2 Point 4

Dear Friends,

This is to bring into your kind notice this extract from the “Students Guidelines”

“3.3.2 In addition to the above, to qualify for promotion to Second Year, a participant’s academic cumulative

grade point average (CGPA) in the first year (Foundation, Trim-1, 2, 3, and Comprehensive should not be

less than 2.4, and he /she should fulfil the following conditions which are applicable for Trimester 1, 2, and

3 altogether:

A) He / she should not obtain more than one ‘F’ in the first year. (1F)

B) He / she should not obtain a ‘D’ in more than three courses, provided that he / she does not obtain

‘F’ in any course. (3D)

C) He/ She should not obtain a ‘D’ in more than one course if he / she has already obtained ‘F’ in

another course. (1F + 1D)”

In the last one year all of us have been touched closely by the “G word” called “Grades”. Our lovely freshers didn’t have any respite either. Just a few months into SPJAIN and grades are all, most of them think of. Even “Lord Krishna” once preached about the importance of grades into the system ;) So grades do make one’s life, career etc. etc. and in case some of you are wondering what this is about (especially my fellow PGP2 batchmates), the idea is Not to make you nostalgic and start thinking about Grades again. NOT AT ALL!!!

Because to us D,C,B,A and F are not just grades. For us these are notes which can be weaved mellifluously into Music.

Boom Shankar did it once (and twice) and now its left to the young blood (and also to some of the older ones) to carry forward the tradition.

Musically your,

2 Point 4

(Line up for SCMHRD)

Siddhartha Sarkaar,

Prajwal Prasad,

Dev Kattera,

Sriram Shivkumar,

Yudhishthir Rana,

Aniruddha Kundu

Richard Wright passes away...

Pink Floyd member Richard Wright passes away at 65.

Rest in peace, Rick. You will always stay alive!




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MusIG turns 1

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It's 12th of September and the coolest group at SPJIMR turns a year old today!

We've had an awesome year making SP a more musical place in the year that went by - from Gig Alerts, MusIG Mood Makers and movies to helping the institute get an awesome set of instruments and playing the much loved Radio MusIG from 11ish to the wee hours... and we've loved doing every bit of it.

Thanks a lot for the 3,500+ pageviews on MusIG.blogspot.com and those super-encouraging pings during our radio shows and for the enthusiasm and reception and the love showered by all of you... your encouragement is all that matters, really! Please keep it up :)

Loads of love,
The Music Interest Group @ SPJIMR

Amrita Ramnathan | Anirudha Kundu | Arvind Iyer | Dhanya Jose
Dinesh Srinivasan | Divya Balan | Jackson Rajan| Mihir Modi | Santosh Nambiath
Sriram Shivkumar | Vinay Trivedi | Vineet Sharma | Yudhishthir Rana

Bassist extraordinaire, Roger Waters, turns 65 today...

Happy birthday, Roger. It's time to forget the bitterness and reunite to make some original studio material again, what say? ;)

Zero no more...

Zero's farewell gig, 30th August 2008

You never realise that a community is growing until the oldest, the biggest, the best-known people leave the scene and you know that will change nothing - the family will live through it and will keep growing...

"Stop listening to covers... please!", said Rajeev Talwar, while bidding a final goodbye to the overwhelmed crowd at Independence Rock XXIII, which sang along with Zero to the band's anthem, PSP, at the band's last gig ever.

Zero is where a lot started and while the group is no more, Indian Rock is better than ever before. MusIG wants to bow to everyone who holds the guitar, drumsticks and the microphone anywhere across the 28 states.

Let's use the covers for soundcheck...
Let's create originals that makes everyone sing along...
Let's make the world start listening to India.

Amen

Guess Who's Back?

Radio MusIG's brand new season premiered on 24th June, this time playing out to the new PGP1 for the first time.
With tonnes of requests coming in, it was surely the most active shows we've had!

And here's some news: MusIG plans to come up with plenty of theme shows soon... stay tuned!

BoomShankar at (Not Just) Jazz By The Bay

Damn! This has started looking like an exclusive BoomShankar blog :D

Just back from BoomShankar's gig at Jazz (who, by the way preferred calling them 'BhoomShankar') and what can we say, we are just so proud of our college band!


They played for three hours and the setlist included THREE brand new OCs that were never performed before - Saaya (written by Vinay Trivedi), Say 'Hello' and Bombay Blues.


And ya, BoomShankar officially has four vocalists from now on with Yudi doing 'Smoke on Water'.
For those who missed the show, we have all three hours on record... so do let us know if you want some priceless bootleg from the band's early days ;)

BoomShankar performs at Hard Rock Cafe

SP's very own BoomShankar has gone professional! The band gave a stunning performance at Hard Rock Cafe on Tuesday, 8th April.

