2006: Discography

These are the few songs I worked on last year and was able to bring them to a final state. If I were to make an album out of them the Tracklisting would be something like this:

1. Break It
2. Let Me Be (Video Version)
3. Hero
4. Rose (Video Version)
5. War or Peace
6. Let Me Be/If I Close My Eyes
7. Hero (A cappella)
8. Out Of My Way
9. Hero (Club Mix)
10. If I Close My Eyes (Video Version)
11. Happy Birthday Vidya

'Hero' & 'War or Peace': Lyrics by Judy A Puckett
'If I Close My Eyes': Lyrics by Denise Lingvall
'Rose': Music Composed and Played by Juan T Christopher & Pradheepa
Guest appearances on 'Break It' by Kaitki
Intro on 'Let Me Be' by Brenda
Additional Background vocals on 'Out Of My Way' & 'Hero (Club Mix)' by Sleesa

MN Times: Page 3

A Comeback on the Cards!!!

The mysterious writer who stunned the world with the 'Acrostic' poem - Happy 2007 is back!!! 'Muddled in Minneapolis' who many believe is a woman in her mid-twenties has been working on her new article for quite sometime now and she's all set to take the center stage like never-before. Word has it that this time it's going to be about her many different trips she made 'to' and 'within' the US throughout last year. Interesting enough, a part of her article somehow got leaked and it is believed that this article could be her 'Biggest' ever. The tentative title is set to be 'Reality Begins', with a release date sometime next week. None of this could however be officially confirmed.

Recent success aside, 'Muddled…' has become a frequent target of the tabloids with many different fantasy stories running about her personal life. Her spokesperson, declined to comment on any of those stories. That her closely guarded personal life adds fuel to the already raging fire is an undeniable fact.

Despite having topped the ‘Minneapolis BestBlogger’ list and won millions of fans in the US, Critics have particularly been ruthless about her lack of enthusiasm to 'write' frequently. Admitting to be a narcissist, critics she feels are a setback to her, though she has vowed to prove them ‘Wrong’.

‘Will she succeed in her latest endeavor’? We’ll wait and see...

Skiing

Today we went skiing in Buck Hill. The idea was from my friend Hemanth, who came here to spend the christmas weekend. It was fun and we had a great time. We were so miserable doing it that one lady exclaimed that we were the funniest moment in American history and of course, I didn't agree with her.

My Pet Dino

Once, one of my friends told me about something called a 'Robopet'. I found out that it was actually some kind of an artificially intelligent robotic toy. It had a relative named 'Roboreptile' which is actually a dinosaur. Ever since I saw the Jurassic Park movie, I've always been amazed by the Giant reptiles. And so I ordered one and got it today. He really is cute and does a lot of things. He can walk on either 2 or 4 legs, wave his tail, and make a hell lot of noise. The best thing about him is that he doesn't need to be taken care of. Here's a look at this scary monster.

My Handycam

Today I got my Handycam, a Sony SR100. I did some serious research before buying this one and am quite happy with it's performance. It came with a very handy wireless microphone. Today I took it out to do some casual shooting around my place. As I haven't yet shot anything worth showing, I'll put a pic of the handycam itself.

The Next Level

The last two weekends I spent time going out to the Minnesota Zoo and the Science Museum. This weekend, well it's only friday yet, I've been doing all shopping. The big one, of course is the Handycam. Interstingly this was something I purchased with shooting another video in mind. But as it turns out, that is not going to happen. When I learnt of this, I felt let down and once again it appeared as if nothing was going for me. Then I realized that I needed to have a serious hobby. And this time it was not music, but dancing. I felt I have done much with music for the past 8 years and now it's time for a change. I always loved dancing... And I feel this is the right time to learn and take on the dance floors. My experience so far has been a dozen nights in Hip/Hop dance clubs and East Cost Swing for the Let Me Be video. Last wednesday I went to a dance school 'On Your Toes' and learnt my first formal Salsa lesson. I'm looking forward to more learning and fun. The shy person sitting in his room all alone, secretly working on his music is no more.

Let Me Be - Music Video

Today I finally finished working on my dance video 'Let Me Be'. It was my long time dream to be able to sing and dance. But for some reason I never thought about learning dance and kept concentrating only on music. But it changed when I met a girl named 'Kaitki' who happens to be great dancer. One day while on the bus, I proposed her this idea of doing a choreographed performance for one of my songs. She was very enthusiastic about that. The song I chose was 'Let Me Be'. The dancing style was 'Jive/East Coast Swing'. I modified the song on Kaitki's suggestion to make it sound latino and it worked. It was great fun learning all the dance steps in 4 weeks. Finally we shot the video with the help of her roomie 'Nuthan' and I did the mixing. While the video was only about choreography, the song was very personal to me and I'd rate it as one of my best works!

All this happened at a time when I didn't have much going for me. In fact I was thinking about doing something crazy to get people's attention. But fortunately I didn't have to.


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