An Array of thoughts..

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The last one and a half years have been, if not the best, the most fruitful time of my life. My life has changed completely in this short span. I've learned so much. Most of all, music. I play the flute and trumpet. A year before all i knew was to play the instruments, but now i know to get some music out of them. All thanks to my friends Karthik and Chandrasekar.
Karthik is a musician, the most musical musician i've met.. :D If he gets into music nothing can bring him out.. He just loses himself so much in music, that he even forgets food, sleep, family and everything except his Keyboard. Thats Karthik for u.
For me he's a guru. I learnt a lot of my music from him. Right from the scales to chords, he gave me the foundation. Discovered my own talent only after minggling with him. Can't thank him enough for that..
The next one big boon i got was in the form of my classmate in college, Chandrasekar. He's a great violinist and now he's a great musician. His passion nkows no bounds. During our second year in college, we formed a group and participated in our college culturals. That was when i really knew his true form. Nothing can stand between his fingers and his violin. He can make the violin talk and sing. Though we fared really bad in the culturals, I learnt a lot from that experience.
Chandrasekar excels in the carnatic form of music. I ask him for notes for songs and he just writes them and i play em on my flute. He's also a Raaga specialist. He plays with them. I can't thank him enough for his role in making me understand music so well.
These elements put together alng with a little passion is what has given this sense of music. But yeah, My first love for music was only because of ARR. It's his music that made me want to learn flute. It was the Bombay theme that came out first on my flute. I just had this fire, to learn to play that theme and i somehow succeded. I got it out note by note. Took me almost 2 weeks to play it right. But once i started playing I got this small confidence that i can play the flute. Now i can play it quite well, as an amateur.
Well.. Our life on this earth is nothing short of a miracle. We're here for a reason. And we need to search for the reason and then act towards. It's such a pity that today's world is filled with all the wrong thoughts, all negative emotions, terrorism, genocide, poverty... All this can be beheaded, if, and only if we all vow to make a small difference around ourselves. If each on of us can give a positive vibe to our society that is enough to make the difference.. Lets wake up to the reality and act for a better future where there is no Poverty, no genocide or terrorism. That's the goal to attain.

2 What they say!:

Chandru said...

Hey man!! That was really really flattering to be mentioned in your blog!! And that too, with such high regards!! Seriously, I don't think I deserve this. :)
Anyway, you've built a wonderful blog here, and it's always nice and inspirational to read your posts. Keep going and thank you for such a wonderful blog!

Rakesh said...

Anytime da.. Tht was a heartfelt post.. I've always wanted to write it.. Ur the inspiration.. Thanks a lot.. :)