Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Dhwaniprayog cruises into another show!


Le Royce at Bund Garden held a small presentation to make their customers aware of the very many services that one can avail during their stay at the hotel. To keep the audiences entertained they got on board Dhwaniprayog to make the meet a smooth sail.

One of the main things that was different for the band in this show was the fact that this time around the band was given the responsibility to keep family audiences entertained unlike the youthful crowd at Doolally. Speaking of which, Le Royce also announced the launch of a micro-brewery at The Ship Restaurant at Kalyani Nagar.

The family audiences may not be a youthful bunch but it did turn out to be an occassion to be enjoyed with the young at heart.

The audience was a mix with age groups ranging from four to seventy. One and all enjoyed the show and it was fun to receive requests which the band was more than willing to perform.

Just like Doolally Indian Ocean covers were quite a hit at Le Royce. Many wanted the band to perform Pink Floyd songs which as boastful and convenient as it may sound came as a compliment!

Dhwaniprayog proved it's mettle by entertaining the audiences with a brilliant and most unusual mix of songs from Junoon, Indian Ocean, Nirvana, Bob Dylan and their originals.

The event saw those off-stage, coming on-stage and mixing tunes with the band and ending the show on a fun "note" literally before all retired to binge on the lip-smacking cuisine for the night!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

First show at the first brewery!


Doolally has won quite some accolades and honour and a niche above all as the first brewery in India. It is a novel idea that brings a niw zing to drinking. Not only are you having fresh beer you are having it freshly brewed, right before your eyes! They also let you experiment with your flavours and creativity in making an all new beer!

So just as they experiment with their booze they let the experimenters of sound, Dhwaniprayog sing at Doolally. It was our first show with Ramu, Ashwini and Ajitabh together on stage for the first time. Doing what they do best!

They didn't just keep the audiences swinging with their genre less original tracks but also surprised them with wonderful and off-beat covers like Kandisa, Plush, Aap ki dua and most unexpectedly an instrumental version of the 1950's song "Man Dole Mera Tan Dole" from Nagin. An interesting mix of covers it was!

However the icing on the cake was the Doolally 'song' composed, written and performed by Dhwaniprayog for Doolally. It was a hit that received an encore from members of the staff and audience alike.

The show went well with the sound system guy hell bent on keeping the sound levels soaring. Seemed like it hurt only the ears of the audience not his! The experimenters of sound were high on the show and pitchers of freshly brewed beer!