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CONTRIBUTION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC IN DEVELOPING CREATIVE IDEAS

Introduction

Music exists because the composition of sounds and non-sound contained therein was created, played, and heard or performed. Without all these three things: authors, musicians, and audience - the music did not exist. This point of view was available in various world cultures although not the only one. In general, a variety of serious music literature and the writings and coverage of popular music is based on the same concept. Bottom line: music exists because there were people who made them. It was Human who determined that the phenomenon of sounds produced, played, and heard the music or non-music.

If a person or group of people is creating and playing a composition of sounds, the sounds themselves are meaningless at all, worthless, except when the sounds were given charge of an agreed meaning as music by the perpetrators, means individuals, who are involved in the happening of this "musical". All participants in this musical event (the creator, the musician and the audiences) were interacting, and interaction patterns based on the order or system and cultural uniqueness that characterize their lives. The symbols which are represented through sound, or any complex idea and other musical parameters become an important requirement in this communication process. Either the success or failure of musical communication will depend on their agreement to the musical conventions that they understand. It shows that music have no intrinsic meaning, but the other way it was very potential to be given charge of any meaning.

In other hand, Art will live to be something because it was caused by human attitudes and feelings about it. It shows that the art of life in human, and appeared openly widened through the process of interaction among people. Therefore, the musical symbols have no meaning before it accepted by society, and then the process of dissemination of symbols that would be given charge of meaning that becomes very important. This process utilized by human as an effort to create and understand a culture or music and became known as the musical tradition.

Traditional Music as a contribution

Traditional Music is a cultural product that was born of intellect and creativity of the community owner. Music traditions contain cultural values as the refraction of the life and customs of society. It contains the reflection of life, where music was born and developed as long as it always occupy an important position, both as part of a custom which is often associated with religion or as part of the beauty of expression which refers to the aesthetic values. Music tradition is a manifestation of life that many of them are related to various aspects of community life as an example of music as part of the customs often involved in various ceremonies. As part of indigenous tradition, it reflects the pattern of life, where the propinquity of human and divine creator is often symbolized by a piece of music.

On the other hand, music can serve as unifying society. Some people were thought the music tradition has propinquity with the customary, there will arise a sense of unity in the community because they feel guided to be in a shade of culture. Seeing some related aspects, the existence of a musical is needed to support the mental and spiritual development of society owners. Music can be used as a vehicle for learning about the culture, where the values contained a reflection of the normative would order people's lives. Furthermore, the music serves as a term to teaching morals, norms, culture, and customs of a society associated with the music. In other words, music is a hallmark of life and culture of the community owner.

Consider music as a cultural product not only emphasize the function of the musical tradition as a beauty product, but more complex, namely as part of community life. Music was closely associated with some aspects of life’s community. For example, a piece of music as a depiction of religion, he would reflect a belief embraced by the community. Likewise, when music was considered part of customary, it will be more involved in some ceremonies in which contained the rules. It can be seen at the lyrics from some of songs which there are some moral and ethical teachings of life. Some aspects of this life will determine the continuity of the life of a musical tradition. It means, if some aspects of life have changed or lost and not run again, the art also will be changed or lost irreplaceable with other things that are considered appropriate and sufficient life’s community. Despite the fact that the music will continue to change in its development, but during the life of indigenous communities continued to exist, then the musical traditions will also stay in line with the existence of life and cultural traditions of the society. Therefore, traditional music is supposed to get attention to be preserved, especially in accordance with the times. Most people think conservation is to maintain the pristine and brought it to be introduced. In fact conservation is to learn to teach back to the next generation and develop it in line with the times. Studying the means to dig, identify, and make the design in depth description of everything contained in the musical tradition. It is intended that the original music that still can be understood correctly and can be lowered along with the cultural values inherent to the next generation.

There are two points that were worth to learn in the preservation of traditional music. First is the form of the music itself. That is like where the music is composed and how to play that music (interpretations). Second, is to see the relationship of music with people's life owner. Here we can see the relations between music and some aspects of community life, such as religion, tradition, even as the works that have a value of aesthetic beauty. By studying both, then the music will be maintained continuity and can be taught according to what their society aspired. Music tradition was born of course by looking at aspects of normative morality and religion, although most of the music associated with the old beliefs. Musical tradition should be viewed as a high cultural value and can be one of supporting the increase of development and we must maintain and preserve the music for the development of human life. This is the wisest for us to follow up. More importantly to note is the problem of development. Development of other fields (besides music tradition) has been done and the results are also felt enough to people's lives. Let's see again the development of traditional music, very little, and results can not be felt until now. Indeed the development of traditional music is an opportunity to support the development of regional tourism, likewise with other artistic development. Further development should also look at aspects of the supporters of the music itself, not to end up harming or blurred development aspects of life that supports the existence of art, which art slowly it will come slowly blurred and lost to civilization itself.

