Prayaas - music album release

Wish you a very happy festival of lights!

Welcome to the Diwali music release of my first album titled Prayaas. The album comprises six purely instrumental music pieces composed and rendered on FruityLoops software. Each of these short compositions was made long back in 2005-06 during my halcyon days at Rourkela. For close to six years they lay hidden in an old hard disk. Not any longer. There isn't any general theme to the album except that each piece took some serious effort from a novice musician whose knowledge of music is next to null. Hence the name "Prayaas" that loosely translates to "a try". Each track is very different from the others in terms of the image it invokes in the mind. I hope at least a tune or two strikes a chord with you!

Here are the tracks:

1. Village trail - 3:32 - download mp3

2. Just rock it - 2:12 - download mp3

3. Dark waters - 1:15 - download mp3

4. Spooky old fortress - 2:31 - download mp3

5. Arabian beauty - 2:25 - download mp3

6. DJ Lapresh - 0:58 - download mp3

Any feedback from the audience is most welcome :)

'Mera Jahan' spoof

[The facade of the Centre for Electronics Design and Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore]

This song is dedicated to all those who have completed or are currently pursuing M.Tech at CEDT, IISc. It was performed at CEDT during Farewell-2008 and Potluck-2008. It is a spoof of the song "Mera Jahan" from the movie "Taare Zameen Par". The lyrics have been modified to cater to the M.Tech scenario at CEDT. Of course you are supposed to take it in a lighter vein :-)

The embedded 'video' here is actually an audio with a dummy slide. The actual video is available on YouTube courtesy Rachit.

Artists
Vocal (lead): Vinay
Guitar & Harmonica: Rachit
Chorus: Pranjal and Lalit
Lyrics: Vinay, Rachit, Pranjal, Lalit
[All artists belong to Batch of 2009 - M.Tech, CEDT]

Lyrics
A little sleep, for just an hour,
A pretty girl, not too far
All I need
All I need
All I need is to be free…

Kal raat main, Soyaa nahin
Parson bhi, Kahaan soyaa tha
Kaam rehta yahaan, every night, every morn
Safed baal, aankhen ho chaar
Kyon main aaya yahaan.

Oh ho ho ho….

Let me in without a shout,
Let me in I have a doubt,
There are more, many more,
Many many, many more like me...

Akela nahin main, Khuli aankhon se neend mein chalta,
Girta zyaada kam sambhaltaa (2)
Fir bhi na koi, shak na shubhaa,
Nikle fir se suraj jo dooba,
Usko bhi lagta hai yeh ajoobaa,
Main fir naa soyaa.

Oh ho ho ho…

Open eyed, how I run,
How I run to the other side
There I glide, like a bird
I just want to be…..

Karne ko sau reports diye hain,
Deadline hai kal kaa milaa, (2)
Save karna hi bas bacha thaa,
Aur PC
Hang ho gayaa.

Oh ho ho ho…

Mtech ke sem chaar,
Na aayenge baar baar,
Jeele Jeele, mere yaar,
Patjad ho, yaa bahaar,

Jee zindagi…