And all that JAZZ...!!!!
Lady luck isn't always this giving!I am flattered by her unusual generosity!Not only being invited to the parrrdy but also getting to be an "insider" in it!!Now, that is exactly the reason I preach about being a member in some association!The story here,however,is different! Member of two of the three asociations that organised the event,moi! Having recieved invitations (for the jazz concert,4th Dec,by this band called 'Three Raags'),from both Alliance Francaise and the Goethe Zentrum,I was almost too happy to retain my sanity!
Also,the fact that Mrs.Desai had delegated the task of escorting the band from the hotel to the Secunderabad Cluband looking after their basic requirements for the rehearsals(very basic!!).And the fact that I got to spend time with was in itself a great delight!But I guess "this" is why I am called a kiddo.Wait until u hear the entire story!
I get to the hotel about 10 minutes before my reporting time(how professional does that sound!!) only to wait at the reception for a nice long time.Having obtained the room number,I quickly usher Mishko (on the bass,French) to the restaurant for his breakfast,where I run into Suresh and Alicia (the drummer and his partner).I later go around looking for Holger (violonist,German) all around the hotel only to find him all set to check out,sitting at the lobby!I introduce myself and wait for the cab to arrive which due to some reason is late,much to the fury of Holger(europeans and punctuality!!)
In due course of time the cab arrives and we set off to the club.The jazz collective Charminar Jazz is awaiting the 'Three Raags' there at the club and I enlighten them about myself!
The equipments are brought to the ballroom where they are to rehearse and other requirements are furnished.Then after a while Alicia and I leave to explore a little bit of commercial Hyderabad( on a sunday!).We did find the teeny weeny things she was looking for,during which i learnt a lot about Italy(thats where she is from),Europe(my love!!!),her life,the band,Italian food,language,her love for Pondicherry(hats where she lives now,Auroville),and all that jazz!She asks me if I did 'the' job frequently asuming i was a part-time guide!!I tell her I was a part of the organising associations (GZ and AF) and hence the 'job'!!
We discover that the rehearsals are not yet over,once we return to the Club.The collective-Charminar Jazz was sitting in one corner.I join them to disturb their privacy (shamelessly)!I am sitting with,what i would call,the Jazz rock stars(??) of Hyderabad,the future (i mean,very near future) rage and I am as mute as a log...I do manage to ask a few hilariously dumb questions to which they were kind enough to answer (without any trace of laughter) and a joint of genuine doubts in jazz i had accumulated over the months!I would have had a solid 15-20 minutes time in hand, enough to have had a rapid fire round with a million questions and there I was,doing nothing but feeling wierd!!!Kids,i agree!!!
Then I had to leave as my job there was done, and also coz the rehearsals seemed no-where close to wind up shortly.I exit the scene,having conversed about my new-found love in Jazz with neither of the Jazz pros there!Call me whatever!I mean,I could have asked dumb doubts(i did,a few)...not like they were gonna remember me anyways,but I chose to research by myself!!ha!
Evening,mom and I go to the venue plenty of time in advance.Like we had to welcome the empty chairs and the lazy mosquitos over our jet-black hair!Trying not to be bored we exchange a few lousy "jokes".One more point that proved my "talent" was this...A friend and I are heatedly arguing about the identity of one 'dude' present there.I go "No!!!That is not Anupam!!I remember his face!This is NOT him!!",in such an agitated tone that a lady behind me was giving me wierd looks!And then the 'dude' we were discussing about,approaches us,to walk right through and give this cuppa coffee to the lady giving wierd looks.UH OH!!!!That IS Anupam ( a guy that I had exchanged numbers with at another similar event in june,in a rather sidey manner!)He had changed sooo much!Trust me!Men change quickly!And I was in all my mirth announcing to the world that "that" was not Anupam!And yes,the wierd-looks-lady was Mrs.Anupam's father!!!!I am such a dumbass!!(anyways,...we quickly sneaked outta there,assuming the world has a lot of 'other' anupams!)
Finally the concert began after a while,inundating the lawn with a mellifluous pleasure.One particular piece was so intoxicating and powerful,I involuntarily started writing a pair of verses based on the mood and feel of the music!
Hmm...all in all,it was a wonderful learning experience(to sound as cliched as possible!).How to deal with punctualilty when delay engulfs you inevitably-smile as beautifully as you can!How to communicate with silence when you want not its presence-pray for another chance to speak out!How to avoid getting bored-donot be an hour in advance!How to enjoy music to the fullest-associate it what what you like doing best(for me- writing on the mood it presents!!)!How to stop regretting your idiocy-laugh at the amusement you spread by sounding as dumb!!You're spreading laughter for heaven's sake...which is always nice!!!
HAA!!!By the way-the concert rocked.Thank you's to Goethe Zentrum,Alliance Francaise and Secunderabad Club for the eventful event!And of course-Mrs.Desai who over looked my age to delegate a task so educative(ahem!!)!!
Also,the fact that Mrs.Desai had delegated the task of escorting the band from the hotel to the Secunderabad Cluband looking after their basic requirements for the rehearsals(very basic!!).And the fact that I got to spend time with was in itself a great delight!But I guess "this" is why I am called a kiddo.Wait until u hear the entire story!
