Tina Sugandh - "TablaGirl"

My Day at Ringo Starr's house!

2009-12-10T09:48:00.000-08:00

Seriously, how crazy is that?? I've met lots of celebrities and I really must say, "Starr" is the perfect name for him. He somehow manages to be humble and sweet and warm, but also just inadvertently commands attention with his infectious enthusiasm and his seriously witty one-liners. He is the KING of one-liners. Everyone in the room was just cracking up the whole time. He's SO loveable a person, and it really is NOT because of the fact that he is a legend, but just because he is a truly beautiful person.

He gave me a white "peace and love" band (which I have still have not taken off). The greatest thing about him giving out these bracelets is that he really and truly wants to spread peace and love throughout the world. For example, he got a bit annoyed at one point when we had to dump out half of a small water bottle since we didn't know whose it was. He said "just this much water could save a little kid's life". How sweet is that?!

You must check out this incredible two minute clip of Ringo and my little tabla tutorial session with him. It cracks me up every time I watch it-he's so funny! Just click HERE to watch the video!

I wish all celebs could be like Ringo-gracious, kind, incredibly entertaining, humble, able to focus on the truly important things in life, etc. What a truly wonderful experience...

Pics from my performance with the legendary Dave Stewart and the Rock Fabulous Orchestra!

2009-09-12T17:54:00.000-07:00

Dave and I and the incredible Rock Fabulous Band!

The beautiful and very sweet host, Rosanna Arquette, and the absolutely hysterical special guest, Kevin Pollack!

Dave and I rockin' out!

Singing leads on one of Dave's many hit songs!

I had the honor of opening the show solo by singing a traditional Indian song and playing tabla while the incredible band and orchestra made their way onto the stage!

Season 2 is out!

2009-07-17T21:03:00.000-07:00

Ever wondered how to make a samosa look even more oily? No? Oh ok. (Pretty gross though, huh?)

"Guru Kanaiya" as my aerobics instructor....helping me get "Bollywood Abs"! (Stay tuned for that webisode!)

The first video is up, and it's seriously goofy! I am really so excited about this, mostly because every time my dad acts I can not believe how naturally gifted he is. He honestly never breaks out of character. He was doing THE most insanely funny things, and I will admit that I pulled a "Jimmy Fallon" once or twice where I couldn't help but laugh during he skit. (Remember when Jimmy used to do that during an SNL skit once and a while? It was very cute!) Anyway, dad, on the other hand never once broke out of the Guru Kanaiya character, and he was so incredibly funny the whole time! (Maybe I should just quit the music biz, and be his agent.....hehe)

Ok, so webisode 1 is officially up! It all leads to the premiere of my music video for "Bollywood Girl" which was shot by the 25-Emmy-Award Winning Company "Redline Films"!!

Here's the first of four! http://www.youtube.com/tinasugandh

Season 2 is out next week!

2009-07-09T19:05:00.000-07:00

OK guys, season 2 is launching next week!! I hooked up with the incredible company, DesiYou, to shoot some bigger and better webisodes for season 2 that will show you ALL I went through in order to shoot my music video for "Bollywood Girl"-(which was shot by the 21-Emmy-award winning "Redline Films").

For now, check out the best of season 1! http://www.youtube.com/tinasugandh

Here is a picture of the outfit that was designed for me for "The White Party". It's from "Red Carpet by Nirali Designs"!

Love it? Hate it?

2009-07-05T18:21:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been a while since I've written a blog! I'm SO sorry! I promise to write more!

I've been wonderfully busy! I went back to Ringo Starr's house for lunch (home cooked Indian food-no joke), got a call from Max Weinberg saying that he loved my feature in Drum! Magazine, I think I just got hired as a comedic anchor on TV (stay tuned for more on that), collaborated with the guy who took Bob Marley's place with The Wailers, and I've been performing at some incredibly wonderful shows! All of this is happening with NO management and NO record label!!! (Sooooo, uuuummmm, does anyone want to manage me or put out my new album on their label...hehe).

