Add Music to your Life!

Music has to be the most wonderful gift man has given himself! Mood-uplifter for some, trance-inducer for others - music can cast magical effects on one's mind, persona and character. It can make one achieve unfathomable highs and surpass untraversable barriers.


One such classic example of how music can lead to miracles, is Billy McLaughlin - A world renowned and supremely gifted guitarist and composer who stunned audiences with his unique fingerstyle guitar strokes. With compositions beautifully depicting shades and situations of his own life, listeners were able to relate to his signature style of music - which is inherently sans vocals!
In 1997, Billy started losing his touch with the guitar. He was diagnosed with Focal Dystonia - a neurological disorder in his left hand which severely restricted his ability to play. All he could now play with his guitar, was the very first tune he learnt as a child. The disorder took away from Billy the ability to play much of his music, including his signature fingerstyle.

In 2006 - 9 years after being bogged down by the disorder - Billy staged a comeback. He had wonderfully adapted to, and virtually won over his condition - by actually re-learning the craft using his right hand. In an amazing story of rarely-seen patience, courage and grit of the human mind, Billy resurrected his music, his career and his life.
Having ascended from the ashes like the Phoenix, Billy emerged better than ever before - so say his fans!


I had the fortune to experience Billy performing in front of me. I was mesmerized, to say the least - it was a high you just can't know unless you've really experienced it.
Listening to Billy live, I realized how music can change your world. How it can, at times become the singleton driving force to bring about a change in your life. It just adds a new dimension to your mindset and attitude towards life. It has done that - for me. 
Being able to play that song I've been practicing since days; suddenly waking up one morning and realizing I can strum that chord which seemed impossible the day before; just randomly plucking my guitar and suddenly realizing that the tune sounded great - it all happens with me, and I'm sure it happens to each one out there who plays an instrument.
So, pick up any musical instrument you like (or think is cool!) - the guitar, saxophone, piano, tabla, sitar, drums, flute... any one. Learn it - it can turn out to be a life changing experience!



I leave you with one of the most popular and arguably the most astounding creation of Billy. This song was composed on one quiet night in Minnesota, when Billy was not able to sleep because he had got so used to the noise from the cars passing by on the freeway next to where he lived before in Los Angeles. He tried to reproduce those 'noises' of vehicles in this composition - Helms Place 

Links: 
Billy McLaughlin Official Online Presence
The return of Billy
Helms Place

Official Audio Release: 'Light Kab Aayegi'

Now stop wondering and giggling at that name! Read on, coz this is goin to be a life-changing experience, especially for those agonized by daily electricity cuts and load shedding. Guys, your anthem is here!

This is our first full-fledged 100% original song. With 'our' i mean, that this song is composed, written and sung by me and my friend - Vaibhav.
There's a little story behind this song. It dates to about 2 years back. Me and Vaibhav were sitting idly, bored to hell, as there was no electricity. We ultimately decided to play Carrom, but with the board upside-down! Lousily and lethargically, we went about tossing the striker and wondering..."Light Kab Aayegi yaar...". And then, it happened! EUREKA! "Lets compose a song"!!!
I picked up my guitar and started strumming in search of a catchy tune...
The rest, as they say, is history!

