Kolkata 2010

Bang in the middle of post production, planning everything on our own, we decided to book venues for a tour to promote the album. But the finalisation of mixes etc is taking longer than expected. So we decided on going a head with with whatever venues we had booked already. After kale left, we are still in the process of finding a suitable replacement on the bass. Srijan got extremely busy with his tours with parikrama and half step down, so he could not even meet or jam with the bassists that Nikhil and I were trying out. We decided to take Harshit Misra on our little mini-tour pre-album launch. There was alot of anxiety and nervousness because Sri had not even met Harshit yet and when they did meet, it was on the same day that we had a show in calcutta. Anyhow, so the story of this trip goes something like this ...

Nikhil stayed over the night before. As the time came for me to wake him up, i went into the guest room and saw him hugging his blackberry and sleeping ... lol , i wish i had taken a picture of that (For those who dont know him, he is ADDICTED to his blackberry). So we finally woke up, had coffee and breakfast etc. and at around 8 am , Harshit calls to tell me he has reached. Nikhil and I were laughing because our flight was at 9:45, we had planned our morning in a way to reach the airport by 8:45 (which we did) .... it was quite funny :p

Anyhooo, we reached the airport, got on the plane and slept (at least i did). Rather uneventful flight, cuz i slept through most of it. As we reached calcutta, luckily our stuff were the first things to come. So we grabbed it all and headed out. It was so HOT in calcutta, unbelievable 30 Degrees Celsius !!! On our way, i started getting really hungry and can't eat any oily food these days, so i need to find myself a "Subway" ... A million thanks to Google Maps and Apple for coming out with the iPhone, because we found a subway in an alien city all through Google Maps on iPhone. Ate a nice lunch and were just chilling in the room, patching up our tones etc. and once srijan woke up (He was already in calcutta as he played a show with HSD a night before) we started to rehearse as Sri had never met Harshit before, so we needed to at least go over structures etc. After that we were just chilling and laughing about stories from previous tours, srijan and I were filling in the rest of the guys about all of the funny / fun things that have happened to us in the past. Nikhil and I kept scaring Harshit saying "Dude, we're gonna make you drink so much, ur gonna puke at least 5 times at night" ... lol ... he was getting so nervous and scared about it .... eventually told him that we're just kidding.

Anyhow, we headed for the venue thanks to google maps and iPhone again , only this time it was Srijan's iPhone. I had left my converter pin for the processor in delhi, Nikhil and I got out of the car and went looking around, spent about half an hour looking in malls and shops and FINALLY found it (Ironically, the very next day, we came to know that if we open the plug , there is an Indian pin there already, so no converter in actually required ... lol :p) . So we finally reached the venue, with no sound engineer, we had to mix our own sound, and it turned out to sound awesome. The gig was super tight. Met up with my friend Ayesha, who came specially to watch the show and showed up when it got over :p . After dinner, we headed back to our hotel, chilled for a bit, laughed a little more and then crashed.

The next day, we got in our cabs and left for the airport, dropped off Ayesha to her college and reached the airport. This flight was super funny. Nikhil, me and Vibhu (Our tour manager) were sitting in the same row and were talking total crap non-stop, we could barely stop laughing. To top it all off, the person sitting in front of Vibhu complains "Why are you poking me ? " He was about 40 years old and had his mother fighting his battles .... hehehehehehe, his mom kept checking to see if Vibhu's legs are touching her son's seat or no, LOL ... so funny.

As we reached delhi, we were so tired and had to play another show in delhi the same night. But as they say, a musician's life may seem glamourous but it's super hectic and SO MUCH FUN !!!! Had loads of fun at our show in delhi as well. Until next time ...

Cheers

Someday

I light a candle on your grave
I think about all the love you gave
As I stand in the place i laid you to rest
Knowing now it's my time to be put to the test

(Pre-Chorus)

I saw the light, you were saying every thing is alright
Like an angel you came and you said i would fly

(Chorus)

Someday i will fly ...
Someday i will fly ...
Someday i will fly ...
I was in a deeper, darker place
You should me how to fight, but with some grace
It's not about the win, it's about the race

Life's not such a bad mess these days
Keep thinking about how you mended my ways
Only half of my journey's yet gone by
I keep remembering you telling me i would fly

(Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

You showed me what it's all about, you said
Keep moving forward, clear your mind of all doubt
Well it's getting harder and harder each day
You said i should stand my ground, i should stay
You said, that i would fly, i would fly someday

Someday ...
Someday ...
Someday ...

Picture

Just got your last love letter
Still got your picture on my wall
When will all of this get better ?
When will I forget it all ?

All mistakes i made, i can never take back
You're the only good thing i had

Cuz i want to tell you that i love you

(Chorus)

Then you went away ...
You went away ...
You went away ...
Cuz without you, i'm just left with your picture on my wall

Been moonlight since i wanna avoid going home
I can't stand to be alone
Stare at that ugly painting that you like so much
I'd giving anything for one more touch

Cuz I want to tell you that i miss you

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

I know you're in a better place
You've done all that you could in this place
But it's not fair, the way you were taken

(Chorus)

Next in line

All i ask for is a whisper in this silence
Some kind of sign, some peace of mind
What's going on ?