In this process there are two levels of communication occur, namely (1) relates to the idea (the idea) and (2) interaction where ideas were implemented. When the idea and its implementation are presented concretely in the activities, thereby the two regions play music also take place in real activity, namely (1) activities related to the musical aspects and (2) social activities. There is no one of musical activity idea that can take place successfully without any agreement, which refers to patterns of social interaction within a culture. Bargaining position of musical works and the process of social interaction becomes a dialectical arena is the emergence of meaning is an avenue or opportunity that very last to be exploited. It became the arena process that can be used for various purposes: for example, to introduce and promote inter-cultural musical culture; diverted it to other meanings according to the desired purposes, or, the most radical, let the process roll itself in the midst of perception conceptual (musical or social) are not necessarily synchronized with the source and origins.

In context of cultural pluralism in Indonesia, this gap is an opportunity to be utilized primarily to develop cross-cultural appreciation (cross-cultural) aspects of both musical and social aspects. Allowing this potential rolling itself in the midst of hundreds of tribes, each of which has a concept of musical cultures and different languages is not only a waste of potential that is very helpful to the interests of "establishment" culture, say in the context of the "Culture of Indonesia " who aspired to, but at the same time letting potential gap that was used for other purposes. In the music industry, gaps and opportunities that give the opportunity to manipulate the creation of meaning, whether based on situations and social conditions that develop or even in accordance with the wishes of a producer who exploited industrialist battle arena, even at the risk cost is not small. Various approaches made for music that offered products can enter into the arena of social interaction, especially for a product to be meaningful in the middle of the targeted audiences. This work was done in a way and in a very creative and sophisticated. Media that explores the public spaces to privacy private life become a very powerful tool to promote this goal. Finally it will leads to the formation of interest to look at production.

One of the way that can be observed strategically (this is more experienced by the musicians) is engineering the process of creation and the process of social interaction in the music industry are not allowed to take place naturally, such as the process of culture in earlier times, but directed and performed through the power of the media and high technology. The result is a radical situation, namely between the subject (creator) and objects (creation) in a musical culture to be separate. Meaning: the creators, musicians, and connoisseurs who is the subject that determines the musical culture and color the object is no longer a central role in the diving culture process. This role intervened is forced to obey the “orders” or “commercial targets” specified by the production system, which has the power of media to shape the social interaction in which musical products were marketed.

Conclusion

It is fact in history that the traditional music contributes greatly to nationalism and independence in various nation-states in the world. But the independence physically, physical decolonization, not accompanied by the freedom of mentality. Conversely inherited colonial mentality that proved more harm than benefit brings. In the context of the pluralism of Indonesian culture, heritage policy 20th century such as the example above should be stopped because, in addition to very harmful, as well irrelevant to the demands of the times. In the 21st century requires all nations, sources of inspiration that can enrich the imagination and creativity to give birth to works that are unique to offer and sharing in the world. Indonesia has the answer to that is cultural diversity and local values for is hidden behind the policies which gave no space for it. We called it “Bhineka Tunggal Ika”, known as our motto. Therefore, if the potential and the strength of traditional values were no longer turning it into energy, the image of a nation which is based on cultural diversity will becomes impossible. We must keep the spirit of Traditional Music in our heart.

Estonian Bread and Indonesian Bread (a comparison)

          Bread is a kind of food mostly made from flour and grain and can be found in almost all countries. However, you will find that bread in one country is different to another country. The virtually infinite combinations of different flours, and differing proportions of ingredients, has resulted in the wide variety of types, shapes, sizes, and textures available around the world. Here I am going to compare Estonian bread and Indonesian bread in 3 main points of comparison; types and ingredients, the use, and  how it is served.

