Understand the excitement but please consider posting in a language that most people can comprehend, from next time.
Thanks. On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 16:39, souvik gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hello everyone, > i wud like to share dis experience of mine which is like a dream cum > true..and i think am blessed..from d day i heard bout d concert at kolkata > wnted to b there as a bakstage crew to c arr closely..watch his moves..watch > him walk..watch him talk..i asked a lot of frnds of mine..bt dats not an > easy thng to have in real.on 11th my band mate whose a drummer got a call > from jeoraj who asked for d kit on hire.Tis chance came from nowhere,i guess > god fulfilled my wishes as i waited for dis moment from 15 yrs.went with d > kit to d venue with rohit our drummer and rajib whose al d way from > bangladesh just to c d concert..reached d venue around 10 30.stepped onto i > and wow tat was a feeling..after we set up d kit wt jeoraj we came to know > only 1 cn stay at d venue with d kit..been a lttl selfish and said i ll stay > there with d kit.dey said dey ll provide me with a pass from rapport > global..waited near d green room.slowly d musicians came to d venue keith > peters,shankar,naveen recognized many of dem by d pass they had..finaly got > my crew pass and thnked god..jeoraj said dat d rhrsals usualy start atr > night and continues till morning and rahman sir will drop in at night > only..i was ready to wait d whole night..saw sivamanis kit was set and guys > from electrocraft micing d kits.in d mean time had a nice chat wt jeoraj > shared our views on music.by the time more musicians came in..saw steffen > devassy,and p.a.deepak sitting on a chair wt his laptop on..said hello to > him and for sum queries on mac and logic..it was realy scary as i was > expecting sumone asking me not to be on stage and talk to dem..i was > standing in a side and watched d progress.d best musicians and technicians > of india on work.it was realy hot on stage bt d musicians were all > enjoying on stage and having fun.after d lunch every one was set for a sound > check..by d time d singers started coming in..saw blaaze,benny > dayal,tanvi,vivianne,suzanne coming down one after another..Wow!!! i was > sitting in a corner whn i saw blaaze,benny and vivianne chating had their > autographs on my pray for me brother cd..viviane asked me to teach her some > words in bengali..and she succesfuly pronounced some bangla words > clearly..by d time murthy sir came down.stefen devassy was checking d > cottage piano which was there for rahman sir..wow!!!wat feel and technic > clearly suggested he s trained in western classical music..den came rashid > ali and sivamani.sivamani cheerful as usual.everyone waited for d rhrsals to > start off..rhrsals started around 5 with usha uthup singing jaane tu ya jane > na..i was sitting beside d stage waiting for rahman sir..by d time hariharan > and sadhna sargam dropped in..benny said just to stand a little further bak > so tat i dont get ne scolding..so nice of him to do tat..after sum time he > asked me how come i was thr i told him am a keyboard player and a programer > and came wt d kit..i guess he undrstud everythng just smiled at me.i was > sitting in a corner..watchng dem rhrsing and waiting to c god closely..a > gentleman came down and sat right infront of me..mr vijay iyer..staring at > me and thinking wat d hell is dis guy doin here wt a crew pass and doing > nothng..lol!!! suddenly i saw a bunch of ppl cuming on stage..oh my God tats > A.R.Rahman himself guarded by swamidurai and a bald gentleman..AAH the > moment i waited for 15 years .His presence made a difference to d entire > place..he came down and checked things had a talk with murthy sir..and put > on d roland ax synth..i just wnted to take a closer luk at him..i was > watching only him..it was magical..watching god infront and still bein > alive..benny came and asked me how am i feeling..i cudnt say nethng just > smiled at him..den time passed by i was so engrossed in watching him time > passed by in a wink.he was watching things carefuly and walked to difrnt > corners of d stage..i cud imagine a lion roaming all around d stage like a > king..he was playing sum solos on his synth amazing..gracefuly playing d > grace notes..he was sharing sum jokes and it was so great 2 c him > smiling..got introduced to israth m'am and javed ali by a very kind hearted > gentleman from chennai..he was kind enough to come to me and saying > hello..didnt expect that at all..so nice of him.sir announced an half an > hour break for dinner.all d ladies went to hav their food.israth ma'm asked > me "saapriya " thnk god i understand a bit and when he knew i didnt she > asked me to hav my food..so kind of her to do tat..i was realy surprised how > sister of an oscar winner cn b so humble.i didnt want to miss ne moment so i > stayed on stage..watching him rehersing khwaja mere khwaja..d rehersal ended > around 1 30 am.he was talking bout sumthng in tamil which i cudnt > understand..den he decided to leave..and i cudnt resist myself..i asked for > a snap with him..everyone was like came to kill me..swamidurai was jumping > in anger..i realized i seriously did sumthng wrong..he smiled and said " no > tomorrow.."i got carried away i shdlnt hav asked for a snap..if sir reads > dis..am realy sorry i didnt know.plzz forgive me for dat incident..i was > realy upset benny said never ask for a snap..i returned home and cudnt > sleep,last thng i wnted to make him angry.Bt finaly those 2 words will b > memorable..i talked to god and had a reply...i l look at d positive side of > d incident..watever i did god made me to do it..!!! > > > God made me to meet another god..thnx to him for tat..i saw d person who > influenced me to do music take it as a career..and now am well known in d > kolkata music industry only because of him..i donno if my post will b > allowed in the group.bt i wnted to share it with u all..!!!if allowed will > write bout my experience on d day of d concert. > > >