Some consolation that i seek for my relief as
I stand alone, all alone
I got left behind

Left behind ... (Where do i go from here ?)
Left behind ... (I keep asking myself ...)

(Chorus)

WHY ??? Am i the only one that you left behind
LIFE !!! A gift from you that i'd gladly sacrfice
I'm running all out of time
I stand here hoping that i'm next in line

I feel a chill run down my spine as i look closely
At all the lives, shattered and thrown to the wild
This Desolation that surrounds me, i seek solace
Look to the sky
Why am I the lonely child ?

Lonely child ... (Where do i go from here ?)
Lonely child ... (I keep asking myself ... )

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

I've fallen in a bottomless hole
The fear's letting lies unfold

(Chorus)

Money

Been working late, work my butt off, i compromise
I can't trust my fate, cuz i write all of my own lines
Can't let nobody overtake me in this old race
I told everybody i'm gonna get rich, gonna save some face

(Pre-Chorus)

I got money, money baby
I can drive you around in a ...

(Chorus)

Porsche !!! In a Lamborghini ...
Got you expensive Prada bags and those Appletinis
I got my Mansion !!! Got my 45
I need money to live, i ain't looking to just survive

Get on my private jet, we'll dine right across to Louvre
There's nothing I can't do for you
Been going to Vegas, drinking expensive Dom
But i can take it, cuz there's a lot more where that came from

(Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)

Streetwalker

I see you walking down the street, you wear your leather
I wanna take you back home.
And if you're charging by the hour waive your feather
No one likes to be alone.

It's getting colder, getting darker, getting late
Then you said "Baby, want a date?"
Looked at my watch, it said its ten passed eight
Hey baby, i don't wanna wait.

(Pre-Chorus)

Girl won't you come with me
Fulfill all my fantasies ... Oh oh

(Chorus)

Back in my cheap motel, you will find your place between the sheets in my fly room
And if you do it swell, you will find your tip by the door, you'll be leaving soon
You'll be leaving soon
You'll be leaving soon
You'll be leaving soon

Next day with friends from work, I crossed the same old street
You were standing by the lamp pole
One look at you and you had me dragging my feet
Last night i sold you my soul

Can't concentrate on conversations with my buddy
You're at the back of my mind
I's like to bathe you girl, because you're looking muddy
You're the best i could find

(Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)

Not over yet ....

Im quite excited about the upcoming Cyanide gig at HRC. It's been a year since we've played. Kale went off to college and has come back till October ... I recorded "Lead the way" and started a record label. Bindal left the band and Nikhil joined. But most important of all is that, we managed to write a whole bunch of new songs .... Keep things fresh. So we are planning to play about 5 new songs at our HRC gig. We've got more, but (a) no point letting out all the new songs at once (b) For the people who have been asking about Cyanide and wondering when we're gonna play next ... it's only fair to play most of the songs that they know and love. Hope people turn up for the gig, because we are quite excited about playing on stage again.

Then the "Not over yet EP" is being planned and will be released very soon. I'm sure when Pubrockfest starts, it should be out and available to everybody and anybody who comes for a Cyanide gig "FREE OF CHARGE" .... How cool is that ??? :p :p :p We're planning some cool things in the EP, so im quite excited about getting that out there. Plus it will be the first Release of 44G Records .... so that makes it even more exciting.

Even as we are meeting and rehearsing for the gig ... and getting our new songs tight, we are writing more and more songs during practice. Lots of times during a run through, we'll stop and discuss structures and all of a sudden before we know, we are jamming to some new riffs and it ends up becoming a new song by itself. The best part about the new line-up is that there are more people in the band who are active song writers, so it's really cool. It widens the horizon of the style of songs that the band writes. But more than anything else .... I'm dying to play our come back gig at HRC ....


Cheers

Rohan

Centenary Lunch for my grand fathers

On 10th January, 2010 , we celebrated the 100th year birth anniversary for both my grandfathers. Ezekiel Henry Solomon would have been a 100 years old on the 13th and Samuel Prem Dass would have turned a 100 on the 31st.

It was heart warming to see and meet so many people from the family who we don't get to meet everyday and a lot of who I met for the very first time. I never knew either of my grandfathers but judging from the turnout that they got, they must have been amazing people, who were able to touch the lives of so many. We all got together and made several collages of pictures we had collected over the years including a picture taken on the 9th of July 1915, when my grandfather was just 5 years going on to pictures of them and thier kids and then their kids' kids (which is MY generation). It was a treat for people who knew them, because they would remember the good old days. There was a prayer ceremony to thank god for their lives and to thank god for the fact that they family is still so close. My father was the master of ceremony, my brother gave a speech and I sang a song.

By the end of it, we all had an amazing time meeting our family members and maintaining the family bond. All those people who are in other parts of the world and couldn't make it, we truly missed all of you.



Cheers

Rohan