Estonian most common bread is Rye Bread (often known as Black Bread). Rye bread is made with flour from rye grain of varying levels. It is higher in fiber than many common types of bread and is often darker in color and stronger in flavor. The types can be as flat-bread, yeas ted bread, and soda bread. Pure rye bread contains only rye flour, without any wheat. Rye and wheat flours are often used to produce a rye bread with a lighter texture, color and flavor. 'Light' or 'dark' rye flour can be used to make rye bread; the flour is classified according to the amount of bran left in the flour after milling. Caramel or molasses for coloring and caraway seeds are often added to rye bread. Some unique rye bread recipes include ground spices such as fennel, coriander, aniseed, cardamom, or citrus peel. In addition to caramel and molasses, ingredients such as coffee or cocoa (or even toasted bread crumbs) are sometimes used for both color and flavor in very dark breads. Rye bread contains a large amount of fiber and only a little fat. Rye bread does not create high spikes in blood sugar as white bread and other breads do. All-rye bread can be made using a sourdough starter and rye meal; it will not rise as high as a wheat bread, but will be more moist with a substantially longer keeping time.

In contrast to the Estonian bread, the most common Indonesian bread, as in influence from East Asian bread, is Wheat Bread which is lighter than Rye Bread. White bread is made from flour containing only the central core of the grain (endosperm) which makes it lighter. This Bread is usually made from a wheat-flour dough that is cultured with yeast, allowed to rise, and finally baked in an oven. Owing to its high levels of gluten (which give the dough sponginess and elasticity), common wheat (also known as bread wheat) is the most common grain used for the preparation of bread. Bread is also made from the flour of other wheat species (including durum, spelt and emmer). Not like Rye Bread which is a little bit salty and sour, Indonesian bread is more likely sweet and soft. Traditional Javanese bread, for example, filled with sweet enjoyment from cinnamon and Javanese red sugar, where the brown color comes from. The types can be as fresh bread, sweet yeast, sweet bun, crisp and bagel. Because it is more baked and steamed than fermented, it only can be kept in a short time.

Secondly, the use of bread in Estonia is as a staple food. Black rye bread accompanies almost every savory food in Estonia. Instead of wishing "bon appetit", Estonians are prone to say jätku leiba ("may your bread last"). Estonians continue to value their varieties of black rye-based bread. Estonia has not been a land of plenty. If a piece of bread was dropped on the floor, it was good form to pick it up, kiss it to show respect, and eat it. When Estonians live abroad, they often say that they miss black bread the most. So if we talk about Estonia, the bread can not be separated from it because it is very important for Estonian people.

While in Estonia bread is such an important food, Indonesian people make bread as dessert or snack and sometimes as appetizer. It is not used as a staple food, because Indonesian’s staple food is rice. Some Indonesian people (mostly for those who live in poverty) think that bread is an expensive food that they can not afford to buy. Sometimes but not often, Indonesian use bread as breakfast because they do not want to eat a heavy meals. But it is never used as lunch or dinner.

Black bread has had the noble position in Estonian cuisine through the history and most of the local people eat it daily with cheese,meat, potatoes and fresh vegetables. Many households in the towns and rural areas still bake the bread at home by themselves which takes days to make it. In the olden days, sensible Estonians did not serve their families warm bread, because it could happen that the week’s reserves would be eaten in just one day. Moreover, bread that had dried for a few days was supposed to be healthier. However, it is hard to imagine anything better than a warm piece of bread with butter. Estonian eating habits have historically been closely linked to the seasons. Traditionally in summer and spring, they like to eat bread with fresh berries, herbs, vegetables and everything else that comes straight from the garden also fish and meat. During the winter months, bread with jam, preserves and pickles are brought to the table with fruits like apples, Mandarin Oranges, and ginger bread.

In Indonesia, bread is served commonly with tea, chocolate jam, and butter or even only the bread itself. Even modern bread is sometimes wrapped in paper or plastic film or stored in a container such as a breadbox to reduce drying which can be found in Mall or Supermarket. Indonesian households rarely make bread themselves. The typical bread they may make themselves is crispy cake, often for certain events like Christmas or Idul Fitri and it is served for guests.

These are the differences between Estonian bread and Indonesian bread. As in the function as a staple food for Estonian, it has become very different in use and how it is served with Indonesian bread. When foreigners think of Indonesia, they don't think "bread", and bread is not what they can see all around. In contrast, when we talk about Estonian, we can not separate them with their bread.

