About Artist
Thanks for listening to my songs....
Writing songs has been my hobby for awhile and I have been inspired mostly by people and places I love. Obviously my influences have been the music from the '60s but I listen to all sorts of music from around the world including folk, alternative, jazz, new age, classical and Bollywood stuff. These are strictly demo quality recordings. I hope you enjoy them !
You can download a few of the songs from www.myspace.com/abijitsen It's Free! Thanks...
"....And after all we are only ordinary men" - Rick Wright (RIP)
"I am just an ordinary guy - ordinary family, ordinary education, ordinary face, ordinary grades, ordinary thoughts in my head..." (in Haruki Murakami's 'Norwegian Wood').
Steve Jobs & John Lennon: It is John Lennon's 71st birthday and Steve Jobs passed away few days back, so it it is fitting to see that there is some connection between the two. One person's vision of world peace and of people from all over the world 'coming together' was enabled by the technology and tools conceived and produced by another man who ran a cutting edge tech company at the vanguard of information revolution. Lennon sang 'Come Together' and 'Imagine' while Jobs imagined tools and tech to bring the people of the world together to do some thing positive and wonderful, and to bring world peace. That's why it was possible to have an Arab Spring this year and ongoing struggles in N. Africa and in the Middle-East; in Greece and Spain; and in the USA we now have the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement which is spreading throughout the country. The new technology (iPhones, iPads etc.) along with the Internet's social networking sites have made it increasingly possible for the people around the world to 'come together' for a cause. See what a little imagination can create and do ! The Summer of 2010, I visited Lisbon, Portugal and the most memorable experience was the visit to the Palacio da Pena in Sintra (a UNESCO designated World heritage site). Incredible architecture and designs - a combination of Moorish and European styles. Lisbon town itself was very scenic and the view of the river Tagus was magnificent. One could visualize the Portuguese, a sea-faring nation, sailing out from the docks of the river to discover the world. The most notable voyagers and discoverers were: Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, Tristan da Cunha, Pedro Cabral, Barthelowmew Dias and others. Porto was another beautiful city up North I was fortunate to see - I stopped by Porto on my way to Braga for a big jamboree. I went back to London, UK (on my way to Southampton) again, for a very short time since I wanted to vist and see the artifacts in the British Museum and the St. Paul's Cathedral. Seeing the Egyptian mummies, the Rosetta Stone and Babylonian sculptures was an eye-opener. Of course, how could I miss not going to see the fun at the Abbey Road crossing.......once again I was fascinated by all the kids and young folks who thronged to the crossing to re-enact the Abbey Road album scene. And these kids are from all over the world speaking different languages......Talking about Egyptian mummies reminded me of what's happening in Egypt and in the Middle-East right now......freedom, people power, human rights, 'democracy' and all those things people yearn for is in the air and I made a list of songs that seem approproiate for the occasion. Here's the list (you can tell me more):
All Along the Watchtower (Dylan/Hendrix) - "let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late" Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones) - 'War children, is just a shot away" Gimme Some Truth (Lennon) - "I'm sick and tired of hearing things from, short-sighted, narrow minded hypocites" Weight of the World (Ringo) - "the weight of the world, it's breakin' you down on your back like a boulder" Dignity (Dylan) - "somebody said that dignity was the first to leave" Street Fighting Man (Rolling Stones) - "time is ripe for a palace revolution" Power to the People (Lennon) - "a million workers working for nothin'" We are not Gonna Take It (Who) - "we're not gonna take it, never did never will" Won't Get Fooled Again (Who) - "we'll be fightin' in the streets, with our children at our feet" I am Free (Who) - "freedom tastes like reality"
This summer (2009) I visited India and London, U.K. In London, I didn't find any 'Itchycoo Park' but I went to the Regents Park and saw the beautiful flowers and roses of various colors and to the vast Hyde Park (the Rolling Stones did a free concert in 1971 in memory of Brian Jones)......got off the tube at St. John's Wood station and walked down to Abbey Road and saw the Abbey Road Studios where the Beatles did almost all of their recordings....of course I crossed the zebra crossing with family and friends.....took a cruise on the River Thames from the London Eye side and floated down the river under various bridges and watched the sun go down and I was almost in 'paradise' (remembered 'Waterloo Sunset').....I also took a fast ferry to the Isle of Wight and was impressed with the scenery - the rolling meadows and beautiful beaches and located the Isle of Wight music festival arena (begun in 1968 - '70 of which the 1970's was the most famous where Hendrix, Doors and the Who played to an audience far larger than the Woodstck 1969. Dylan played at the '69 Wight festival).....a 'magical' time was had by all....
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