Hi Guys, How abt a concept of Rahmania in Bangalore if there is'nt a band like that yet? I and another friend of mine in this grp play the keyboard..It wud be a gr8 idea if v find more talent to make a band just for ARR's music :) Cheers, Prathap.
On 2/15/07, Dinesh Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We are overwhelmed by the congratulatory messages from the audiance who attended the RAHMANIA shows performed by The Wandering Souls in Pune recently. We are getting constant SMSs, emails from them to enquire about the next set of programmes. We thank everybody for the encouragement and for giving us a positive feedback. When I reflect on the last one / two months which led to these 3 programmes we conducted in PUNE showcasing the Rahman music, I find that following things contributed to the success of this concept. 1. Complete dedication by the team - Almost all members of The Wandering Souls had performed on stage at some point of time and were expert in their department of Music. Most important, all of them loved Rahman music and had taken great pains to master the RAHMAN SOUND. 2. Hard work - Again, almost 90% of the team members were working in some company or other or students and had enough work to do on their own. Still they arrived at the practice sessions on time and also practiced at home as per their convenience. Some members like Ashutosh Joshi who is working in Mumbai, had to shuttle between Pune and Mumbai regularly and had to take leave from office to attend the practice and the actual concert. 3. Right sound - The group had worked hard to achieve the RAHMAN sound as much as they can with the available instruments and tracks and in this respect the credit must go to the core team led by Anmol Bhave and Tejas and assisted by Ajay Atre. The heart of Rahman's music is the instrumentation and this group had taken extra pains in achieving this. The song selection too was very well. Nikhil Mulay was always available to help out Anmol on the sound system. Both of them had a tough time on 7'th but more than made it up on the 10'th programme. 4. Vocals - Great teamwork from all the vocalist, Hrishikesh, Ashutosh, Jasraj, Sandeep, Swarali, Swarada, Pallavi, Megha. All of them were so versatile that they could pick up any song and just continue with the performance without any hitch. They helped a lot. 5.Instrumentalist - Keyboards were ably handled by Tejas, Rahul and Pinak, the guitarists Ajit was also good. The flute was superbly managed by Satyajeet and who can forget the Drums by Abhijeet and Indian percussions by Vivek ? They were on-the dot with their frequencies. 6. Backstage - Geetanjali, Nikita, Amod, Prachee and the other support team was always on their toes to arrange for the practice sessions, advertisement, ticket printing, audiance management and what not. 7. Research and art - Mandar, Sameer had prepared great print ad material and was an instant hit. Amith and Milind had prepared all the script for the show and the information they presented was well received by one and all. All being my nephews and nieces, none of them ever raised a voice of protest when I gave them a straight talk on few occasion and they took the suggesions in right spirit with utmost sincerity and I will give them full credit for their politeness and desire to refine their act. All in all everybody worked extremely hard and with total dedication and with a challange that we have to honour RAHMAN's word that we have to "retain the soul of the music". We hope we did justice to his words. We have received many requests to have more shows and also received invitations from outside Pune. Considering the logistical and commercial issues, the group will take up these requests and try to do justice to the hightened expectations of the audiance in Pune. Are there similar groups who are active in other cities ? can we come together for some reason or other ?? Best regards Dinesh Vaidya Pune
