So this morning when I finally woke from some nightmarish sleep largely due to the fact that I'd left my lights on and dozed off while in the pursuit of academic excellence, I found a huge milkberg floating in the milk that was to contribute significantly to my coffee. It's still trying to melt and boil so large parts of this post are pre-caffeinated. And thus may be excused.
So a few weeks of constant practice has finally resulted in Polyglyph. For those less inclined to use dictionaries or the Internet it means 'many symbols', I'm sure Sapru would have a lot to say about that but that again is what comments are for. Polyglyph is not a feeling, an emotion or a movement. It's a band. Plain and simple. Four of us got together reaffirming that the world and Bangalore are small places and decided to make music. And since my remaining in this wonderful city has recently come under the shadow of the future we're moving hell and high water to get a gig. And so we have and more about that later.
Currently the Four of us are
Srijayanth - The only one who really knows music. Like KNOWS. Like he'll listen to a chord and pronounce judgment on it's minority and ninth-ness, map a killer solo to the frets and strings or the keys without having touched them. And get bored if we stay on a 4/4 beat for too long. Listens to Jazz (not even mainstream), Blues (black, not white) and the Beatles. Plays lead guitar on a LesPaul custom and keys on a Yamaha PSR. And knows truckloads of carnatic and bollywood.
Anant - Techie, mensan, drummer and occasional rhythm guitar. Shouldn't sing to save any lives but will hit the wrong note unerringly if allowed. Listens to Progressive anything from early Genesis (I know that sounds weird but it's true) and Tull to some many bands that gave me nightmares when I left them playing and dozed off. And also the Beatles. He's the man with the rhythm as long as it's complex. The 'riddim' on the other hand is what he seeks.
Umesh - Quiet as all bassists usually are, Umesh has had years of association with TAAQ so he's going to play well. He was supposed to sing a song before he swallowed a frog so as of now he's playing away on the strings of a low frequency. He listens to the Beatles too.
Yours truly - Rhythm and vocals. Which is good sometimes, bad sometimes and has banshee times. I don't listen to the beatles... or pink floyd. I've been caught listening to hiphop and glam rock and nu-metal and almost every genre of music that most 'rockers' consider to low on an evolutionary scale.
So this is it. Polyglyph.
And we have a show of mostly covers and a couple of originals tomorrow (14th). Evening (around 7pm). At YACS. You can find directions here.
So come along, we're planning to have fun and we hope you will too or at least enjoy the coffee.
Hope to see you there.
Cheers.
So a few weeks of constant practice has finally resulted in Polyglyph. For those less inclined to use dictionaries or the Internet it means 'many symbols', I'm sure Sapru would have a lot to say about that but that again is what comments are for. Polyglyph is not a feeling, an emotion or a movement. It's a band. Plain and simple. Four of us got together reaffirming that the world and Bangalore are small places and decided to make music. And since my remaining in this wonderful city has recently come under the shadow of the future we're moving hell and high water to get a gig. And so we have and more about that later.
Currently the Four of us are
Srijayanth - The only one who really knows music. Like KNOWS. Like he'll listen to a chord and pronounce judgment on it's minority and ninth-ness, map a killer solo to the frets and strings or the keys without having touched them. And get bored if we stay on a 4/4 beat for too long. Listens to Jazz (not even mainstream), Blues (black, not white) and the Beatles. Plays lead guitar on a LesPaul custom and keys on a Yamaha PSR. And knows truckloads of carnatic and bollywood.
Anant - Techie, mensan, drummer and occasional rhythm guitar. Shouldn't sing to save any lives but will hit the wrong note unerringly if allowed. Listens to Progressive anything from early Genesis (I know that sounds weird but it's true) and Tull to some many bands that gave me nightmares when I left them playing and dozed off. And also the Beatles. He's the man with the rhythm as long as it's complex. The 'riddim' on the other hand is what he seeks.
Umesh - Quiet as all bassists usually are, Umesh has had years of association with TAAQ so he's going to play well. He was supposed to sing a song before he swallowed a frog so as of now he's playing away on the strings of a low frequency. He listens to the Beatles too.
Yours truly - Rhythm and vocals. Which is good sometimes, bad sometimes and has banshee times. I don't listen to the beatles... or pink floyd. I've been caught listening to hiphop and glam rock and nu-metal and almost every genre of music that most 'rockers' consider to low on an evolutionary scale.
So this is it. Polyglyph.
And we have a show of mostly covers and a couple of originals tomorrow (14th). Evening (around 7pm). At YACS. You can find directions here.
So come along, we're planning to have fun and we hope you will too or at least enjoy the coffee.
Hope to see you there.
Cheers.
