https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUlt-cNicg0 On 26th December 2020, a few friends and I went on a hike to Gorakhgad Fort which is 24kms from Murbad, Thane district of Maharashtra. This fort is not famous for any historical events but it was used to guard the trade route passing through Naneghat. The fort gets its name from Saint Gorakhnath, …
6th January 2019 will always be a very special day for me. There were testing times before this amazing moment. It took months of physiotherapy to be able to do this and also a frustrating few months of inactivity. One lesson that I've learnt from all of this is that you have to be grateful …
Regarding lifestyle change, this year has been pretty significant for me. I gave up on some of my vices and adopted a lifestyle that keeps me mentally and physically fit. It all started with the knee pain that I started getting during my MMA training days. I knew something was not right and I was …
Merry Christmas everyone!! I was travelling to True School of Music some time ago with a friend, and I was telling him how athletes a lot more than musicians always inspired me because they pushed themselves to their absolute limit. He said, "In a way, musicians push themselves to their maximum too but in a …
My experience conducting a workshop at The True School of Music. Performance and QnA.
Over the span of 6 years, I have played quite a few gigs with Pangea and have been part of the crew for a number of musicians/bands. However, nothing feels the same when you're preparing to perform at your first solo gig. You start wondering if people would accept your music. I imagined everyone walking …
I am going to write a post about each track that I have made for my debut EP 'Reminiscence' and the story behind them. The producer Ishan Naik told me once that I must tell people why I made this music because the stories were fascinating to him and once he heard it and read …
Continue reading Riatsu – The story behind ‘There is no justice in following unjust laws’
2 days had passed since I had been researching on serial killers. I wanted to get in a very dark zone and create a piece of music on it. I know that sounds weird but sometimes I have to put myself in uncomfortable conditions that makes my mind work and gets the creative juices flowing. …
https://youtu.be/8NK2RZw6CiQ Amit Saigal has done so much for the music scene in general and probably the most beautiful part about it was the fact that he was never pompous about it. You would never see him have that arrogance on his face, he would have that trademark smile and that calm voice that would speak …
Continue reading Amit Saigal – A tribute to a man who changed my life
Since I quit my job at blueFROG, I have been looking for video assignments. Film making is something that I love as much as music composition and I sometimes miss shooting some awesome live bands at the blueFROG. I had worked on over 250 live performance videos there. I met up with Warren D'souza who …
Shadaab Kadri 