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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Ameya …….The boundless

 


  5 musicians, 8+ yrs of sheer passion and dedication…. and the result is a wonderful amalgamation of different music styles from around the world which is not bounded by a particular genre

  One of very few bands which have more than 18 self compositions

  One of the best stage performers - A Unique band with special focus on to connect with audience not only with their amazing music but also a great stage presence


Performance
           
        Performed Bacardi La Nature Fest In Kasauli. Event 
            organized by CherryBombs, Delhi.
  Performed for SAM workshops social concert for youth transformation at Delhi Haat, Delhi.
  Performed for Leading Corporate Groups like Future Group (Converse) and HLL.
  Performed at leading Public venues like Delhi Haat, Ansal Plaza, Central Mall, GREAT INDIA PLACE, Worlds of Wonder (Noida).
  HLL multi city tour.
  Institutions like IIT Roorkee, Various Colleges of Delhi University, LBSIM, ITM University, etc.
  Music Festivals like Dunes desert and music festival Rajasthan, YOUTHOPIA Gurgaon.
  Performed at 7th anniversay celebration of Prithvi at Worlds of Wonder, Noida..
  Leading rock venues like Leon’s, etc.
  Regional finalist Yamaha Asian beats, Asian band competition
  Amongst the top 3 bands across India to make it to finals of MindRock India Today Youth Summit for it's original music through reverbnation and facebook voting(Ref Reverbnation press kit)
  Runners up place in ALL INDIA ORIGINAL BAND COMPETETION conducted by CONVERSE in Delhi.
  Winner of best original rock number “Khudgarz” in ALL INDIA ONLINE BAND COMPETETION by Myband.co.in has won AMEYA a lot of pride and name in music circle.
   AMEYA recently concluded the shoot of their original numbers along with likes of Kavita Seth (of ektara fame), Shameer Tandon (Music Director, Page 3, Kabul Express, HeartBeat [Enrique and Sunidhi]) soon to be telecast on leading channel for youth.

   AMEYA recently won a Music competition for a Berlin, Germany base NGO.





OUR PRESS COVERAGE

  • "Interview of AMEYA in leading online band website, Myband.co.in. "We introduce 'AMEYA' – A 5 piece band from Delhi." Here are some highlights from their interview with Surya from Team Myband." 
             - Surya Prakash, Team Myband of Myband.co.in (Nov 05, 2010) 

  • " Ameya rocks the show at Mind Rocks September 16, 2011 Band members of Ameya, one of the finalists of the India Today Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2011, rock the show with their amazing performance." 
             - IndiaToday, IndiaToday (Sep 16, 2011) 

  • " Ameya's impromptu performance at Mind Rocks Headlines Today | September 16, 2011 Band members of Ameya, one of the finalists of the India Today Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2011 say their music is not bound by any particular genre and they truly represent the youth of India." 
             - IndiaToday, IndiaToday (Sep 16, 2011) 

  • " Ameya: Finalist of Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2011 September 16, 2011 Band members of Ameya, one of the finalists of the India Today Mind Rocks Youth Summit 2011 say their music is not bound by any particular genre and they truly represent the youth of India." 
             - India Today, India Today (Sep 16, 2011) 

  • "Ameya was a seasoned group that was formed way back in 2004. The band consists of IT professionals Abhishek, Arsh, Kabir, Shiva and Vikram. They started off with a track called khudgaRJ. "I wrote this number while in college because everything looked selfish then," Abhishek said. Ameya's second performance, Yeh raat hai ya yaadon ki baaraat hai , was an imaginative fusion of classical alaap and metal." 
            - Priyanka Srivastava, Mail Today | India Today (Sep 16, 2011) 
  • Today I watched the AMEYA group giving live performance at Dilli Haat in Delhi. Ameya is a new and upcoming group which has a great potential.