The Other Effects of Smoking

       There are some other effects that come through smoking besides the broadly mentioned possibility of developing cancer or dying of the smokers. The effects of smoking cigarettes on human’s life are serious, like we have known already. But a threat to health doesn’t seem to be a good reason anymore for quitting smoking.  The smokers somehow block themselves and ignore all the information that is given to them even if we say the fact every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking cigarettes. But it’s like not enough bad effects , smoking also gives bad effects to your appearance, financial, and also give  bad effects to others.

The first effect of cigarette smoking is reducing your appearance’s quality. Smokers usually have smelly hair, breath, clothes, and, they will make a smelly room if they smoke indoors. If someone smokes in a room, the stench of cigarette smoke will be very penetrating and hard to remove. Even if the person quits smoking the odor remains for a long time. It also stains the teeth yellow or sometimes even brown. Since this effect is long term, most people are not aware of it when they begin smoking. Yellow teeth are disgusting because they give an unhygienic image and make people look older. With the appearance like that, people commonly avoid smokers. Some certain occupation also do not accept a smoker-employee. The truth is that a cigarette stain is very hard to eliminate from the teeth, and it will probably end up costing a considerable amount of money.

The second effect of smoking is that it will eventually end up affecting the smoker’s financial. Depending on the country the prices of cigarettes can differ. But even at an affordable price the regular consumption of cigarettes will eventually take its economic cost. It affects their family’s finance and also the country’s economy. Smokers have to spend on amount of money to buy cigarettes which is unnecessary waste. Moreover, it also affects the country’s economy. Yearly, our country spends on a lot of money to reduce environment pollution caused from smoking cigarettes. A person addicted to smoking may use every way to get a cigarette each day even if they cannot buy food anymore because of the over-limit smoking’s cost.

The third effect is that smoking gives bad effects to others especially those who are non-smokers. Smoking cigarettes not only affects smokers but also affects people living around them. Actually, it also make non- smokers’ health get worse. When someone smokes cigarettes, the other people who do not smoke will feel choked on the smoke and cough. Therefore, people do not smoke but living together with smokers are threatened their health especially children. Adults get lung cancer, asthma and other diseases; children get pneumonia. Besides, non- smokers feel annoyed about the appearance of smokers. Smokers usually have typical signs such as yellow teeth, yellow fingers especially smelly clothes which make people living around them very annoyed. When I sit near smokers, I can’t bear bad smell from their body and I must keep away of them.

These are only three out of many other effects that cigarette smoking could have, but to any sensible person they are more than enough to realize that smoking is bad. People can’t possibly be proud of calling themselves smokers. It is terrible for health as well as personal appearance. In the end, those who live in poverty, stink of smoke, and have yellow teeth are the people who are affected the most by this life threatening activity. I hope that if you are smoking, it is always better to stop. If you don’t smoke, then do not start. You will be glad you didn’t.

Musik Pendidikan

        Sekilas mengenai Musik Pendidikan yang saya dalamin di kampus saya. Musik pendidikan tentu berbeda dengan pendidikan musik. Musik pendidikan adalah bagaimana kita mendapat pendidikan dari musik, jadi pendidikan dilihat dari “kacamata” musik.

      Pentingnya pendidikan bagi pembinaan sumber daya manusia sangat diharapkan oleh setiap orang. Karena melalui pendidikan akan tercipta seorang manusia yang cakap, terampil, dan berilmu sebagai bekal hidup nantinya. Serta mampu hidup mandiri di tengah pesatnya kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi sekarang ini. Oleh karena itu, kualitas pendidikan semestinya ditingkatkan agar tujuan pendidikan nasional dapat terwujud. Musik dapat memberikan rangsangan terhadap aspek kognitif (Matematik). Seperti dikemukakan oleh Campbell 2001 (dalam bukunya Efek Mozart) bahwa musik Barok (Bach, Handel dan Vivaldi) dapat menciptakan suasana yang merangsang pikiran dalam belajar. Musik klasik (Haydn dan Mozart) mampu memperbaiki konsentrasi ingatan dan persepsi spasial. Sementara jenis-jenis musik lain mulai dari Jazz, New Age, Latin, Pop, lagu-lagu Gregorian bahkan gamelan dapat mempertajam pikiran dan meningkatkan kreativitas

       Maka, inti sebenarnya dari musik pendidikan adalah dimana kita mendapatkan pendidikan di dalam musik. Dalam bermusik kita tidak hanya mendapatkan hiburan semata melainkan pembelajaran individual yang meliputi kedisiplinan, kreativitas, tanggungjawab, kerajinan, kerapian dan sebagainya.

