eThics...

nOw that I am a little amazed by a confusing show (another one, as some say) by the famous Indian music composing pair (Vishal Shekhar, that is), I sit down writing the following blah.
mOst of the people, who went through my last Facebook status message, couldn't get the feel behind it. And that is what the reason behind my posting this entry is.

tHis has nothing to do with the Department dealing with organizing this particular show during our college's cultural fest. Those people, probably, had no idea as to what would happen once the duo and their band was on stage.

bUt what delivers me a hard shock, is looking at people's responses, even after they realize that they are cheated by the trusted musicians. They throw facial expressions saying, "So what! We had a lot of fun! Is that not all that was wanted!"
I get you, people! But, are you, seriously, not moved by the fact that you were damn cheated?!

iF dancing and singing along was all that your soul needed, don't you think there were better options than paying a sum of Rs. 750 (I'm sorry, I couldn't find the new sign for our currency :P)? Don't you think that Sonic Stampede (the war of DJ's) was the same product for no price? In short, we all payed 15 Lacs for just having a go through Vishal-Shekhar's and their band members' real faces.

a lIttle light on what was happening---

1. There were pre-recorded tracks played (as some say, on an i-pod), and the duo was singing along with the recorded vocals. Not all the times was this the scenario (as in the Jhankar Beats song), but most of the times, it was. 
2. The moments they sang on their own, were the moments they screwed it up badly (not to forget the beautiful song of Dil Haara).
3. Warren Mendosa, the well-known Zero guitarist, was playing something that was not reaching the audience's ears.
4. The drummer proved to be a great actor, except for the fact that he played stuff that never existed in the then-played song.
5. Vishal's mic went off, just for a series of seconds, that Shekhar looked at him. It was just for one line that it happened. Vishal made a brilliant come-back, and nobody could notice the transition of sounds of voices of the on-stage singer and the off-stage one :P.
6. Shekhar played high Piano notes with his hands on the lower side of the keyboard. And when he realized that the difficult part was over, he resumed with playing the audible chords of the song.  

nOw that all is past---

yEah, we can do nothing about it now. But, the followings things are crystal clear---

• There is a difference between a composer and a stage performer. Not all, who compose well, can be equally good in front of dancing lots of people.
• Audience is easy to make a fool of. All depends on how ethical you want yourself to be. It is like you have the dagger in your hand; but the murder on your will.
• If people have a belief in you, don't let them down. They're hurt if you're caught. (And this reminds me of the time when I was extremely excited about Vishal-Shekhar coming to the village).

I admit that I, myself, am not a very great performer. But at least, my throat (or stomach :P) leaves the same sound that is amplified by the not-as-good-amplifiers-as-in-Prof Shows amplifiers, and that reaches the innocent people's senses.

I respect the bad but genuine performers after this, for they try.

hAve nice days... :)

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nIshant Sharma