Strangers on the Same Bandwidth

“I would say it is difficult,not being able to interact face to face,but it’s not impossible. We have to make it very clear what we want,yet at the same time compromise. We’ve got a really good team going on,so we might be able to pull this off,” says Rush in an email interview.

But the idea,which was originally generated after Deb could not make it to a competition titled Asian Spice Girls,is definitely unheard of. So instead of mourning the demise of a missed opportunity,Deb decided to rear her head into the cyber music world. “I was really disheartened and wanted to take a one last look at the competition’s social networking site. I saw a message posted by Carolyn. I contacted her and we decided to take a shot at creating our own band. We began recruiting various members from around the world and here we are,” says Deb,who lives in Palam Vihar.

This was in March this year. As of now the girls have roped in two composers — Jorik Zwart,a musician,who lives in Netherlands and Germany-based Mirco Brendel.

“When I was eight,I wanted to have an all-girls band,with everybody of a different colour. I am very close to the idea,” says Siu,who is planning to juggle between being a clinical psychologist and musician with Wild Blossoms.

The genre of music that the girls are sticking to for now is pop-rock. “The genre choice is because of its popularity. Also,since we are mostly on the internet,we are catering to a niche audience,” says Deb,about the band that does not want to go for any disjointing and banal lyrics,which sometimes come from the otherwise interesting world of the underground music scene. “We are making music for a cause and definitely looking at lyrical depth. Right now,we are working on a series of songs on issues dealing with global warming,animal killing,racism etc,” says Siu They have also brought in Florida-based Glenna Boyette,a 65-year-old retired graphic designer,who has been poring over the girls’ photographs in order to colour-correct and photoshop them to create pictures of them together. “These girls were looking for somebody to work on their photographs for free. I just volunteered as I felt that they are special. I have never met them but love them like my grandchildren,” says Boyette,in a telephonic conversation from the US.

The band put up their first song — a pop version of the hymn,Silent Night ,which garnered a lot of hits on YouTube and their Facebook page. “We wanted an auspicious start and what better than the universal Silent Night. Jorik composed it beautifully,” says Deb,who adds that the girls are putting money from their allowance and part time jobs to sustain the band and plan to meet in order to have a great gig some day.