I Met GOD And Saw Him In Action

I met up with Joe Satriani on Thursday :-) ... what do i say more. At Planet M , Powai , there was the biggest crowd that can fit in a Planet M full . Thanks to ma Guitar Sir , i got to meet him for probably 30 seconds cause Satch was intrested in meeting Mumbai Rockers and guitarists especially . It was just briefly but it felt Heavenly . He just asked about the band and some other stuff . Then he gave us Free passes :-) of 500 Rs for todays Show . Sadly , we were not allowed to carry ANYTHING inside due to heavy security , we all were told to keep our guitars , cameras outside ( one guy had got 3 guitars for autograph , he broke down when he heard nothing allowed inside ... and when Satch came to know that , he gave him an autographed CD :-) and a Tee signed by the ENTIRE band ( Lucky SOB )

Today show can be summed up as AWESOME . Mumbai rose up to the occation. I saw band members from Gary Lawyer , Parikrama , Zero , PDV , even Indus Creed etc ... it was like a Rockers Meet . No intro bands , J S just came and started playing and NEVER took a break . Played like 3 hours . Played around 25 songs and it was mindblowing. I never thought such a day would ever come , and here we are ... Part of History . Again due to the F***ing security , no cameras allowed :( ... only managed pics from cam phones.

He was flawless , a Real God on his awesome array of guitars ( must have atleast 10 of them )... and most of the real knowledgable crowd had come . Got the Whirpool going on some of his songs , people tripping , getting High on all kinds of stuff ;-) ... it was like Woodstock 69 ... hendrix playing with the Hippies doing their stuff . And when he said Thanks for Coming and Good Night , mumbai wasnt ready to let him go that easily . The barrier seperating the 500 , 1000 bucks section was broken , ripped and crowd became one . People chanted ... Once more ... More , More ... and he didnt dissapoint , got his guitar ... told his band " Lets get Crazy " with 3 more songs Going Down , Friends and Bamboo ( Extended versions than the ones on his Albums ) ...

To sum it up , it was one awesome gig and Prolly One of the best till now ...
In terms of international artists Ive seen
Bon Jovi ( when i was 12 )
Def Leppard ( the infamous lip synching gig)
Deep Purple ( One great gig that was )
Junoon ( Talented Guys )
Joe Satriani

PS : Yesterday , J S said ...Seeing the Crowd , i wouldnt mind doing a G3 down here ;-)

Long Time , No Update

Me not blogging is an issue , Wow :-).Anyways , nothing great to update as i have been on and off busy with the work . Infact,my work schedule online and offline has increased much more than i imagined [ what did i get myself into ].

Working for 2 years , a regular Routine of saturday , sunday off ... evenings around 7 leaving office had been fixed in my brain . Suddenly , now I'm at the mercy of myself which can be quite troublling , Even more late nights , late mornings , Work as u like , at ur time , ur own convinience ... u have the options initially and quite tempting to exploit but you are brought to earth pretty quickly as time passes by .

So what are the difference i have observed up till now.

1. When u are in a job mode , u do what u have been told what to do i.e restrictions or limits and not being able to take risks to go a little overboard to try to get more out of the project . While in a business , u can do a "little " more than reqd , a risk here or there , try things differently , experiment as they say to maximise output , you will succeed , you might fail , all part of a learning process.

2. There is no longer a Cheque kept at ur table at the start of a month . The pressure of "Business Earning" is much much more . Being salaried , u know u r getting a particular amount and there is no tension simply . But now , its a Wave effect ... there are crests , troughs and neutral period earnings and you are trying to achieve the highs or atleast neutral high to maintain a level of profits .

3. From being controlled , to Controlling beings . Everybody nowdays seems pissed off with their colleagues , bosses , aka the entire office for some reason or the other . Now You are the Boss and you have people working in the office . So after already being in the shoes of the latter , it helps to understand how to work accordingly with the people , to keep the people working for you motivated and simply - 'Happy' and 'Excited' to do tasks n jobs which come in now n then knowingly and unknowingly.

4. Finances - Being a science grad , its never been my strong point . I would find it hard to understand million different terms , taxes , rules , regulations etc etc . Now i have started to get an idea of these things and "ins and outs" of it , what are CA's for :-)

5. Lastly , what keeps me motivated and excited everday to go out n work, may sound cliched and stuff , but its true :-)

The oppurtunities in business are endless . Everyday , you learn something ... something new , something different . You learn it in nice ways or harsh realities simply put. The ability to grow in business ... as they say sky is the limit . All you got to do is to work hard to the best of your abilities , working around with good people who know at the end of the day to - Get the job done to the highest proffesional degree to everyones satisfaction and Always try to maintain a good PR ( public relation ) with every damm individual around you be it your current clients, your potential clients , your office worker , as nothing can do more good than say a good client recommending someone to get the job done from you ... simply put
1 >2>4>8>16.