2011 has been a busy year, it’s the first time in six years that I’ve spent most of the year in India. It’s been a good year from the gear acquisition front – two new amps and three new guitars now call my room their home. My own music has taken a bit of a backseat as I’ve been busy recording and gigging with other people. Alien Chutney recorded a live album at Blue Frog, which I produced and mixed. Nikhil D’Souza started sessions for his long awaited album in November which is turning out rather nicely. I wrote three new tunes this year which feature regularly at Blackstratblues gigs. Hopefully, 2012 will end with a new(er) album in the can.
The highlight of the year was the Bacardi NH7 Weekender finale with Karsh Kale. It was a pretty surreal experience with that much talent on stage and an awesome crowd I couldn’t see the end of. I played the Dubai Cricket Stadium to a sellout crowd with AR Rahman, that was quite a cool experience too.
Here are my albums of the year 2011
Raphael Saadiq
Stone Rollin
Karsh Kale
Cinema
Field Music
Plumb
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi
Revelator
Warren Haynes
Man In Motion
Check out what 2011 was like for other scenesters here.
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