I am going to write very soon to tell you about these shows as well as other projects that I am taking part in, but for now I am leaving you with this:

Here is the craziest pic I've ever seen of me at a show. Half of me loves it since it really does capture how intense I feel when I am on stage, and half of me just looks at and thinks (in a "Wanda Sykes" sort of voice) "Wow, you look like a damn porcupine".

What do you guys think? Love? Hate? Somewhere in between?

My (celeb-filled) CW-11 Morning Show Performance!

2009-05-19T18:15:00.001-07:00

I recently performed my song "Bollywood Girl" on the CW-11 and it was SO exciting! Everyone at that station was so incredibly sweet!

(*The entire performance can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/tinasugandh ).

I didn't even mind waking up at 2:30am to get ready. (Ok, maybe I did mind that just a bit...) My poor makeup artist had to come over around 3:15am! (A huge thank you to Alexa for doing that! www.theglamfairy.com)

Ok, so the first person I saw when I walked in was Dee Snider (the lead singer of Twisted Sister). It's kind of surreal to be in sleepy mode and then walk right into Dee! I have met him several times before, and every time he had asked about the album I would reply, "still working on it"! So when I proudly told Dee that my album is finally out, he sincerely (in that hardcore, passionate NYC way) said "Congrats, this is YOUR time", which was really, really sweet.

Then we ran into Mookie Wilson, who is THE man!! (You baseball fans know why!)

Then we went into the greenroom and got ready for the interview and performance. It was me, my dancers- Ryan Holder and Brandon William, my choreographer Ayesha Khanna (www.Bollywoodfunknyc.com), and Alexa. We were all fairly calm before the performance, and went completely bonkers afterward. (Yes, I used the word "bonkers"). In fact, I may just put some footage up on my youtube show of us in, um, full-blown-bonkers mode. Stay tuned....

Anyway, after the performance was over, we ran into Jennifer Love Hewitt (who looked SO pretty), and Jamie Kennedy, and Marlon Wayans. Marlon was totally confused when I told him about the tabla so I switched to the term "Indian drum", and he said (in that hysterical "Marlon" way) "why didn't you just call them 'Indian drums'?! If you had said 'Indian drums' I would have known what you were talking about all along!" He's seriously hysterical.

As always with any performance, there were little things that went wrong. For example, at the very being of my song "Bollywood Girl", the veil that I bend down to pick up was missing! (Hopefully no one could see that I panicked on the inside for a split second). Also, my foot jewelry starting slipping off half way through the performance and it kept poking me in the bottom of my foot. OUCH.

Other than tiny things like that, it was an AWESOME day! Thank you CW-11!!! I can't wait to come back!

My debut album "TablaGirl" is out - after 3 years in the making!

2009-05-13T00:20:00.000-07:00

I am SO proud to announce that my debut album is officially out!! I have to admit that I am a bit nervous. It took me four years to get it out into the world, and I am praying that all my efforts translate into you guys enjoying it!!

http://www.tinasugandh.com

(*If you want all the lyrics to the entire album, they are on the digital booklet on iTunes)

It's been a long road! I have been wanting to share my debut "TablaGirl" with you for so long. It actually took me 3 years to make the album, since my producer (Angelo Montrone) and I wanted to make something more organic and heartfelt by using tons of live instruments. (The other producer on this album is Lester Mendez - Shakira, Jewel, etc). Although there is a strong live element to it, "TablaGirl" is still a feel-good mainstream pop album - but it has a huge Bollywood flare. (I really can't believe that after all these years of doing interviews and talking about what the album will sound like, you can actually just finally hear it for yourselves!! Anyway, I actually went to India and discovered all these gorgeous Indian instruments to use for the album, (and I basically just kept buying more and more of these instruments until Sony told me it was time for me to wrap it up and come home!) Some of my favorite "exotic" instruments that we used are the tabla (obviously), dholak, dhol, naal, ghatam, santoor, sitar, harmonium, ghungaru, bansuri, bul bul tarang, been, ektar, tanpura, goob goob, daffali, mridangam, and SO much more. (Yes, I know it sounds like I'm just throwing random syllables together and making all these words up but they all are really amazing instruments!) We also used the more common instruments of course like guitar, bass, drums, violin, etc. It was an absolute honor to watch these instrumentalists from all over the world throw down their magic on my album!

