A while back, I had asked all of you to suggest a name for the band I was playing with. A lot of interesting suggestions came up, but what stuck was “Allegro Fudge” which was suggested by none other than Derek Sivers himself! Infact, it was suggested as a spur of the moment thing and [...]

On the last day of this year, I thought it was only fair to write about the lovely year its been for me. After I decided to make this post, I thought about the year and the events that I should write about, and the only points of reference I had were the photographs I [...]

I just got into the Bangalore airport and was subject to “random checking”. The security at the airport has increased considerably! there are actual guards with actual guns and its a sure sign of precautions being taken because of the recent attacks!
So coming back to the story, the guard who stopped me, took my ticket [...]

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 [...]

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I have been an amateur musician for about 8 years now and a large part of my education as a musician happened playing in the various venues in and around Bangalore. These were either college fests where my band Phenom competed or pub gigs where we played for measly sums of [...]

Just finished watching the Dixie Chicks documentary "Shut Up and Sing" and I must say its been a LONG LONG time since a movie made me want to pick up my guitar and start making music!

This is a definite must watch for any music lover and if you like the Dixie Chicks music, this just [...]

I have finally made up my mind and I am almost through convincing myself that I need to experiment with my music.
For as long as I can remember, I have been circling around in the prog rock circles and also the classic rock circles and not even looking beyond. But over the past year or [...]

I just got back from the 2007 October fest (thankfully held in October itself this time round) and I must say I am quite happy!
I came back from watching MotherJane taking stage in Bangalore after a long long hiatus! The band seemed to be undergoing the standard ‘Indian Rock Band Mid Life Crisis” where the [...]