WoW!!!!! WoW!!!!!!!!
Damn!!!!!!!!!!
Just played the above song before some 100 guys.
In case you guys don’t know, I can play keyboard very averagely. I have always had a love-hate relationship with the keyboard. I love to play the keyboard. But the keyboard hates me. Each and every time I try to play something good in the keyboard, it gives me giving really bad or sometimes horrible sound.
Still this has made our relationship stronger.
This is not the first time I am playing keyboard before an audience. In-fact this is the second time.
The first time I played, I was in 12th standard, and I was learning keyboard in Sathangai in Madurai. It was a summer course and by the way Sathangai is a musical institute associated with our local church.
So we learn the keyboard starting from CDEFGABC to some chords and notes. This thing went on for 2 months, and at the end of 2 months, we were supposed to perform in front of our family and friends.
I fortunately didn’t take any one from my family, as the event was a total disaster.
We had a tabala master to play the background. I and another girl were supposed to play the treble or the foreground, and two other guys were supposed to play the bass or the background.
It all started when one of the bass guy screwed up a note. He panicked and he forgot what was going on around him. He forgot what beat was being played and after that missed note, perfectly played his part, but in a different note. The tabala guy could have stopped and caught up with him. He didn’t. So when the treble part came again, I told the little girl who was also playing treble with me to stop. But she would not budge, and she was also playing in a different note than what was supposed to be played. Frustrated, I too started playing in my note, forgetting what was going on around me….
The worst part was I got the best student award in that keyboard class. I seriously detest myself when ever I see that heap of wood in my home.
This time, I was very fortunate. I was in the hands of experienced persons. Our lead singer have learned karnatic vocals for 17 continuous years, and we found out that in-fact she can play keyboard much better than what I can. Our guitarist is a self taught genius, who have taught himself guitar for the past 3 years. Our drummer calls himself novice as he is learning drums only for the past 1.5 years. I on the other hand, have learned keyboard for a combined time of 8 months. 2 months in Sathangai and 6 months during my tenure in TCS and while I was in Trivandrum.
I had to give the start, and as expected, I screwed it up. But as usual, I didn’t panicked, and I found the correct chord and I started playing seamlessly from there on. I had to sync up with the leading vocals, and unfortunately, we played really well that, the crowd was roaring at their best. Fortunately, I made out her voice in the noise, and I was able to play properly. I had to give the end, and the roar was such that no one was able to listen to my tunes at the end.
Really a nice feeling indeed. Of course I feel that I could have done way better. But still I held it off, and was able to survive due to the experts covering my potholes 
