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A request to amateur composers who visit this page

Topic started by Vijay (@ 212.137.205.127) on Thu Nov 16 16:58:22 EST 2000.
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I'd like to request amateur composers who visit this page to tell me if they've uploaded any of their work onto the internet and if they have, please tell me where I can listen to it. Thank You.

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Some composers to check out (in no particular order): Jay, Srikanth, Ganesh, Eswar, Sridhar Seetharaman, Kumar, Rjay. Vishwesh Obla

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• From: Divakar (@ 68.106.96.22) on: Fri Dec 12 12:34:07 EST 2003
  
  If someone's trying to figure out/improvise on the Cm7 alternate voicings particularly for the guitar..here's one such for those that like to experiment on new voicings....
  For more on Omitted 5th Voicings on a Guitar for Cm7 Please chek out
  
  http://www.torvund.net/guitar/chords/Cm7.asp
  
  
  
• From: Aditya (@ 68.62.91.125) on: Sat Dec 13 17:08:04 EST 2003
  
  Divakar, i listened to your jeevaswaras and it's nice. What was your idea on Jeeva Swaras...
  
  rgds,
  Aditya
  
  
• From: Aditya (@ 68.62.91.125) on: Sun Dec 14 22:28:27 EST 2003
  
  Hello Friends:
  
  Following the Wind, here's my next new composition...this is about earth.
  
  Mother Earth looks beyond what one individual or group of common living beings perceive. The Commonality among living beings that is perceived within themselves is ofcourse based on their limited knowledge. There are so many natural resources, there's a sunshine, so much air to breath and so much more to explore, learn and share...
  
  This score theme is trying see the world through the eyes of Mother Earth. I felt Mother Earth is laughing with Joy.
  
  http://mywebpages.comcast.net/Vijayaditya/Earth.mp3
  
  I hope you enjoy this composition...
  
  Regards,
  Aditya
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Wed Dec 17 10:41:26 EST 2003
  
  Hi All,
  I had added one more track today, this is a free download,
  
  Ongi ulagaLantha Uthaman
  Vocals: Sunder Rao
  Music: Srikanth
  Digitally Recorded at Studio1234, USA
  Produced by Sri Inc,USA.
  
  download it at
  http://www.Srikanthd.com
  
  Thanks.
  Srikanth.
  
  
• From: Udhaya (@ 67.124.142.142) on: Wed Dec 17 16:10:54 EST 2003
  
  Srikanth,
  This is the best I've heard from you in awhile. Ditto for Sunder, I can tell he worked hard on the pronunciation. The muscular string arrangement lulls the song along affectionately. The rhythm accompaniment packs a thick warm sound and works a lot better than most automated drums in contemporary TFM. I rank this among your best efforts. Guess I'll wait for a more musical review from someone else.
  
  
• From: Da Vinci (@ 128.113.109.84) on: Thu Dec 18 08:50:44 EST 2003
  
  Srikanth,
  
  A very beautifully organized song. There was an overlap at 3.30('kudam...) which, I felt disturbed the flow of the song. Sundar has well exploited the leisurely pace of the song to bring out life in this beautiful verse. It was nice to hear your work in which the poetry of the verse is so prominent and in which the music rarely tried to compete with it. I only wonder how beautiful a language's verse could sound if it was properly read (or sung, as in this musical verse). Srikanth, it sounds much better than your 'elle...'. Let us know when you are releasing your album of Thirupaavai.
  
  PS : An interesting note on this pAsuram I read elsewhere:
  
  
  Ongi ulagaLandha uththaman pEr paadi *
  nAngaL nam paavaikku caaRRi neer aadinAl *
  theenginRi naadellaam thingaL mum maari peydhu *
  Ongu peRum sennel oodu kayal ugaLa *
  poonguvaLaip pOdhil poRi vandu kaN paduppa *
  thEngAdhE pukkirundhu seerththa mulai paRRi *
  vaanga kudam niRaikkum vaLLal perum pasukkaL*
  neengaadha selvam niRaindhElOr empAvAy.
  