The other reason that this album took so long to release was because last year, my worst nightmare became a reality when I lost my beautiful, incredibly radiant, always-smiling, and eternally-positive best friend last year - my mom. I took the whole year off to take care of her and I can not describe how incredibly painful last year was because there really are no words. Although, since mom always taught us to see the good-and ONLY the good in everything and everyone, I will say that I am SO grateful that she got to sing on this album. This album would not have been complete without my mom's voice on it. My producer knew how important it was that I have my entire family on this album, and so he actaully flew out to California, and shipped all his recording gear out there in order to record my entire family, including my sister, brother-in-law, and niece and nephew! For example, that's my newphew's voice you hear at the very end of "HisStory", that's my mom's voice you hear at the outro of "Stay", it's my sister's voice that you hear for the intro of "T.here I.s N.o A.lternative" and it's my dad that you hearing shouting in the middle of "Break Me"! All of us say "namaste" at the very end of the album after the last track "Stay". My niece was so little at the time that we needed to use studio tricks to piece together syllables that sounded like "Namaste" (That is the ONE time I will admit to using "studio tricks"!) We basically just tickled her a lot until we got her to make some sounds-very cute!!

Point being, it's been a long road, and I so grateful for all of it. I'm grateful for the low points in my career as well as the high points because the lows kept me constantly aware of what's really important in life-family, love, smiling, spreading positivity to the world, etc. I am also extremenly grateful to have had a mother that I will strive to be like until the day I am gone - beautiful, radiant, selfless, open-minded, healthy, always-smiling, super-positive, lights up a room when she walks in it, and the list goes on and on.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for everything! Thank you for your support, patience, and especially for all of the emails I received last year with words of hope and encouragement.
Tons of love,
-Tina

My nomination - and win!

2009-05-10T17:09:00.000-07:00

Me in NYC at the gorgeous ballroom of Ciprianis with my award!

Last night was LOTS of fun. I attended Sony Entertainment Television's "South Asian Excellence Awards" where I was nominated in the Entertainment category! The event was at the ballroom of Ciprianis in NYC which is absolutely gorgeous. I actually ended up winning which was really an honor considering the other two amazing nominees were Sheena Melwani and G Deep. The room was filled with people in all different fields that work really hard to contribute to this world in a postive way, and it was really inspiring to read about all of the nominees in every category.

The strangest part of the night was that I actually went out after the event! I can still hardly believe that I dared to take a few hours off work. I have been working 7 days a week from morning to night, so the fact that I actually went out to a place that had nothing to do with work was like a tiny miracle. It was a really fun night overall...the event at Ciprianis followed by some pool at Snafu.

Ok, time to go rehearse for my performance of "Bollywood Girl" on the CW-11 morning show on Friday. Omg, I just realized my album in out in 2 days! I can't wait!!

2009-04-27T18:14:00.001-07:00

Ok guys, the Ringo Starr footage is officially up as Webisode #5! I have watched it like 20 times cause I can't get enough of Ringo! That was seriously an amazing day. He had me laughing so much that I could not be "one-take Tina' when I was singing and playing tabla on his album! http://www.youtube.com/tinasugandh

My Day At Ringo Starr's house!

2009-03-30T13:49:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure how exactly to say this casually, so I must just resort to using all caps-I JUST WENT TO RINGO STARR'S HOUSE AND PLAYED TABLA AND SANG IN HINDI ON HIS ALBUM AND ALSO GAVE HIM A LITTLE TABLA TUTORIAL!!!

Seriously, how crazy is that?? I've met lots of celebrities and I really must say, "Starr" is the perfect name for him. He somehow manages to be humble and sweet and warm, but also just inadvertently commands attention with his and infectious enthusiasm and his seriously witty one-liners. He is the KING of one-liners. Everyone in the room was just cracking up the whole time. He's SO loveable a person, and it really is NOT because of the fact that he is a legend, but just because he is a truly beautiful person.

