My little wonderland
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Musicaa extravaganza
Amidst the hustle bustle of the IT jungle there lie 3 aficionados whose lives revolve around music, who believe that music is the only way to ecstasy. We landed up together when our passion for music just showed up. And what more could we ask for when the mental wavelengths matched too. Music and our lives have just been flowing together since then. We all are a part of Cognizant’s Band called Waves. Manju - Has learnt Classical violin and vocals since the age 10. Has been playing for AIR for the past 5 years. He is the violinist for Waves.
Mili – Realized the passion for singing and just kick started singing for one of the college bands and now is a vocalist for Waves.
Varun – Passion for guitaring just led him to play for his college band and now is the lead/ rhythm guitarist for Waves. He also plays a role of the back vocalist in the band
Hmmmm .. this was the small lil intro that 'we' got as we stepped onto the stage of The Place..
Last week , Deccan herald arranged for a Western Music Fest.. the auditions for which was held last month .We ( Manju , Varun n I ) incidentally happened to hear about this wonderful opportunity. We were selected and voila, we got to perform at a holy place like Chowdiah Memorial Hall.. It was an amazing experience before,during and after the show :) .We got a platform to showcase our talents and inspired us to play our own composition too.. called 'Forgiveness'. The musical fest totally felt like a journey,both musically and spiritually enriching and it only got better with every performance. I would love to mention about a few bands/solo performers (with due respects to each one of them) here who deeply touched my heart and i certainly wont forget for sometime. Every singer left a message, every guitarist spoke to you with his chords and every pianist touched the right key of your life...
There was Benny Prasad who spoke about his encounter with god at a young age and how he was inspired to spread music through his innate talent. He designed his own instruments and played them with utmost passion. He has travelled 152 nations just spreading music.
There was Tremos , 3 jolly-jolly types people who brought back life into their Accordians and smiled a sweet smile all along......
There was also Glorious -one of the best Bangalore-based Choirs , who prayed with songs and played with songs. They had Santas all over on the stage and lil dancers tapping to the lovely music that they performed.
I have to mention Ruhi Ahmed who could sing as beautiful as beautiful could get.Her voice was gripping and you could not do anything but just listen to her and absorb the music.
Next in my head lingers the music by this jazz group who generally play at Java city in Bangalore , all members belonging to the older generation but so cute nonetheless.They enjoyed every little thing they did on stage and did cent per cent justice to Jazz..
Well.. As i said , every single person had thier own style and inspired the aspiring singers and musicians in the audience and it was like a positive sign to tread the path of music ........
Mili – Realized the passion for singing and just kick started singing for one of the college bands and now is a vocalist for Waves.
Varun – Passion for guitaring just led him to play for his college band and now is the lead/ rhythm guitarist for Waves. He also plays a role of the back vocalist in the band
Hmmmm .. this was the small lil intro that 'we' got as we stepped onto the stage of The Place..
Last week , Deccan herald arranged for a Western Music Fest.. the auditions for which was held last month .We ( Manju , Varun n I ) incidentally happened to hear about this wonderful opportunity. We were selected and voila, we got to perform at a holy place like Chowdiah Memorial Hall.. It was an amazing experience before,during and after the show :) .We got a platform to showcase our talents and inspired us to play our own composition too.. called 'Forgiveness'. The musical fest totally felt like a journey,both musically and spiritually enriching and it only got better with every performance. I would love to mention about a few bands/solo performers (with due respects to each one of them) here who deeply touched my heart and i certainly wont forget for sometime. Every singer left a message, every guitarist spoke to you with his chords and every pianist touched the right key of your life...
There was Benny Prasad who spoke about his encounter with god at a young age and how he was inspired to spread music through his innate talent. He designed his own instruments and played them with utmost passion. He has travelled 152 nations just spreading music.
There was Tremos , 3 jolly-jolly types people who brought back life into their Accordians and smiled a sweet smile all along......
There was also Glorious -one of the best Bangalore-based Choirs , who prayed with songs and played with songs. They had Santas all over on the stage and lil dancers tapping to the lovely music that they performed.
I have to mention Ruhi Ahmed who could sing as beautiful as beautiful could get.Her voice was gripping and you could not do anything but just listen to her and absorb the music.
Next in my head lingers the music by this jazz group who generally play at Java city in Bangalore , all members belonging to the older generation but so cute nonetheless.They enjoyed every little thing they did on stage and did cent per cent justice to Jazz..
Well.. As i said , every single person had thier own style and inspired the aspiring singers and musicians in the audience and it was like a positive sign to tread the path of music ........
:: posted by Mili, 10:02 AM
7 Comments:
Congrats. And all the best.
Thank you...
I read through all the blogs that you have written from start; and could see that the word usage/sentence construction have matured as time went on. It was good to read but I would strongly recommend you to use proper punctuations - as I found that lacking: usage of lots of commas for example. I hope that would be a good tip for you as a writer!
Keep writing; and, BTW all the best for your singing!
Keep writing; and, BTW all the best for your singing!
Great, just happened to look at your blog. Hope music takes you to places :)
Thank you all so much. :)
I will definitely work on my punctuations . See , I am already doing it !! :)
I will definitely work on my punctuations . See , I am already doing it !! :)
Good Progress! Is there any of your writings on the anvil? Looking forward to your next blog post!
