PROFILES
Tipriti began her musical career at a very early age singing primarily in church choirs where she got noticed and was asked to perform at many larger shows including the "Millenium Show" in Shillong. After a variety of stints with Rock, Soul and Alternative music, Tiprity was asked to sing back-up with Mojo, and then went on to form Soulmate with Rudy. The rest is p
retty much history and as she says- " They say that sometimes you don't choose a book, the book chooses you, I guess the same can be said about the music that I now I can call mine".
retty much history and as she says- " They say that sometimes you don't choose a book, the book chooses you, I guess the same can be said about the music that I now I can call mine".RuDy:The journey started 22 years ago. It has led me through territories I never imagined existed, people I never otherwise would’ve met and finally to the music that I’ve now arrived at. JERK pointed the way, Great Society gave me a direction and MOJO opened up other avenues. Soulmate is the amalgamation of the best qualities of these bands and realisation of a dream. Now I’m at a point in my life where I can not only play the bluest blues I’ve ever played but also share some of the musical knowledge I’ve picked up along the way. For this purpose I’ve opened a recording studio- Springboard Studio. In the few years that the studio has been around, 40 albums has passed through it. I produced arranged and performed the music for almost all of these albums. These albums are mostly by artistes from the state of Meghalaya and other North-Eastern states and I’ve enjoyed the experience of interecting with them
Ferdy started playing bass in a school band called 'Agony and the Ecstasy' then moved on to college where he formed a couple of band (Brain Damage, United Band, Crown Of Thorns) and played a few gigs locally. In 1987 he joined the Great Society and played with the band till the summer of '93 when he along with Rudy and Sam left and formed "Tom,Dick and Harry" for a brief period of about six months after which they formed MOJO with Bob and Keith. Played with Mojo for nine years till the band split. After MOJO, he did short stints with The Meghalaya Love Project and SFR as well as playing sessions for solo artistes, notably, Seema of the pop band Viva, when she toured the North-East. His latest stint as bass player is with Soulmate.
Sam was Rudy's band mate in Great Society, Tom, Dick and Harry and Mojo. His first band XLN did the rounds way back in 80's. Besides laying the beat for Soulmate he is also currently involved with the Meghalaya Love Project and SFR. The latter was the house band for one of Shillong's nightspots- Cloud 9. Sam is one of Shillong's, if not India's, most accomplished drummer. He can work you up with a pounding rhythm, charm you up with some steady reggae and bamboozle you with a complicated jazz groove. His work can be heard in the two Great Society albums Break through and Dance your ass off, Mojo's Blues for Brotherhood and of course Soulmate's Shillong.
Keith joined Mojo, first as a percussionist then as a rhythm guitar player. Used to manage Soulmate and runs an Event Management company called Springboard Surprises. Played bass for Soulmate for the first ROOTS festival in 2003 and also at the Jazzmandu Fest 2003
Manas is one of Assam's most sought after session players and arrangers. He used to do bass duty for Euphonic Trance, which is one of Guwahati's premier rock bands. He has been with Soulmate for less than a year now but looks like he'll be around for a while. He says that he's enjoying every moment with Soulmate and one of the main reasons is that, as a kid, watching Rudy play was what inspired him to pick up the bass guitar.
Shawn played drums for a number of bands in Shillong like The Rolling Fingers, Revel Souls etc. Played percussions for Soulmate at the ROOTS Festival 2003. Was the drummer for Soulmate till early this year.
Arwell played bass for bands like Incantation, Felixis, Raika etc. Was the bass player for Soulmate for a few months.
Valtae plays guitar for The Next Band. Played guitar for Soulmate at the ROOTS Festival in 2003.
Ashwin and Momo!
Ashwin played drums for us at the Mezz gig. He was, as you probably know, the drummer of Orange Street.
Momo has been around since the Mojo days where he handled the percussions in a few gigs. He used to play drums for Cannibals. Momo played for Soulmate at the ROOTS Festival in 2003
Ashwin played drums for us at the Mezz gig. He was, as you probably know, the drummer of Orange Street.
Momo has been around since the Mojo days where he handled the percussions in a few gigs. He used to play drums for Cannibals. Momo played for Soulmate at the ROOTS Festival in 2003
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