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Brilio.net - For those of you from the 90s generation, you will definitely be familiar with the band Base Jam . The group, which was formed on January 15 1994, has been famous for a long time. One of his popular songs is entitled Pujangga.
Base Jam originally consisted of 7 people, namely Adon and Sigit as vocalists, then Adnil and Aris as guitarists, BS on drums, Anya as keyboard player, and Sita as bassist. Slowly the formation changed.
Until finally, in 2019 Adon Saptowo decided to leave Base Jam. This news certainly shocked the public because Adon is known as an iconic vocalist who has a high pitched voice. Apart from that, Adon Saptowo is a member of Base Jam who also experienced this group's struggle to become famous.
Adon Saptowo said goodbye to Base Jam after 25 years together. At that time, he expressed his heart's struggle when he decided to resign from Base Jam. The news circulating at that time was that the reason Adon left was because he wanted to study religion as a servant at his church.
However, apparently there is another reason, namely related to the health of the owner of this high pitched voice. He conveyed this some time ago via the Unlimited Worship podcast with Franky Kuncoro. In fact, Adon was forced to lose his golden voice. Even so, he did not hesitate to tell the story with a strengthening response.
" In 2017 we were serving in Pangkalan Bun, I had to go to the restroom, when I wanted to go to the toilet, my knees couldn't squat ," said Adon, quoted by brilio.net from YouTube/Unlimited Worship, Sunday (7/4).
photo: Instagram/@adonsaptowo
Long story short, Adon also had a check-up at the doctor. The result was that Adon's bones were in a condition of osteopenia or weak bone density. Until finally Adon underwent treatment in Kuala Lumpur.
"He went to Kuala Lumpur to be checked until the blood samples had to be sent to the US, the result was that there was one component that made his bones weak," said Adon,
Struggling to fight the pain, Adon continues to undergo regular injections in Kuala Lumpur. In 2018, he was also still active in music, creating songs. However, in the middle of his activities, he felt that there was something wrong with his vocal cords.
"In 2018, I wanted to complete the 5th rock album, as usual, recording at home, usually 2 hours to finish, then suddenly the songs that had to be arranged didn't sound right, suddenly hoarse, two weeks without recovery," said Adon.
He went back for a check-up to the doctor, unexpectedly the doctor was forced to apologize because he had to say that there were a set of effects from a bone problem that affected the vocal cords.
Adon was also asked to undergo a period of silence for 2.5 months. During that time he did not speak and whispered with the aim of restoring his vocal cords. For 1 month he chose to stay ashore on the island of Saparua, Maluku.
After being pulled over, he did another check-up, but his voice was still hoarse and finally decided to resign from singing. From this experience, Adon said that God's gifts belong to God
"A gift is just a gift, not ours, including our vocal cords." he said.
Currently, Adon and his wife, Joyce, are busy starting a homeschool called Sunshine Montessori Presschool in Jakarta. He is also still fighting for his recovery and regularly undergoes injections every 3 months.
(brl/lea)
