Posts from the music category.
I still remember the first time I heard Piyush Mishra live — his words flowing like a river that refuses to be dammed, each syllable carrying the weight of years, pain, joy, and unrestrained passion. The air itself seemed to hum with his energy, each note and gesture leaving invisible ripples that lingered long after the applause. Holding Tumhari Auqat Kya Hai now, I realize reading this book is l...
Sometimes a piece of music, something that you love dearly but just haven’t heard in a while comes on. And it puts a smile on your face. The playlist while waiting for Ne Obliviscaris (another band I adore) to get on stage for their set went from one gem to another. And then we were reminded of this piece of art and the genius that was taken from us too soon. Never got to see Cynic live and witnes...
When Mary Oliver wrote these words, she might as well have been writing about Ozzy Osbourne or Tomas Lindberg.Rest in power Tompa. Your music made our lives better. When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.When it's over, I don't want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real.I don't ...
A co-worker who shares similar musical interests asked me this question - What albums would you want to own on vinyl. The medium of choice speaks to the gravity of the question - not just its significance to you but also the listening experience. Picture a sunlit room. Turn table hooked to a high grade amplifier feeding tower speakers or nice headphones. And you just sitting back in your favorite ...
Art dies in stasis. It's movement is oxygen. Like a molecule of oxygen, someone exhales it and someone, something else inhales it. What that molecule enables is unpredictable. The end result of a multitude of uncontrollable vectors working on a closed system. Potentially a new creature breathes alive. Something unknown lurks. Subversion is art. Morphing is survival. I present my examples and rest ...
You like something Rahman has created. Let me re-phrase it - some piece of music that Rahman has magically woven is amongst, if not your outright favorite pieces of music ever created. There are many many reasons for this, most of which I do not understand clearly. But the one I do, is found in the lower ranges of the frequency range. The bass. The thump. Think back to a time before Rahman - all ...
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...
