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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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Responses:

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• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Thu Aug 14 16:42:39 EDT 2003
  
  jdd, no, we found out that to be a printing mistake in the book we had. Sudhanthiram is the right word, lessons learnt.
  
  
  
  
• From: bb (@ 206.154.118.2) on: Fri Aug 15 14:35:41 EDT 2003
  
  Sriki, oru suggestion. May be you can add 10-15 secs to mp3 before the song, where you say that it is your work, sung by so-and-so, your website and so on. If people keep fwding your mp3 to others, and finally it reaches someone, this is a good way to make sure they know that the clip is yours. I think other composers should follow this too.
  
  
• From: Sriks (@ 203.113.34.239) on: Fri Aug 15 15:18:04 EDT 2003
  
  bb capital idea!...thanks , will implement it asap...:)
  
  
• From: UV (@ 134.113.4.168) on: Mon Aug 18 08:12:34 EDT 2003
  
  srik and aditya right now I am in dubai,
  I cant access both of your clips from here,but will try to do so once I get chance again.
  great going guys.
  
  
• From: rjay (@ 156.77.105.122) on: Mon Aug 18 09:50:07 EDT 2003
  
  Srikanth
  
  Big pluses - Sound clarity
  - Excellent singing
  - Arrangment and production
  
  Few improvement areas -
  - Voice mixing: In some places, the
  voice sounds to high
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Mon Aug 18 09:56:40 EDT 2003
  
  rjay thanks,
  I agree, yes vocals level is high than required at few places, I shall fix it and do one more mix soon!..:)
  
  
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Wed Aug 20 14:01:13 EDT 2003
  
  guys,
  I have added a new song in my site.
  This song premiered at WCNJ FM, New Jersy on August 18th 2003.
  
  gramiya kAdalan [Tamil]
  Vocals: (Introducing) Suresh
  Lyrics:Udhaya - Additional Hooks:Mahesh - Backing Vocals:Harini,Sunder & Sridhar - Music:Srikanth
  Recorded at Studio1234.
  
  you can download at
  http://www.srikanthd.com
  
  
  Note : please pardon me for the slow download speed. for some reason my website is too slow, will get it fixed asap.
  
  
  
• From: Radhika (@ 151.198.143.63) on: Wed Aug 20 15:02:21 EDT 2003
  
  Srikanth,
  Glad you posted this song. Really enjoyed listening to it thro headphones...
  Its such an incredibly fun song and Suresh has done full justice to it with his spirited singing .
  Your foot tapping music is extremely lively.
  Mahesh's fun hooks add a lot to the feel of this song and they have been delivered well.
  As always, Hats off to Udhaya.
  Wonderful job by this talented team!!!!
  
  
• From: Udhaya (@ 64.136.26.31) on: Thu Aug 21 14:27:51 EDT 2003
  
  Srikanth,
  
  I listened to “grAmiya kAdhalan with some concern after your disclaimer about pronunciation. I was gladly surprised. There were no glaring pronunciation problems that I picked up. Besides, this being a colloquial village song, some leeway is granted on informality and accentuation. There is one word that has been misinterpreted by you guys (of course it is entirely my fault with cryptic transliteration!). Thankfully, the meaning is still relevant with the changed word and makes a different kind of sense. How lucky am I with this happy accident! Let me see if someone finds that word.
  
  The composition shows your creativity as usual. While your earlier "Cart Song" was firmly rooted in rustic folk music, this one begins at home and travels to unnamed islands of rhythm. In fact, this is a pared down, minimalist song for you (or so I think from the few listens; maybe there are many subtle things at play that my ears missed, if so forgive me, I never claim to be a musician). The flute and chorus add just enough native flavors to anchor the song at home. The many playful additions you guys have thought up like "poyya" and "venaam" preserve and enhance the song's spirit. Suresh, Mahesh, Harini, Sunder, and Sridhar deserve full credit for realizing the song's essence from transliterated lyrics. The song sounds wholesome enough to me that I can't remember the lyrics you left out.
  
  Oh, an important thing I should mention for others--this is Srikanth's tune to my preset lyrics. There aren't many comforting things in my life right now, so this song comes as a group hug to my soul and senses. Thanks, guys.
  
  Radhika,
  Thanks for the undying encouragement. I hope more people will listen and give their opinions.
  
  Love, peace, and harmony through songs,
  
  Udhaya
  
  
• From: MS (@ 129.252.25.241) on: Thu Aug 21 15:24:04 EDT 2003
  
  Srikanth/Udhaya:
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  A very nice happy rustic number. "naga naga" was the catchy part of the song :-) mEnmElum ungaL isaippaNi vaLara en vaazththukkaL.
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Thu Aug 21 15:41:16 EDT 2003
  
  Radhika/Udhaya/ms/ thanks. for the encouragement. we really needed it :)
  
  on the "naganagana"...we (Suresh/Sridhar and me) were thinking for a hook word to launch the song.
  Since you were not around...
  We did not get proper ideas Then, Mahesh (one more interesting person I met in NJ)
  cameup with something, Sridhar asked me to play the song (i had carried my Korg D16) from nowhere he started to sing "something" gave some crazy words, (few were edited - might come in the next song :)
  basically we got what we wanted., rest you know!
  :))
  Best parts i cheerish in this song is
  Sureshs singing and the percussion parts,
  meter is not 4/4 :), I played live without much of sequencing
  
  Udhaya on pared down, minimalist song
  I feel our QA team is on the job, I took out many parts because QA says adding them did not add any value in the track..so just cut it..like the pros I have a Music director version :)
  
