Music For Meaning Faridabad

MFM Faridabad is the Faridabad (A city near New Delhi) chapter of the music for meaning movement, which originated from Mumbai.
In Faridabad, MFM constitutes of High energy musical performances, which use music to bring people together, to speak about worldwide issues through dynamic lyrics, and to make the youth and people think and reflect to lead better lives.
It also constitutes of the music for meaning 'sessions' held at sector 17, Faridabad.

What does MFM Faridabad Wish to achieve?

We do these high energy 'jams' which aim to:

Create an environment/atmosphere/of positivity through music and enable small scale 'community gatherings'
So that people participate and express themselves (and their creative energies) and forget their problems, worries for a while and live in the moment
To bring people together, create a platform for their interaction and intermingling..people find new friends, a new group to belong to
Articulate and stand for issues such as racial discrimation, environment and ecology, human rights, animal rights and make people think and reflect about the way they are living their lives

Thursday, July 17, 2008

6th July, I got to overcome the blues

The junoonis were ready for the third trip to MFM JAMnagar. Finally Gaurav Anand joined in this time over and Ravish(a college junior and a guitar student) too came over for the jam. Remember Gautam, the 15 year old guitar maestro, he had introduced me to a guy Mukund some time ago. Mukund too came alongwith a friend Puneet and both played really nicely throughout the jam. Some students namely Varsha, Asheesh, Gaurav(baut gaurav hain yaar), Chanakya(the regular boy). And is baar to Poonam didi ne bhi join kiya. She is the one who made possible the first jam(the one in G.P.W., Faridabad). She is a huge supporter and motivator for us, so simple and yet so strong.
The area around the fountains was all wet so we decided to jam inside the mall, the same spot where we jammed last sunday. Vipul, Ravish, Mukund and yours truly began playing with the rest of the junoonis keeping enery levels high alongwith us. We played "Kabhi Kabhi", "Laree Chooti", "Sajni", "Dooba Dooba" and may other nice numbers. Puneet was inintially reluctant but then the Junoon made him give up his hesitation and he took the Six String and played with vigour(A demo of power of music that was).
The crowd response seemed pretty weak this time but why were we so concerned about it. We should have carried on keeping in mind the purpose of the JAM. Why did we want to pull people towards us? Why weren't we letting the cause act as the bridge between crowd and us, and were instead ourselves acting as the show-stoppers and the crowd-pullers? The previous two jams were all about music and recreation but still that was the start and now its the time to give shape to the VISION. The first two jams it didn't hurt but this time it hurt as at least i felt as if i was a showpiece meant to just attract people. The purpose of the jam is strong enough a force to bring people together.
The energies in the jam were high but that purpose was missing and that was when i felt those BLUES. Although we did come across a guy, Arun who loved this activity and spoke heartfelt words for us. He called up his mother on the phone and we sang "Maa" for her over the phone. He was delighted. That moment really lit me up. That was the moment i felt "Jo hota hai ache ke liye hi hota hai". So I got a little boost. But, then the jam was interrupted by a Mall Official who was acting on someone's complaint. Then again the same guy, Arun stepped in to defend the jam. That was really great of him and such are the moments that reinforce one's faith during difficult times. Infact, we were allowed to Jam again. But, it was almost the time to leave so we packed up and decided to move and return with some heavier doses of Junoon. That was a sign from heavens for me to set our ACT straight. And who doesn't have a bad day in the office some time? So I decided that next time over it'll be more than just recreation and fun.
Time for some Pics

Mukund And Powerhouse(Nidhi)

Gaurav Anand(ek photo mein akela yeh hi aata hai tabhi single photos hi dikhenge iski)

Asheesh(left mein so raha hai) , Gaurav and Gaurav(G.G.)
gaurav hi gaurav hai yahan par to

G.G. and Me
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1 comment:

gaurav anand said...

Well Sulabh i got to agree with you this time..
agreed:the energy was there but a part of our sole purpose was missing.
The part we lag behind by the Mumbai jams is v don't have enough crowd interactions. That's partly because this whole concept is new to the city and partly because of us.
Wat i think is v need to is:
1. Fix a proper jam place since v wont b able to find a place like bandstand in Faridabad.
2. Jamming inside a jampacked mall adds to a little chaos and a discomfort to those who need to have a peace of there mind while having dinner wid there familes .
3. Since the place where we jam is small nd congested place the music doesn't come out naturally and seriously in that kinda noise i ws finding it difficult to catch hold of the song=> dat natural tinge is missing(dis is entirely my feeling,might be dat i ws there 4 the first tym dat's why i got d blues)
4.V need to talk to the all The Mall managers(famous on'z) for a proper space and a time slot(2nd on preferrence)so that we can strategise.
5. we need to do something extra for increasing our crowd interactions.

July 19, 2008 at 10:22 PM

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