hello everyone, i wud like to share dis experience of mine which is like a dream cum true..and i think am blessed..from d day i heard bout d concert at kolkata wnted to b there as a bakstage crew to c arr closely..watch his moves..watch him walk..watch him talk..i asked a lot of frnds of mine..bt dats not an easy thng to have in real.on 11th my band mate whose a drummer got a call from jeoraj who asked for d kit on hire.Tis chance came from nowhere,i guess god fulfilled my wishes as i waited for dis moment from 15 yrs.went with d kit to d venue with rohit our drummer and rajib whose al d way from bangladesh just to c d concert..reached d venue around 10 30.stepped onto i and wow tat was a feeling..after we set up d kit wt jeoraj we came to know only 1 cn stay at d venue with d kit..been a lttl selfish and said i ll stay there with d kit.dey said dey ll provide me with a pass from rapport global..waited near d green room.slowly d musicians came to d venue keith peters,shankar,naveen recognized many of dem by d pass they had..finaly got my crew pass and thnked god..jeoraj said dat d rhrsals usualy start atr night and continues till morning and rahman sir will drop in at night only..i was ready to wait d whole night..saw sivamanis kit was set and guys from electrocraft micing d kits.in d mean time had a nice chat wt jeoraj shared our views on music.by the time more musicians came in..saw steffen devassy,and p.a.deepak sitting on a chair wt his laptop on..said hello to him and for sum queries on mac and logic..it was realy scary as i was expecting sumone asking me not to be on stage and talk to dem..i was standing in a side and watched d progress.d best musicians and technicians of india on work.it was realy hot on stage bt d musicians were all enjoying on stage and having fun.after d lunch every one was set for a sound check..by d time d singers started coming in..saw blaaze,benny dayal,tanvi,vivianne,suzanne coming down one after another..Wow!!! i was sitting in a corner whn i saw blaaze,benny and vivianne chating had their autographs on my pray for me brother cd..viviane asked me to teach her some words in bengali..and she succesfuly pronounced some bangla words clearly..by d time murthy sir came down.stefen devassy was checking d cottage piano which was there for rahman sir..wow!!!wat feel and technic clearly suggested he s trained in western classical music..den came rashid ali and sivamani.sivamani cheerful as usual.everyone waited for d rhrsals to start off..rhrsals started around 5 with usha uthup singing jaane tu ya jane na..i was sitting beside d stage waiting for rahman sir..by d time hariharan and sadhna sargam dropped in..benny said just to stand a little further bak so tat i dont get ne scolding..so nice of him to do tat..after sum time he asked me how come i was thr i told him am a keyboard player and a programer and came wt d kit..i guess he undrstud everythng just smiled at me.i was sitting in a corner..watchng dem rhrsing and waiting to c god closely..a gentleman came down and sat right infront of me..mr vijay iyer..staring at me and thinking wat d hell is dis guy doin here wt a crew pass and doing nothng..lol!!! suddenly i saw a bunch of ppl cuming on stage..oh my God tats A.R.Rahman himself guarded by swamidurai and a bald gentleman..AAH the moment i waited for 15 years .His presence made a difference to d entire place..he came down and checked things had a talk with murthy sir..and put on d roland ax synth..i just wnted to take a closer luk at him..i was watching only him..it was magical..watching god infront and still bein alive..benny came and asked me how am i feeling..i cudnt say nethng just smiled at him..den time passed by i was so engrossed in watching him time passed by in a wink.he was watching things carefuly and walked to difrnt corners of d stage..i cud imagine a lion roaming all around d stage like a king..he was playing sum solos on his synth amazing..gracefuly playing d grace notes..he was sharing sum jokes and it was so great 2 c him smiling..got introduced to israth m'am and javed ali by a very kind hearted gentleman from chennai..he was kind enough to come to me and saying hello..didnt expect that at all..so nice of him.sir announced an half an hour break for dinner.all d ladies went to hav their food.israth ma'm asked me "saapriya " thnk god i understand a bit and when he knew i didnt she asked me to hav my food..so kind of her to do tat..i was realy surprised how sister of an oscar winner cn b so humble.i didnt want to miss ne moment so i stayed on stage..watching him rehersing khwaja mere khwaja..d rehersal ended around 1 30 am.he was talking bout sumthng in tamil which i cudnt understand..den he decided to leave..and i cudnt resist myself..i asked for a snap with him..everyone was like came to kill me..swamidurai was jumping in anger..i realized i seriously did sumthng wrong..he smiled and said " no tomorrow.."i got carried away i shdlnt hav asked for a snap..if sir reads dis..am realy sorry i didnt know.plzz forgive me for dat incident..i was realy upset benny said never ask for a snap..i returned home and cudnt sleep,last thng i wnted to make him angry.Bt finaly those 2 words will b memorable..i talked to god and had a reply...i l look at d positive side of d incident..watever i did god made me to do it..!!!
God made me to meet another god..thnx to him for tat..i saw d person who influenced me to do music take it as a career..and now am well known in d kolkata music industry only because of him..i donno if my post will b allowed in the group.bt i wnted to share it with u all..!!!if allowed will write bout my experience on d day of d concert.
