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Meri Ajab Hai Zindagi

Gautam — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:49:57 +0000

April was the month of recordings and this is my humble attempt at “Meri Ajab Hai Zindagi”, from the older lot of Ghazals by Jagjit Singh Ji.

Teri Khushboo Me Base Khat

Gautam — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:41:54 +0000

My humble attempt at this immortal Nazm by Rajendra Nath Rehbar, composed and performed by Jagjit Singh Ji.
प्यार की आखिरी पूँजी भी लुटा आया हूँ, अपनी हस्ती को भी लगता है मिटा आया हूँ, उम्र भर की जो कमाई थी गँवा आया हूं तेरे ख़त आज मै गंगा में बहा आया हूं आग बहते हुए पानी में लगा आया हूं..

Moody River – Pat Boone

Gautam — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:58:08 +0000

One of my favourite songs that me and my brother grew up listening to back in the 90s. My humble attempt at this golden-voiced Pat Boone’s 1961 #1 release Moody River on my Classical Guitar.

Words:

Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby’s life

Last Saturday evenin’ came to the old oak tree
It stands beside the river where you were to meet me
On the ground your glove I found
With a note addressed to me
It read “Dear love, I’ve done you wrong”
“Now I must set you free”
“No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin”
“I just couldn’t tell you that guy was just a friend”

Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby’s life

I looked into the muddy water and what could I see?
I saw a lonely, lonely face just lookin’ back at me
Tears in his eyes and a prayer on his lips
And the glove of his lost love at his fingertips

Dard Ke Phool Bhi – Jagjit Singh

Gautam — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:36:13 +0000

First attempt at this poignant Ghazal by Jagjit Singh recorded this weekend. Poetry is by Javed Akhtar.

Rahi Nagufta Mere Dil Me

Gautam — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:58:28 +0000

An Acoustic Guitar version of this haunting Ghazal from the Hindi movie, Amal that I recorded few months ago on my Classical Guitar. The Ghazal is written by Meer Taqi ‘Meer’ and composed & performed by Dr. Shiva. Here are the 2 Ash’aar I recorded using Tascam DR-05 Portable Digital Recorder.

Rahi nagufta mere dil mein dastaan meri
Na is dayar mein samjha koi zubaan meri

Usi se dur raha asl-e-mudda jo tha
Gayi ye umr-e-aziz aah rayagan meri

Yaad Aa Raha Hai Tera Pyar

Gautam — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:29:36 +0000

Recorded a depressed acoustic version of 80s Disco Dancer Song by Bappi Lahiri. Dedicated to a very special person.

Miss You Nights

Gautam — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:10:56 +0000

Decided to record this 1975 haunting ballad by Cliff Richard around midnight yesterday..in an attempt to break someone’s silence. May the sound bytes travel far far..

Words

I’ve had many times i can tell you
Times when innocence i’d trade for company
And children saw me crying
I thought i’d had my share of that

But these miss you nights Are the longest

Midnight diamonds stud my heaven
Southward burning lie the jewels that eye your place
And warm winds that embrace me
Just as surely kissed your face

Yeah these miss you nights They are the longest

How i missed you i’m not likely to tell
I’m a man and cold day light
Buys the pride i’d rather sell
All my secrets are wasted affair you know them well

Thinking of my going
How to cut the thread and leave it all behind
Looking windward for my compass
I take each day as it arrives

But these miss you nights Are the longest

Lay down all thought of your surrender
It’s only me who’s killing time
Lay down all dreams and themes once remembered
It’s just the same this miss you game

Yeah these miss you nights Are the longest

Admi Admi Ko Kya Dega

Gautam — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:08:30 +0000

This is my 3rd Tribute Video to Late Jagjit Singh and his legacy after the last recording “Jeete Rehne Ki Saza De“. One of his most popular Ghazals that was penned by his life-long friend and a great Poet Sudarshan Faaqir. I tried to do it some justice although please raise the volume as it might be a bit low.

Jagjit Ji used to sing it in Bm scale and that’s what I’ve recorded in, but his more recent performances were in Am, probably to keep in sync with his growing baritone/older voice. Happy Holidays and my gift to all music lovers on Christmas Eve.

Mysterious Melody

Gautam — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:14:37 +0000

I want to share a little incident that has baffled me for a while now, although I never quite gave it much attention, but still want to throw it out there.

I want to share a tune that I recorded in September 2006. I had just started learning Guitar on my own and at that time I only knew how to play couple chords and had merely been playing for 2-3 months. This was 2 years before I even knew who Anna Singt was. For those who don’t know – Anna Singt is an Acoustic German band started by Anna Ratsch-Heitmann.

I downloaded her song in May 2008, which was originally released in 2002. Now what’s interesting is that I did not even hear her song until 2008. AND THAT is what has baffled me for a long time and I have no answers for it.
Could it be a pure co-incidence..that I recorded a similar tune or atleast the intro?

Here are the first 60 seconds of the piece that I recorded while practising D minor chord in Sept. 2006.

Here is the beginning of Anna’s Song “Stay on your own” with uncanny resemblance to my piece. (AGAIN, I had never heard this song before 2008).

P.S. I consulted many experts on this and it was established that:

Many thousands of people trying out variations on a very limited number of chords/notes. So it is a plausible coincidence.

“The only thing I can make of it is that “it” is in the air and I, with some other person grabbed it out of the ether…….that is my explanation”.

I’ll Follow You into the Dark

Gautam — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:51:33 +0000

I first heard this song in 2007 and had never heard it since until I ran into it couple days ago. I decided to give it a try this evening. The song was written and performed by Ben Gibbard. I dedicate this to all my friends.

Words:

Love of mine some day you will die
But I’ll be close behind I’ll follow you into the dark
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark

If Heaven and Hell decide That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs
If there’s no one beside you When your soul embarks
I’ll follow you into the dark

In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black
And I held my tongue as she told me
“Son fear is the heart of love”
So I never went back

If Heaven and Hell decide…

You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
The time for sleep is now It’s nothing to cry about
’cause we’ll hold each other soon
In the blackest of rooms..