We feel extremely bad for the super-nice guys at Sardar Patel College of Engineering, but we just had to call off our gig after one-and-a-half songs yesterday at their fest, which we were headlining.
The sound was just pathetic. Onstage, we couldn’t hear a note we were playing, and on top of that the soundman was, to put it mildly, an uncooperative nincompoop.
It has never happened before, and hopefully this cancelled show will go out as a message to organizers.
Please don’t compromise on the sound. That is the lifeblood of a performance.
Cheers!
Prayag.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Drishti '10, Symbiosis, Nashik
We're back from Nashik - Swapnil's home town, and still reeling under the power that we experienced in the audience there.
There is so much happening right now that we'll need some time before we can get blogging regularly again.
Watch this space, and hope you've picked your copy of UDAAN already :)
Cheers!
Prayag.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Udaan songs
Lyrics: Rohan. Music: Sumit
The terrorised Indian’s cry of anguish to the government: Enough is enough
2. Langoor Gaya Sheher Dekhne
Lyrics and music: Swapnil
A critique of human ‘civilisation’, from a monkey’s perspective
3. Kal Akele
Lyrics and music: Pranab Gohain
A song on life, as we’ve known it.
4. Daud
Lyrics and music: Swapnil
Life’s rat race, we all have to run it, or do we?
5. Udaan
Lyrics and music: Swapnil
Who says you can’t fly? Here’s how.
6. Kehdo Kabhi
Lyrics: Pranab, music: Sumit
Surprise, surprise, a love song!
7. Raaste
Lyrics: Pranab, music: Kiran Roy
The anthem of youth, about the rocky road ahead
8. Naya Savera
Lyrics and music: Swapnil
Lucid dreams of a better tomorrow.
Spread the wings of your dream, and let the fire in your gut help you take flight!
Peace!
Prayag
http://www.prayag.ibibo.com
Album artwork
We had exactly 12 hours to come up with something - so an SOS phone call to our friend Ashish Mistry at 11:00 PM and a vague brief - and this is what we had in our inbox the next morning.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The CD - first look!
As we held a small stack UDAAN CDs for the first time last evening, we trembled. Then said to ourselves - 'To all those who will like this album - Thanks. Pray we keep going till we can.
And to all those who will say this is not their 'Scene', EFF YOU! We reached here before you. And we're only going to run faster from here. In all directions' :)
Thanks for all the love. Hell YEAH!
Team Prayag.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The wait is over!
After two weeks of sleepless nights, fighting over details and sound-fatigue, our album Udaan is ready for take-off. You can find small clips up for preview at http://www.prayag.ibibo.com.
Please do post your feedback on the songs on that page. And watch out for the album at a store near you soon!
Cheers!
Prayag.
Ibibo Network
Official Homepage
Please do post your feedback on the songs on that page. And watch out for the album at a store near you soon!
Cheers!
Prayag.
Ibibo Network
Official Homepage
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Bandra rocks, Prayag style
Talk about hectic schedules!
In between the album recording – which is now over, we are happy to inform you -- we had a fun time playing at the Celebrate Bandra festival at the scenic Reclamation waterfront in Mumbai on November 23. And that itself was a miracle.
All of us were dog tired with the gruelling office-recording-gig 26-hour-day schedule we have been keeping lately, and to top it off, we had just 10 minutes to soundcheck while the other band, Swarathma, got an hour and a half.
Not their fault, really, and the folk-rockers from Bengaluru are very nice guys and good musicians, but -- as we are tired of saying -- the organisers of such events should clearly demarcate soundcheck times and see to it that the schedules are adhered to.
But all that was forgotten as we charged through a one-hour, all original set. The highlight of the evening were a bunch of kids jumping around on stage. Sumit was overheard muttering that if any of them stepped on his pedals he would chuck them into the Arabian Sea, yards away.
Before we go, don’t forget to look for our album Udaan, which should be in stores before you enter into 2010.
Also, please please please sign up at our network on Ibibo (Click Here), because that’s where you’ll find all the goodies (preview clips etc) from now on.
As always, here are a few pictures taken by a fan-cum-friend, Meenaz Lala.
Cheers!
Team Prayag
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