I met Sivamani !!!!

Yeah!!!! I met him again - the last time I met him was during the A R Rahman concert in Bangalore, about 4 months ago!

This time, it was at my home-ground... hee hee IIM-B campus, I mean! Sivamani performed for Unmaad, the annual cultural fest!

It was great to know that he remembered me!! And as usual, he started off with "Thalaivaaaa... epdi irukkae". I was in the green room, with him for close to one-and-half hours - Yeah - 1.5 hours with Sivamani - I am sooo excited !!!! Though the concert happened at IIMB, I was Sivamani's guest and not the host! It was really funny to see my friends coming up to me and Sivamani so humbly, and offering tea and snacks!!! (what a pleasure hee hee). I then watched the concert from VIP Seating Area (Sivamani's guest, you see!)

Sivamani is a perfectionist!!! Of the 1.5 hours in the green room, he must have spent close to an hour, practicing! U think all his equipment was in the green room? No... He was practicing on walls, tables, chairs, cushions - whatever he could find!

We were generally chatting and the topic turned towards A.R.Rahman. We talked a bit about WATER. Then he said "Want to listen to some experiments by ARR? ARR generally experiments a lot and he sends them over to me quite often." I was more than willing to listen to music created by God. He played them from his mobile! The first one that he played was a wonderful piece of music - which A.R.Rahman had made from a baby's cry! He had recorded a baby's crying sound and worked on it to create music! The beauty of that piece can't be described in words!!! It was brilliant!

Then came the reporters from Zee News and CNN IBN. In the interview, he said, one of the most important persons behind his success as a solo performer, is his close friend ARR - coz he's the first person who started the system of crediting the accompanying musicians!!
Watch the mini-interview on any of these two channels on Sunday!

And of course, I forgot to mention - the concert rocked!!! Sivamani was too good!!!!