'Melange' Humsafar I'd Say...

Well, the day was 27th March 2009 and the night was RADIO rocking K J Somaiya College. Well, to be frank I never really expected it to be this big a deal. I mean, we’ve played college fests before and expected the same kind of crowd; the one’s that cheer and jump and songs they’ve heard before.
But man….WOW !
To see such amazing euphoria from Management geeks was overwhelming. Well, for those who came in late, let me explain. RADIO performed for the pronites of K. J Somaiya’s management college ka festival ‘Melange’. And here are a list of good things…in fact, wonderful things that happened to us that night.
1. Beautiful sound….Crispi, ma man…you rock big time bro !
2. Really kind people who were organizing the fest.
3. Terrifically pepped up crowd.
4. A small but nicely set out set list.
5. Clean changing rooms.
6. Lots of water.
7. No broken strings.
8. A packet of weed.
Well, these perfect ingredients made up a broth so perfect and exhilarating that somehow the event totally rocked. The crowds were with us on every note, every lyric and every drum beat. The covers got a good response. I guess Govinda came out really well from where I stood, thanks to Alok’s magical groovy bass guitaring and Sharad went all berserk and crazy on the Rock On covers. My guitar sounded really good everywhere…..and the man of the night…..RADIO drummer Jack was fantabulous.
But, as usual…..our original compositions blew the covers high & dry. If you think Musafir is a good song, you should’ve seen ‘em kicking it up to Mila Humsafar, yelling Freedom and swaying to Tere Liye which got it’s hatrick loudest cheer among the other OCs.
It was really nice playing for Melange especially after a few depressing shows. We needed to see such enthusiasm as it stands as proof that we still have people left alive in this city….and RADIO will forever keep playing for ‘em.
Stay tuned.

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It’s been a while since I opened a brand new Microsoft Word Document to write a blog about RADIO, but here I am and it feels wonderful. Well, for those of you who’ve kept tab of us, we are busy recording our first EP which will be out soon. Well RADIO cut down on its shows to work on its music…took some time off I’d say.
But then, here we are all set…ready and geared up for the 28th of March, 2009 where we will be performing at K.J.Somaiya college pronites from 7 to 9 pm. Pardon me if I’ve gotten the spelling wrong. And yes, RADIO was also interviewed by Radio City’s Rj Veda Vicky who is as adorable as his show. HE called us, said,” come over”, we went and I really don’t remember much of what happened in the studio except loads of singing, screaming and RADIOgiri.
Continuing on the updates, we were part of Channel V’s Launchpad and qualified to the third round but there we lost out to some great bands that came from all corners of India to perform. It was beautiful to see such talent, amazing songs I’d tell you…especially Faridkot, Cassini’s Division and Circus.
And yeah….talking about our music…watch out for RADIO’s latest song FREEDOM, one that is catching up faster than Musafir I’d say. And then there are other songs which we are currently recording. There’s a love song called Tere Liye, then there’s our first ever recorded number Mila Humsafar which you should watch out for, there’s Sawaal and a number of other songs that would make up our first album which I am so anxiously waiting to bring out.
Well, so much more to say to you guys…but will stop here; got work to do…loads of music to create. Keep writing to us at radiotheband@gmail.com and keep visiting www.myspace.com/radioreligion for updates on our music. So long guys…..stay tuned.