Right now I am listening to ...

[santhukp]

Avial-Some realy no nonsence Rock music from these people.First of its kind in india.

 

[vivekphadnis]

Steve Winwood's back in the high life rocks. truly a great album.
cheers

 

[hubballi]

Madonna Immaculate Collection.....I love her voice

 

[hubballi]

Actually I am watching and listening Dido perform live @ Brixton Acadamy.....

 

[afj]

 

[nandakumarhv]

Right now i am listening to jugalbandi by L.Subramaniam and Ustad Bismillah Khan Live at gineva in raag yaman kalyan.

 

[murali_n]

Hi venkatcr even i love fusion music and most of my collection is fusion music. first heard colors by Zakir and kunnakudi way back in late 80s and then making music and shakti. nice to know you also like fusion. please also listen to
Living colours by Nadaka and basavraj brothers (raintree records)
Straight to your heart-Ganesh, vikku and nadaka(raintree records)
Celebration by Nadaka and sivamani(raintree records) available in pondycherry
Seven steps to liberty-step one- Kosmic music
Sparks-ganesh, kumeeresh and tofique musictoday
conversation-L Subramaniam

Pl add India 2000 - L Subramaniam

 

[srikarkav]

Album: Kunnakudi- Mohanam - Violin
Song: Korina Varamosagu - (ramapriya) - Rupakam
Artists: Kunnakudi Vaidhyanathan
Composer: Patnam Subramania Iyer

the man has a knack of connectiong to you instantly.

cheers,
sri

 

[afj]

again one of my top 10 voices

 

[nandakumarhv]

It hamsadwani by begum parveen sultana now,

 

[unleash_me]

 

[Hiten]

Pass the dutchi by Musical Youth

 

[Hiten]

I Believe in father Christmas -- by Greg Lake

 

[Hiten]

Missing You -- By John Waite

 

[unleash_me]

 

[afj]

includes hits like walk like an egyptian, if she knew what she wants, manic monday and eternal flame

 

[hifiashok]

hold on, etc.....

 

[unleash_me]

 

[afj]

 

[venkatcr]

On Sunday. I had the rare privilege of listening to a living legend of Carnatic Music - the flautist Dr. N. Ramani. Due to a sudden showers, the stage that was set outside was completely drenched as were the mikes, amplifiers, and speakers. So the stage was moved inside to a small hall. Dr. Ramani, after a long time, actually requested that he be allowed to play in the form of a Chamber Music with any mikes or amplification. I was sitting in the first row hardly 5 feet from Dr. Ramani who played the following numbers over 2 hours.

Hamsadhwani (Adi)
Sahana (Adi)
Shanmukhapriya (Roopakam)
Mohanam (Adi)
Sindhubhairavi (Adi)
Revathy (Mishra chapu)
Mangalam-Sowrashtra (Adi)

Dr. Ramani was accompanied by Nagai Muralidharan on the violin, Guruvayur Dorai on the Mridangam, and Vaidyanathan Suresh on the Ghatam. All these are accomplished artists by themselves and it was a rare privilege for them to be on stage with Dr. Ramani.

Listening to such artists without any artificial amplification was a different and surreal experience altogether. Most of the time I had my eyes closed trying to picture the sound stage. The stage had an unbelievable 3 dimensional feel, where I could distinctly hear Suresh from behind Dorai. In Carnatic music, the Mridangam always accompanies the main player (flute in this case) and the Ghatam accompanies the Violin. Again, most of the time, the violin and the Ghatam replays the same tunes by the main player and the Mridangam.

Even in the case of the Mridangam, I could distinctly hear the notes coming from two sides of the instrument from two different dimensions in the sound stage. Since the smaller side was facing me, I could sense that the harder thumps were coming from a slightly lower dimension in the sound stage. This was the height or third dimension in addition to the depth or second dimension.

Dr. Ramani ability to produce identical notes even when he switched flutes was wonderful.

I would encourage all members to attend as many Chamber Music as possible to understand how to listen to and audition equipment.

Cheers