Kisah si Kumbang dan si Mawar dengan Game Pump It Up

       Alkisah, adalah dua anak manusia, sepasang kekasih, sebut saja si Kumbang dan si Mawar. Mereka  tinggal di kota Jagokarta, sebuah kota besar yang tidak terlalu besar. Seperti kebanyakan  pasangan lainnya yang katanya supaya “gaol”, maka mereka main ke Mall. Kebetulan Mall yang beruntung dikunjungi si Kumbang dan Si Mawar adalah GolekRia Mall.  Pada waktu itu, kira-kira  bulan Juni 2011, pertama kali mereka mencoba sebuah game yang bertitel Pump It Up dikarenakan Si Mawar yang penasaran dari sejak lama tapi tidak pernah kesampaian untuk mencobanya, entah karena “gak gaol”, ataupun ketidak’eksis’an. Si Mawar yang pada awalnya tidak tahu bedanya game tersebut dengan saudara tuanya, Dance Dance Revolution, mencoba kedua game itu. Tetapi ternyata si Pump yang lebih menarik minat mereka.  Seperti yang sangat umum terjadi dan hampir selalu terjadi, game tersebut membuat orang-orang yang telah mencobanya, menjadi ketagihan. Mereka yang awalnya sangat jarang pergi ke Mall, berevolusi menjadi anak-gaul-mall, yang  setiap kunjungan mereka ke GolekRia Mall, selalu memainkan game tersebut

       Hari demi hari berlangsung, hari-hari yang tidak sama lagi seperti sebelumnya, karena telah hadir si Pump diantara mereka yang selalu di jadikan alasan untuk keluar. Sedikit demi sedikit, semakin meningkat kemampuan bermain mereka, semakin sering pula mereka datang ke GolekRia Mall yang mempunyai 3 mesin Pump di 3 Game Center yang berbeda. Semakin sering mereka bermain, semakin sering juga menemui orang-orang lain yang bermain Pump, mulai dari Pumper yang abal-abal seperti mereka sampai yang sangat jago sekali sehingga membuat mereka enggan bermain dikarenakan kemampuan yang belum dapat dibanggakan. Beberapa kali pergi ke tempat yang sama tentu sering menemui orang yang sama yang lama-kelamaan dapat diingat wajahnya. Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar malahan sering hanya datang dan melihat Pumper lainnya bermain, dan karena mereka masih enggan untuk menyapa (nanti dikira “sok kenal”) maka mereka tidak tau nama Pumper yang lain. Dan para Pumper-Pumper lain itu terkadang mempunyai keanehan-keanehan ataupun sesuatu yang khas dari mereka yang membuat si Kumbang dan Si Mawar memberi julukan kepada mereka agar lebih memudahkan untuk diingat.

       Julukan pertama muncul ketika mereka sering melihat seorang anak laki-laki, Pumper  tentunya, bermain dengan panah-panah terbalik, yang setelah itu mereka tau dia menggunakan yang namanya UA (Under Attack). Menurut Mawar, anak itu benar-benar sangat mahir untuk bermain dengan UA dengan level  diatas 16, Double, dan Speed X2. Karena mereka sering melihat dia bermain tetapi karena masih merasa enggan untuk sekedar menyapa (kan bingung juga topiknya apa) maka mereka memutuskan untuk memberi julukan saja, Si UA. Jadi, besok-besok kalau melihat dia, bisa bilang "Eh, ada Si UA lagi".

           Selain si UA, ada juga yang mendapat julukan Si Tukang Becak, soalnya sewaktu Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar melihatnya main pada saat itu dia mengenakan celana selutut yang memperlihatkan sepasang betis yang besar-besar seperti betis tukang becak. Kecil, lincah, agak item kulitnya, dan berbetis besar yang kekar. Si Tukang Becak. Nge-Pumpnya? Tidak diragukan lagi.

     Kemudian ada Si Kaset Rusak yang kalau nge-Pump sering memainkan lagu dengan menggunakan Rush 120 sehingga membuat lagu-lagu tersebut terdengar tidak normal. Dan memang, setiap si Kumbang dan si Mawar melihat dia main, pasti seperti itu dan anehnya, lagu yang dimainkan itu-itu saja, Overblow dan Take Out. Dasar Si Kaset Rusak.

