Raghu Dixit Unplugged @ Swagath Garuda Landmarks (16th November 08)
Posted on November 21, 2008 - Filed Under blog
It was quite a while since I’d seen Raghu Dixit perform live, even though I’d had a chance to pick his album up (and have him open the cover and autograph it thereafter, heh) and listen to it.
The autographing was around the time I interviewed him for a cover story for RSJ, in April [...]
Band Photo
Posted on October 30, 2008 - Filed Under music
So, the other day, our friend Shrenik came when we were putting practise, and using his flashy remote controlled Nikon DSLR took a few pics of us. Combined with Adobe illustrator, he’s done something that you can see embedded here (see up).
He’s taken a few other weird and funny photos of us. For more of [...]
Every Band Needs a Sound Engineer
Posted on October 26, 2008 - Filed Under blog
Every band, big or small needs a sound engineer. This painfully obvious fact struck me like a thunderbolt (ok, I am exaggerating. It sort of just came to mind arbitly) when I was at a pub gig in Mysore.
For those unaware – yes, Mysore has pubs. Shocking but true. Sadly, it is going the Bangalore [...]
The “Rock On” Roast
Posted on October 20, 2008 - Filed Under blog
Now that the entire hoopla about ‘Rock On’ has finally died down, I thought it is time to resurrect it again and engage in a roast dedicated to the movie.
As defined in the wiki page that I hope you haven’t been lazy enough not to click on, a Roast refers to the opportunity to make [...]
Making Music
Posted on July 2, 2008 - Filed Under blog
This is one bit of shameless plugging of self that I’m indulging in, for a good cause.
I play the bass guitar for a band named ‘Arth’. Our lyrics are in Hindi, and one can classify our music under the rock genre.
On the first day of the beginning of the second half of 2008, we’ve uploaded [...]
Arth Music
Posted on July 1, 2008 - Filed Under music
Arth is a Bangalore based band, which I play the bass guitar for. In a sudden burst of enthusiasm, we decided to record a few songs of ours and post it up online under the creative commons license, for people to listen to, download and distribute.
The player above lets you stream songs, as well [...]