He gave me a white "peace and love" band (which I have still have not taken off). The greatest thing about him giving out these bracelets is that he really and truly wants to spread peace and love throughout the world. For example, he got a bit annoyed at one point when we had to dump out half of a small water bottle since we didn't know whose it was. He said "just this much water could save a little kid's life". How sweet is that?!

I promise-as soon as I can, I will be putting up this incredible two minute clip of my little tabla tutorial session with Ringo. It cracks me up every time I watch it-he's so funny!

I wish all celebs could be like Ringo-gracious, kind, incredibly entertaining, humble, able to focus on the truly important things in life, etc. What a truly wonderful experience...

Thanks Glam.com!

2009-03-12T13:29:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to send a huge THANKS to glam.com! This was very sweet of them!

http://blogs.glam.com/glamblush/2009/03/11/one-to-know-tina-sugandh

Since they humbled me with the title of "World's First Bollywood Popstar", here's some "Bollywood" henna for you guys!

Watch my new YouTube show!

2009-02-12T21:13:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys!

I have a new show on YouTube called "The Making of a Bollywood
Popstar".

It's just me, doing what I do best (um....no, not singing) - making a
complete fool of myself!

For those of you that know a bit about me, I am a huge advocate of
just being yourself. So that's what this show is about! I want to take
you guys on my journey to pop "stardom" and show you the various
aspects of what it takes to make it in this career.

The first two webisodes are up...more to come. Please subscribe to my
YouTube station and...enjoy!

www.youtube.com/tinasugandh

P.S. Here's my latest pic!

Win $1,000 at iTunes by "hanging out" with me!

2009-01-23T07:39:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys!

I just want to let you know that if.net is running a contest revolved around yours truly, where you can win $1,000 at iTunes!

It's really fun! It's called "Picture Yourself with Tina Sugandh" and the entries are fun to check out. There are pics of me with a python wrapped around my waist, me as a mermaid coming out of the ocean, and lots more! If you're confused as to what the contest is and why the heck I am posing with pythons, go check it out-and enter!!

http://www.if.net/contests/general/530881?_afid=261

Tailgaiting at the Eagles vs. Cowboys game.

2009-01-06T12:52:00.000-08:00

OK. So for those of you football fans that are not into Philly and are getting all huffy and puffy about how much you hate the Eagles- hold on! Let me explain! Philly is not the only team I like. See, I simply can not have just one favorite team in any sport. The reason why is that in my career, I pack a suitcase and live in a certain part of the country for months at a time, which means I get to attend whatever NBA/NFL games I get invited to. (This blog has me singing "rover, wanderer, nomad, vagabond, call me what you will"....name that song-10 points!)

Still not convinced about my choice of sports conduct? Ok, here's a great example:

One of my primary homes is Cali. Now imagine tiny little me, living with my suitcase recording in a music studio in Philly for a few months for work. I decide to attend an Eagles game and represent one of my primary homes by showing up with a Raiders jersey on. Basically, my career would come to an end that day after some McNabb-worshipping, over-eating, beer-guzzling, hotdog-eating-contest-winning, 400 lb Eagles fanatic picks my tiny little body up and throws me accross the entire length of the stadium.

Point being, when in Rome...

(Actually, I do have couple teams that I am crazy about, but I'm not telling you who, 'cause why make enemies....)

Now for those of you wondering how I even got the tix? Well,when you're a celebrity like me, you can just have "your people" call "their people" and the next thing you know, you're magically at the best football game of the season and McNabb and Westbrook are calling you personally to thank you for hiking up their ratings and filling up their stadium with people. (Obviously, it would not have been half as full before the masses heard of my plans to attend.) That's my life!

For those of you that actually bought that story-it's the truth!!!

For those that didn't, I basically have relatives in Philly that have season tickets and were nice enough to allow me to tag along since they know I really don't get out much...

