Visitors to this blog must now be familiar with my random appearances and frequent absences. This irregularity irks me no end but I take some solace in that I’m even more callous with my Rambling On My Mind blog. That I enjoy writing – and reading – that one considerably more than DyingNote but still…
A Very Short One
This is almost a tweet. I’m right now at the best multi-band gig that I’ve seen. And it’s further confirmation of a little known fact that I’ve – though I’m not the only one – known for a while. The Indie music scene in India…ahhh…rocks! More later. Super excited. Cheers!!!
A Quick One While I’m Gone
It’s been a while since I pushed a post here. I’ve been away traveling for quite a few days – some of it was planned when the wife and I went to the high mountains in Ladakh and some of it came up suddenly, as now when I’m walking around the French quarter of Pondicherry…
All We Need Is Laugh
For long a time The Beatles had it spot on with their “All We Need Is Love” chant. Yes, very cute, sweet and probably true. Many, of course, would settle for Pink Floyd’s Money…not the song, dear – their money. The more I see around me – newspapers (that’s right – I only see them,…
An Endless Swansong
You don’t need a painted face, hyper-extended unreally red tongue lolling down to your navel, odd coloured contact lenses, matted hair and definitely not foot-high heels to be a scary musical act. You just need to be Michael Gira and make the kind of music his band Swans makes. But that’s the tough part. Because…
VIDEOS: Sofar
Originally posted on Band Substances:
Having a concert in your living-room may seem like a luxury, only available to celebrities or royalty. However, this could now be a reality for you thanks to Sofar. The idea is to take passionate music fans and introduce them to new artists in secret living-room gigs held around the…
Shattered Matter
I have not heard a really good new pop record in quite a while. Much of what I hear these days, and enjoy, is metal, blues, jazz, folk, classical both Indian and Western, sometimes a fusion of some or all of these. And then up comes a pop delight in the form of the recently…
Crowding Glory?
Got a clutchful of songs but no money to produce them? Sad? Depressed? Well the solution is not Loch Lomond (don’t let it bother you if you’ve never read Tintin). Crowd-funding music projects – albums, events, products – has caught on quite a bit now. Leaning on fans who’re more in sync with what a…
Proven Mettle: Finest Steel
Sunday morning. Again. I might have been prepping myself up for Control ALT Delete’s Metalfest. But I’m compelled to be home this weekend. So instead I chose a viable alternative in writing about some of the finest metal I’ve heard in recent times. I make this a tribute to the 3 young men who put…
Sunday Musing
Sunday. I had planned on going for an early morning cycle ride despite turning in at 2 a.m. Instead I’m writing this. It’s been a strange week. Earlier on Monday, I discovered that playing by the ear for me is getting significantly harder physiologically. For what I’ve been doing most days for the last couple of…
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