awesome! awesome!! awesome!!! really great! i can feel your enthusiasm in me.. i m so happy for u!!!
On 8/7/07, VijayNarain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Today is a great day for me. After 7th October 2005, today is when I > got my proper chance to meet A.R.Rahman the legend, the God of Indian > music! We were called to AM studios at 5 PM. The studio is beautiful!! > We were told to wait in a room to which we had to go downstairs and > take another flight of stairs. As we proceeded downstairts, I saw a > white Innova taxi pull up at the gate. And lo! ARR steps out of the > vehicle, clad in a white kurta! He casts a glance towards the four of > us who were there, and goes up through another entrance. > > The excrutiating wait of half an hour downstairs was > well...excrutiating, especially when you know ARR is up there inside! > And finally, our chance came. "Srishti!" came the call, and we were > ushered into the lobby where we had earlier been seated. I'll describe > the lobby later :P! > There he was! The man! The legend! We had taken cameras along, only to > learn we couldn't take pics :( But there was the press, and they were > taking pics of each band with Boss. > > Rahman Sir looked at me and said "hi". I blurted out a " Hello Sir" > when what I actually wanted to say was something like "Do you realize > what a great moment this is for me Mr. Rahman, and it lies entirely in > your hands to make it last for more than a minute"! > Then Rahman Sir asked us how the experience was. > "Great" > And then he asked is to sit in a couch. I sat between our guitarist > and our other vocalist. And Rahman Sir right behind me, resting his > hand on the sofa! Click! > > We were promised the photos would be sent to us as soon as possible. > > Now to the lobby. Gr8 ambience, with loads of oriental wall hangings, > and other stuff. Particularly noticeable were some electric wall > hangings, that glowed like lightning bolts, all of which converged > around your hand when you touched them! Plus there was an electronic > organ at one corner. Then the showcase. This was interesting. Loads of > awards, including those from CNN-IBN, Filmfare etc were there. And > below was a small bookshelf. Some of the books I saw there: One about > microphone techniques, few books on Islam, a couple from a series > called Great Composers, on Mozart and Bach, a book about Superbowl, an > edition of Society Magazine with ARR on the cover... > > I am right now out of words, exhausted, exhilarated, excited and > drained!! All this happened just 3 hours ago! Will post pics and more > when I regain conciousness! :P > > More www.vijaynarain.blogspot.com > > >