So here it is, a song which we composed 2 years back, digitally recorded for all you guys to listen and appreciate. Yes. Appreciation is mandatory.


~~~~~THE OFFICIAL AUDIO-RELEASE CEREMONY ~~~~~

Blow the trumpets
Unleash the Champagne Fountain
And hail the latest pop sensation.... 'PnV'

Ok guys. Now all you have to do, is click on the link below.. RIGHT NOW.

Download the song and let the music play baby!!!

Light Kab Aayegi [Download Here]

[Alternate Download Link 1 (4Shared)]

[Alternate Download Link 2 (Rapidshare)]

Artist : PnV

Lead Vocalist : Vaibhav Verma

Backing Vocals : Pranay Sethi

Lyrics : Vaibhav Verma and Pranay Sethi
Composition : Vaibhav Verma and Pranay Sethi
Music : Pranay Sethi


So guys.. wat are u waiting for!!! Listen to the song online, or download the song and listen to it on your favourite music player, share it with your friends and let the world know about it!

Twice Bitten, Never Shy!

Okay, so guess am on a tag-replying spree! Thanks to Sherry, i have got this really interesting tag... It's called 'The Musical Tag'! Dhan Tada!!!
It goes like this:

Put your MP3 player/Media player on shuffle.
For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
You must write the name of the song no matter what.

So lets begin. Winamp is open as always... Lets see what the llama has in store for me!

1. If someone says "Is This Okay?" you say?

Ye Jo Des hai tera, Swades hai mera...
(I guess that meant - 'Yes, its okay!' duh!)

2. What would best describe your personality?

Bleed it out - Linkin Park
(Please! M not soo loud, and dont shout at the top of my voice!)

3. What do u like in a guy/girl?

Labon Ko - Bhool Bhulaiyya
(hmm... probably it meant that i like the lips! Okay, i agree.. coz 'lips don't lie either'!

4. How do u feel today?

Aaoge Jab Tum oo Saajna - Jab We Met
(whatever..!!)

5. Whats your life's purpose?

Sajni - Boondh(Jal)
(Ahh! Thats the only purpose left in my life right! - my sajni!!!)

6. What is your motto?

Kholo Kholo darwaze - Taare Zameen Par
(Finally... An appropriate answer! This song indeed sums up my mission in life - to be happy and understand ur true self, be free and to spread the happiness all around. 'Kyun is qadar, hairan tu... Mausam ka hai mehmaan tu!')

7. What do your friends think of you?

Tum Se Hi - Jab We Met
(Oh ho! Such adulation! 'Mujhse' hi din hota hai, surmayi shaam aati hai!)

8. What do u think of your parents?

(Can't believe this...)
Maa - Taare Zameen Par
(This is a song immensely close to my heart. Frankly, I have cried endlessly listening to this song. I am loving this tag!)

9. What do u think about very often?

Pehli Nazar Mein - Race
(Ye tu mujhe devdas bana raha hai! I don't think of such lovey-dovey things all the time!)

10. What is 2+2??

Bol Na Halke Halke + Bol Na Halke Halke = Inaudible Whispering!
Mat bolo isse achha!

11. What do u think of your best friend?

O Rey Piya - Aja Nachley!
(Nahiiiiiiiin! Ye sunne se pehle mere kaan kyu nai fat gaye!)

12. What do you think of the person U like?

Hey Shona - Tara Rum Pum
(Aaha! There you go. Bingo! Tumhe pata to hoga, tumhi pe main fida hu!)

13. What is your life story?

Daastaan-e-Om Shanti Om - Om Shanti Om
(What! Now do i have to search for a 'shanti' and kill a 60yr old producer! Ye meri daastaan nai hai!)

14. What do u want to be when you grow up?

(How I wish I had 'Papa Kehte Hain' in my list!)
Aashayein - Iqbal
(Well... not bad!)

15. What do think when you see the person u like?

Panchi - Jal
(hehe! does that mean that i wish to fly away at her sight! 'Panchi hu.. udne do!')

16. What do ur parents think of you?

Mera Jahaan - Taare Zameen Par
(Ishaan was way too cute... m not even half of that! And neither am i dyslexic!)

17. What will you dance to at your wedding?

Aye Hairathe Aashqui - Guru
(Waah! I can already visualize... Me and Ash, taking the wedding bows, agni ke saat phere lete hue!)

18. What will they play at ur funeral?

Bum Bum bole, Masti mein dole - Taare Zameen Par
(:coughing: i'll deal wid them in my next reincarnation! Imagine! they are celebrating, shaking their bums! arghh!)