  • "The cultural-technical festival 2011 of ITM University, Gurgaon ..end of the day was marked by mesmerising performance of popular band group Ameya.." 
              - dailypioneer, The Pioneer (Mar 10, 2011) 

  • "‘Ameya’ bagged the 1st runner up and ‘On Govt Duty’ won the 2nd runners up in nationwide original band hunt. The event was judged by Them Clones. Converse is searching for a band that defies genres and can hold an audience with an original composition." 
                - India Infoline News Service, IndiaInfoline.com (Nov 01, 2010) 

  • "Converse Original Band Hunt culminates in Delhi. The band hunt show, which culminated on 30 October at Ansal Plaza amphitheatre, Delhi, saw Ameya bag the first runner-up and On Govt Duty win the second runners-up trophy." 
             - RnM Team, RadioandMusic.com (Nov 03, 2010) 


  • "Cheery Bombs with Bacardi Together calls all the music lovers to the woods in the lap of nature at Kasauli, HP for a Gig with two super rocking bands AMEYA and PRITHVI followed up with Trance night on 8th Oct." 
            - AllEvents, AllEvents (Oct 08, 2011) 



Performance Sanpshots (PICS)


Winner of All India Converse Original Band Hunt (Receiving Award)







In Performance Converse Original Band Hunt


















Performance Sanpshots (VIDEOS)










  The Musicians

Band Members

 
Abhishek (Vocals/Lyrics/Compositions)


Abhishek is on the lead vocals for the group. He is learning music from distinguished vocalist of Delhi Gharana Ustaad Tanveer Ahmed Khan. He is the founding member of AMEYA and  with the Band since its inception. Being the lead vocalist, He has great affinity towards Hindustani Classical Music and popular Hindi Rock music. Apart from doing Lead Vocals, He is into writing Lyrics for the group along with doing compositions. His constant effort while doing the music for the group is to bring as many different genres together in terms of lyrics and music styles.
Engineering graduate from University of Delhi in Computer Science. Working as a Technical leader in a leading management consulting firm.


Arsh (Keys/Arrangement/Compositions) 


Arsh is more into electronic and world music. He has won several international music competitions online and is a big follower of A R Rahman’s music. Be it Indian, Techno-Trance, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock, Folk – he just loves them all. He also, handles recordings and arrangement sections of the songs long with live electronics during shows.
Arsh is an MBA in IT and has been working as a Software Project Manager in a leading Indian IT company.




Kabir (Lead Guitar/Compositions) 



Kabir is the lead guitarist of the band. Guitar is the media through which he expresses his music.  He is with Ameya for almost 6 years now. He loves all sorts of music and tries to compose experimental style of music.  He is sure you all guys will find the taste of music from different genres as we are Ameya “boundless”.

He is deeply influenced by Rock music from groups like - Nirvana, Linkin Park and Deep Purple etc.

Engineering graduate from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Working as System Admin in a software firm.

Shiva (Percussion) 


Shiva, the youngest member of the team is the strong percussion hands of AMEYA. He draws his influences from Indian Folk and Classical music.         
His amazing learning abilities to learn anything quickly is what makes him a special talent. He is professional percussionist and relies on music to support his family. He is regular session artist with likes of Master Salim and Hans Raj Hans.




Vikram (Bass) 


Vikram is the latest import to the team. He is a big follower of English Rock bands and dreams to earn a reputed name as a bassist and musician in the music industry someday. His punchy and groovy baselines make the crowd go wild during live gigs.

Management graduate from Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is looking after a corporate network of leading IT firm.


Raghav (Drums)

Raghav, the drummer of the band has been playing for the past 7 years. He is a qualified drummer with Grade 8 degree holder  from Trinity College of Music, London. He also teaches drums at his institute.

Along with all this, he runs a Jam Pad for new and established bands to practice.

Since Raghav is an experienced and learned drummer, the band can now experiment with lot of different styles and sounds which certainly is an added advantage to an original band like AMEYA.

Raghav also assist the band in there original compositions and certainly a strong key of the band now.


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