Category: Entertainment
Who let the dogs out????

Enjoy this kannada video with an english audio

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Random beats – Seldom heard

Was playing some random drums on my synthesizer today and then in the end when I tried to play some other earlier recording of mine, it started writing to memory all that I had played till then. Then realized that I had turned the recording option on. When we consciously switch on the recording option , we will be careful [...]

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The Man without Bones

Prabhudeva – The great Indian dance choreographer/actor/dance master is also my most favorite dancer in the movies. He dances as if there are no bones in his body! His acting is also great, especially in comedy scenes. Below is one of his great dance numbers from the Tamil movie Gentleman. Another great song from the Tamil movie Kaadhalan, the one [...]

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A Musical Marvel called Ilayaraja

One of the greatest music directors ever, the one and the only Maestro Ilayaraja. Below is a beautiful composition by this great man, the uniqueness of this tune being that its composed using only three notes of an octave. In other words, out of the sa, ri, ga, ma, pa, da, ni notes, Ilayaraja has used only three notes ie [...]

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The Nature of Nesara

Nesara in Kannada means Sun. And this song below from a very old kannada movie about sunrise is one of my most favorite songs. An amazing music with a great melody and wonderful lyrics. So thought will share this beautiful song with you all. Nesara Nodu means look at the sun in Kannada.

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Mile Sur Mera Tumhara

Remember those wonderful days of our childhood? When the great video song Mile Sur Mera Tumahra symbolizing the cultural and linguistic diversity of India and the unity in that diversity, used to evoke the wonderful feeling of Indianness and pride every time we listened to this beautiful song. An Indian National Integration video whose melody resides deep inside the heart [...]

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Music is what feelings sound like

Enjoy your weekend with the beauty of classical Indian music. The below concert is based on the melody of tunes composed using Kaapi raga. The wonderful violin is played by Balabhaskar and the band is called the Big Indian Band. Every time I listen to some great music like this I get tempted to give up all this IT, software [...]

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A Musical Journey through God’s Own Country

Kerala, a beautiful south Indian state also known as God’s own country for its natural beauty. Enjoy the glimpses of this beautiful place which apart from being one of the greatest places still preserving ancient Indian culture and practices like the medical system of Ayurveda, the beautiful dance form of Kathakkali, arts like Kalaripayattu- the mother of all marital arts [...]

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Incredible Shivamani – Drumming up Success

The incredible Indian percussionist, THE BEST in the world, Shivamani Below are two videos of his performance, worth enjoying In the second video below see how amazingly he plays using spoons, tins and plates as his instruments! He has mastered percussion like anything.. he can get good beats out of almost everything.. you can see how in the first video [...]

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Only Sa Pa

I am a great fan of the music maestro Ilayaraja Today somewhere read that he had once composed a song using only three swaras.. or the three keys.. i.e sa re ga in classical Indian music.. or in western notations C, D and E Got inspired by this great gifted musician and I composed a tune with only two swaras [...]

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A world that’s for everyone

One of my all time favorite songs by the colonial cousins I love the melodic voice of Hariharan.. Krishna Nee Begane Baaro in Kannada means Oh God, Come back soon. The wonderful lyrics in this song goes as follows: Darkness coming around, And every body fighting with the brother Every body wants control, Don’t hesitate to kill one-another So come [...]

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Vedic Rock – Tandav

An experiment of its own kind, this vedic rock album “Mrityunjaya” from the Indian band “Agni” is based on ancient Indian classical music and mainly on vedic chants. This particular song is called Tandav. But I doubt if there is anybody today who can perform an actual “Tandav” dance, especially the aggressive Rudra Tandav. Tandav is said to be originated [...]

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