Anyway, that game was historical...simply incredible...the stars did align that night. (The best part about it for me is that I was with my dad.)

GOOOO all my favorite secret teams!!!

Yes-I'm a huge dork.

2009-01-02T11:26:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! I hope you all had an absolutely beautiful holiday season. There really is so much beauty in this world, and I hope you all took the time to appreciate that, because not matter how horrible life gets, there is undoubtedly always something to be grateful for. It's all about the attitude!

As some of you already know, I lost my mom last month. She will always be the most beautiful, vibrant, selfless, glowing human being I will ever know, so X-mas was pretty tough this year without her. X-mas is usually filled with her dancing, singing, being silly, laughing, and making everyone around her feel incredible! I seriously could go on about Ma forever...

AAAnyway, so for those of you that know me, I really do not take myself that seriously. Yes, I do enjoy getting all glamorous for events but I also really enjoy being a complete and absolute dork. So I figured that while my record company and management do an awesome job of displaying pics of the glamorous "TablaGirl", I would show you the side that you really, well, should not see. (Hopefully, my record company and management are so tired of me that they don't actually read my blogs...I guess we'll see!)

So, this is the pic that I would say best represents my holiday season. While I truly love my current career as an artist, I could probably be more successful if I joined dessert-eating contests for the rest of my life. Sad-but true.

Yes, I know what you're all thinking..."what a hottie."

I can not thank you all enough for the love you gave me during this tragic time in my life. I wish you all an AMAZING 2009!

Remembering Ma

2008-12-14T10:50:00.000-08:00

On Dec 3rd, my incredible mother , my best friend, a woman of absolute perfection in my eyes, Geeta Sugandh, passed away. She was 55. Amazingly, mom remained smiley, positive, and radiant throughout her battle with cancer. She is the most genuine and inspirational woman I will ever know. She has inspired me on a daily basis with her lessons of family togetherness, positivity, staying healthy and active, unconditional love, and so much more. Her heart was bigger than an ocean, her eyes sparkled, and her smile brightened up the world.

She passed peacefully in her place of perfection, the arms of her soul mate, my father, Kanaiya Sugandh.

Geeta and Kanaiya are the epitome of true love. They did not spend a minute apart and could not experience true joy without the presence of one another. There are really no words to describe a love as pure and genuine as theirs. At 6:20am, on Dec 3rd, Dad found the courage to begin to tell Ma that although he can not be happy without her, he was going to try to be okay, and that she could relax. Once he stopped talking, her breathing immediately began to slow down and she passed away 60 seconds later, at 6:26am.

My mother has always taught me to focus only on the good-in everyone and in everything. So I am not angry now. I am only grateful for every single second that I got to be in my mother's presence. I never thought I deserved a mother as beautiful as Ma, and I will try my best to live life to the fullest by spreading beauty, happiness, and positivity in the world as she has always taught me to.

My mother is the sole reason that our family began performing together when I was just five years old. I will always try my best to use music as a way to inspire and encourage others and to make them smile-just as she did. Her legacy will live on.

This video clip best defines Ma. This is what I got to be around all the time. I am just so lucky for every single second that I got to be around her.

This is a private tender moment between my parents, in 2008. I am so grateful to have witnessed such affection, warmth, endless devotion, and true unconditional love. This video was taken in their 37th year of marriage.

Mom and Dad love to sing and dance!

The Price of Fame

2008-11-22T21:23:00.000-08:00

Ok, so some of you know that one of my managers is the guitarist of Twisted Sister...you know, that rock band that is best known for their hit single "We're not gonna take it...NO! We ain't gonna take it. We're not gonna take it, anymooooooooooooore" (Yes, I was singing as I wrote that. Hence, the eight billion "o"s).

Anyway, this pic defines my life with my rock-star manager. We're on the subway in NYC in this pic, and we're coming back from one of MY photo shoots, but I can't get his attention, because the whole world wants Twisted Sister!

