The college rock band impressed us with it's Pearl drum kit. Setting up mics to get the best sound is a challenge we seem to enjoy. When you get the tight sound of the kick and the snare breathes you feel good. The guitars and bass were set. The cheerful singer took the mic last and could he belt it out! Some snaps, tracks and hours later, they were done. This must be at least the tenth rock band we're recording. Wonder how many of them will stay on with music, how their music will evolve, will they ever think Hindustani or Karnatak music rocks?

Meanwhile Ram and I went to meet a client for a jingle. Turns out he's into social causes. So heart warming when you meet people who care. I remember such people with such gratitude. Especially when I had to take an auto home and 5 of them turned me down! Looks like owning a vehicle, ecological concerns apart, is the smallest thing you can do to survive the indifferent public transport. Anyway we need to start out on the jingle.

My sister's in town from Hyderabad, so I roped her into writing lyrics for some tunes I have ready. She's been happily at it. Hope we can record something soon and put up a sample to share with our readers!

We’ve been working on the station id of a channel coming to town.
Each one of us comes across a situation when we’re recounting an anecdote or joke. The punch line’s come and gone without marking any change on the listener’s face. Of course they could be good poker players. But at that moment you wonder why you chose to tell that tale to that person.
This happens with musical phrases and events too. So while we knew how well it worked, we couldn’t get through. So we just let ourselves be at peace, waiting for them to take it further. Or maybe not!
The new addition to equipment was the Axiom, Gokul picked it up from Deepu, who’s in town sound engineering for Kalakshetra’s famous dance drama troupe at Iskon. Ram edited a proposal for a radio station and we mailed it.
Keshav has been mixing stuff recorded yesterday and a much older project. All set to release soon.
Gokul and Keshav have checked out cables and mics for tomorrow's rock band recording.
Look out for details tomorrow!
Ciao for now!

With a poetic name like that, we were all eager to meet this singer from Vizag, the lovely seaside town on the Coromandel coast. The studio was all set, mics in place, earphones connected. Then came a series of calls from the taxi driver who'd managed to get lost with the Andhra party of musicians. After many calls giving detailed directions, we spotted the taxi cruising towards the studio!
Musicians are usually sensitive and get irked easily. But Rama got out of the car and smiled brightly at us from across the street. Her husband MSN Murthy accompanies her on the violin and Ramana was to be the mrudangist.
Within half an hour they were settled in and were taking. Brisk and energetic she managed to wrap up the 2 hour play time recording in 6 hours flat with a luxurious hour of lunch thrown in!
Maha, coordinating this recording for his radio station was hoping he could get to snooze a while. But Rama was too efficient for him to find time! He looked happy though, since the recording time had been so well managed.

While Keshav recorded, Ram, Dev, Gokul and I met in another room in the studio. For ages we'd been discussing keeping a diary of the studio. Over the last 4 and half years it's been so interesting to watch the way the studio was growing, our varied interactions with clients of all sorts. The fun, the pain and the music filled path.
The diary didn't happen, meanwhile blogging did. We were all eager to put together the vibrant energy of a day at the studio and the instant access of blogging, so, here we are!
Look out for more from us.