         Ada juga Pumper yang mungkin karena begitu cintanya sama Pump tetapi juga cinta kuliahnya, selagi menunggu giliran main, dia menggarap tugas kuliah dengan seriusnya. Beberapa kali Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar memergokinya  mengetik tugas di Laptop, menyebabkannya mendapat julukan Si Garap Tugas. Tetapi jangan salah, Si Garap Tugas ini benar-benar jago nge-Pump nya.

      Walaupun anda sangat menyukai Pump, tetapi jangan sampai meluputkan penampilan anda dan tidak memperhatikan pakaian yang anda kenakan, jangan seperti Si Bolong, yang sewaktu nge-Pump, kepergok oleh Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar mengenakan celana panjang yang ternyata bagian bokongnya... bolong.

    Ada Si Mas Cantik, Pumper  bergender lelaki, tetapi  berwajah cantik dengan rambut yang lumayan panjang untuk ukuran lelaki. Kalau lagi nge-Pump juga gerakannya agak kemayu gimana gitu. Terus Si Mbak Pink, seorang Pumper yang berlevel tinggi untuk ukuran perempuan. Dari atas sampai bawah, sampai sepatu Reebok-nya juga, Pink semua. 

Si BBM, yang selalu menyempatkan waktu untuk BBMan, mungkin  hampir tidak bisa lepas dari BB nya, bahkan setelah berada diatas pad mesin Pump untuk bermain, juga disela-sela permainan, pasti langsung mengutak-atik BB nya. Sempat-sempatnya.

      Freestyle adalah salah satu aliran dalam Pump It Up. Banyak juga Pumper yang mengarah kesitu. Tetapi, ada yang benar-benar sangat berlebihan, pandangan secara subjektif Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar. Si Harabay (Harajuku Lebay) ini salah satunya, dengan gaya yang ke'jepang-jepang'an, beraksi di atas mesin Pump, katanya sih itu freestyle, tetapi kok agak lebay ya. Inilah Si Harabay.

       Lagi, ada yang dijuluki Si Ninggal, yang setelah memasukkan beberapa kredit di satu mesin, terus kemudian malah ditinggal pergi, dan ternyata malah main di mesin Pump yang lain. Kejadian ini tidak hanya sekali terjadi, beberapa kali Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar melihat dia seperti itu, sehabis memasukkan kredit, terus di tinggal. Memanglah si Ninggal ini.

     Biasanya kalau untuk orang-orang yang baru belajar nge-Pump, main dengan level 7-9, sangat bangga jika sudah dapat melakukan gerakan memutar seperti yang terdapat pada lagu Beethoven Virus ataupun Sorceress Elise. Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar suatu ketika mendapati seseorang yang bermain 3 kredit, hanya memilih lagu-lagu yang ada gerakan muter-muternya. Jadilah ini Si Muter.

      Pernah juga suatu ketika saat Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar pergi ke kota Selo, mencari mesin Pump disana, ada seorang lelaki yang bermain, selalu mengibaskan rambutnya yang dibelah pinggir. Rambut yang sampai menutupi mata begitu memang agak mengganggu sebenarnya kalau sudah lompat-lompat di mesin Pump. Kebiasaannya mengibaskan rambut yang dalam semenit bisa sampai 3 kali, membuatnya mendapat julukan, Si Kibas

     Setelah si Kibas, ada juga si Mas Dobel. Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar, pada waktu itu belum terbiasa dengan bermain Double karena masih abal-abal, tentunya Double masih sesuatu yang belum familiar. Melihat seseorang bermain Double hingga beberapa kali, dan level yang dimainkan juga sangar-sangar  pada waktu itu, membuat Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar menjulukinya si Mas Dobel walaupun seiring mereka bermain, semakin terbiasa melihat Pumper-Pumper bermain Double. Tetapi, hingga sekarang, melihat wajah si Mas Dobel (sekarang sih sudah tau namanya) tetap teringat akan julukannya yang diberikan dahulu.

       Tetapi memang setelah sekian waktu berlalu hingga sekarang, Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar sudah mulai “eksis” atau meng”eksis”kan diri atau apalah namanya. Banyak dari Pumper-Pumper  yang mereka juluki, bahkan telah berteman dengan mereka, dan sekarang tidak lagi memanggil mereka dengan julukan-julukan tersebut. Sebagian dari mereka malah sangat cocok untuk dijadikan teman, tetapi mengingat julukan-julukan yang diberikan terdahulu kepada mereka, mempunyai kenangan tersendiri.

