Brother Souvik Am happy for you that you experienced the joy of meeting ARR.
Language is just a medium to convey. Dont worry. God Bless. be happy. Thanks for sharing On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 5:21 PM, souvik gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > 11th my band mate whose a drummer got a call from jeoraj who asked > for d kit on hire.this chance came from nowhere,i guess god fulfilled my > wishes as i waited for dis moment fr 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 the stage and wow tat was > a feeling..after we set up d kit wt jeoraj, we came to know only 1person cn > stay at d venue with d kit..been a lttl selfish and decided to stay > there.dey said dey ll provide me with a pass from rapport global..waited > near d green room.slowly d musicians started coming to the venue. keith > peters,shankar, naveen and others. Recognized many of dem by d badges 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 cleared 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 the > 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 > which she stayed from stage on d day of d concert.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.Then 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 any 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 provided d drumkit .I guess he undrstud everythng and just smiled at > me.i was sitting in a corner..watchng dem rhrsing and waiting to c god up > close!! 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..tuk over d white roland ax synth > ..i just wnted to take a closer luk at him came down from d stairs on whch i > was waiting and stud beside d podium on stage for the keyboard players..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 wt ppl around him 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 fiazuddin..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 tamil > 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 was > 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..!!! > > am writing an essay after my higher secondary and i am not a good writer at > all..just wanted to share my experience with u all and my grammer is realy > bad.apologize for it..i think now it ll b easier for people to read dis.God > s Great.. > > > -- regards, Vithur
