Jamming for fun

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If you were to ask a poet, he would tell you how few bonds can be stronger than the bond of music. Perhaps that’s why, many musically inclined youngsters like to spend their free time jamming with their buddies.

Be it on Sunday or some free time on a weekday, youngsters don’t lose an opportunity to get back to their guitars, violins, keyboards and percussion instruments to enjoy some tuneful moments with their friends.
While some like to call themselves a “band” there are others who don’t want to limit themselves to any description as such. It’s all about playing one’s favourite tunes and sometimes be inspired to create something new altogether.
Actor Arjan Bajwa doesn’t pride himself as a singer but that doesn’t stop himself from jamming with friends. “I have a couple of friends who play some musical instruments and occasionally we get together and jam. I love to sing along, though I am not proud of my singing,” he laughs. “But this is something I like doing much more than hanging out in a club. The ambience is a lot cosier and doesn’t matter if you have had a little too much to drink, because you are at home. Also, at times like these, when there’s not much of a nightlife left anymore, this pass time makes complete sense,” adds the actor who loves listening to Sufi rock.
It’s also a fine way to expand one’s horizons in music. “It’s like a musical round table of sorts where ideas and knowledge is exchanged, on a much lighter note of course. But thanks to these sessions with my friends, I actually am a lot more well versed with diverse genres and sub-genres. And even in the case of an oft-played blues or country number, it’s never boring when you are also an active part of it,” says Ayush Sanghi, an adman by day and bassist by night.
Few things inspire new notes than a musical jugalbandi, as Joel Prabal, an upcoming musician says. “All my compositions have come out of these lazy jam sessions where you don’t start off with an agenda. But as the night gets younger, the six strings coupled with a keyboard and light percussion can create music that could surprise you.”