  
• From: Divakar (@ 68.106.96.22) on: Fri Aug 22 15:17:34 EDT 2003
  
  Hello all,
  
  After repeated requests from Radhika and others I have sat down to write a complete song with pallavi, interlude and Charanams....I already played it to Radhika and got her opinion as I intented her sing the song.... The song has turned out well and I am posting the tune here to get some comments before adding the lyrics....
  
  here's the link for the download
  
  http://www.geocities.com/dbhowman/Nenje.mp3
  
  Thanks
  
  
• From: Divakar (@ 68.106.96.22) on: Fri Aug 22 18:12:18 EDT 2003
  
  and for those that loves the Timbre of Acoustic Guitar here's an Acoustic Guitar performance Serenity thru Guitar -->
  
  http://www.geocities.com/dbhowman
  
  Hope ya like it
  
  
• From: ingersoll (@ 61.11.73.23) on: Sat Aug 23 01:09:11 EDT 2003
  
  Hi everybody!
  
  I am a keyboard player and have a small band of only 2 members.we are hard core music lovers and love to explore music compositions on our own.I have a PSR520 Yamaha.I would like to use my PC( a p4 with good h/w config.).Can anybod yhelp me in suggesting softwares for music compositions.As my friend is coming from Singapore,plz help me in helping him to buys some softwares.Plz treat this as urgent as he is starting this week!!
  
  I will be greatful to this site and be a part of this group!
  
  Softwares for the folowing:
  1.track recording,
  2.ready made rythm loops
  3.sequencing and editing
  4.sound engineering
  
  Thanks
  inger
  
  
  
• From: MS (@ 129.252.25.241) on: Mon Aug 25 12:02:42 EDT 2003
  
  In the "Advantages of composing prewritten lyrics" thread I had put the link for a tune of mine the lyrics for which were originally penned by Udhaya. This poem of Udhaya inspired me to make a song in vintage SPB style. It is set in 7 beat based pattern. No orch'n. Only vocals.
  
  http://dhool.com/MS/jam/PaadhiRaavil.mp3
  
  Let me know what you folks think.
  
  
• From: MS (@ 129.252.25.241) on: Mon Aug 25 12:26:03 EDT 2003
  
  Forgot to add. The lyrics are as follows:
  
  Pallavi:
  
  paadhi raavil thookkamillaa yaekkamthaanaa en vithi
  jannaloarap paarvai kaattum venmathikkum en gathi
  saayangaala kaatril kooda eeram kandaen unnathaa?
  malaravaL inangaamal manam vendhu vembuthaa?
  
  Charanam 1:
  
  malar meedhu anbaip pozhivaai iravil
  vidiyalil kalaindhupoagum veen kanavil
  
  Charanam 2:
  
  idhudhaanoa kaadhal vaazhkkai niyathi?
  illai, kalai vaazha kaalam poatrum sathi
  maegakkoottam paalaiyengum virayam
  aazhkadalil thaanae muththum udhirum
  
  -Udhaya
  
  
• From: Aditya (@ 68.62.91.125) on: Mon Aug 25 14:18:34 EDT 2003
  
  MS San,
  
  Amazing Voice-> Beautiful Rendering of the Song...Very Smooth in Flow...I cherished the melody phrase "En Vithi"...Keep up the Good Work...Long Live your voice and Enthusiasm in Music.
  
  Regards,
  Aditya
  
  
• From: Some More (@ 68.62.91.125) on: Mon Aug 25 14:20:58 EDT 2003
  
  Very Expressive and Soulful rendering of Charanam1...Excellent...
  
  
• From: UV (@ 134.113.4.168) on: Tue Aug 26 03:27:53 EDT 2003
  
  MS
  Very good,looking forward for the full version with orchestn.
  
  Udaya - maegakkoottam paalaiyengum virayam
  aazhkadalil thaanae muththum udhirum
  -super man ,
  
  aditya-hi to you from dubai,I met cosmician here
  hope to see some more guys at dubai from newtfmpage
  
  
• From: rjay (@ 156.77.105.122) on: Tue Aug 26 09:07:06 EDT 2003
  
  Srik
  
  Listened to Gramiya Kadhalan. Very good!
  Very professional.
  
  The vibe of the live Jam session with the hoos and cries is very good. Catchy tune and not to mention excellent sound quality.
  
  Areas of improvement:
  1. Pallavi melody needs to be more sophisticated. The Charanam melody is very good.
  
  2. THe song concept, villagers making fun of
  a chitthadaikari is very over-used. (From siththadai kattikittu to Mayilu Mayilu to Usilampatti). You need to add a little twist to that song concept to make it your own and unique as distinguished from all others out there...
  
  Excellent team work! Congrats!
  
  
• From: Srik (@ 64.80.98.165) on: Tue Aug 26 10:14:24 EDT 2003
  
  Rjay, Danks. :)
  
  2. may be It is our turn now :)
  
  1. sure...I agree pallavi can be more sophisticated,To make it interesting I have used a different beat cycle, however over a period of time I started to realize if I have too much sophistication in the pallavi it takes time to reach common or "popular" ears.
  tha na na na | tha na na ne works better than
  
  dha tha thana ..| na na .. na|
  
  Our Goal in this excercise was to make a common person sing/hum the tune without any support. also we wanted to learn to work on a song for a given situation rather than the tune itself.
  These factors kept the pallavi quite simple.
  
  There is always a next time for improvement, we will remember your points, Thanks for your support.
  
  

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