Jamz

Yesterday, Aditi and I took the day off and chilled at home. We had a tough last week work wise, and wanted to cool off and watch some Mad Men and drink some shandy (our new fave drink). 

Randomly UT called around 4 - 4:30 and asked what I was up to. "Nothing," I said. 

"Great. Let's jam?" he said. 

It's been like a decade since I jammed. I've played some DJ gigs, done B2Bs with some folx, but haven't done a jam since 2009 (or maybe earlier) I guess. 

And so, naturally, I said no. 

But UT was persistent. He figured out three jam rooms - one in Andheri, another in Andheri East, and another in Powai - in the span of three minutes. Then he called me -

"Bad luck, bro.," he said. "The Powai one is available. And I've booked it from 7 to 10. So we'll have to go." 

So I packed my MacBook, the small Akai MIDI keyboard, a pair of headphones, and my HDD, and set off. 

It was a pretty nice space, very cozy and all. The engineer turned out to be an old friend, and was happy to see us. He set us up in about 5 minutes, and left the space to go to another office they have nearby. 

UT and AM (another friend) played guitar. I created and played loops off of Ableton, which was damn good fun. 

We did a couple of 20 to 30-min free flowing jams in Dm and CMaj. I did mostly hip-hop and LoFi loops, and threw in some bass and pads here and there. 

The engineer even let us have beers while we jammed. Good fun. 

We got out around 10 and went to a nearby place for more beers. 

So, yes. Jammed after almost a decade and felt damn good. 

That's it, that's the post. 

And also that we all enjoyed ourselves, and might make these Sunday jams a thing. And if we do, I'm going to start recording them and putting them up on my YouTube channel. 

Then we might perform somewhere very soon. 

Which is going to be epic.