I get to the hotel about 10 minutes before my reporting time(how professional does that sound!!) only to wait at the reception for a nice long time.Having obtained the room number,I quickly usher Mishko (on the bass,French) to the restaurant for his breakfast,where I run into Suresh and Alicia (the drummer and his partner).I later go around looking for Holger (violonist,German) all around the hotel only to find him all set to check out,sitting at the lobby!I introduce myself and wait for the cab to arrive which due to some reason is late,much to the fury of Holger(europeans and punctuality!!)
In due course of time the cab arrives and we set off to the club.The jazz collective Charminar Jazz is awaiting the 'Three Raags' there at the club and I enlighten them about myself!
The equipments are brought to the ballroom where they are to rehearse and other requirements are furnished.Then after a while Alicia and I leave to explore a little bit of commercial Hyderabad( on a sunday!).We did find the teeny weeny things she was looking for,during which i learnt a lot about Italy(thats where she is from),Europe(my love!!!),her life,the band,Italian food,language,her love for Pondicherry(hats where she lives now,Auroville),and all that jazz!She asks me if I did 'the' job frequently asuming i was a part-time guide!!I tell her I was a part of the organising associations (GZ and AF) and hence the 'job'!!
We discover that the rehearsals are not yet over,once we return to the Club.The collective-Charminar Jazz was sitting in one corner.I join them to disturb their privacy (shamelessly)!I am sitting with,what i would call,the Jazz rock stars(??) of Hyderabad,the future (i mean,very near future) rage and I am as mute as a log...I do manage to ask a few hilariously dumb questions to which they were kind enough to answer (without any trace of laughter) and a joint of genuine doubts in jazz i had accumulated over the months!I would have had a solid 15-20 minutes time in hand, enough to have had a rapid fire round with a million questions and there I was,doing nothing but feeling wierd!!!Kids,i agree!!!
Then I had to leave as my job there was done, and also coz the rehearsals seemed no-where close to wind up shortly.I exit the scene,having conversed about my new-found love in Jazz with neither of the Jazz pros there!Call me whatever!I mean,I could have asked dumb doubts(i did,a few)...not like they were gonna remember me anyways,but I chose to research by myself!!ha!
Evening,mom and I go to the venue plenty of time in advance.Like we had to welcome the empty chairs and the lazy mosquitos over our jet-black hair!Trying not to be bored we exchange a few lousy "jokes".One more point that proved my "talent" was this...A friend and I are heatedly arguing about the identity of one 'dude' present there.I go "No!!!That is not Anupam!!I remember his face!This is NOT him!!",in such an agitated tone that a lady behind me was giving me wierd looks!And then the 'dude' we were discussing about,approaches us,to walk right through and give this cuppa coffee to the lady giving wierd looks.UH OH!!!!That IS Anupam ( a guy that I had exchanged numbers with at another similar event in june,in a rather sidey manner!)He had changed sooo much!Trust me!Men change quickly!And I was in all my mirth announcing to the world that "that" was not Anupam!And yes,the wierd-looks-lady was Mrs.Anupam's father!!!!I am such a dumbass!!(anyways,...we quickly sneaked outta there,assuming the world has a lot of 'other' anupams!)
Finally the concert began after a while,inundating the lawn with a mellifluous pleasure.One particular piece was so intoxicating and powerful,I involuntarily started writing a pair of verses based on the mood and feel of the music!
Hmm...all in all,it was a wonderful learning experience(to sound as cliched as possible!).How to deal with punctualilty when delay engulfs you inevitably-smile as beautifully as you can!How to communicate with silence when you want not its presence-pray for another chance to speak out!How to avoid getting bored-donot be an hour in advance!How to enjoy music to the fullest-associate it what what you like doing best(for me- writing on the mood it presents!!)!How to stop regretting your idiocy-laugh at the amusement you spread by sounding as dumb!!You're spreading laughter for heaven's sake...which is always nice!!!
HAA!!!By the way-the concert rocked.Thank you's to Goethe Zentrum,Alliance Francaise and Secunderabad Club for the eventful event!And of course-Mrs.Desai who over looked my age to delegate a task so educative(ahem!!)!!
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Do i need to comment anything. I think U already know what i wud say.But i am glad that u r learning things..i mean, Tasks delegated to u.
"the wierd-looks-lady was Mrs.Anupam's father"
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What a review by the way... just 4 lines about the concert...charmed! I am sure you are planning to send it to The Hindu.
I guess the fact that it covered "just enough" matter abt the concert speaks for itself...i mean personally i liked the rehearsals better...right in front of me wid no stench of alcohol,and gossip,and mine-is-better-than-your's perfumes!
and occasionally looking beyond these distractions to surrender to the "struggling to reach out to the audience"music!
may be thats y they are called "clubs" in the first place!
you could have written down what you had written down during the concert
similar was my experience when i used to go to some mushairas in 'our' old city
hey !
wheres the article u told me u had written on those english papers u r grading?
Vids
it was put a day after u left this comments babes...and i see this after 3 days of its existence....hehe!glad ur takin time to go thru this blog...cheers!
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