     Hal memberi julukan tersebut merupakan suatu kesenangan tersendiri, diluar dari kesenangan bermain Pump. Kalau membahas seputar bermain Pump mungkin sudah biasa, itu juga mungkin dialami oleh Pumper lainnya. Selain memberi julukan, hal-hal lain yang sering dilakukan oleh si Kumbang dan Si Mawar di Mesin Pump adalah, mencari main gratis. Kok bisa? Iya bisa aja, itulah gunanya USB Drive, tau kan, yang sering digunakan Pumper ketika main. Biasanya para RCT (sebutan untuk orang yang memasukkan kredit Pump banyak-banyak) yang masih baru atau Newbie, setelah memasukkan kredit banyak, sering kali lupa mereka sudah memainkan berapa kredit. Nah, Si Kumbang dan Mawar pernah iseng, datang mendekat ke mesin Pump, bermodalkan Flashdisk, colokin, terus duduk, pura-pura seakan mengantri Pump seperti yang lainnya, terus ditanyain sama mereka tadi masukin berapa kredit. Padahal Kenyataannya, tidak masukin sama sekali. Ya sekalian aja si Kumbang dan Si Mawar sambil menahan tawa, asal menjawab 2 kredit gitu, beneran di tinggalin kreditnya. Main Gratis. Ruginya jadi RCT itu, lupa sama kredit sendiri.

    Satu hal lain, hiburan yang didapat dengan menggunakan USB Drive di mesin Pump. Setelah bermain menggunakan USB, kemudian kredit habis dan dilanjut oleh orang lain, tetapi Flashdisk masih tetap terpasang, dan yang main selanjutnya ini Newbie, ataupun orang yang sama sekali belum mengerti membuat Fullmode. Ada kesenangan tersendiri saat membiarkan para Newbie tersebut bermain dengan setting-an yang masih tertinggal di USB yang masih tertancap di mesin, mereka akan kaget sendiri kok tiba-tiba main speed-nya kencang sekali dan kebingungan sendiri. Si kumbang dan si Mawar ini malah ketawa-ketawa sendiri di belakang. Selain itu, melihat Newbie yang mencoba mengubah ke Fullmode padahal USB Drive masih tertancap, dan mereka merasa tidak bisa-bisa dan terus mellakukannya berulang-ulang, juga merupakan sesuatu hal yang lucu. Si Kumbang dan Si Mawar ini malah cekikikan sendiri gak jelas berpura-pura diam dan acuh saja kalau hal itu terjadi.

      Selain kesenangan memberikan Julukan dan keisengan dengan USB Drive, ada satu hal lain yang patut untuk diceritakan. Yang ini dinamakan dengan KDMP yaitu Kekerasan Di atas Mesin Pump, atau mungkin dalam kasus ini lebih tepat kalau ditambahkan "ketidaksengajaan". Mungkin hal ini juga terjadi pada Pumper lainnya, tetapi inilah yang terjadi sewaktu si Kumbang dan Si Mawar bermain DP (Double Performance), lagu Tepris. Sangking terlalu bersemangat atau mungkin memang karena lagi galau atau bagaimana, Si Kumbang menyikut Si Mawar, pas terkena di dekat mata Si Mawar, ditengah-tengah lagu Tepris. Dikarenakan hal tersebut, seketika permainan berhenti di tengah jalan. Selain itu, hal yang tidak jarang terjadi juga, salah seorang menginjak kaki pasangan mainnya, entah karena salah membaca panah, atau karena kaki yang kepanjangan dan menyebabkan keluar jalur. Jadi berhati-hatilah memilih pasangan Double Performance anda untuk terhindar dari KDMP.

       Itulah beberapa cerita di Balik Mesin Pump yang dialami oleh 2 orang anak manusia, diluar dari cerita tentang hal bermain Pump itu sendiri. Tetapi walaupun begitu, itu merupakan bagian yang tidak terpisahkan dari pengalaman dengan mesin Pump It Up tersebut jika berbicara mengenai Pump.

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Nb: semua kejadian yang diceritakan diatas adalah yang sebenarnya terjadi (based on true story), nama, nama kota dan tempat memang sengaja disamarkan untuk kebutuhan dramatisasi yang mungkin sebenarnya tidak terlalu penting. ^^’ (no offence)