.

These two releases later became Eet's first collections. Since then, Eet has begun to regularly collect musical works that involve his role. There are many forms. Can be in the form of a cassette or CD. For older albums recorded on cassettes and CDs, Eet usually saves the audio material into MP3 format. Unfortunately, when we met, he still piled up all the collections in the warehouse.

"That is until now (collection). Some are in the form of CDs (for new released albums). I have also recorded and made MP3s. Those are usually cassettes. Cassettes have an age, bro. So, the important thing is I save them. first it was (audio). But, unfortunately bro I don't have a representative place (to show the collection), "he said.

Self respect

As mentioned above. Collecting his own works is Eet's way of perpetuating his musicality process. For Eet, tracing his identity as a musician can be done through re-listening to his works. There is nothing worse or better among Eet's work. The whole is a process.

As well as matters of romance perpetuating his journey to work, Eet also calls this collection a way of respecting his personal work. After all, a little narcissism may be important to an artist. This kind of pride, in Eet's eyes, can only grow in people who enjoy the process of his work.

"If I'm like this. When I've jumped in, if the term has already written my name on it, it's all there. I'm proud to do that. I've never felt compelled to do it. Because if I don't want to, I don't want to."

Eet Sjahranie

Together with God Bless, Eet contributed to two full-length albums titled "Giant" released in 1989 and "Apa Kabar?" published 1997. With Edane, Eet was more lasting and productive. There are at least six full albums that Eet worked on with Edane: "The Beast" (1992), "Jabrik" (1994), "Borneo" (1996), "170 Volts" (2002), "Time to Rock" (2005) , and "Edan" (2010).

Apart from all the albums above, Eet is involved in many collaborative projects, both involving himself as a session player or guest star. The number he could no longer remember. However, if you refer to the total collection he has, there are at least more than a hundred songs that Eet has collected. Lastly, Eet was involved as a guest star on Kausa's album Corvus Corvidae, the heavy rock project Luks Superglad.

In the album released last March 2019, Eet filled a song entitled "Discourse and Plan". You could say, Eet is one of the most helpful musicians to help other musicians produce their works. This is important for Eet. Helping other musicians is Eet's way of learning new things in music, both technically and industrially.