Jay Jay may be a big-time rock star, but he's my roadie when he's working for me! I get to say "Hey, you big shot Twisted Sister rock-star guitarist, you better carry my guitar and tabla for me" and "Hey, you tough Twisted Sister guy, hold my sparkly Bollywood purse while I go and do this interview".

Ok fine, so I don't really say any of that (out loud). I actually have two very sweet managers, Sean Sullivan and Jay Jay French, who are family to me.

But just for the record, Jay Jay DOES happily carry my stuff when he's in manager-mode....and when he's in rock star mode, well, the pic says it all...

(Photo by:- Jay Mandal/On Assignment)

My Video is out!

2008-11-03T22:00:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!

This is just a quick heads up to let you know that my video for "Break Me" has been officially released, and the remix of "Break Me" continues to climb up the Billboard Dance Charts. It's up to #4 on this week!

You can watch the video on my official YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/tinasugandh

I hope you enjoy it!
-Tina

Horrible Party pics and a Top 10 Single!

2008-10-19T18:58:00.000-07:00

Friday night's party was so much fun! They premiered the video for "Break Me" (which should be officially released in a couple weeks) on this huge screen, and they played the "Break Me" remix all night! (I mean, they played other songs too...that would be kind of weird if they played "Break Me" over and over 300 times in a row. I wouldn't complain or anything though...and I guess if everyone got hammered enough they wouldn't really care either, huh?) Ok, so as you can tell, I think I'm still mentally recovering from the excitement of Friday. Thank you all for coming, and for asking for the autographs, and for all the compliments, and for all the hugs, and for making me feel really and truly wonderful.

By the way, for those of you following my climb up the Billboard Dance Charts, "Break Me" is up to #7 this week...it's officially a Top 10 single!!

So now, as for the lack of party pics, I blame that totally on my cousins. They always all bring cameras every time we go out and I usually spend my night hiding from them in order to avoid being in a pic, which really annoys them. (I just hardly ever end up liking pics of me so I try not to be in them too much.) Anyway, this is the one time that I actually wanted them to take tons of pics so I could share the night with those of you that were not able to attend, and NONE of them brought their cameras! So I apologize for the lack of pics. (I was able to get the pics on this blog from my friend Ryan who took pics of the video being premiered.)

The only pic of me that was taken that night that I am aware of is this one. That's me and my cousin, Sanjay. Yes, I know-stunning. The best pic you've ever seen of me, right? Well, hey, I told you all I was gonna get a bit "silly" on Friday night, and here's the evidence...

A Quick Rumor Correction...

2008-10-17T08:04:00.001-07:00

Hey Everyone!

Ok, so I have no idea how this rumor started, but I will NOT performing tonight at my party. I promise you I will be there for sure, and I REALLY hope I get to meet and talk to all of you, but I am not performing! I think there was a site that started posting "Tina Sugandh live Friday night"...and things were embellished from there....I will be live as in "alive", but no performance..

I already told you all! It's my night to kick back and get a little "silly"! Haha..see ya' soon!!
Love,
-Tina

Number 11 on the Billboard Charts is a great excuse to party!

2008-10-11T19:06:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! This is unreal...I hit #11 this week on the Billboard Dance Charts!

Last week, I was at #15, and I can't believe I'm still climbing the charts. Anyway, I've been working a ton recently, and I decided getting to #11 was the perfect excuse to stop working for a day and to celebrate this with you all. (I'm warning you ahead of time, it's been a while since I've been out, so I may be getting a little bit "silly".) Hopefully, I will see you there!
Here are the details (click for full size):
To RSVP for this event, please contact Promotions@TinaSugandh.com

Climbing up the Billboard Charts!

2008-10-01T10:13:00.000-07:00

This week, the remix of my first single, "Break Me", is at #20 on the Billboard Dance Charts. Check it out! (If you click on the Billboard widget on the right, it will lead you to the charts).

I really can't believe it's up to #20! I may have to actually start partying-it-up a bit cause it would be simply amazing to hear "Break Me" play in the clubs! I don't get out much these days, so if you guys happen to hear it while you're out, let me know so I can vicariously live through you!

