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The much awaited release of ‘Psycho’ happened over this weekend and it was quite an overwhelming affair! We’ve been hearing tons of reports of housefull shows and brilliant reactions from people who watched the movie.

I went and watched it yesterday and I can guarantee you the music completely kicks butt!

Now what I want to know is .. if you have seen the movie, tell us what you think of it. Did you like it? did you not? what did you like? anything at all .. say it!

Wednesday March 7, 2007

Last 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 I am composing and directing music. Because I am the music director, I am also having a field day claiming ownership to sing atleast 4 songs…he he again!

While Raveolution Studios has been busy with churning out mixes of the album, I have been busy parallelly composing, sequencing and then of course fighting against the provided budget to get the best musicians, best studios, best engineers so that my music for ‘Psycho’ could sound good ;).

The process of composing and designing sound for Psycho is proving to be extremely challenging but yet very exciting. Till now I have never got involved so much into sound designing as much as I have for ‘Psycho’. Not only did I get to meet and work with some phenomenal musicians and technicians but also encountered the amazing technologies and software tools that have sprung up all over. And suddenly I felt small…like that ‘toad in the well’ feeling! Everyday I walk into the studios like a scared student trying to remember what I had learnt yesterday and then wondering whats in store today. Santosh is the guy who not only has helped me in getting the sequencing and programming in place, but also patiently taught me what goes into making a track sound ‘filmy’…what technically can be called ‘Cinematic sound’. Ofcourse, almost 80% o what he says goes above my head and overwhelms me that I automatically go numb! Phew!
Sandeep, my bandmate worked with me on a daily basis to get the interludes composed. Shiva, the drummer-band mate of RDP is helping me getting the rhythm section tight. Psycho has 6 songs and a theme instrumental track. I have tried different genres for each song. While the first song is somewhat an alternative rock song named ‘Neene Beku’ (= I want only you) in Kannada (not sure if you can imagine that!), the second song Mahadeswara is an interesting song. Its a Kannada folk song which actually was a spontaneous vocal melody that sprang out of nowhere on a bed of a latino chords progression that Anirban played for me during one of the RDP jams long back and now this song finds a place in the movie. I should definitely mention Anirban as the co-composer of this whacky song.

The next 20 days is crucial for RDP is many ways…the road ahead is really the last leg….till we reach for a beautiful view…and then yes, we move on to the road ahead yet again…and the journey continues. Hop in…we sure do have space for you too.

Sunday December 10, 2006

Yesterday, 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 it very soon.
Then Rzhude from Thermal and a Quarter joined for a rocking version of Mysore se Aayi which really got the crowd on their feet!

We followed that up with Ambar for which Pandit Prakash Sontakke joined us with some amazing backing and a soulful interlude which had everyone reminiscing.

We then had to cut down our set by one song since the event was already running late and chose to go with Gudugudiya for the Kannada lovers in the audience and was that a good move or what! Since Siva was not playing for us for this show, Raghu took the Djembe and Anirban replaced him on acoustic guitars while Bruce Lee Mani of Thermal and a Quarter did his magic on the electric guitar!

In all … it was a splendid performance and we did manage to win a few hearts! Check pictures of our show on our flickr page here

If you guys were at the show, drop us a line and tell us what you thought .. :)

-Gaurav