The Jam of 9th November, 2008 : Back to Basics

Alright everyone,
The blog copy-writer got another right to publish this Sunday essay here in an attempt to clear the lag in publishing the articles.

Up came the Sunday and we were off to the venue usuale where we jam i.e. The bandstand amphitheatre. Chintan And Devesh were the first ones to reach the venue following in the regulars Ali, Abu, Shadab and Pradeep who did turned up and they did their bit by listening to the songs and humming to the tunes like disciplined boys.
The jam started quite well. The charm and spirit was brought in true forms by singing some of the really heart-rendering numbers.

There were many onlookers and participants who sang in chorus, cheered the band and requested many songs. People approached us with dedications and sing alongs, The audience was swinging in moods with piped tunes.
Also our honest and humble regulars Ali and Shadab were present pelting out high energy numbers.
They came later - Pulin, Tarun, Kailash, Bharti and Ishant, Guitarists and percussionists all in their usual high energies ushering in the jam.
Even the crowd was full of people from from all walks of life, who came to enjoy the sunset and gentle breeze at the Bandstand.

At a point of time it seemed that the jam was all low energy, but suddenly a guy from nowhere sprang uplike a gladiator, snatching the guitar from guitar lords and started fusiling some good vintage melodies. Well, back to back came in strummed melodies of Kishore Kumar songs and the audience including the jammers was awed by the talent of the guy. This guy ( name I forgot) single-handedly took the jam in another horizon.
Pulin, Kailash, Devesh, Ishant stroked their Guitars -on the rocks only to add the beauty and serenity of the bandstand amphitheatre. Tarun was on Djembe playing magic with his fingers and neither Chintan stayed back in creating phenomenal rhythms with his percussion.

But even this time no pics for display …. Sorry for the Inconvience caused but can`t be helped. Missing a lot of our friends who didn`t turn up for the jam well atleast we hope to see them in the upcoming jam.

Thus another jam came to an end with the end of evening and I sign off like Betaal from the shoulders of Vikram.. eeeehehhehehehehehhehehe
This is Chintz a.ka. Chintan saying goodbye to all hope to meet you in near future…..

The Musical Harmony : The Jam of 2nd November, 2008

Hello to all readers,
The B-Log Scribbler is back with some Back – Log. Oh Gosh! When was the last article written on this page? Well whatever! Let it be. Well I’m gonna narrate another Sunday essay, but this time with some added spice. The jam could have been usual, but not this time. We had some new recruits along with our longtime patrons.

The main attractions this time were guitarists from the popular Hindi rock band called “8th Note” – Ashutosh and Mangesh. The 8th Note is a soft rock band with good originally composed songs and hit singles featured in Native Noise online Album. Again another good guitarist joined in for the jam, Devesh from the band Urban Nomads. To this Guitaring trio, in came Chintan – the Rhythm Breaker with his Duff. The musical quadrature thus formed started pelting music soon.

The jam kick started of on a good feel with some meaningful songs oozing out from hearts of Ashutosh and Mangesh. They sang their originals and some really good songs from bollywood and other artists. In came the singing brigade comprising Ali, Abu, Shadab and friends. They swayed their throats with music played alongside.
The Music and songs were going on and the musical evening was star-studded with some friends ushering in and completing the Orchestra. Pulin and Ishant, the Guitaring Duo came in with fresh input of synergy and music. The guitarists were on strumming high and fingering the most melodious tunes out their respective guitars. Then joined the Rhythm Maestro- Tarun with his Djembe, playing the rhythms and patterns on his African instrument. Kailash, too came to fill in.

The audience was awed by the music and the natural display that the seashore brought with the downing sun. In came the requests for songs and melodies to be heard till the last note.
Well throughout the evening we had cheering crowd and some of our regular jammers turning up for the music and fun. We did miss Gauri, Gajendra, Monika, Suraj and many others who are a part and parcel for Music for Meaning and Cause.
And Sorry Guys for a technical problem due to which no pics are here on display.....
(Somebody please bring a camera next time).................
Hope to see them in the next jam. This is Chintz a.k.a Chintan signing off - a goodbye for now until I bring in another Sunday essay. Till then adios

The Janmashtami Jam of 24th August : Back in the Mood

Greetings to all and a very Belated Happy Janmashtami ...., though its time to wish Happy ganesh Chaturthi as well in advance.
DEAR READERS, I sincerely apologise the delay from my side to upload this text ... actually i don`t want to give any excuse but things were not going well with me ....

