Friday, October 29, 2010

Avial Gigs at Blore and Delhi

It all happened so soon that I myself got no time to think over the phone call. The moment Rex gave me a call I was too excited already..Thinking how I should go about it. Honestly I was not excited about performing for the Wills Lifestyle Fashion Week but the whole adrenaline pump that was happening inside me was for the fact that I was finally getting to jam with one of my favorite bands AVIAL !! Well, like I have always believed... my work spoke for itself. Amidst the whole commercial music scene I was getting a little restless about the work I was being offered that too with hardly any remuneration. It's frustrating but fortunately the motivation to work harder never died in me. But today I have to accept that remaining focused is the most difficult job ever! Anyhow, the Blore Avial concert was at the NIMHANS organized by the KEA (Kerala Engineers Association). Right before the concert there was flower (pookalam) competition after which the concert took place. Audience was literally throwing flowers at Rex and Tony for their jamming... it was insane!!! I performed Karukara with Tony and did an old black and white track 'Garjat Barasat ' too.

Delhi ... my first time... reminded me of the clean Muscat. Pragati Maidan looked big and the sets inside for the Fashion week looked even grander. Those guys were just amazing with us. Everything from diet coke to beer to chicken rolls were available there and on the other side we had cranky models who were so tired that they could drop dead right there ! Our designer, though quite tiny in size, is quite intelligent especially when he told us about how he conceived the whole idea of getting a Kerala Band and influencing that culture in his designs too. Hats off to Varun Sardana! It was exciting as we also got to meet Karsh Kale whose pretty cool apart from being a fab musician. In fact he was performing with us on the same day but for a different designer. Nevertheless the experience was fantastic and I would like to thank Avial and everyone who gave this super big opportunity so early in my career !! Here is a glimpse of what we did for the Fashion Week ..I apologize for the poor audio quality though CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO

8 comments:

Vishnu Visakh S said...

HEY...CONGRATS...YAAR..

Kevin said...

jst saw a video of urs with stephen............i hve bin rly imprsd wit wt i saw........u sing rly well........

Kevin said...

nd wer cn i find mre stuff tat u hve dne.........do u hve a fb account?...............

joey marian said...

hey
Never thought that I'd get a chance to thank you
Ehto varmukilin that u hav sung for Rosebowl is the first thing that I hear every morn..

U are an amazing singer.. very catching n deep voice..

Is there any place where I can follow up what you sing?

Unknown said...

How did I miss the Bengaluru Show??? :( :( :( And hey.. why do you wana sing for these kind of Fashion shows where the singers are not the focus?

Neha Nair said...

@Joey you can follow me on twitter : @nehasnair or can have a look at my audio blog : nehaaudio.blogspot.com

@Vijay It was a prestigious opportunity and we performed alongside Karsh Kale. Just shows how Malayalam folk is being loved in Fashion Industry!

Unknown said...

Hi Neha..Always you are singing melodious songs..(might be i have listend to only those).. Any reason for this!?

Neha Nair said...

@Aravind I agree :) It was never done intentionally.. but Outcast Vocals 3 will bring out a diff flavour in my singing !