Yeh Hai Meri Kahani : Zinda

The Pakistani band Strings are the slickest Hindi singing Indi Pop band in the current times.

They are hugely successful as well with one after another singles hitting the charts with a bang. Their track : Naa Jaane Kyon from Spiderman 2 OST was a huge hit.

I had a chance to see them perform live in Bangalore where they performed with Indian Ocean as part of the Unity Concert. They performed very well and have a very polished sound and look which contrasted sharply with Indian Ocean which has more earthy and punchy sound.

Strings is unusual too becaues they only have two members with no drums and bass. They used drum machine and I think Midi sequences to get the full band sound.

I like The Strings for:

1. Perfect marrige of Hindi lyrics with screaming guitar sounds and steady rock beats.
2. Nice vocals.
3. Very slick videos

Recently they were featured in the Soundtrack of the movie Zinda in this punchy song : Yeh Meri Kahani. The song has actors Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham helping out on vocals. I love the song and the video.

Learning to walk : Lessons in Walking Bass

Answers.com defines  'Walking Bass' as :

In jazz, blues, ragtime, ska, rock, Baroque music, and other musical genres, a walking bass is a bass accompaniment generally consisting of unsyncopated notes of equal value, usually quarter notes (known in jazz as a "four feel").



This surely does sound a lot boring than the real sound of walking bass.



I have long been fascinated by it but without any understanding of the how's and why's involved, it always seemed rocket science to me.



Kevin Van Sant  explains the concept  involved  in a  video  lesson. I 'll try to  add notes  to  it  as  i  understand  more of it  in following  blogs.