Merry Christmas

It's almost the end of the year and man... What a year it's been.

I just got back from Pune today. Spent half of Christmas in a car and the other half in an old as hell ritual at home. But I can't complain. Cause I got a pretty awesome Christmas gift this year. One of the best I've ever had.

I was in Pune at my friends home from the 23rd to today. On the night of the 23rd, we (We being Meet, my world's bestest friend, his folks and two of their friends) were all up waiting for the clock to strike 12 since it was Meet's parent's Anniversary the next day. I had my Ukulele with me and so I was singing them a few songs. From what I understand, they really liked the songs and as the clock struck 12, we cut a cake and the friends got ready to leave. When we opened the door, on the grill of the outer door was a note:

"Wow... Sweet Voice.. Nice Composition... Over all best. All The best for a  bright future."

The note was from the neighbour. I replied with a thank you note with the link to my soundcloud page. I had just gotten one of the best Christmas gifts ever. The fact that someone was able to connect to and feel the music even through a (thin) wall was the best thing I could've gotten. Things have been hard on the creative front lately. And this was the best sign I could've gotten that things aren't so bad. And that there's always something good in the wind. 

I met the neighbour as I was leaving the apartment today. I thanked her again. Christmas. I guess I felt that Christmas spirit today. Life's good.

Merry Christmas.

Mehta.

Unplugged @ The Big Mic!

Here are the videos for that night!

Mr. Man:
http://youtu.be/0kC2VFhmraI

My Girl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJRLz3vb8-k

Love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBPejVh0Emg

Share it if you like it man! And like it if you... like it? :P

Like button on your right folks! :)

Rajkot and the Big Mic.

Got back form Rajkot on Sunday.

Performed at an Open Mic night in Bandra on Monday. Videos will be up Soon.

Till then, here's a short film I worked on. Gave the concept and the back ground score.

Tell me what you think I say! 

Law, Comedy and Philosophy.

I have my Logic Semester Exams in about 10 Hours. Well, exactly 10 hours if my watch is anything to go by. But hell, man's gotta write when a man's gotta write.

I wish I could focus on my Logic Textbook. But I have this feeling it'll be alright.

I keep thinking if the way I look at the world is any better than how anyone else looks at it. And honestly, the answer is pretty simple. It isn't. The idea in my mind that we're all just individuals on different planes. None of which are higher or lower than the others and are members of a number of circles that intersect our positions on our planes seems to hold true. A friend of mine, Isha, think's I think too geometrically. Ah well...

But it makes sense. We all go through our cycles. We're incredibly happy and optimistic until we're too tired to be so and then we go back. Well at least I do. Hell, read the rest of these badly written blog entries. You'll see. But somehow, for some reason, the amount of time I stay happy and motivated (in spite of the shitstorms that keep passing through my life) keeps on increasing.

Which makes me think of something else, stray with me, won't you?

I remember talking to people, on a number of different occasions, about how absolutely stupid some people's problems are. I have always tried to defend  these random people with the argument that one's problems are one's own problems. And their magnitude is something that only the person going through the problem can decide. Of course, it doesn't hurt to accept that like all things, your problems too, shall pass.

So we come back to what I was rambling about before.

I keep having these problems where I feel like I'm positively fucked. And for all practical purposes, I am. But hell, I figure something out. I get all pumped up and figure things out. Hell, my last post shows just that. (Oh and don't worry, I'll explain the whole Swadharma scene to those of you that care) But what's peculiar is that things that bother people around me blow right past me now. I wish I could say that I've made some sort of philosophical breakthrough but I haven't. I just feel that other shit is  a bigger issue now.

As for the comedy bit in the post heading, well I think I'm performing on the 22nd. Details will be up on the facebook page. If you haven't like it already, button's on your right folks. Like my Page! Fuel my Ego!

Better get back now. G'night folks.

Jai Ramji Ki.

Mehta.

They'll Ask You.

One day they'll ask you.

They'll ask you what I said when the world closed every door on my half hippie ass.

And (hopefully) you'll tell them.

You'll tell them what I say now.

I can not give up on my Swadharma. 

I Will not give up on my Swadharma. 

I'll push till I have to. 

Burn till I must. 

Die in the process if the grand scheme of things leads me so. 

But I will not back down. 

I will not stop. 

Never.

Wishlist

My buddy Dhaval recently wrote about a wish list...
Made me wonder about what I'd want on mine...

So here are some things off the top of my head.

I wish I could sit and watch the sunset at chowpaty with a few good friends and some conversation simulators, not bothered about what I would have to get back to once I stepped out of the sand and onto the pavement.

I wish I could sit in a room and be horribly honest to my parents about everything on my mind and not be reprimanded or punished for what I felt.

I wish I could buy and restore and old Fiat Premier Padmini to full glory with an epic new engine, sound system and what not.

I wish I could play music to people. Sing them songs, sing with them. I wish I could perform some stand up for them, make them laugh and smile and forget what lay outside that little world we created for those few moments.

I wish I could spend three months in a Buddhist Monastery with a notebook, pen. ukulele and tea.

But then I realise that I honestly can't sit wishing for too long... And that I need to study for my three exams tomorrow. But one day. Not some day, that's too indefinite. One day. I'll make all those silly wishes come true.

Jai Ramji Ki.

-Mehta.

A realisation

Love is God. God is Love. Honest Music is Love. Love is Honest Music. If we collectively let go of all that holds us back and find that one song that we all love,  we can all find God. We can all find Love.