19. What is your hobby/Interest?

Dum Laga - Dil Dosti Etc.
(Hmm... Quite true!)

20. What is your biggest secret?

Mehfuz - Euphoria
(Ohh.. crap! The word is out! Its no longer a secret that 'teri aankho ke chipe dard mein, aansu ki tarah mai mehfuz hu'! Damn!)

21. What do u think of ur friends?

Mai Mast Hu - Boondh(Jal)
(Arre you all are 'mast' yaar!)

22. What do u post this as?

Azeem-o-shaan Shehenzhah - Jodhaa Akbar
(:rolling on the floor:!!! hehe hehe haaaa ha!)


That was all...
Well! It was surely damn fun! Thnx Sherry for that tag!

Har Jagah Hai JAL

Amidst soaring crowds and roaring loudspeakers, braving the cold and withstanding the cacophony of some RJ-cum-Anchor-cum-Nonsense, stood I, waiting anxiously for the musical journey to begin. The wait was almost killing me, but i knew that it was soon going to happen. Something that i had always waited for, something that turned out far, FAR more mesmerizing than i had thought. Here I was, living my dream, attending my first ever 'JAL' - Live In Concert!

For those who don't know (i hope there are'nt be many), Jal is a Pakistani Soft-Rock Pop Band and the entity behind the two biggest campus anthems in the Indian Subcontinent - Aadat and Woh Lamhey. Apart from these two, they have produced gems like Bikhra Hoon Main, Teri Yaad, Panchi and Dil Haarey. They hit the jackpot when Aadat leaked via the Internet and found fans from around the globe. And when they released their first album Aadat(named after the song Aadat only) in 2004, it became a rage overnight. After a long hiatus, they are back with their new album. the 2nd one, called Boondh - A Drop of Jal. And believe me, they are all set to recreate history.

The concert, held at NSIT New Delhi, began with the immensely melodious and lyrical ballad - Teri Yaad, one of my personal favourites. They then went on to sing Woh Lamhey which got the crowd swinging in flashback mode. All the memories, of old friends and of lost love became reminiscent. Not letting the tranquilizing feeling stay for long, swoosh came the hard-core rock number - Rangon Mein, which all of a sudden transformed the environs into a radioactive chamber oozing out tons of contagious energy which left no one ungripped. Vigourous headbanging and unrelentingly loud vocalizing didnt seem to tax even a wee bit on the seemingly inexhaustible amount of energy that had got infused in the crowd. The roller-coaster never deaccelerated from then on. The crowd went mad and the management, haywire, when Goher (the Lead Guitarist and Co-Vocalist), came into his own and performed Dil Haarey. He bowled the crowd over with his histrionics with the guitar and won hearts with his sugar-coated voice.
The evening assumed boiling point as the band obliged the crowd, incessantly shouting-'Aadat' 'Aadat'! The Lead Vocalist, Farhan, beautifully took over and hypnotized the audience with the depth in his voice as he crooned the haunting track - the last for the evening.
Alas! It all had to come to an end. And even with people disregarding their paining throats and helplessly shouting 'Once More', the band bid adieu to the audience. Ahh! No grudges. That one and a half hour made my day, and week, and month! And if i get to attend one more such event, it'll make my year!

The hangover is still there, two days past the golden night. And i still can be found crooning 'Dil haarey pukaarey tujhe.... Man jaa rey manale mujhe' in the college, during a class, in the loo, on the roads, in the cab, mid-way during sleep, and everywhere elsewhere!

24th February 2008 was surely a night I'll cherish for a long long time!


Watch the video of a part of their performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwhDzMxvOTE

Know more about Jal :
http://www.jaltheband.com
You can download audio and video clips of their songs from the website. Do check out their new song 'Sajni' from the new album, also availible on the site.

P.S : For the unawares, 'Har Jagah Hai Jal' is an awsome track from their first album Aadat.