bhubaneswar the mention of bhubaneswar conjures up images of classical and folk dances and music but a few young music enthusiasts have dared to tread the unbeaten path of rock music in the city students of three schools in the city have taken to the western music form as fish takes to water and are enjoying it their affair with rock music started almost three years ago when students of kiit international school and sai international school came up with their own rock bands connective soulz and frequency respectively these were followed by a dps kalinga outfit impulse 1311 and alienated heartz another band by kiit international school students the music scenario in the city has changed in the last 15 years with music channels airing western music a few live shows also contributed towards this change says eugene ambrose guitar teacher at kiit international school and young students seem to be making the most of this change i and my friends put together the band after we watched a rock show in cuttack in 2010 it is a hobby that keeps us happy says class xi student of dps kalinga kartik parmar who is a keyboard player with impulse 1311 vishal aditya sahoo keyboard player of frequency agrees music is a big stress buster we get a breather while doing the covers it also helps us to concentrate on our studies better says vishal whose brother vikram is the drummer of the sixmember band what started as a hobby has in fact become an all consuming passion with the students who not only crave perfection with regular and diligent practice sessions but take a handson approach right from creating band logos designing band merchandise like tshirts etc to getting sponsors for shows and promoting their music in various avenues we bought an amplifier and microphone from our savings i also got a sponsor for one of our live shows says kartik whose oneyearold band impulse 1311 has performed four times in rock shows outside the school campus and won prizes too much thought goes behind naming the bands too the boys named our band frequency because this word is very closely associated with music says himansu serkhar swain music teacher of sai international school the numbers tagged on to impulse 1311 denote the members and their roles we have a vocalist three string instrument players a drummer and a keyboard player so the number 1311 says tilak raj mohanty drummer of the band jam sessions to hone their skills are a serious affair the students mostly get together during music classes or during holidays and weekends we love to jam together because we like meeting up and preparing for competitions says karan they also practice at school or outside our teacher trains us our band members regularly listen to songs on ipods and cellphones to keep abreast of popular tunes we also refer to video tutorials available on youtube says sabyasachi prusty lead guitarist of alienated heartz unlike sabyasachi