Anyway, things are starting to get moving as far as setting up for the album release goes. My record company is beginning to send me out to fun events (the pic above is from a recent MAC event). I get to work on fun projects, such as singing a song for the upcoming tween movie "The Clique". I still get a good amount of family time in right now which is awesome since they're my absolute favorite people to hang with.

Oh! Also, I just saw the final cut for my video for "Break Me!" I can not wait to see what you guys think about it! It should be out in the next couple months or so!

So, I just wanted to share the Billboard news with you since it feels really really good. Thank you all for reading this and thank you SO much for all of your love and support.

More soon,
-t

Video shoot details and pics!

2008-09-19T10:13:00.000-07:00

I just shot the video for my first single "Break Me"!

The concept for the video really defines who I am-a genuine blend of two different worlds or cultures. The idea is that you see me in this "Bollywood" world, all dressed up in my Bollywood-style clothes with my Bollywood backup dancers, etc, and then you see me in my "club" world, in my club clothes with my club dancers. At the end, the two worlds collide, and, if I may be so bold as to speak in third person for a second, "Tina Sugandh" is defined! It's also symbolic in many other aspects. For example, it symbolizes the fact that Bollywood is beginning to make a major breakthrough in America. Did you guys see that "Bollywood" was an official category of style on the Fox show "So You Think You Can Dance?" It's amazing! There is also a Cheetah Girls movie that was shot in India, and is about the girls going totally Bollywood, singing in hindi and meshing with South Asian culture. Don't forget "The Love Guru" either, and many, many more examples...ok, ok, back to the video shoot...

So I'm not going to tell you exactly how I go back-and-forth between both worlds in the video. I have to leave you with some element of surprise, since I already gave away the whole concept. I have included some pics and behind-the scenes(see below) footage as well! I love the way the video was shot, and am so excited to see the final edit!

Overall, it was a truly amazing day. I was running on just two hours of sleep (due to over-excitement). Because we had to shoot three choreography-filled segments in just one day, there wasn't time for any of us to lose focus-even for a minute. Everyone on set really came through. They all worked their tails off, and I was incredibly grateful to be surrounded by people so ambitious, dedicated, focused, and talented.

Here is the "behind-the-scenes" look at the shoot.

The video should be out in the next couple months. I really, really hope you all enjoy it!
Tons of love,
-t

To see more videos like these, head over to my youtube page at www.youtube.com/TinaSugandh

Welcome!!

2008-09-10T12:23:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for stopping by! I have been getting lots of very encouraging emails from you all in anticipation of my album release, and I wanted to find a way to respond to your questions, hear your thoughts, spread some positivity, and exchange some "virtual smiles"!

I want you all to know that I wish each and every one of you the very best. This is my "private" blog, so if I may be curt for a moment, I just want you to know how sick I am of these celebs that act like they are above the general public. It is just sad and, in my opinion, it shows how insecure they are. Instead of being hurt by mean comments, I actually just feel sorry for mean people since they are obviously not happy people! So that's my one relevant comment for the day. Don't let mean people bring you down! It's not you, it's them! Stay high on life, guys!

Ok, I'm done with the philosophical talk....onto the career! So, we are planning on shooting a music video for "Break Me"! Can I just tell you how hard it was for my record company to find "Bollywood" choreographers?! Where do you guys all hide?? Anyway, I'm very excited since there will be casting calls and we will be auditioning dancers, and I will be meeting costume designers, and the director, and checking out location sets, etc. After three years in studio recording the album, it feels very good to be moving on since I am itching to perform again and to get my dream album out to all of you!

So, talk to me! Tell me what is going on in your life and ask me whatever you want...(well, maybe not exactly "whatever"....my mom's gonna read this!! Haha...) Seriously though, I get a lot of questions about what I'm doing lately, or about indecipherable lyrics, and much more...so ask away!

Again, sorry I can't individually answer each and every one of your emails, but hopefully this blog will make up for it somewhat, and you guys will forgive me?

TONS of love,
-t