Sadda Haq

I've been listening to this song all weekend - Sadda Haq by AR Rahman from Rockstar. Nice theme, lyrics and a catchy tune...There is a promo released, not the full song yet. I have tried the riffs and posted it on youtube.

5000

Well I couldn't win it, but had gr8 fun in the live event.The occasion is that our Product Engg dept (PE) reached 5000 employees..I composed a song and made up a video which is played in the background of the stage..Theme -- Hero is the 5000th employee of PE and is surprised that his arrival has sparked all these celebrations and he thinks he is so special...But soon reality catches up with him and he gets to know the other not-so-pleasant things!

Not uploading it to youtube because of some company stuff in the video...Don't want to get mails from HR :) But friends can send me gmail ID and I can share a picasa link!

Sennheiser Headphones

Got new headphones this weekend...Sennheiser HD 180..Quite an upgrade from my ear phones with only the right one working :P
This has awesome noise reduction and bass clarity and the best part is I can connect it my amp, so no more noise of the Guitar outside.

RIP Jimi Hendrix

Remembering Jimi Hendrix on his 40th death anniversary. RIP Jimi Hendrix!



Had this plectrum since long time, but rarely used it...Already some of the markings got erased.

Some of my most fav Hendrix songs - All along the watchtower, Voodoo Chile, Little Wing, Purple Haze...

Into the finals

Made it to the finals of the Idol competitions at office! Best part - my fellow 'Tuning Folk' band mate Sarang is also through :)
Finals is on 22-Sep...hav to start thinking about what to play.

Idol Competitions!

Yeah....lots of Idol competitions these days at office :) One for our buildings, one for department...may be in the days to come.. a Company Idol! Great fun atmosphere in all them :) We have audience polls, judges opinions etc :)...but the good part is that the judges go easy on the contestants and not like the reality shows on TRP hungry TV channels :) We have loads of support and encouragement.



Couldn't participate in the first event, but played our own composition 'Search' at the prize distribution event...Tuning Folk was incomplete without our lead singer Srinath of course :) But me and Sarang managed the vocals somehow. Himesh played the bass. Sarang on vocals/rhythm Guitar and me on vocals and lead.

Today there was a department wide Idol competition...almost 50 contestants totally and as one can expect, more than half were singers....So I thought no point in singing as there are way better singers than me there.....I played an instrumental version of Muqabla song by A R Rahman! Had a drum machine in the processor, then added some whistles and distortion effects to the Guitar to make the whole song less boring/monotonous...Will try to upload the song into the blog.

Btw I also called up some of my friends for the votes he he :) And one of the judges was Sai, my batch mate/room mate from training days!

Tangos & Tabla

Flamenco Guitar and Tabla. Sarang on Tabla and me on the Guitar. This is from our practice sessions for an event at office. The Guitar is not that audible, but the Tabla is very gud. I was playing a Tangos which I heard in Juan Martin's Flamenco Lessons album.



Tangos is a rhythmic form in Flamenco(Spanish music). Tangos is a simpler rhythm, but there are many more forms of Flamenco rhythms which are much complex, some based on 12 beats like Bulerias, Solea etc. I am sure they sound great with a Tabla. Will try out more with Sarang.