Meet Opik, a street musician Dec 24, 2008 // 7:00 pm

I met Opik (I hope I write his name correctly) for the first time when I had a late dinner with my friend in Jalan Solo, Jogjakarta. He is a street musician. When I heard him singing a first song, I was amazed. He knew how to sing. Great voice!

We — my friend Dadik, me and him — had a discussion for few hours about many topics… enjoying the night. Anyway, here is a video when he sang “Cinta”, a song by Vina Panduwinata. If you’re interested to see other videos, visit my videoblog page or go to my Vimeo page.

Good luck Opik. Nice to meet you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1015647304 Gagah Arifianto

    Alas,suaranya gak terlalu beda jauh sama rata-rata pengamen di bus patas yg suka nyanyiin lagu2nya Iwan Fals….dengan kontrol nada & power yg bagus :D

    Seandainya konseptor2 acara televisi bisa memikirkan bagaimana caranya mengangkat mereka2 ini….

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=824760359 Nurudin Jauhari

    Test Comment with Facebook Connect ;)

  • http://orangescale.net Thomas Arie

    Pertama kali dengar setelah ada beberapa pengamen yang ikutan ngamen juga. Dan, ini yang paling pas. Suara enak didengar, dan nyanyi beneran. Yang lebih menarik justru ketike Opik ini gabung nongkrong, sambil makan dan bercerita kesana-kemari.

    Berdiskusi dan menguak apa yang ada diisi kepala. Ini yang sangat menarik. Apalagi ketika memainkan lagu-lagu yang lainnya!

  • http://orangescale.net Thomas Arie

    Monggo mas.. silakan mencoba :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=501768376 Fisto Satianto

    lumayan lah suaranya….btw, kehidupan musisi jalanan memang menarik untuk diikuti…banyak cerita, suka dan duka, tawa dan tangis…seru dah… :D

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