The recently concluded festival season, and the now in progress marriage season, brings out the band-baja on the streets.
Here is an example of the DHOL-TASHA seen in Pune during Ganpati festival – discipline, rhythm, but just too many people involved to create the magic / passion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXl0htbW6fw&feature=related
Here is another version – sandal – popular in Nagpur – 2 people, 2 drums – the unique drum beats, the tempo, and the unique ‘sandal’ dances. I was not able to get a good video for this though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWU3_IP4aUU
And here’s the worst example you can find – a marriage band in Pune. Called a ‘brass’ band, has drums, but any sound made by them is drowned out by the amplified output of keypad generated music. Really, money down the drain!
What is missing in Pune is the ‘real’ marriage band, example – as seen in one of the Love Aaj Kal songs, albeit used as a soft background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDne5fEsxec – see the first 10 seconds to understand what I mean. The trumpets, the 6 feet drums, no electronic amplification needed. I do feel sorry about the band members though – dressed in 10 year old crazy uniforms, in the stifling heat.
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