Anyways , this was going to be just another sunday, i thought ----- but what it turned out to be - an 'Unforgettable Musical Evening' spent amidst favouring weather and good music ... was just due to Kailash, Gajendra, Pulin, and their friends who came along with them to support the Musical evening and the Blessings of Lord Krishna. Though they were a bit late , but no complaints because they really brought the 'High energy' in the jam.

Early at 6.30p.m , we ( i and my Brother Monil ) reached the amphitheatre where we met a common friend ( sorry i forgot his name again ) - who is frequent supporter of MFM. Well then in came the 'Singing Brigade' - Shadab and Abu followed by Ali --- who kickstarted the band with a low key. Well all the efforts were futile since only the bings and bangs of duff can`t create meaningful melodies. Then came in the 'The Great Guitar Saviours' - Pulin, Gajendra, and his friend , and the trio strummed and strummed till their guitars started pelting out Melody waves soothing to the ears of nearby onlookers and attracting huge sum of crowds. Even Kailash didn`t
stayed back in playing Guitar riffs and playing awesome songs.

The Harmony began and it did wonders with the hearts of many who came in listening to tunes of warmth and love. The songs spread the message of love and peace among the listeners and they got deeply connected with the sway of melody. Whole heartedly, the audience melted in the crisp environment created by the music played. The requests came in from - Anika and Asgar ( a lovely couple ), Samir, Arisha, Megha, ShreeGanesh, Rakesh, Anita, Nazneen and her mother Mr. and Mrs. Joshi and many others (well sorry i don`t remeber all the names) . Here, i would like to mention a group of friends who call themselves - 'SERVER' -may be this is what they meant to say.... who supported us throughout the jam ...i sincerely look upon them that such guys do come again to lend their valuable support to the movement.

All ages, all creeds, all strata of society filled the amphitheatre in huge numbers - relieved their minds out of stress and strangulation that they had been all through the week.


now well its time for Snaps..
well this this time fortunately we managed to take pictures of the scene.......
Thanks to Yashwant Singh and his efforts to bring 'limelight' on us .....
here it goes

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thats Pradeep on left side
clockwise on Guitars Kailash, Gajju, Pulin and gajju`s friend

( i forgot his name)

well here is the hearty crowd

the master is full on teaching music with yashwant onlooking them

Shadab ( in white) imitating Dev Anand , Monil (in red ) wondering why is pulin shying away

All the Smiles forever !!!

Hope to see the same serenity in all jams lets bring ourselves together . this is Chintz a.k.a Chintan signing off for now .. just to be back again CYA. TC.

The Jam of 17th August : The Musical Jam Without its Jammers.

Hello people,
Your blog scribbler is at your service again. Actually while writing to this post … I was listening to a very good song composed by Strings, which holds meaning today for all of us. Maybe people with intellect might understand the hidden meaning but ironically, I did not. The song of few lines goes like this:

“Mil gaya woh....
jo chura ke…. Hai ...
meri akho se neendiya.....
le gaya tha ………

dur ek gao hai ...........
waha thandi chao hai........
bahti nadiya hai ..........
jaana hai nadiya ke paar.....
kare mera intezar .......
mera bichda yaar …..”

well well well …
the Sunday comes again … and the MFM is back with a bang at this weekend. This time, the punctual duo - Suraj and Vinay stroked their Guitars -on the rocks a bit earlier than usual but only to add the beauty and serenity of the bandstand amphitheatre. The jam started quite well with Suraj and Vinay singing in their usual vibrato and falsettos. Then the regulars Ali and Pradeep did turned up and they did their bit by listening to the songs and humming to the tunes like disciplined boys. The ‘Mulundkars Deadly Duo’ – Yash and Chintan did turn up excessively late, but only to add the most awaited spice in the jam. Yash started making ‘Gaussian Noise’ with his guitar and neither Chintan stayed back in creating phenomenal rhythms with his percussion.

Among the onlookers, was the Sukhwinder Singh the “Papaji” who was back with the same energy level that he showed up at the last Sunday jam. He sang ‘Lal meri pat’- with the best vocal chords that he can. In addition, some regulars were seen cheering the band ( the names I do not know). Vinay -the guest of honor –also did turn up(After a long break ) with dangerously melodic medleys and compositions to which the audience gave a hearty applause. The jam was in usual high spirit .

