Thursday, June 16, 2011

If not now, WHEN?


Thanks my brother How for recommending me this Incubus' new album "If not now, when?"
It is rather a slow burner album. It takes such a long time, growing slowly on me. The album is definitely not an instant hit (not even their first single would impress you immediately) but the whole album is just carefully structured, the music is artistically crafted, simple but beautiful.
When the band is aging, so their music becomes more mature and develops into more depth. So long gone is their 'Megalomaniac' era, when they were fast and furious, and had so much anger or emotion to vent out. It is ok that they are now maybe look rather uncool and not so much appealing to new mainstream rock scene music fans.
They are still a bunch of artist group I respect, because they make good music, not for money, not totally to suit fans' taste, but for self-fulfillment, and self-expression of what they like or passionate about music and fuse that into their belief! that is why their music has still got much 'life'. =)

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When one is aging (or getting older or 'gaining more life experience'), it is ok not to consider being losing cool. Getting wiser in actions decisions and consideration, getting more mature in thinking, at the same time getting more responsibilities and being more practical... this is always considered 'uncool' things to do or to be, but this is just the way the life is. However that doesn't mean you should not keep pursuing your dreams, because dreams are not those you just think it is 'cool' to do.

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I love this expression ' If not now, when?'. I am one such person, who always live in the present. My life motto has always been to seize the day and seize the moment when it comes to you, 'coz you never know what tomorrow brings.

So, if not now, when? Just do it when you could, and leave no regrets later. Then only you can be prepared for what comes next.

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