“I’m With the Band.”

Last night, Moko invited me out to the Century Hotel to meet up with Saint Loco , a rap/metal band. Some highschool had raised all this money and held a music festival and SL were invited to play. It was the first time I had met them.. except for Joe the lead singer, whom I met during Indonesia’s Independence Day a few months ago.

They were all so nice! And what I loved was that they knew who I was because Moko had played my songs to them. Tius, the DJ, just went on and on about how much he loved my songs. It feels good when someone who has made a dent in the music industry not only knows who you are – but also likes what they hear. They treated me like a fellow artist instead of some chick that was in their hotel room. Thank God. I was feeling like some groupie.

The performance was great. They played about 5 songs and then we hung out backstage and took photos.

The whole band (and their girlfriends, surprisingly) were all very very sweet. My favourite members would have to be Barry (who came up to me as soon as they finished the performance to ask how I thought it was – as if my opinion really mattered.. *sniff sniff* so nice!), Tius (who sounded genuinely honored to meet me) and Dion (who was just a big goofball and made me feel at home among the throng of people in the hotel room).

Tius is going to call me up sometime so we can try collaborate on some songs.