Break Free 2012

So I got a call a couple of weeks ago. It was Keerthi Sagathia, one of bollywood's leading playback singers. He needed a bassist to play for a gig in Udaipur. Now really.. who wouldn't want to perform with Keerthi, not to mention when its an all expense paid trip to Udaipur and back. So I agreed to it.

The journey was quite cool, as we had a flight at 5.30am in the morning, which made us all stay up the previous night so that we can get to the airport at 4am. So we got to Ahmadabad by 6.30am and had us picked up from the airport to take us to Udaipur. We reached our Hotel - Hotel Mansi Palace by about 1.00pm. We had our lunch and headed off to the venue for the sound check. It was quite a good setup that was provided. I was contend with my Hartke 350 but the cabinet was little squeaky. It didn't bother me much. We had a good one hour dedicated for our sound check. Soon we got back to our hotel room, got freshen up and left for the gig.

We opened with Keerthi's new song from an Aamir Khan production "Satyamev Jayate". The crowd went berserk as we started the song. We continued with other tracks for an hour and half. We were quite excited but also really exhausted after staying up for nearly 45 hours on a stretch. The next day we had some other interesting people joining us. We had Naveen Kumar, DJ Lloyd, Mehul Gadani who shared the stage with us. It was really fun jamming with DJ Lloyd. Never thought would get a chance to play with him. He totally rocked the stage.

We were to leave the venue at 10.30pm as we had a flight at 5.30am in the morning. But we ended up performing until 11pm. We finished our dinner and left the hotel by about 12.30am. We are thankful to our driver who zoomed in past the other vehicles and got us to the airport by 4.30am. The best part about any gig is the time you spend with the band traveling, chilling out, rehearsing, sound checking, eating.. its that time of bonding that you always cherish from these memories. Here are some of the pics from the gig.. hope you like them.

Women Of Honor :: We 'Guys' rocked it...

It all began when I received this sms on 7th Nov 2008 from Ajay Cardozo the worship leader from New Life Fellowship Bandra Church, inviting me to be a backup for their bassist who had fallen sick. I was more than excited to be a part of something Big... for the "Women Of Honor" Conference which was held on 13th Nov 2008. Though this conference was held by over 1400 women I didn't get to see a single person's face as this spotlight constantly hit my eyes temporarily blinding me... But it was truly a great time with the folks...

PS. It was really really really uncomfortable playing in the suit...

Karl Peters :: Bassist for 'Rock On!!'

So I guess... the world has already watched the movie "Rock On!!"... One of the most beautiful original story and scores from Bollywood... The story about 4 young rockers and their band Magik... who split to come back after a decade and give Mumbai the greatest hindi rock show ever happened...

As good is the story the music composition too is fabulous... Great work by the Trio, Shankar-Ehasaan-Loy... who have worked wonders on so many movies together...




The best part is when I was listening to one of their songs and felt like the bass lines sounds very similar... and found it when I confirmed it that it was played by one of my friend from church Uncle Karl Peters... who is also a world renowned bassist and India's best...

It sure is very exciting that the songs have been played by someone you meet every week... and its a pleasure knowing him...

Just recently he was approached by Warwick Guitars, Germany to endorse their product officially... After all this thing... the man is still one of the most humble guy I have ever seen...


Ladies and gentlemen please welcome my friend... Karl Peters....

You can visit him at: www.karl-peters.com

The night with Delirious?

Woah.. this was one of the most beautiful time in my life.

A night with UK's # 1 Christian Rock Band "Delirious?"
I have been waiting for this to happen ever since I first became their fan 5 years back.

The night was terriffic.

The evening began with a brillian band "Sounds of the nation" opening for them.
"Sounds of the nation" continued rocking the masses for a complete 1 hour, until "Delirious?" walked over the stage and continued the party.
Delirious? opened the night with the song "Here I am, send me" accompanied by some of the hits from the latest album "The Mission bell" like, "Solid Rock", "Now is the time" and more...

It was truly a delight and a previlage to be at the show... it was a wonderful evening.

Here are some of the pics we captured backstage with the band.