Awesome trip/gig in Banur

Hey guys,

I know im posting this about a week after our gig in Banur but i was really ill (bad asthma attacks) .... Sorry i dont have any pics from the trip, but there are videos:



Check em out

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We left delhi at 6:30 am , went in 2 cars, Gucci came along to do sound for us. Sri, Pills and Bindal went in Sri's car and Gucci and I in my car ..... Heheheheh, we spoke about everything under the sun, then Sri and I went into "Race Mode" and we were driving at like 150 - 160 constantly for a bit .... it was CRAZY !!!!! Stopped at "Zill Mill" Dhaba to eat some killer paranthas and omelet .... Anyhow, we reached by 11 am or so and were greeted by the organisers of the fest. We asked them the usual stuff, "Where is our room?? Where are the beers?? " We were escorted to our "Amazing 5 star quality rooms" .... "NOOOOOOOOT" ..... they are THE most hideous rooms EVER, but anyhow, we just had to kill some time as we had already decided that we aint gonna be sleeping there. So we kept chilling in the room for about 6 hours or so where the electricity was probably there for just 2 of the hours and that also not at a stretch. So we kept boiling our asses off, the ONLY saving grace was the chilled beer.

Time for sound-check came and by this time I had was feeling really sick, i could barely breathe ... I had already had about 4-5 puffs from my inhaler .... Anyhow, i just figured "it'll pass" .... We took about 15 minutes to sound-check as they were short on time and the competing bands had to get on stage .... We sat through about 5 bands as we were the judges .... and then FINALLY it was time for us to get on the stage .... by then i had already asked the students about a hospital near by and by the grace of god, there was a medical college/hospital next door .... it was HUGE. We got on stage, started playing .... we jammed on some punjabi stuff as well to get everyone even more excited then they already were. The faculty asked the organisers to tell us to end the set quickly as the buses had to leave or something, so we did .... we got off stage, had the organisers carry our stuff to my car ... then Bindal and I went to the hospital to the emergency room , he took care of the all the formailities and running around getting medicines, while I was admitted in the emergency room, the doctors put on a nebulizer and gave me an injection to allow me breathe again .... it was so bad. Sri was taking care of our payment and fuel re-imbursement etc ..... After about an hour and a half or so .... I was allowed to leave. Pills' dad hooked up a room for us in Chandigarh .... and the rooms were SWEET !!!! :D So finally we had a good night's sleep.

Next morning, we got up by 8 or so .... showered, had breakfast and left .... Inspite of all the heat and the emergency room drama .... It was an awesome trip. Chatted with Gucci alot about the music business and learnt so much about how a record company functions etc etc. Good fun!!!!


Anyohw .... So this is what Cyanide has been upto. As far as "Lead the way" goes .... the studio is booked for some other artist till about 10th or 11th of May, so i can only get back to recording after that. Till then, i'll be getting a few photoshoots done for promo material and for the website .... I have been working with Carl (Half Step Down) on my website as well .... the concepts are looking pretty good .... but now we need the pictures from the upcoming photoshoots .... So thats that .... will keep you guys posted on when i get back to the studio .... Thats another reason why i haven't released Episode 5 of the podcast as yet, cuz there's nothing to film ... nothing excited, im either chillin at home watching TV or at work .... But as soon as the work gets started with the photoshoots and i get back to the studio, i will be releasing the next episode for the podcast.

Take care

Rohan

Post Easter

Had a great Easter. Right now i'm in Bangalore .... Have a few meetings here (music as well as real estate related) . I have been totally in my cocoon, just working out new songs, some of which will make it to the record and some will not, but its always good to have options. So basically, i now have enough songs to hit the studio and record again. Need to make some really good quality demos ... to pitch them to international record labels ... Recording an album is a long and cumbersome process. But ill keep updating the Blog every now and then

Take care

Rohan