True to form, I'm writing after a while. I don't know, and definitely can't say whether its inspiration, or then just pushing myself to write. Either way, I guess the length or content of this post will probably tell me, and you, what the truth is...
Its been a few months. 3 bands, Hellwind, Spook and the new 3-piece acoustic act LeftHandDrive have all been gigging. Here, and there, not really everywhere. I guess Spook just need to play a little more. That's where the heart is maybe.
A few people asked me why 3 different bands, which one takes priority, who takes a call on what to do where. The thing is, that its 3 different mindsets. When you're as crazy as I am, and have various moods, levels of intensity of thought, speech, action and emotion, I guess you just need outlets at various levels.
Hellwind, the metal band, is all about release and just going for it, no holds barred. Let go, all control, inhibitions, diplomacy, and subtlety out of the window. As Kiron said before our first real metal circuit gig. 'Deodhar - a word of advice, just get on stage, don't give a fuck and totally lose it!!' And that's what I did. Apparently it worked, and we turned out to be quite the surprise in terms of a demented and wild stage act. Hellwind is always a blast, writing music with Raj, and Kiron throwing in his bits of approval and otherwise - things come together and it sounds pretty badass.
LeftHandDrive, the new trio with Hellwind bass player Aditya and drummer Pushkar, probably leans more towards making peace with things or then just an equilibrium on the whole. That's coming together pretty well, some good shows, at pubs, and a brilliant one at Jadavgadh fest, all thanks to an absolutely wonderful person I met, Sonam Kalra
She heard Morning Coffee, and asked If i'd like to play at a fest, and voila, the song was pushed through, and it just happened.
Ok, so it was Morning Coffee, a Spook song, but maybe the sense of Irony that I live just comes back to whack me all the time. Morning Coffee has probably become my 'Fireflies'.
Spook, passive aggressive, sarcastic, grungy, supremely intense, but not yet letting go of it all. My first all original project, where the songwriting first began, properly. Its where the heart is, its where it always was. The writings, the compositions, the ideologies, the expressions, all straight out of things that bit, chewed, hurt, and made me think with sufficient emotion attached. Those gigs, those recordings, rehearsals, writings, compositions, and all things attached to Spook, probably take the most out of me, are the most rewarding, and the most intense. No matter where this one goes, how far, how long, and how solid, I will probably have the most sentiment and attachment to Spook.
Simply because this is among those things, among very few others, that no matter what - is just worth it.
New things in the offing. Let's see how they go. If it goes well, then things would be right, happier and so on. If they go South, well, I guess its about watching stars in the southern sky, southward as you go.
But as I said, in the end, for whatever it was worth in the bigger scheme of things, its definitely worth it.
Cheers,
Beast
Its been a few months. 3 bands, Hellwind, Spook and the new 3-piece acoustic act LeftHandDrive have all been gigging. Here, and there, not really everywhere. I guess Spook just need to play a little more. That's where the heart is maybe.
A few people asked me why 3 different bands, which one takes priority, who takes a call on what to do where. The thing is, that its 3 different mindsets. When you're as crazy as I am, and have various moods, levels of intensity of thought, speech, action and emotion, I guess you just need outlets at various levels.
Hellwind, the metal band, is all about release and just going for it, no holds barred. Let go, all control, inhibitions, diplomacy, and subtlety out of the window. As Kiron said before our first real metal circuit gig. 'Deodhar - a word of advice, just get on stage, don't give a fuck and totally lose it!!' And that's what I did. Apparently it worked, and we turned out to be quite the surprise in terms of a demented and wild stage act. Hellwind is always a blast, writing music with Raj, and Kiron throwing in his bits of approval and otherwise - things come together and it sounds pretty badass.
LeftHandDrive, the new trio with Hellwind bass player Aditya and drummer Pushkar, probably leans more towards making peace with things or then just an equilibrium on the whole. That's coming together pretty well, some good shows, at pubs, and a brilliant one at Jadavgadh fest, all thanks to an absolutely wonderful person I met, Sonam Kalra
She heard Morning Coffee, and asked If i'd like to play at a fest, and voila, the song was pushed through, and it just happened.
Ok, so it was Morning Coffee, a Spook song, but maybe the sense of Irony that I live just comes back to whack me all the time. Morning Coffee has probably become my 'Fireflies'.
Spook, passive aggressive, sarcastic, grungy, supremely intense, but not yet letting go of it all. My first all original project, where the songwriting first began, properly. Its where the heart is, its where it always was. The writings, the compositions, the ideologies, the expressions, all straight out of things that bit, chewed, hurt, and made me think with sufficient emotion attached. Those gigs, those recordings, rehearsals, writings, compositions, and all things attached to Spook, probably take the most out of me, are the most rewarding, and the most intense. No matter where this one goes, how far, how long, and how solid, I will probably have the most sentiment and attachment to Spook.
Simply because this is among those things, among very few others, that no matter what - is just worth it.
New things in the offing. Let's see how they go. If it goes well, then things would be right, happier and so on. If they go South, well, I guess its about watching stars in the southern sky, southward as you go.
But as I said, in the end, for whatever it was worth in the bigger scheme of things, its definitely worth it.
Cheers,
Beast
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