Random thoughts of greatness

I look unto the skies wondering what lies beneath, wondering whether life can just melt away like the clouds. Sunday church has become a redundant feature in my life and the guilt is driving the psychotic - thinking - questioning; self out. A regular feature after work. Like the stress isn't enough already. Its an addictive masochistic desire to question things around me and get frustrated by it. Reading Maximum city doesn't help either. I work with journalists and see how laziness can destroy a culture when we hold the power to promote it. Even infuse trends.

Yet, I see the passion in musicians that I interview. The ones that will not see the commercial success of dumb asses like Vishal Dudlani (). Speaking to Abhijeet Pohankar (I know you dont know who he is) just raises my spirit. A desire to get classical music in a more accessible format, he plays classical music on keyboards! His concept is to play classical music like jazz or blues is played. Use classical standards! So... you ask? So you can freaking play a lead on an electric guitar and still play it to a classical raga. Well, its as simple as that but the greats are those who implement it. And Abhijeet Pohankar is one of those entrepreneurs.
I also have a new found respect for Rahul Sharma who has dared to do the same without much success. Honestly his new album Confluence 2 In which he has collaborated with Richard Clayderman is absolute shit... But it is when Abhijeet told me the importance of small steps such as these that I looked at the larger picture.

Why dont I write about this in the paper? Cause it wont sell my esteemed paper. Maybe Im fooling myself but to interact with musicians who might have a profound impact on Indian music scene is a fulfilling thought.