Our first blog

Introductions are in order and so, we'd like to tell you a little bit about ourselves..

I, the writer (Supriya), would first like to start by telling you something about my sweet sister...

At a mere 14 years, Shruti is a fiesty and talented musician. She started training to play the piano at the tender age of five and has been also learning to play the classical guitar for the past two years. She is trained in Hindustani vocals and is proficient with the Indian flute. A 9th grade student, Shruti has a midas touch over any instrument she attempts to play. Her undying passion for music and encouragement from a proud set of parents has made her the cynosure of all ears at musical events held at school and the community. When she is not jamming, head-bobbing to her ipod nano or studying, she reads fantasy fiction, plays basket-ball, moons over "Edward Cullen" and beats her own high score on fable and super mario!

And now, because it weirds me out to blow my own trumpet, I'm referring to myself in the third person...so here goes...

Supriya, 25, is a practising clinical psychologist, a trained hindustani vocalist and harmonium player. With music interests ranging from Ghazals, Old Hindi Film Music, Sufi Music, Hindustani Classical to Hip Hop, Rock, Dubstep, Trance, Electronica, R&B, House n Techno, she is an avid music enthusiast. She has a working knowledge of the guitar and piano and has been a part of various intercollege musical competitions. Apart from music, music and music, Supriya also loves to sketch, scribble random notes on her scratch pad, go off on adventure hikes, read voraciously on neuroscience, psychology and mainstream fiction; watch movies or whip up a fancy meal.

(Weird part done with...normal tone of conversation resumes)

We came together to form a two member-informal-amateur band in late August 2010 and have decided to call ourselves "S Augmented" to realize our long awaited dream of making music together.

We hope to share snippets of our amateur recordings, those of our own creation and also of great artists. We also hope to review/critique/discuss artists, albums and songs that touched our hearts. And to add a personal twist to the whole deal, we'd like to share interesting blogs, articles, research writings related to music :)

Here's to a long & succesful haul....