Category Archives: Music

When friends are musicians

All it took was two phone calls and 3 whatsapp text and this is what happened.Melvin will come here on Saturday ( Sep 3,  2016 ), Karthik will be here the same evening and Mathew will be here that same night. For what ? If three talented musicians are turning up at my place – there… Read More »

Getting good at something

Yesterday I was explaining to mom the concept of ‘developing ear for music’ . She wanted to know, how I was able to play music on the keyboard ( piano ) , after I had heard that song. Most non musicians are taken aback, when I show them this skill of mine ( although I… Read More »

M Audio M Track – Audio Interface on Mac

Connected M Audio M Track to the USB port of my mac. Everything was so fast. As soon as I plugged in, it was detected and I was on my way to start recording in Garage band. The only change I had to do was, go to Preferences ( Garage Band > Preferences ) and… Read More »

Lyric Writing

When I told Melvin that I was planning to take lyric writing seriously, he told me something that completely changed my outlook on lyric writing. He told me that, when you write lyrics that has meaning and depth, you might be inadvertently helping someone come out of depression, giving them hope and life for the… Read More »

Pudhu Vellai Mazhai

Pudhu Vellai Mazhai touches my heart every time I watch it. A R Rahman brings so much beauty to the lyrics with the glass breaking sound and the deep bass lines. The love chemistry portrayed between the couple is so beautiful. The locations and their facial expression adds so much beauty to the song. The… Read More »

My First bassline

Two things happened As per suggestion from Ambika and Suman, I went for the practice session of the band that was performing Vande Maataram as part of an even organized by the ‘Outreach’ team. A girl played the song Vande Maataram ( just the beginning part ) on Veena Melvin suggested how I could combine… Read More »