This is an email I wrote to a bunch of my friends who had formed the Band at UTA with me. I want to preserve it here :)
Sent to: Shrikanth, Rena, Kashyap, Sukanya, Ashwin, Supriya, Murugan
Date: 28th December 2009
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Hey guys,
I attended a music show a couple of days back. It was a tribute to Mohd. Rafi on occasion of his 85th birth anniversary..
The Band was reaally good.. If i wanna use shrikanth's term " it was very tight" :D . There was loads of percussion, just the way WE all like it ;)
- two tablas
- 3 bongos
- 1 dholak-
- drums and octapad ( played by a single guy who used both simultaneously in some songs :-O )
- lots of other diff percussion instruments like tamborine, ghunghroo, those egg shaped ones n all
- 3 violinists( who were very good)
- a lady played sitar, and that other instrument that shahrukh khan plays in DDLJ (:P i dunno the name) .
- 2 guitarist
- 1 flutist, who was playing flutes of all shapes and sizes.
- 1 guy playing 2 keyboards.
They used all instruments well and there communication was good too ( i kept observing them :D )
The singers were also good ( except one, who sucked big time) .. And they didnt mess up hindi pronunciations.. so i was happy about that too :-P
There was especially this one guy who sang "o duniya ke rakhwale" It was simply outstanding.. His range was so amazing. the whole audience unanimously gave him a standing ovation.
For ppl who dont know the song and are interested in knowing about it, here's the link.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
I reached there when the sound check was going on, and thats when so many memories came back :)
It Was really great listening to them.
I could virtually SEE 4 KDs, 2 Shrikanths, 2 Renas, 1 murugan, 2 Supriyas ( there were only 2 female singers, both with a sweet voice :D ), 1 ashwin and 1 prasad on stage..
And I swear I had a tear in my eye !!
Miss you all !!
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