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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: Aditya (@ 160.231.10.123) on: Wed Feb 12 17:57:43 EST 2003
  
  Hello RJay and UV:
  
  I think you will love this album "Golden Heart"...This is one of my all time favourites.
  The reason why I mentioned...please listen to Done with Bonaparte...I wish you could listen to this whole song at once to discover that Staying Alive is a pale imitation of this classic. Mark Knopfler for Country Music a Boon.
  
  You can have a preview of 30 seconds each...listen to everything...you see many similarities with many you know...
  
  http://songs.allofmp3.com/mcatalog.shtml?group=30&album=101
  
  Regards,
  Aditya
  
  
• From: kbguy. (@ 200.52.4.82) on: Thu Feb 13 11:41:15 EST 2003
  
  Leitmotif : It is a melodic phrase which is often played to denote the appearance of a certain person or words, it is just a label or hilighter.
  just a reminder.
  1. Nayagan : the Bell sounds comes when ever kamal promises something.
  2. Jaws: the cello theme.
  
  On song subject example what is the subject in Monolisa painting? -- does it convey something?
  
  
• From: UV (@ 134.113.4.168) on: Thu Feb 13 13:47:19 EST 2003
  
  A simple middle age european lady posing for picaso :) who has hard time smiling?!
  
  Aditya its sound more like Irish folk music.
  Anyway looking at some of ur comments on newage esp L Shankar music i suppose you wouldnt like these either but give it a try
  these are some interesting and my favourite fusion stuff I found at Guitar prassanas site.
  
  Raghunatha-song based on Ragam Kadanakuthulam set to salsa kind of beat
  http://www.guitarprasanna.com/Audio/raghunat.ram
  
  Kalyani connection sweet lullaby like peice
  http://www.guitarprasanna.com/Audio/kalyaniconnection.ram watchout for interesting bass runs and percussion in the background.Its a typical jazz peice based on kalyani raga.
  
  Ragbob-based on ragam Kapi
  http://www.guitarprasanna.com/Audio/ragabop.ram
  
  you can visit his site for more samples
  http://www.guitarprasanna.com/
  
  
  
  
• From: Da Vinci (@ 128.113.109.22) on: Thu Feb 13 14:59:28 EST 2003
  
  for picaso?
  
  
• From: UV (@ 134.113.4.168) on: Thu Feb 13 16:31:18 EST 2003
  
  Oops sorry my mistake its Da Vinci and not picaso thanks for pointing it out
  
  
• From: rjay (@ 156.77.66.117) on: Fri Feb 14 09:48:46 EST 2003
  
  Aditya
  
  I listened to RockHeart.
  
  The mood is very good, the drums and bass is very hip too.
  
  Even though you call it rock, the mood is very
  soft, like a night time music. It is atmospheric.
  If you want to make it into a song, you need to develop it by presenting a contrasting theme and
  interplaying the two etc.
  
  
  
• From: rjay (@ 156.77.66.117) on: Fri Feb 14 09:49:39 EST 2003
  
  The musical collage of Srikanth's Kakkai chiraginilae is one of the best I have heard.
  
  
• From: Aditya (@ 160.231.10.123) on: Fri Feb 14 10:32:57 EST 2003
  
  Hello RJay:
  
  Thanks for your comments. I need more details on presenting contrasting theme and interplaying the two etc.,
  
  I am not sure if you guys have listened to my another recent composition, give your comments on this one.
  
  http://mywebpages.comcast.net/Vijayaditya/RhythmicSelfRealization.mp3
  
  Regards,
  Aditya
  
  
• From: UV (@ 134.113.211.96) on: Fri Feb 14 11:43:55 EST 2003
  
  Aditya you have posted this one already.
  The changes from different scales are done very nicely,its smooth(esp shanmugapriya and saraswathi). The rthym and bass is also good.
  Few things, the sax volume could be increased,the third scale change is nice but it ended kind of abruptly.can also fill up the background with backingup chords to fill up in saraswathi bit just like you did in the first part.
  and finally some more some more punch and variation in the interludes could make it even better.
  these where some of my observations,and I could be completely wrong on those.
  Anyway a very different peice from you
  Good work
  keep it up
  
  
• From: UV (@ 134.113.4.168) on: Fri Feb 14 11:49:11 EST 2003
  
  Guys
  have any of our MDS used harmonics in thier composition esp guitar,eventhough it may be not necessary for film music. I think ARR has used it in one of his latest compositions?!
  
  
• From: Sridhar Seetharaman (@ 192.147.58.6) on: Fri Feb 14 12:41:18 EST 2003
  
  What do you mean by harmonics? Which song has ARR used it?
  
  
• From: kbGuy. (@ 200.52.4.82) on: Fri Feb 14 12:50:53 EST 2003
  
  aditya,
  in the above track,
  1. the lead tone is very close to the bass tone. at times the tune does not get into me because bass tunes over laps. the sound freq's are similar.
  Just change the lead something higher than the bass i would say a santoor, since they playing in that does not suite flute.
  
