Spirit of Unity Concert

A few days back i happened to be at the Unity concert (Strings and Indian Ocean being the performers) at the prestigious IIM Bangalore. Life in a software company had drained out entertainment from my life. So i jumped at an occasion to cool off (music is one of my passions, ref previous post). Also it being a Friday (and the tickets at a ridiculous 50 bucks per head!) made me make reservations through friends working close to IIM B.

I reached IIM on my bike at around 7:30 to find most of my collegemates there. It is really surprising how they manage to turn up at all places be it a cultural fest, a job fair or a place serving free food (people might say that that goes for me too but that is a case to argue). This was a great opportunity to have a look at one of the premier institutions in the country. I roamed around for a while before getting to the huge ground where the concert was staged.

The concert started at around 8:00 pm, Indian Ocean first. I was dreading this coz only in my last semester of college i had been to their concert . It was as dull & monotonous display as one could see. The songs seemed to be less fusion and more a remix version of bhakti songs. Maybe that was fusion in their language. My only consolation was Strings being there too. Their music was kind of peppy. Good music without trying a thing too many. It might seem that i am making a bigger issue out of nothing but unlike most of the people there, i had come only for the music.

My fears threatened to come true when i saw more people going towards Frankie's Veg Rolls than to the stage. But after a while (when hunger had subsided) junta began concentrating on the music. Indian Ocean performed first and this time it was not that bad (maybe becoz this was the second time). They reserved their best for the last, Kandisa the only song people (i bet around 90% of 'em) knew. Just when i was expecting my spirits to rise, they quashed it by totally changing the guitar bit (which btw is the most attractive part) in the song.

But then the Strings came on stage to a big applause. They started very well, with the electric guitar (whose prominence in their act has given them the name 'Strings') bringing the audience to their feet. Tracks like Hue Anjaane Kyon had the audience buzzing with enthu. I realised that it was at last worth the 50 rupees i paid to be there. Towards the end of their allotted time, the group made an effort towards the objective of the concert by encouraging the audience to substitute Pakistan with Hindustan in old hindi songs, to which the audience complied gleefully. The concert ended with both the bands giving a joint performance.

Overall a great start to a boring weekend. But the point is that Friday night introduced some colour into my black & white life.

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'Hello World'

I guess the above shoudn't leave any doubt about what i do for a living. U guessed right! Now as i am a member of this huge community called 'bloggers', i have a place where i can dump my thoughts and allow others (the soul of whose existence is browsing the net) to have a look at it.

My passions include music and cricket (and of course bird watching - lot of scope for that in bangalore!). So you can find lots of blogs coming from my side on my cited areas of interest. But don't be flabbergasted if there are hardcore technical articles (it is difficult not to let the software engineer in you surface once in a while).

Looking forward to meeting you often....