Rascism is on my Mind…

Where did racism come out from?

I think racism comes from melanin. Everybody should know what melanin is, man. White people are jealous of people with melanin. Yes, that’s where all the hatred started. It comes from thousands of years of white people getting sun burnt at the beach.

Any solution to this?
Keep mixing the races until we’re all the same grayish color — then there’ll be no more racism, once we’re all the same shade, man. ‘Hey, gray!’ ‘Who you callin’ gray, gray?’ And then we’ll actually be able to hate someone for the person that they are.

The TENors…

Being an ardent rock n’ roll fan (which clearly means rock music of 60’s to 80’s), I cannot deny the fact that i was stunned when I listened to the amazing vocalists, that these bands possessed. They had a tremendous vocal range, and an awe-inspiring charisma on stage.
Now one might be puzzled looking at the title. Well in biological terms, ‘tenor’ is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between the C one octave below middle C (C3) to the A above (A4) in choral music, and up to high C (C5) in solo work. So basically, tenors are people which have a naturally high pitched voice.
There are coincidentally 10 tenors that have shook me, and inspired me to try singing their masterpieces (although those have been unsuccessful attempts).

They are namely (in order of influence):
1) Robert Plant (Zeppelin)
2) Ronnie James Dio (the name speaks for himself)
3) Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
4) Bruce Dickinson (Maiden)
5) Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
6) Freddie Mercury (Queen)
7) Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
Roger Daltry (The Who)
9) Jeff Buckley
10)Steve Perry (Journey)

Most might be familiar names, except Steve Perry (although he has a very powerful voice). To really have a look at their vocal range, check out this playlist:

You Shook Me – Led Zeppelin
Gypsy Queen – DIO
Painkiller – Judas Priest
Dance of Death – Iron Maiden
Black Night – Deep Purple
It’s Kind of Magic – Queen
I Remember Now – Queensryche
Teenage Wasteland – The Who
Grace – Jeff Buckley
Ohh Sherrie – Steve Perry

Enjoyy the TENors…

Grunged to life…

The form of music that really shook me was actually Grunge rock. I know most would curse me for making a statement like this. I also believe that because of this i’ve caused severe aural damage to my neighbours, thanks my attempt to recreate Cornell’s high pitch screams.
Although I’m madly in love with grunge, I really hate Nirvana though, since I believe the true pioneers of grunge are Temple of the Dog, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. And the band that carried their torch ahead, keeping the underlying thought (behind grunge) in mind, was Pearl Jam.
But one cannot ignore the fact that its Nirvana who made grunge world famous. But if one asks what can be the best line-up for a grunge band, I’d say:
Pearl Jam (lyrics), Alice in Chains (guitars), Cornell and Vedder (duet vocals, they both rocked in the single ‘Hunger Strike’), and Nirvana (Grohl on drums).

Into Music

Couple of years ago, I used to be an outcast, whenever my friends started discussing about rock-bands et al. Especially since my knowledge of music was restricted to slapstick pop bands like Boyzone, Backstreet Boys and Savage Garden. Then my friends Ganesh and Arjun suggested a couple of bands to start off with, which included Linkin Park (for some reason), and Colplay. I actually liked them initially.
And after a year, I managed to reach the level of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, passing through the phase of ‘Alternative’ music.
And in the 2 and half years in BITS, I actually tried my hand (or rather throat) to singing some wind-pipe smothering songs.
The next few posts are gonna be dedicated totally to music.

How things have changed

When I started writing blogs on wordpress, I was a noob (inexperienced) in fields of music, sport, and tech.
But thankfully I’ve managed to update myself with all the whereabouts and now I’m all charged up.

I’m back baby…

I can’t believe I managed to ignore my blog for almost a year. I mean I was writing blog posts for a WATblog (the shittiest blog site ever) for free (how stupid of me), and over-looking my own.
That’s not gonna happen anymore. I am back to blogging, and I hope I don’t lose interest again.