  2. You have played a long lead pharase,
  something like
  tha na na na na | tha na na na na | tha na na na tha na na| tha na na na | tha na na na |
  this repeats 2 twice quickly making the subject somewhat hidden. Being an instrumental it is hard to get it at one go.
  
  if you try to leave some gaps at proper intervals it will sound more good. This will also make the people digest the melody.
  
  also you jump one more pharase where it is hard to remember the first two since i did not have the time to get the lines.
  
  when the ragam is changed to hamsanadham i would change the bass and chord first to denote the change so that ears get ready to receive it
  
  over all it is nice just needs tweaks,
  good going bud!.
  
  
  
  
• From: Aditya (@ 160.231.10.123) on: Fri Feb 14 14:20:28 EST 2003
  
  KBGuy:
  
  Thanks a lot for your comments. I like your suggestions on Sound Design. I will remember your suggestion on giving time to digest the melody...
  I need to make my scores longer too:-))
  
  Regards,
  Aditya
  
  
• From: UV (@ 134.113.4.168) on: Fri Feb 14 14:58:09 EST 2003
  
  Sridhar
  A harmonic is a "bell like" tone that is produced by lightly touching a string of the guitar over some specific fret bars.There are other techniques for playing harmonics artificial harmonics, touch harmonics, tap harmonics, pinch harmonics. The one learned from friend is the tap harmonics.I was able to do it in Veenai.
  
  check this article out
  http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/harmonics.html
  
  I have tried this on Veena and acoustic Guitar
  Aditya if you have veena at house you can also try this
  check out the following 2 clips,the high pitch tone that sounds almost like a harp that is harmonics.
  But watch the clips closely you will find the player not pressing his finger on the fret but rather gently glides over it and producing the harmonis.
  Enjoy
  Clip 1 Here is a E minor pentatonic scale using all harmonics
  http://www.cyberfret.com/techniques/harmonics/natural/video/harp.rm
  
  Clip 2 http://www.cyberfret.com/techniques/harmonics/natural/video/rush.rm
  at 0:09 you can clearly hear the harmonic tones
  
  hope this helps
  UV
  
  
• From: Sam (@ 132.235.18.15) on: Fri Feb 14 15:51:23 EST 2003
  
  Vellai Pookal(KM) and Nadir Thinna (PP) have some harmonics, not many though. In Vellai Pookal listen to the guitar at the end of the line "Pillaiyin siru mudhal sirippil" when they sing it for the first time. And in Nadhir dhinna the very beginning of first interlude. (The first interlude has this cool style of playing a solo,muting and letting the note ring alternately.)
  
  
• From: Sam (@ 132.235.18.15) on: Fri Feb 14 15:53:33 EST 2003
  
  Vellai Pookal(KM) and Nadir Thinna (PP) have some harmonics, not many though. In Vellai Pookal listen to the guitar at the end of the line "Pillaiyin siru mudhal sirippil" when they sing it for the first time. And in Nadhir dhinna the very beginning of first interlude. (By the way, The first interlude has this cool style of playing a solo,muting and letting the note ring (not harmonics though) alternately)
  
  
• From: UV (@ 134.113.4.168) on: Fri Feb 14 16:18:40 EST 2003
  
  Sam good observation.
  
  A)Nadir Thinna the harmonics come around at 1:47 for around 4secs not much followed by muting but still its sweet ofcourse this will be cherished by folks like us it will go past unnoticed by a common listeners(and not needed for them:))
  
  B)Vellai Pookal in the begining 00:16 and then around 2:14
  
  may be Jambavans in this thread can throw more light on this if any other MD have used this technq. in their songs.
  Ganesh(UV)
  
  
• From: Kicha (@ 202.54.10.230) on: Mon Feb 17 11:03:07 EST 2003
  
  Dear All..sorry for staying away so long..
  http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=1855&alid=-1
  
  Here's the link for a new track of mine..ULAGAM..do hear it and Get beck with reviews
  
  
• From: Aditya (@ 160.231.5.123) on: Mon Feb 17 12:09:39 EST 2003
  
  Kicha:
  
  Tamboora nadam is really good. Why did you mix Electronic sounds with Tamboora there...it would have been nicer without that distracting sound...Vocal tracks are good...Another suggestion...I think the delay that you used at the end is little extra that the reflections result in off note...
  
  But I still like your other tracks in there.
  
  Regards,
  Aditya
  
  
• From: DS (@ 63.73.213.5) on: Thu Feb 20 19:25:07 EST 2003
  
  Vanakkam,
  
  I am remixer, who wants to get into the next phase - try to create my own dance tracks. I want to get a good keyboard which I can use for multiple thigns (synthesizer, sequencer, looping, sampling, etc).
  
  I briefly looked at the KORG TRITON. I am willing to invest some money into this. Can someone please help me? Please specify the models as well (Le vs workstation vs 61 key, etc)
  
  nanRi,
  DS
  
  

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