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The Future Sonic: From Learning Music Recording Techniques, Dune Movies & Almost No Budget-Music Recording

How we bring out all the musical ideas we’ve collected in an average of 30 years of life

At the very beginning of 2020 (a very very weird year), we heard the news about the spread of a deadly virus caused by someone eating bats. Pretty ridiculous isn’t it. But that’s how it happened, and since then the world has changed very weirdly.

We are very aware that in our circle of friends, or generally accepted community, forming a band or solo music project in our early 30s is not a cool thing anymore. But then again, all of us have a life and steady jobs outside of music. All of us have a good career, have a pretty well-established business, and/or also have a Master's Degree in our pocket, married. How else do we get a life? Forming a music project for a group of introverts-wannabe (who are too slothful-or lazy to perform live) might be a pretty fun idea.

Formation of Meig

Back in early 2020, Ananta was browsing online stores and saw an advertisement for a cheap made-in-China soundcard (under USD30). On a whim, Ananta bought it and plugged it in a cheap 2008 Gretsch Junior guitar (which is also made in China) and sent a WhatsApp message to a few close friends asking them to make a cover music video which is also trending on Instagram.

At the very start, Ananta made a video of his guitar playing covering the song Belle & Sebastian — I Want The World To Stop. Then, the video was merged with additional videos of other friends named Redi (Vocals and Guitar), Brewok (Bass and Drums), Andy, and Rendy (Vocals) to make a proper cover music video. After that, it became a long-distance music cover video that was quite fun and we all uploaded it to Instagram Reels (with a small number of likes, yes indeed our followers — who are also friends — are not supportive enough ha ha). And over time, and after other friends also were bored of making cover music videos (which we finally also covered David Bowie, Daft Punk, Beastie Boys, Talking Heads, and also the Pixies songs), Ananta decided to make this music project called Meig.

Meig is a music project that seems to insist on using cheap musical instruments, the cheapest recording tools, and almost free software for mixing and mastering its music. After all, we didn’t even think about making money in the music industry, and furthermore, we didn’t think at all about being cool and famous (which until now we weren’t rich from music, cool and famous either ha ha). We just love music very much, and many many things about music that make us happy. Being able to make music, record it, and distribute it across multiple music streaming platforms has been a huge joy for us.

The Future Sonic album (to be) came to our mind because we are huge fans of the Dune movie. We all are almost die-hard fans of Dune Movie, even though we don’t really understand that the film takes place in the past or future of the history of mankind. However, everything about the Dune movie (Director, Cast, Acting, and of course the Music) is done very, very huge, especially if we watch it at IMAX or other proper cinemas.

“Why do we have through this, when it’s already been decided. Fear is the mind-killer”

Listen to Meig — The Future Sonic on Spotify

Our soon-to-be The Future Sonic album is planned to be filled with weird sounds, so electronic, and no guitar sounds but we’ll make all the sound with guitars (not at all what we had planned for the album Sleep Whispers from DJ M — which was filled with many guitar riffs and guitar licks). The characters in this song are still planned to be centered on DJ M, Cobb (who may be a half-astronaut and an army), and other characters named Mr. Albarn/Mr. Yorke (our idols, of course) and also possibly an alien/elf girl who becomes the love of one of them.

“I followed my heart, and it was You”

Listen to Meig — to God on Spotify