WHAT ?
DREW is a 4-man band that plays pop music with a significant acoustic touch. Starting our career from way back in the early 2007, DREW is originally a band that perform cover songs in some of Jakarta's best local spot that have a great music ambience. But now, since we never stop writing our own music, we are currently seeking opportunities to complete our transformation, from a cover band to a original recording artist by producing our first upcoming album with our original songs in most tracks.
WHO ?
DREW are 4 passionate Indonesian that loves music and married to it.
Aji Yudo - Guitar
Sashilia Gandarum - Vocal
Putra Praditya - Drums
Shanda Singgih - Bass
Our speciality is live performance with hip tunes and attractively acoustic songs.
HOW ?
Sashi met Aji back in 2001. Their band, 'Qollam' is a festival band that participate in local's top band festival. At one of those band festival, they met Putra from a competing band with a totally different type of music, 'Stinkfinger'. In 2002, Sashi and Aji quit 'Qollam', and form a new band, 'Inersia' with their bestfriends: Gaza, Achi, and also Putra and Bagus from 'Stinkfinger'. 'Inersia' went on for a few years before Sashi decide to quit the band and replaced by an Indo-Fillipino singer, Lala. 'Inersia' released an album'Bersama' in 2004 still with Aji and Putra in it. But after a year, Aji and Putra also quit 'Inersia', and that makes all three of them (Sashi, Aji and Putra) a band-less musician.
Three years later.. 2007. A local coffee shop 'Loca!' Is searching for a simple acoustic band. Nadya Nim is the public relations officer at the time. Tisa Hairunissa, Sashi's cousin and Nadya's bestfriend, reccomended Sashi to Nadya to be the singer for the coffee shop. Regarding this request, Sashi went to call Putra and Aji to be her wing men for the band. With a trio acoustic format band, DREW is formed and played their first show at the end of April 2007.
From Loca!.. to Ke;Kun.. to Satoe Lagie Bar.. to The Trip.. And the most recent, SHY Rooftop, DREW has only played a few gigs with the trio formation. Because with only one guitar and a Cajon, the beat never quite add up to the expectation that we are hoping to achieve. So, we almost never missed a gig without an aditional bass player. Bagus M Noor from Inersia and Acoustic Fever, Rhesa Aditya from Endah N Rhesa, also Shanda Singgih ex-Wong Pitoe.
After a year playing from cafe to cafe, we decided to move forward. Our 2007 song 'Unromantic' was sent to Daniel Tumiwa from NuBuzz Network, and gained a spot in the first NuBuzz Compilation Album in 2008.
After 'Unromantic' was out, our calendar was just keep getting fuller and bussier each week. We've played 3 gigs in a night or a marathon week where we performed from tuesday to sunday. It is crazy. Our first plan was just to earn money from our weekly cafe gig, but this is beyond that, our planned has changed. DREW is on the move.
The Trio formation lasts for a year and a little bit more. Until we've reached a decision to add a bass player to the band. Not as an additional like before, but to be a part of the team. We've had trials with a few of jakarta's best bass players including Rendi 'Kopay' who at that time plays for RAN. But didn't worked out as planned. Before Kopay, we've also asked Shanda to join us, but his full schedule with all sorts of different bands makes him impossible to join us. At that time.
Finally, after long months playing regularly with us, And long months of getting to know the whole DREW family, Shanda Singgih, an old friend of us (Putra and Sashi's grade schoolmate) and a great bass player, agreed to join DREW as the forth and last member of the band.
WHEN ?
When will our first album release?
SOON.. !
Its going to be great, Its going to be playfull, Its going to be atrractively acoustic!
DREW's 1st album, Coming out SOON.
Ring Back Tone for DREW's UNROMANTIC :
TELKOMSEL:
RING <space> ON <space> 36110080
send to 1212
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INDOSAT:
SET <space> 1000576
sed to 808
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