  In this pasuram 3, AndAL glorifies two nAmAs : Ongi ulagaLandhavan and Uththaman.
  
  We all know that Lord in his vAmana and trivikrama avathArams, measured the entire 7 lokams (Bhu, Bhuva, Swarga, Maha, Jana, Tapa and Satya) to restore to Indra (who is the king of Bhu, Bhuva, Swarga) who lost his 3 lokams to Mahabali (son of Prahlada). But, Lord measured all the 7 worlds and when his left feet reached satya lokam (abode of Brahma), Brahma sanctified by cleaning Lord's feet, which is still flowing in this earth as Ganges. Parama Sivanar adorned that holy water in his head and got purified. Prahladha had a prayer during Nrisimha avatAr, that Lord should not kill anymore in his dynasty. Hence, Lord only took 2 steps to measure the entire 7 lokams (Story that he kept his last measure on mahAbali's head and send him to pAtALa lOkam is unfounded). Still, emperumAn in tirukovalOr divyadesam holds out 1 finger and ask us where I should place my third one. In this divya desam, first 3 azhwars (Bhootam, Pey, Poigai) sung their respective thiru andhAdhis (vayyam thakaliyA, anbE thakaliyA, tiru kandEn). In this divya dEsam, Lord can be seen lifting his right leg (itihAsas say he lifted his left leg during trivikrama avataram). It is more delightful to see that Lord holds chakram (disc) in his left hand and sanku (counch) in his right hand (exactly opposite). It was due a prayer of maharishi, he displayed like this (right leg up, chakram in left hand and sanku in right hand). The correct pose of the avatAr can be see kAzhicheerAma viNagaram and Tiru oorakam. This is all his svabhAvam, where he helps Indira, Brahma, Shiva whenever they get into trouble.
  
  The viseshanam here is why andAL did not say "Ongi ulagaLantha trivikraman pEr pAdi", but say "uththaman per pAdi". Who is "Uthaman" ? A person who helps others expecting a return is called "adhaman". A person who helps others expecting nothing in return is called "madhyaman". A person who helps others, despite the other dishonouring him, is "Uthaman". Though, Lord helped Indra in restoring his 3 lOkams from MahAbali, Indra sent wild rains and winds, when gokulam residents prayed Lord Krishna for rains. The Lord lifted the gOvardhana hill and protected the residents to ward them off the rains. Indran "kal marI pozhindan". We gOpikAs praise "Ongi ulagaLanthavan" to bless this world with "tingaL mum marI" rains. Lord showed his vAtsalyam towards Indra and forgives him. Even though Lord helped him, he showed disrespect to the Lord. That's why andAL praises him as "Uthaman" after the nAmA "Ongi ulagaLandhavan".
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Thu Dec 18 09:14:00 EST 2003
  
  Da Vince, thanks a lot, very very encouraging,
  
  On the issue you have raised, I was waiting for someone to spot the variations there, however, Let me explain
  
  If you hear there are 3 melody lines there, of which 2 of them run along each other, a kind of counter, now when the 3rd tune, which is the main melody, joins in,
  Three tunes merge (Sangamam) on notes that are in harmony totally. Please check this again. It is a very interesting concept I tried to put to use, and on Sunder’s diction, he worked really hard on this track.
  
  Also in "ele ilam", subject was not directly the Lord himself, it is more a conversation between people, so i kept it really light to get the mood out, an experiment, anyways thanks for all the suggestions.
  
  On an full fledged album,
  I have composed for all the songs, however we need to record it one by one, takes time and money, may be by next "margazi".
  
  we have about 233 downloads so far.
  
  
• From: Aditya (@ ) on: Fri Dec 26 17:07:59 EST 2003
  
  Hello Friends:
  
  Following Wind and Earth, here's my next composition inspired from Fire.
  Fire in my theme despite of it's physical existence, reflects the following...
  Want to achieve something in life, then we need an inspirational fire.
  When we long for something in deep then comes separation anxiety fire.
  