Ive realized that being there is always good..it benefits no one else but oneself. Jamming out there by the sea side is a good for all medicine!
So lets hit the rocks with our music and hope to see all of us with a fresh zeal and enthusiasm.
This is Chintz a.k.a Chintan signing out for now ..... just to be back with a new sunday review next time ....

The Friendship Day Jam of 3rd August : The Musical Evening that was 'Engineered' to perfection.

Happy Friendship Week to all of u !!!!!
Well a missed Sunday and a 2-week long desperation for jamming, lead 2 engineering students to rush towards streets of bandra , that’s Chintan and Yash. ( We are recently working on taking MFM jam spirits across from Bandra to Mulund Town. Hitherto we had random jams in Mulund. So interested people are welcome to carry this forward. )

Nevertheless, if the jammers are engineers, What do u expect? Even the crowd was full with aspiring engineers, doctors and people from from all walks of life, who came to enjoy the sunset and gentle breeze at the Bandstand. We were just trying to play 'on the rocks' initially but were hesitant whether to continue the ‘Musical Session’ or not …. As it seemed that the rain will start any moment then. But thanks to the rain gods , they showered no rain but only mercy and the sky was made clear after a little drizzling here and there. We made up our mind to continue the musical session. Yash - ‘The Guitar Hero’ started tuning his guitar, playing some good chord progression. Chintan started ‘The BANG BANG’ theory with snare drums and duff. The only listeners at that time were ‘The Bubbly Trio’ – a feminine group of three young engineers – Poonam, Asiha, and Sameera, came to to enjoy the jam but were disappointed by the sparse presence of MFM Rockers. “Never mind at least we are here” was our say….

We started of with some cool numbers like ‘Fake tales of Sanfrancisco’ and ‘Wonderwall’ sang by Yash -which they enjoyed much to their heart. Now- the session that had started on a low key affair, was centre of attraction for many and in came the onlookers in huge numbers…… As more enthusiasts came in we started off with hindi numbers like ‘Dil haarey, anjaane and rubaru ‘.
WE introduced ourselves and the concept of MFM to the people around us and had a brief coversation with them. Suddenly, a sikh guy named Sukhwinder Singh ( true to his name ) popped up from nowhere and requested that he wants to sing some Punjabi sufi and folk numbers. He brought the charm and spirit in true forms by singing some of the really heart-rendering numbers with full explanation of the lyrics that he sang… It was awesome to be in his company. Also our honest and humble regulars Ali and Shadab were present pelting out high energy numbers. They were in there usual sing-song-ding-dong.

We, here at MFM, come together for the sole purpose of bringing happiness and peace to the hearts who listen to our songs. And we feel a tinge of delight when we accomplish that task. Such was the experience when we touched the heart of Samir with our song “ Kal ho na ho” - title track. He turned up to be real life Shahrukh Khan and enjoyed the song whole heartedly and such was his exit – arms fully stretched and walking melancholy away. And yes we feel that we made atleast one person happy. But there are more others to come.

There were many onlookers and participants who sang in chorus, cheered the band and requested many songs. As it was the eve of friendship day, many a group of friends approached us with dedications and sing alongs, One such group was a pack of girls who were aspiring doctors from Nair medical college – constantly supporting us. The session ended with Rajesh and Akash requesting ‘ Allah ke bande’ – the last song that concluded the jam…
The jam was high and so were our spirits.
But we missed Suraj- our full time punter, Tarun, Pulin - who made the vanishing trick at the venue, All time supporters Monica, Gauri, Bharti and the strummers Kailash, Aditya, Gajendra na last but not the least Vinay.
Come on guys ... lets hope to see each other on coming sunday...
This is Chintz a.k.a Chintan saying "sayonara" and will be back with a new happening sunday essay ..

P.S. : Sorry folks - for the late post and no pics this time , again .....

