Band Line Up:
JAYESH – Voicing up UMEED
AMEY – Rolling fingers on the 4 thick strings (Bass)
ASHU – On the Throne with his Scepter Sticks (Drums)
MAYURESH– Leads the Steel (Lead Guitar)
UMEED is a band fusing in contemporary rock music with the influence of Traditional Indian music.
Their core genre is HINDI FUSION ROCK. The band doesn’t believe in sticking to one form of music, but in exploring the diversity of music to the horizon.
Their originals are based on factual experiences & abstract concepts.
UMEED aims at not just composing music but creating an optimistic attitude towards cynical situation.
UMEED’S music inspires you to break free from personal hassles and dare to have astronomical dreams.
An array of native & alien music has influenced the band. Band influence varies from India folk to Indian classical, Rock to New age, Hindi Rock to Hindi Pop.
Artists influencing the band include
Kailash Kher, Indian Ocean, Euphoria, Lucky Ali, Junoon, Jal, A.R. Reheman, Hari Haran, Suresh Wadker, Parikrama, Zero, Vayu, Split, Pentagram, Indus Creed, Pink Floyd, U2, Sting, Dire Straits, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Eagles, Bryan Adams, Keith Scott, David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Meekal Hassan, the list still continues…
The bands rigorous attempt to vary the sounds, the tones and the constant improvisations actually highlights the creativity of the music they produce.
The band simply loves one to one correspondence with their audience. The band has an array of live events to them all of which could actually be difficult to list.
V.E.S.P - UTSAV fest 2004
D.J Sanghvi – Acoustics 2004
Rizvi college – 2005 “UMEED live in concert”
D.J.Sanghvi – Acoustics 2005
Umeed operates from Mumbai
The band is quite popular with its fans in Mumbai and also in other parts of India like Bangalore, Chennai.
The band is also gaining reputation in other parts of India like Delhi, Uttarpradesh.
The band is also gaining wide recognization in parts of Pakistan and other countries
Few achievements of the band are as follows.
V.E.S.P - UTSAV fest 2004 - Runners up
D.J Sanghvi – Acoustics 2004 – Runners up
Somaya Engg- 2005 – Runners up
D.J.Sanghvi – Acoustics 2005 - Winners
Somaya Engg- 2006 - Winners
D.J.Sanghvi – Acoustics 2006 - Winners
Somaya Engg - 2007 - Finalists
S.P.C.E – Space 2007 – Finalist Top Two
S.N.D.T - Illusions 2007- Winners
UMEED featured on “NATIVE NOISE” the first ever on line HINDI ROCK COMPILATION, by record “Green Ozone” at Green Ozone.com
UMEED exclusively featured on “Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM”.