  I have drawn some inspiration from the moments of my recent phone call with my father. Hence this is composed by me especially for my father.
  
  This is my attempt to implement elements of progressive rock, techno trance and indian classical style of music. Carnatic trained ears won't miss vasantha bhairavi, keeravani raaga shades in the theme. Western trained ears won't miss the interesting harmony progresses along with bass lines...
  
  http://mywebpages.comcast.net/Vijayaditya/Fire.mp3
  
  Let me know how it sounds.
  
  Regards,
  Aditya
  
  
• From: UV (@ 138.88.225.231) on: Sun Dec 28 17:41:29 EST 2003
  
  aditya the every first thing that caught my attention is the groove and its variation.
  Its very nicely done and you are developing your own signature which is good.
  after few more listening I will write more
  and one more interesting thing is there are shades of ragam 'sallabum' also .
  
  
• From: Aditya (@ 68.62.91.125) on: Sun Dec 28 19:23:43 EST 2003
  
  UV, thanks for your comments. I will wait for your further observations...BTW I don't know sallabum raagam...perhaps this is known to me as something else by name.
  
  Regards,
  Aditya
  
  
• From: Udhaya (@ 63.201.80.75) on: Tue Dec 30 16:27:37 EST 2003
  
  Aditya,
  I've refrained from commenting on your compositions since I can't give you a peer musician's response that would benefit you the most. Mine are just a listener's thoughts. But seeing you get inadequate response baffles me. Just so you know that your work isn't falling on deaf ears:
  
  Earth
  
  The first few seconds establish this as a chant-worthy tune. In these days of saturated airwaves where only the catchy hooks become hits, this tune is inherently chantable. And no, that's not a bad thing when it happens naturally; work the bankability factor to your advantage. I can see this easily becoming a pop song. The beginning sets the tune up for a dance-happy romp, kind of like those rain songs in movies, but then the freight train guitar sound arrives in the background @ 0:35 (and later again @ 2:00 and 3:25-3:35) and the tune takes off to another plane. Somehow I thought of the piece you did earlier for which I wrote lyrics, "sathiraadum vaelai", especially when listening to the middle of the song. Don't ask me to explain, I can't articulate this any better. From 2:59 - 3:10 the saxophone sound is a nice touch. Towards the end, the classical tabla and horn sound arrives like a late guest @ 3:41. I wish this guest were there all along or at least earlier. It's so rich that I wish you would do a whole tune in this tabla and horn combo.
  
  
  Fire
  
  The thick pounding beat takes center stage immediately in this track. You know how to begin a song ominously. The entire first minute presages an intergalactic war. Specifically, the shuffling beats sound like a group marching. But just when the ears get comfortable for a straightforward rhythmic assault, the piano melody arrives around 1:04 and reappears from thereon in streaks and glimpses like magical clouds; although nothing gets clouded musically but my expectation. Now the tune shifts, jumps, and trickles cleverly but immeasurably while the dominant rhythm slips back and forth in prominence. I also hear metallic sounds here and there like the latch for a heavy door being opened or a steel object being dropped in the distance, a carriage moving, etc. And then it's over with a howling wind sweeping the apocalyptic scene to dust. What a treat, man. I'm going to try and nail this tune down if only to load lyrics on its slippery back. Just for my personal satisfaction of course.
  
  
• From: UV (@ 134.113.4.207) on: Tue Dec 30 17:18:50 EST 2003
  
  udhaya
  superb writeup
  
  aditya if I am write sallabam has same swaras as hindolam except for nishadam,
  expert here can correct me if I am wrong.
  There is a song by IR called Isaiarasi from the movie ThaiMookambike if you have chance listen to that.
  And as far as fire concerned it has enough feeling of power and mysticness to it :)
  
  

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