I’ve been playing Guitar since June 2006. I’m self taught but I have learnt some ropes from my cousin, and have picked up some things from my friend Nikhil. You will find Nikhil and my collaboratory work on this site under Music.
Last year towards the end of my sabbatical in India, I was able to write and compose a few ballads (Nazms, Geets, and few in English), some of which I have put up on this site. Feel welcome to provide your comments or criticism. I will be periodically updating this site with my compositions.
It’s been chilly here in Mountain View for last few days (just the kind of weather I like). After almost more than a year of being immersed in the world of Urdu Poetry and Hindi Songs, I wrote something in English yesterday late afternoon and decided to give it a test run today. Wouldn’t really [...]
I wanted to try a Classical Guitar that I got from someone this week and decided to record this song by Jim Reeves. Recorded in early 60s, this song was a chart buster on UK charts right when Jim Reeves died in an Airplane Crash in 1964. My humble tribute to one of the greatest [...]
I was testing out a webcam today that I got at work and decided to record a famous folk song from the 60s called “Last thing on my mind”. I think the original was done by Tom Paxton sometime back in the 50s, but this is the Chad Mitchell Trio’s version, which was a major [...]
I started writing this Nazm one late night last week and finished it couple days later. Hadn’t had time to write anything since Sargoshiyan, which was another ‘past-midnight’ composition. I had no intention of turning this Nazm into a song, but I found a raw tune on my laptop I’d recorded somewhere back in February [...]
I wrote Goodbye back in June 2004 on a lazy summer afternoon while I was on phone with my friend Meena. I think Nikhil originally came up with this tune back in January 2007 last year. Here is a version he recorded today. The intro melody begins with D minor (the saddest chord!), and walks [...]
I wrote this revival version couple days after I wrote Sargoshiyan. I’m not sure if I’m using the correct term, but I pretty much revived the same tune in a slower and melancholy way. I guess when it’s time to say Goodbye, I can sing this song. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to record [...]
I scribbled this on the night of June 3rd a few days ago right around midnight. On advice of some friends, I decided to go ahead and record it. Still a few rough edges in there. I called it Sargoshiyan (Whispers) because I believe I did hear some whispers that night. Although what they were, [...]
Today while doing laundry @ Googleplex I took a walk up to Vista Slope and played some songs to kill some time and shot this video. A 90s hit by the British singer, Seal called Kissed by a rose.
The recording is pretty choppy because the winds were mighty strong this morning at 6:30 AM and [...]
It’s been a while since I did any karaoke. Here’s an old favorite Hindi song of mine by the mellifluous voice of yesteryears, Mukesh. It’s from a 1970 Hindi movie, My Love (Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore). I’m not sure how popular the movie was, but the song certainly was a hit, and I just re-discovered [...]
With my move to California, my jamming has reduced to weekend strumming especially with being a little busy at work and settling down and everything. With nothing much to say I thought we’d remember the old playing days and relive the magic of Keedy Night. Here is a Tom Petty song that Justin did during [...]