if music be the spice of life...

Music's always been a core element in my life (like so many of us!)
Bands like Roxette (don't bore us, get the chorus...) MLTR, MJ, Bryan Adams were the flavour of school days (I still love all those songs). Songs were recorded directly from radio onto the tape...yes I was inducted into the world of music piracy long back!

But the real deal came when I reached Manipal. With a roomie who was crazy about trance and psychedelic, 2 friends in the group who wanted to become rock guitarists (I am still unsure of their level of competency!), and a little black friend who was of course the champion of rap (thats one genre which still remains slightly alien to me - 2pac was 2 much to handle!)

The recipe started with GNR and Pearl Jam, post which a healthy dose of Metallica & Nirvana were added. Maiden, satriani, malmsteen and adequate amounts of chicane & darude were thrown in...and by the end of my 4 Manipal years, I was exposed to a plethora of genres!

MBA saw me listening to a lot of alternative (nickelback, green day..) and of course reliving a lot of the past engineering days (it is true that each time you hear an old song, it brings back a lot of memories associated with it!)

Today, as I sit back and look at those roxette, GNR, green day and chicane days...all I can say is - If music is the spice of life, then my journey's been replete with a myriad of seasonings!