Gaurav Vaz » Joey Sharma http://gauravvaz.com Bass Guitarist, Artist Manager, Writer, Product Evangelist, Web Developer living in Bangalore, India Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:14:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The TFA Awards and Allegro Fudge http://gauravvaz.com/the-tfa-awards-and-allegro-fudge/ http://gauravvaz.com/the-tfa-awards-and-allegro-fudge/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:13:12 +0000 Gaurav http://gauravvaz.com/?p=199 The TFA Awards were announced earlier tonight at the Alliance Francaise, Bangalore and my band, ‘Allegro Fudge‘ though din’t win the prize, won a special commendation from the judges. For a band that has just been together as long as we have, this is a real validation of the work we have put in and a nice pat on the back!

The TFA music awards this year received about 44 entries this year and 6 bands which included Another Vertigo Rush (the eventual winners), Kastadyne, us and 3 other bands were shortlisted by the judges for commendation.

Another Vertigo Rush went on to win the award which was a choice of either 50k in cash or a record deal with Counter Culture Records and equipment worth 15k from Onstage Music. I seriously hope they choose the record deal! The cash will come with time, for now its very important that they stick to the music and put it out right.

Coming to the awards themselves, this was one of the most wonderfully organized awards I have seen in a while! the setting was beautiful, the program short and crisp and it was all about the arts and the awards. There weren’t too many unnecessary speeches and infact when I had to go up and read out a message on behalf of Counter Culture Records, I was only the 2nd person on stage talking who was not an award winner!

A fitting tribute to a brilliant young man, Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani, who is now a legend in the Indian Indie Rock circles. The awards are one of the few around that are actually about the arts and not about some brand or some publicity stunt. These people genuinely care and a lot of good is to come from TFA. That much is for sure!

Thanks Anmol and Sarita Vellani for putting this together every year! I have been attending the awards for the past 4 years now, right from the days in Crossword and this was by far the best! yet!

]]> http://gauravvaz.com/the-tfa-awards-and-allegro-fudge/feed/ 3 Whats in a name? http://gauravvaz.com/whats-in-a-name/ http://gauravvaz.com/whats-in-a-name/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:00:13 +0000 Gaurav http://gauravvaz.com/?p=114 Over the past year, I have been working with some amazing musician friends of mine to put together a band that truly does some ‘different’ music from what you’ve seen me play all along. I don’t really know how to describe the music we make, but if I had to try, it would be a contemporary acoustic arrangement of some classical, some latin, groove based music sung by one of the most unique female voices I have come across in my time as a musician here!

Please sample the music yourself here and tell me what you think of it. These are the first 3 songs we recorded in our pianist, Jason’s house. Its been mixed and mastered by him!

1. Maximum City – [audio:Allegro_Fudge-Maximum_City.mp3]

2. Plight – [audio:Allegro_Fudge-Plight.mp3]

3. Constant Paralysis (Spanish Song) – [audio:Allegro_Fudge-Spanish_Song.mp3]

We need a name for the band and we just can’t agree on any names that we have come up. So I need you to help me find a name for the band!

Please listen to the songs and come up with a name you think will describe the band best! Some things to keep in mind when selecting a name

- Please try to ensure there isn’t another band by that name already! (Search for the name on MySpace)

- We would love it if you can find us a name where we can register the .com, .net or .in domain for it!

If your name is selected as the band name, we will list you with muchos thanks on our website and album and give you a free copy of our first album signed by the band and personally delivered to you! :)

The musicians in the band are

Noella D’sa – Vocals

Joey Sharma – Guitars

Jason Zachariah – Piano / Keyboards

Rzhude David – Percussions / Vocals

Gaurav Vaz – Bass Guitar

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