tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204631432011-04-22T11:04:22.820+05:30An exclusive inside peek at 'The Raghu Dixit Project' on tour and otherwise. Full backstage access with candid pictures and stories that make this band a breath of fresh air in the Indian music scene!RDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08475089899428888584noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20463143.post-84497208011703193652008-02-10T02:20:00.001+05:302008-02-23T07:30:13.754+05:30

Sorry about the confusion ... but my ease of posting needs decided it was time to move this blog to wordpress ... and so that has been doneThe blog has moved to http://theraghudixitproject.wordpress.com . Please update your bookmarks and feeds and do join the party!

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The last set of concerts we did saw two new people join the gang. Here is a very brief ode to both of them ...The Raghu Dixit Project has been looking for a guitarist for a long time as indicated by quite a few posts and mentions that Raghu himself had made in our communities and otherwise. After much fussing and auditioning and trying out people, we finally identified one guitarist who suited

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We finally got to play at the much talked about 'Blue Frog' at Mumbai which in my humble opinion is one of the best clubs to play at in India. We had heard from everyone how it was a wonderful place to perform at and in many ways, it did live up to the hype!After an uneventful journey to Bombay and being taken care of very well, we landed up at the Blue Frog for sound check in the afternoon and

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A lot of fun things happened during the last month for the band and one of the things we have promised ourselves to do is to keep in touch with everyone through this blog!We will give you an exclusive sneak peek at the band coming together, the band on tour and a total access backstage pass for every show and the times in between shows. So sit back and enjoy the ride as we go through our first

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We got the invitation from the organisers of this year's 'Kala Utsavam' over 6 months back and knew that we were on our way to Singapore which would be our first international gig ever! but then when the day actually came for us to fly out, it was a very surreal feeling. All of us were stuck in our own busy lives and the magnitude of the situation never hit us until we landed up in the airport

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How often do you come across a situation that in a matter of a few hours you are a changed person! How often do you meet people who make you feel blessed about this life, broaden your mindset and make you realise that your heart is indeed bigger than you give credit for it! How often do you get to make music that uplifts your spirit higher than you could ever think of and for a blissful few hours

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I would always wonder what it takes to be on TV and more so in one of those award shows where bands/artists would get to perform. Among the many many award shows that have infected the idiot box, the Immies and the Lycra-MTV Style Awards have been on the top of my list mainly because they were about music. I have watched these shows for the past many years and always dreamt of performing in one

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It was meant to be and therefore it happened! It took three months and many postponements of the shoot date to finally reach a point where we had no choice but get it done. I think it was by end of August that we took a call on Ambar as the launch video song through MTV. Though Vishal and Shekhar were very sure Ambar should be the launch song, I was not myself too sure. Probably because I have

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Thursday July 5, 2007The album was recorded and mixed as long back as March end…but unfortunately we could not put our finger on the ‘right’ mastering studio and engineer….not just here in India but in the rest of the world.Its been almost 5 years now since I started the recording process of this album…while there were many many hiccups (money, studios, microphones, cables, musicians, egos… etc)

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Tuesday March 27, 2007The last week was the busiest and the most memorable for the band. We played 4 concerts – The first two were corporate gigs and the next two were college fest gigs. While not much can be said about the first two, the concerts at PESIT and NIFT on 24th and 25th respectively will remain in my memory for a long time.I had never done three shows in a row…and that itself was huge

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Monday March 26, 2007This was posted in the write-in section….but damn it was so long that it deserved to be on the blog!!! Here it goes…completely unedited version.Althaf B – Freaking amazin performance..!!I was bought up in a very orthodox setting, outside India..So every minute of freetime would be spend outdoors. Never had time for music at all. However now I have been in bangalore for past 2

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Wednesday March 7, 2007Last two months have been exciting for me. I am just all over the place, clueless what my next move would be! There are two projects that I am involved in at the same time with conflicting interests! First, more importantly of course, is the album mixing and then the eventual release and then second, equally important (he he), is the Kannada Movie Project ‘Psycho’ for which

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Tuesday February 20, 2007After a long long time, we played for a college show and most apprehensions that bands have about playing college shows came true for us! But that was not the end of it … the concert we played on the the 17th at NITK Surathkal’s Incident ‘07 was one of the best in recent times!Its always fun to travel out of Bangalore and meet new audiences and add to that an energetic

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Sunday December 10, 2006Yesterday, we played at the Bengalooru Habba and it was quite a memorable gig for us. We called all musicians who were present at the venue who had played for us before to join us on stage and it was one big party!We played a short and modified set which started off groovily with Hey Bhagwan … This song is going on the airwaves soon and you should be seeing a lot more of

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Sunday October 8, 2006The last time I wrote in this section was on June 09, 2006. Since then, a lot of you reading this section regularly asked if I had taken off to Himalayas for a long penance, or if i had renounced this world of music, or if I had become a mechanic in a hardware godown!It is indeed not of my real self to keep silent. But this time I did and for a long time at that. No,

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Monday June 19, 2006It was one of the those days which we will remember for years to come! We had a blast on stage when we performed for the Fete de la Musique at Alliance Francaise on June 17, 2006!We had just one day’s practice with our new member Balaji on the violin. He did stop my heart beat when he called me up on thursday to tell me that he would not be able to make it to the practice and

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Monday June 12, 2006It’s that time of the year again! The clouds have just come together in embrace and occasionally sprinkled the thirsty earth with the much needed nectar, copulated with the sun to colour the sky with an ever graceful rainbow, the drunken bees buzzing the sound of a psychedelic guitar and the trees sprouting the happy colour…It’s that time of the year the Cultural Director from

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May 09, 2006In my previous blog entry (what a fantastic beginning), I had confessed my biggest fear that I lived with for the last year and a half - that if I will ever be able to recapture the zing that I had created with my earlier band Antaragni...One of our friends read that blog article and wrote to me - "Its great that you have found some like minded musicians that you are enjoying working

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April 13, 2006.I could not have asked for a better beginning. The last 7 days have been the most wonderful after a long time. Its been almost a month since I got Anirban (Guitars), Gaurav (Bass) and Rahul (Percussions) to jam with me and we did that everyday without a break and results are there to see!The biggest fear that I lived with for the last one year and a half was that if I will ever be

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