Chai Community Session 3
22nd December, Sunday at Bandra Base
12:00 to 4:00pm The Secret Santa Project
After two years of successfully putting smiles on the faces of over 500 children, its that time of year to be a Secret Santa again! How do you do this you might ask? Just follow these easy steps
- Buy a gift (or gifts ,the more the merrier!)
- Wrap it up nice
- Bring it to Chai Community on the 22nd of December (Ho Ho Ho!)
We're partnering up with a few children organisations to whom well be gifting these Christmas presents to. The date and time of visits to these Homes will be announced shortly. Feel free to join us and ensure your gifts reach the kids and make it a merry Christmas to all! The children's age group is 0 to 17 years. As of now our partner organisation is Dharavi Rocks and we are on the look out for more. Organisations that wish to tie up and would like us to contribute gifts to their kids can get in touch with us at shreyarnaik@gmail.com. Contributors outside of Mumbai can send us an email and courier their gifts before December 23rd.
12:00 to 12:30 Performance by Chandana Bala
Primarily a carnatic classical singer from Bangalore living in Mumbai for the last 7 yrs. Living in Mumbai and being a part of the fusion scene has given her an opportunity to explore and experiment. Lead singer with two bands “Sanjay Divecha “ and “Rajeev Raja Combine” . She hold a special interest for spiritual and philosophical literature ranging from the dasas of the south, to
the sufi poets . Drawn to Kabir for his simple approach to life which is meaninglessly complicated. In awe of how writings of the 15th. In her performance she will be presenting kabir dohas and poetry which will be interspersed with some carnatic
improvisations . Will try to bring out the simplicity ,yet the profoundness of the lyrics through musical arrangement and composition.
12:30 to 1:00pm Introduction to iapploud - an UnRecord Label & Music store on the cloud; an integrated music sales and marketing platform dedicated to independent musicians globally
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1:00 to 1:30pm Performance by Tejas Menon
Tejas is a singer-songwriter that has been writing music ever since he fell in love with this one girl, then she dumped him and so he just continued writing. That was in 2007. It took him 3 years to realise that he should probably do something with the music and so he started playing live. His music is acoustic pop, mostly cause he's influenced by really nice big melodies and hooks, and also cause he can't find a band. Still he continues playing solo, speaking his heart out and writes about cats, stationary and girls. He now lives in Mumbai
1:30 to 2:00 In conversation with Winit Tikoo - That one moment when you drop it all to pursue your passion - MUSIC
Winit Tikoo is a musician currently based in Mumbai - Maharashtra. Born and brought up in Kashmir, a deep influence/reflection of the sufi tradition of the region and the earthy, urdu influenced poetry, can easily be found in his music. Winit featured on Coke Studio to MTV season 3. He played NH7 Weekender Pune & Bangalore this year
2:00 to 2:30 Performance by Clayton Hogermeer
With influences ranging from bob Dylan and Paul Simon, to Brett Dennen and Mumford and Sons, Clayton brings a unique sound of folk music to the independent music scene of Bombay.
Choosing to define "folk" music, not in the traditional sense, but as, "songs of the people and for the people", Clayton strives to ensure that he entertains and engages with his audience.
2:30 to 3:30 In conversation with Shantanu Hudlikar. Everything about recording your debut album/EP. Production, Studio selection,Budgets,Preparation and more. Get your questions answered by the master himself
He is a renowned and leading sound engineer and producer based out of Yash Raj Studios Mumbai.He has worked with the likes of Deep Forrest, Bombay Dub Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Santaolala, AR Rahman, Larry Klein, Rupert Hine and Stephen Taylor to name but a few. He recently added to his list of awards with Best Producer at the Jack Daniels Rock awards 2013 for the album The Silent Sea by the Delhi based band Advaita.
3:30 to 4:00 Performance by Songbound Choir from Prerana
Songbound’s mission is to give India’s most impoverished children the regular opportunity to achieve their full potential through choir singing of the highest quality and creating close links with other musicians worldwide.