20th July, NAVBHARAT TIMES COVER THE JAM

I was in very high spirits after the amazing jam we had last sunday. To every action there is a reaction ans after every high comes a low. But realx guys it wasn't the same low as that of 6th July which made us all realise how we were straying from the true purpose of this jam. It was just that most of the members were coincidentally absent this sunday. We missed G.G., Vikas, Vipul, Chanakya and many others who were all very mysteriously absent this time. But there was Nidhi, Ravish, Haider and Manav.
And to our surprise there were two guys form THE NAVBHARAT TIMES waiting for us to cover and study the jam. So our efforts are being recognised and appreciated and we have just started. The shaping up of the jam seems to be going great guns and the idea is spreading like a wild fire here. This feeling of watching your dream unfold into the real world is simply inexplicable. And now this media coverage will spread the jam spirit further.
The people coming to SRS now recognise us and a few actually come over every sunday to expand this ever growing jam band as Suraj bhaiya says. Hats off to all the people who have made this little dream unravel day by day into reality. We all have made it possible together and lets go stronger, faster and higher now.
We started the jams with a flurry of songs mixing up the popular songs with the meaningful ones and enjoying, entertaining as well as spreading good messages through music and sharing our voices. We people were few this time and so the volume level was low. The energy levels though were high. Nidhi and me, we had to keep our voices high and worked very hard as there were few who were sharing voices with us. But that just didn't seem to bother us at all and we carried on relentlessly for about two hours and the media guys were busy capturing the action as well.
I can always feel a force with me now which lets me express myself unabashedly. Well its all about taking an initiation and taking the lead when the people around aren't in a state of mind when they can express themselves and join the cause with liberty.
That is when we should take a lead and then our energy reaches the people around and they then participate more freely then. the result is a great chemistry that gets set up between all the people involved in the jam. This energy reaches the ones around who observe the jam and wish to join it but are hesitant and helps in breaking the shackles that stop them from participating.
No pics this time all our photographers were absent but hey the pics landed up in the NAVBHARAT TIMES.
Signing off.........RAM RAM

The Jam of 20th July : Little High - Little Low - Little Hay - Little HO !

Greetings to all ....
Well the precious Sunday arrived again, and we were back heading towards streets of Bandra. The fresh air and wavy winds, the sea-sight and rocky bed pulls us every sunday there in the lap of mother nature - to enjoy every moment and kindle the joy in our hearts.
Actually, this sunday - a meeting with Mr. Kekoo Gandhi was organized - so that Mr. Gandhi can give us his valuable vision, guidance and thoughts on carrying our activities ahead and have a light chat with all core members. But only Suraj managed to make it. He must have had a hearty chat with Mr. Gandhi sharing his own views about MFM. ( sorry Suraj - none of us were able to come ).

Then after that Suraj and Pradeep headed towards bandstand to begin the jam. In came and join Shadab (a regular of MFM) and Abu (his friend) he brought along. Both were in their high energies singing every song with almost correct lyrics. The jam kickstarted with some cool numbers sung by Suraj which was followed by introduction of the band to the masses. Suraj explained the motto and vision of MFM to keenly hearing crowd. There were many supporting persons - like a group of girls - who were screaming and cheering Suraj on their top of their voices. Then came Chintan followed by Tarun and Kailash. There were song requests coming in from all. Then suddenly from nowhere - a guy named Pritam came up with a request to play some cool numbers to play on guitar. He was awesome as he sang along and played good riffs on guitar. He added spice in the jam and went on playing nice songs ahead. Pradeep _the art-o-maniac ... was on high this time - he actually persuaded the crowd with his antics to cheer and clap with the songs. In absence of the high energy Cheer-leading girls Monica andGauri, Pradeep was on the sole task of encouraging the mass. Even Kailash was in high spirits. He sang and played the single 'PAPA KEHTE HAIN' - and made the crowd dance to his tunes.

The audience was in good ambience and responded well. A girl from the mass called Anita came up with the request of a song but could not sing it. Nevertheless she was full of energy and opted for playing the Jambe. There were many others who joined in and I can`t remember all the names. Nowadays, since the ever-growing band has been lime-lighted in the media sector - every now and then - MFM activities are now highlighted in every media format- some or the other.
This Sunday, a guy from TIME OUT magazine named Amit turned up. He had a Brief Chat with Suraj and other Members.

After the jam Suraj met with a guy called Satish ( if I remember well ) who was well spiritually inclined. Suraj had a hearty long chat with him and shared his views. Satish infact had sound knowledge of leading a spiritual life and narrated some great anecdotes from Ramayana and Mahabharata... It was great listening to his 'GYANA' which i term it as 'TATTVA GYANA' - the eternal knowledge. Suraj was awed and interested in his thoughts. He was much engrossed.

Well troughout the jam we missed our friends Vinay, Pulin, Gauri, Aditya, Monica, Gajendra, Ali, and many others who are regulars with the jam.
Hope to see them on the upcoming sunday .. this is Chintz a.k.a chintan signing off..

P.S. : sorry this time again there are no pics of jam. Due to some technicalities the pics could not be retrieved. Inconvenience caused is regretted.