Hello there.............

Hey guys, we are back and back with a bang. We have churned our energies in the past few months working on our new songs. And there is a new line up now with our new drummer Arun and new keyboardist Samuel lee Karen (our motif Sam because he is the cool guy who owned motif keyboard from its early days in Ernakulum).

We had started our practise since last week and hope that our hard work reaps melodies. It’s a totally different experience for us with all the new sound and music and it’s really exhilarating. We had a break for almost two months and before that we were trying out our hand on 3 new songs. Currently we are practising on these songs. You know what guys, we have with us two Aruns in our ensemble - AD & AB. AD is our Arun drummer and AB Arun bassist.

Jagan and Sunil had a great experience judging the budding rock bands at SCMS engineering college, Ernakulum in the rock competition during their IGNIZ tech fest held on 17th September. Seven rocking bands participated in the competition. Usually our days are kind of monotonous, starting and ending in the practise room and studio, but this was a welcoming change, actually more than welcoming.... as there were many beautiful girls around us.

One funny incident which had occurred during this visit; due to a misunderstanding caused by a small board we ended up reaching a small home and found a lady and we asked her way to the college. But we were embarrassed when she said that this is not the college. Thank god that the lady did not take us as eve teasers. Fortunately the lady knew the way to the college and helped us out with correct directions.

Recently we had a photo shoot with our new members. Watch out... we are going to upload them soon. As you might be knowing about our YouTube channel, there is going to be a new addition to its series, "THE PRACTICE ROOM", and we will be uploading our videos periodically which will give you a sneak peek into our jamming sessions, our witty as well as stressful behind the scenes of what makes evergreen so happening. our link is www.youtube.com/theofficialevergreen.

City Block Video Shoot - Day 2

So we began the journey from Jagan's aunt's house at 8am; we were heading to the location for the shoot. We discovered we had a new make up artist - the first one obviously gave up on us and probably wanted to share the pain of making us look decent with someone else!

The new location was in a village so we had breakfast at a teashop... unfortunately, the owner only had appam and egg roast.

We were surrounded by paddy fields and greenery. Again, we needed to set up all the sound equipment. After setting up came the make up - and the make up artist requested Sunil to go first. Bad move! Everyone including Tom asked the make up man not to do that but he was very insistent... maybe he was speaking from experience! A couple of hours later (!) the make up man began complaining about all his make up being utilised on just one person. This meant the rest of the band faced the camera without any make up... This WAS a waste of time and make up - Sunil looked no different than 2 hours earlier!

Shooting commenced and by 1pm, we needed a lunch break. Jagan's aunt had very kindly prepared a good, old-fashioned home cooked meal - Kerala rice, fish curry and other accompaniments. The house helper, Rajappan, bought some toddy from the toddy shop - Anish and Saji had beaming smiles stretched across their faces! Jagan's cousins, Joe and Jubin, were also helping. After lunch, as tradition goes, we took a nap - Sunil was over the moon!

After awaking, we began shooting again. Usually we would get a lot of onlookers, comprising of the local villagers, but because of a village funeral, visitors were few. But soon, children began returning from school and stopped to get a view of the shoot - for them, it was a first to see a band performing. They were so excited, they wanted to get a feel of the drums and strums of the guitar. Anish and Sunil entertained the children and showed them how to play their instruments.

The days shoot was over.. Jagan's aunt was ready and armed with tea and snack (tapioca and fish fry!) We packed all our stuff after eating and prepared ourselves for the journey back to Cochin..

Unfortunately, nobody remembered the issues we previously had with the accelerator cable. The driver of the vehicle was sleeping the whole day so on our way back, we had to stop once to sort out the same problem as before.

Eventually we got back home. We dropped off Tom and his assistant in Fort Cochin (he was planning to go shoot a boat race in Allepey the next day). He said he would shoot some additional footage without the band members.

Now... we are awaiting the pre-edited version of our video for City Blocks but in the meantime please enjoy this promotional video clip of the days' shooting!

Evergreen working on 'From Here To Clarity' - Chilled Out Version

After the extremely positive feedback gained from the chilled out version of Sublime, Evergreen began working with Sam, a very good friend and talented musician, on their hit song 'From Here to Clarity.'

As it stands, the drums, guitar and bass parts of the song are pretty much complete... The next step will be to merge these sounds with the keyboard; the song will be complete with Jagan's vocals.

As you all know, the chilled out version of 'Sublime' is very different in terms of it's style and sound when compared to the original version.

'From Here to Clarity' is also very different - remember, it's a chilled out version... But again, very different to the chilled out 'Sublime.'

Sam is going out of his way to maximise the potential of Evergreen and take them to higher places; and Evergreen are working hard to utilise his capacity to their advantage.

Here follows a jamming session with Sam....

Evergreen @ Hard Rock Cafe, Delhi

After two rocking performances in the space of five months at Hard Rock Cafe in Hyderabad, Evergreen are getting ready to work their magic with the crowd at Hard Rock Cafe in Delhi...

Fans should prepare themselves for the original and unique compositions of their own, as well as covers of tunes that Evergreen know will satisfy the rock enthusiasts amongst you!

Be sure to party with the band at Hard Rock, Delhi on Thursday 30th September 2010 from 9.30pm onwards... See you there and stay tuned for all the post-performance details!