Thursday, April 13, 2006

"Metal Cross" band???


I have a band now. The "band members"are- Gary (lead guitarist), Ooi (basist), Nilabh(Drummer) and me(rhythm guitarist), plus Rajeev(body guard)... But we're still lack of a vocalist, which is the biggest problem of all to find a good n lasting one...
Last Sunday we went for a Battle of the Bands competition organised by MAHE... It's an intercollege thingy, and there were 6 teams.. This is the first time i perform on stage (save those CA worship team), and was excited plus nervous... Our band was only formed 2 weeks b4 the competition and since then, we do not have a vocalist until one day b4 the performance... So far we'd only practice 4 times in a small n old n simple 'jamming room'. The room is in a small neighbourhood, and everytime we played, the neighbours will come n complain, haha... Everything of the practice is money, money, money... We spent like 3000+ rupees including the guitars, the base, the amps, and of course the room.(ouch).. .So gyus, make full use of the instruments in church while u still can..
A day b4 the show, we managed to got a temporally vocalist from manipal and he came to practice with us on the final day few hours b4 we left for Manipal... That night, our band was the third group to perform... When we were back stage, we thought the previous groups were not so good, and we believed we could do better... But, when it's our turn, wow, the worst thing happened... The lead mic was soft; the drummer dropped his sticks; my guitar's volume is too loud n can't be adjusted,; we played out of beat most of the time... And the result is that, our band was the most funny and awful, muahahha...
We came back depressed and felt funny at the same time... Well, we'll be more determined next year and practice more, though i do not know how long our passion last.... Anyway, we'll be back!!!
"I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played 'til my fingers bled
It was summer of '69
Me and some guys from school

Had a Band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shualda known we'd never get far
Oh when I lock back now

That was seemes to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life"
(Bryan Adams)

1 comment:

  1. hey...it's great to hear tat u found somethg new in india...enjoy it!

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