Some of mine (contd.,)

I was getting bored of repeatedly listening to the same set of songs. For once, I was bored of listening to rahman's. So, yesterday after coming back office, I checked for some relatively old songs composed by ilayaraja. I came across this song "Om Namaha" from 'Ithayathai thirudaathe". The movie was released first in telugu as "Geethanjali" if my memory serves me right. I have listened to this song before but that was quite a long time back. It is an absolutely uncomplicated one but it captivates the listener as it provides the required effect. It is a nice song. Listen to it if you have not. If you have, listen to it again! I wanted to play this song in my keyboard. And I hope it has come out well.

Here is the link.

http://rapidshare.de/files/23090725/om_namaha.mp3.html

for any of you who would want to listen.

As always, use earphone. Lappy and desktop speakers are useless.
These are the instruments I have used (for any of those curious ones)

1. Piano+strings - Lead
2. Guitar - BGM (to get the effect of strumming. But I think it has not come out as well as I had expected)
3. Strings - BGM
4. Saw - Interlude
5. Orchestra - Interlude
6. Pan Flute - Interlude
7. Bell - Interlude

Apart from all these, I have also used pieces of fingered bass. Bass has always attracted me in any song. It, sort of, makes the music complete. Bass does not feature in the original song. I wanted to just try and listen to how it sounds. I think it fits into the scale of the song. If you do not think so, kindly adjust!

For any of my other music kottals, kindly scroll down the blog.


Adios.

A friend

Please do not read this blog if you are in a good mood. Please do not read this blog if you do not want to get irritated even more. Seriously. This is not a gimmick to attract anyone. (Smiling)I have no need to do that.

I met this guy first when I joined DAVG for 11th in 1996. We did not get to know each other until the end of 12th. We did not even get introduced to each other for a long time. We started to interact frequently when we joined Pilani as we were both in mechanical engg. Damn, he was a mech-by-choice. Now, how many get to do that? Over the four years we studied in Pilani, we started to get along well. You know, the frequency (or wavelength or time period whatever you want to call) of certain persons match. I do not want to get too personal here but he had done a lot of things for me, had given up a few. He is the only person who I 'listen' to when he shouts at me, when he advises me. He is and will be the only person who I talk to dumping whatever ego i have, even when he is irritated with me. He has struggled a lot to get to a stage where he is now.

Now comes the worst part. When he calls me up, just trying to vent his frustration on certain aspects of life, as a very thick friend I am supposed to partake of his mood. Well, that does not happen with me. Why? Because, I am not very good in talking things out. Why? Because, I think about myself as someone excellent, infact magnanimous, in writing things out! Words, to me, are more powerful than anything else! Well, let me be damned then. I do not know how many times I have felt this quality of mine is going to be a bane. It is going to affect me at some point in time. But still I am not able to change which is funny! I know just too well how it would feel with no one to share one's thoughts with, especially when those you think are good friends turn their back even more making you believe, for a moment, that you are a bloody untouchable.
This friend of mine reiterates time and again, how valuable our friendship is . Yet, when he needs someone to talk to, when I am the first person he calls up, all I do is to stay quiet and be not responsive. I believe in reciprocation. If someone does not reciprocate what I do, I will tend to say 'Thanks pal, you are just another passerby". I am just too proud of the word 'friendship' and its meaning to me that I do not want to break a few of them unnecessarily. Given all this,the way I am acting is a shame on my part. I am not following what I believe in.
Since I am talking about friendship, let me digress from the topic a bit. It is true that ego and pride should play no role between good friends. I would as much disagree with it as I agree, though. Because, there are a few people who cannot be bracketed into this category.

A friend in need is a friend indeed. I needed a friend but none of the souls was willing to listen to me. Now he needs a friend and I am not responding? So, who am I and how better am I than those souls?

I wish I say all this, in first person, to him. But..

Hear! Hear!....Ganguly

If Ganguly ever wants to improve his batting against those snorters, short pitched stuffs, chinners (whatever you want to call) directed towards his rib cage, he could do well with a trick or two up his sleeves.

Ooh.. The bat kicked off quite a good length!

Adios.

The weekend that was

I had been to Austin this saturday with karthik and his mother. There is nothing attractive about that place that would make you visit over and over again. Though I had been to austin before, I did not get a chance to take a closer look at the capitol. This time, however, I was amazed by the richness and grandeur of the interior. It was quite obvious that a lot of planning and money has gone into constructing this elegant structure. I would rather let the pictures speak.
...myself outside capitol

...myself outside the capitol entrance

...Entrance

Thanks to karthik, the second picture has come out very well considering the angle at which it was taken. Now lets go to the interior.


...Senator's chamber

...walkway


...House of representatives

We left for Mount Bonnell from Capitol. I would love to own a house near the lake but, seemingly it will cost me a fortune! So forget it, I will go for something better!

...Lake Austin

...myself with lake austin in the background. Oh well, that bloody exhausted look on my face is because of the mid-day heat.

Any trip to Austin, will be incomplete without a flying visit to san marcos and san antonio. We went to san marcos though I had no intention of a major shopping spree. After spending sometime in san marcos, we left for san antonio by around 6pm. I should say that this was the first time I had reached san antonio in bright sunlight. My previous visits to this place (river walk, in particular) had invariably been in the night by 9pm, by which time the beauty of setting sun and its effect on surroundings would have evaded me. But no, not this time.


...some gen building in san antonio. But the blue sky merged with evening sun hitting part of the building was just too much to take my eyes off.


...some other gen structure. But same effect.


...The Alamo

The Alamo (pic above) in san antonio serves as a shrine reminding people of the texan history and its liberty. For anyone who is more interested about this, visit
www.thealamo.org

We had dinner in a mexican restaurant in river walk and returned home late night. It was just one of those small round trip yesterday but it has had its influence on me.

Adios.