Posts from the music category.
We don’t acknowledge luck often enough. I was lucky to be born to parents that I did, in the circumstances that I did - gave me a fighting chance. Evolution granted me just enough gifts to be able to make it. Lucky to have found folks around me who more often helped than hindered. But even in things like music, luck has played a massive part. I was lucky to find artists that formed my musical voca...
It's been a long time since I felt the atmosphere of an extreme metal gig. This is a small congregation. In a small space. Physical contact is imminent. The bands who play here have not yet had a reason to compromise their art. Or refuse to do so. This is where the faith remains alive. The envelope is pushed. Old fans meet new. And excitement continues. For an art form to live and thrive, fearless...
You ask what good is this life.Aimless days embraced with open arms, A piece of paper decides a life's plan.Blinders preferred, mediocrity sought,Creativity dictated, clamping thoughts.You ask what good is this life.The suffocated smile and pretend to breathe,Warriors retreat and swords are sheathed.Social acceptance - the primary concern,A moment's hesitation - a lifetime to yearn.You ask what go...
Vishal J Singh has done it again. Created a master piece of music that expands the envelope again. As far as I am concerned Vishal J Singh is one of the greatest musicians to come out of India. I would hazard to put his name next to th Alla Rakhas and Bismillah Khan's. Give it a listen. All the way through. Give yourselves the space and time to take in this piece of art in its entirety - Lyrics,...
The Matrix trilogy, to me is special.Its up there with Lord of The Rings and The Godfather. All three movies in each one is a masterpiece. A massive reason for that is the soundtrack - something that is sorely missing from movies and even sequels these days. They do have music, but not soundtracks. More patches on a quilt than a tapestry. Soundtracks that add to the movie, and can also stand on th...
I would literally go nuts,\r\nfor every Carnatic music class,\r\nBecause I couldn't fathom,\r\nAbout whom it was.\r\n\r\nI thought that these folk songs,\r\nWere written by mythical beings,\r\nBut I thought of unicorns and centaurs,\r\nNot yakshas or gandharvas.\r\n\r\nThese were songs of devotions,\r\nLater did I learn, many to their Gods,\r\nBut that was what I learnt,\r\nIn that evening Carnati...
Its a good game to play in your free time, if you have no ambitions of conquering the world and having a successful startup launching roman salutes. What, in your mind, is the greatest album ever made? Or better yet, what is that one album you’d wished you had made?The latter presents a much more interesting proposition - its a question asked of you but phrased as something tangential. With the fo...
I really hate shit music. Hate listening to it, hate recommending it to other people. And I do mean hate in the strongest possible way. When there is so much good music coming from India, there is no reason to eat shit. Each one of these tracks can be the entrance to their own rabbit holes. Explore at will. Happy Listening. Please don’t eat shit.Indian Ocean - RodayAhmer - ElaanThe Down Troddence ...
This song by Opeth - was daily listening for almost 2 years. Every day that I was in a job that I did not want to be in. For a paycheck, it sucked the soul out of me. The lyrics rung true every single day. It was my first proper job too - and my family needed the money. Those were the only reasons I stayed. I was never good at it. Never productive. It wasn’t something I studied for, yearned for or...