Here are some pics from the show:

BoomShankar on HRC's events boardA Packed HRC! Fans, maybe ;)

Post-show party :D

And if some of you missed the show, make sure you keep yourself free on 5th June, when the band performs again, this time at (Not Just) Jazz By The Bay!

Crescendo '08 -The night that was...

20th March was a great day at SPJIMR...
One, it was the farewell night for the class of 2008
Two, it was the last day of the year for the class of 2009
Three, it was the first performance of DanceInc., SP's very own dance troop and
Four, it was the night of Crescendo 2008.

Crescendo started at midnight and went upto 3.30 in the morning. The night was special since it was the last time SP's much loved band, BoomShankar played for the last time at SP.
The night saw some amazing performances including two BoomShankar originals, "Teri Deewani", "Knocking on Heaven's Door", "O Janeja", "Chura Liya", an SP version of "Purani Jeans" and Nitin Sharma's stunning performance of "Yeh Dosti" where he played Harmonica-Guitar-Drums - all at once!

Here are some pictures from the night:

Crescendo '08

Crescendo is that night of the year, when all the musically gifted souls at SPJIMR unite to create magic on stage. This year, the occasion is doubly special, as Crescendo coincides with the farewell night for S P Jain class of 2008.

20th March is the day to look out for. Watch this space for pics n' vids...

Say it with music ;)

Let there be love!

On Wednesday, 13th Feb '08, Radio MusIG played a very special show... dedicated to the crazy lil' thing called - yup, yup - Love!
A long list of love songs, most of 'em requested by our own listeners - some of 'em going out to their special ones ;)

The mood, of course, was set by our very own Yudi, who kept sending lovey-dovey MusIG Mood Makers to the junta all through the week.

The show was definitely the Radio MusIG show with maximum requests so far, which goes on to prove just one point... if you gotta say it, the best way is to say it with music!

Boom Shankar does it again!

February 2nd, 2008
Jashoda Rang Mandir, NM College, Mumbai

Boom Shankar's second performance.
Boom Shankar's wins again!

Yeah! Boom Shankar's Sameer, Nitin, Aniruddha and Yudi - this time joined by Meghana and Amrita on backing vocals - were the champions at NM College's "Echoes of Silence" (a part of the college's BMS wing's annual festival "Drishti")

And here's the best part - as winners of the event, our very own two-month old band get to play at HARD ROCK CAFE for an entire evening!

Sure, we'll let you know when that happens. Till then, check out these pics from the event...

Boom!

Iron Maiden...

...played like Gods!













PS: For those who missed it, too bad... you'll never know what it was like :D
You can always Google for the setlist, pics et al... no point re-posting it all here. In any case you'd never know what it was like to be right there!

BoomShankar's new OC for GASP's "Men Without Shadows"

Guild of Actors at SP aka GASP, as a tradition at SP, performs a full-length play each year.
GASP '08 will be performing an adaptation of Jean Paul Sartre's "Men Without Shadows"

BoomShankar is up with a brand new Original Composition as a soundtrack to Men Without Shadows. The song was premiered in a special Radio MusIG session on Friday, 18th January '08.

Click here to download the song! [Right-click & select "Save Link as..." option]

Man Without a Shadow

Lyrics: Aditya Srivastava

Will to know my life
Will to know my line
Every moment every time
This suspension of life

Frail now hides in fear
Shed no tears, I’m here
This for those who hear
This from all those here

Never to be seen and
Never to be known now
Lost to my own and
Lost by my own now

Will no one know and
Will no one mourn now?
Trapped here all alone
I’m a man without a shadow

Subsistence is life
Of substance to my life
Of purpose and strife
My mind with doubts its rife

Slacken all my ropes
Blood thickens on the slope
Further down the slide
Screams and loss of pride

Never to be seen and
Never to be known now
Lost to my own and
Lost by my own now

Will no one know and
Will no one mourn now?
Trapped here all alone
I’m a man without a shadow

Radio MusIG is back!

It's a special night :)

Yup, people... Radio MusIG is back!

Well, only for today, that is. We're having something special

presenting

[ Radio MusIG - GASP Edition ]
with our best RJs
RJ Trivin & RJ UD

PLAYING TONIGHT

Don't miss out the premier of Boom Shankar's OST for GASP
"Man Without a Shadow"

Be on your IP Messengers at 11ish tonight and wait for the pinging to begin!

Lots of Love,

MusIG