Music from India

[Bharatvarsh]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lx0nvTd5v9Y

Really liked the song.

[Guest]

Small town cop to Indian Idol 3
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Anyone watching Indian Idol? Great to see a small town cop get crowned and all, but there were atleast half dozen better singers in the competition. Some sort or regional and gender bias in play here.

[Guest]

Checked his songs in youtube, sounds very good, even better than Kishore.
Judges were useless, not sure whether its new Indian style or these judges never went to school, command on language was disgusting.

[Guest]

Yo!
can anyone help? Many years ago I heard a BBC radio recital of Indian singing without words - no lyrics, just the pure human voice - truly astounding. I didn't note details because I fully expected more of the same. Alas, no.
All I recall is that the singer came from Mumbai. The vocal range & effects were electrifying. Does anyone have any idea what or who I was listening to?
Thanks, Old git

[Guest]

I think I know what you mean, was it like this??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN0udgpCp9Q

In the beginning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOj-U01T0JU...related&search=

I'm pretty sure thats what you listened to, maybe the Indian music aficionados can point you to the right direction.

[Guest]

Later I will merge this thread with Music thread.

For question use Misc question thread, or atleast check existing thread before opening again.

Moderator.

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<!--QuoteBegin-Pandyan+Oct 6 2007, 02:09 AM-->QUOTE(Pandyan @ Oct 6 2007, 02:09 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I think I know what you mean, was it like this??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN0udgpCp9Q

In the beginning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOj-U01T0JU...related&search=

I'm pretty sure thats what you listened to, maybe the Indian music aficionados can point you to the right direction.
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Thank you, Pandyan, but the voice I am looking for was mature male, with a quite extraordinary range. He sang but without words - just pure sounds. Mumbai was his home city, & I think he had a singing brother. Anyone else have a clue?

And sorry moderator if I am in the wrong place. Where exactly is the right place? I find this forum as difficult to navigate as most others. I used the Search box with 'Indian Music', but no go. Why are internal webpage search engines so useless compared to Google? Maybe a 'tree chart' of topics & sub-topics might keep us dumber beasts in order?

Thanks, Old git.

[Bharatvarsh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr61tc34r...re=related

Anyone know what the name of the song in background is.

I remember hearing similar one in Telugu, i think its part of Suprabhatam but I can't be sure, any help appreciated.

[Guest]

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Anyone know what the name of the song in background is.

I remember hearing similar one in Telugu, i think its part of Suprabhatam but I can't be sure, any help appreciated.
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Sri venkatesha sthothram -

[Guest]

Punjabi folk song - based on Heer - very authentic.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QF7qV8urc7s&feature=related

[Bodhi]

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[Bodhi]

The study of the Indian musical drum and of'the manner in which out of the most
unpromising materials has been built up a genuine musical instrument which
satisfies the most stringent acoustical tests and-which even now stands on a
pedestal high above the types of percussion instruments known to European
Music, leaves very little doubt in one's mind as to the highly-developed artistic
tastes and acoustic knowledge of the ancient Hindus. The high esteem in which
the instrument itself has always been held in India and the existence of many
treatises in the original Sanskrit dealing elaborately with its construction and
technique is not without significance. Indeed, from the references that appear in
certain of these treatises, it is clear that the general nature of the acoustic results
obtained with this instrument had long been known, and that the pitch and
duration of the different tones obtained by striking the drumhead at different
points had been fully studied. The Hindus were well aware that sounding bodies
generally give rise to many different tones simultaneously, and the evidence
available points irresistably to the c~nclusionth at the development of the Indian
musical drum was the result of deliberate and probqbly prolonged efforts to
improve the tone quality of percussion-instruments by bringing the overtones
into musical relation with each other. The success of the results obtained remains
a striking testimony to the acoustic knowledge and skill that must have inspired
those efforts.

From The acoustical knowledge of the ancient Hindus, C V RAMAN, Professor of Physics, University of Calcutta
Asutosh Mookerjee Silver Jubilee Volume 2. 1922.

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<b>Suraj Ki Garmi Se </b>- Sharma Bandhu

[Bodhi]

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any interest in Sharma Bandhu MP3s?

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[Bodhi]

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Mudyji, your wish is fulfilled. Shall upload few of their MP3s tomorrow... (I grew up in the neighborhood of Sharma-bandhu)

[Bodhi]

here you go Mudy (and other interested).
Sharma_Bandhu.ZIP containing 9 bhajans- 55.9 Mb. To be deleted in 48 hours

[Guest]

Thanks,
Wonderfull bhajans.

[Bodhi]

हजारों सितारों से होगा ब्रह्मनाद

नई दिल्ली। दुनिया में शांति और सद्भाव का संदेश फैलाने के लिए शुक्रवार और शनिवार को राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र नोएडा में एक हजार से अधिक सितार एक साथ बजेंगे। यह अनोखी घटना गिनीज बुक आफ व‌र्ल्ड रिकार्ड में भी दर्ज होगी।

भारत रत्न से सम्मानित विश्वविख्यात सितारवादक पंडित रवि शंकर, मशहूर वांसुरीवादक हरि प्रसाद चौरसिया, संतूरवादक पंडित शिवकुमार शर्मा, शास्त्रीय गायक पंडित राजन उर्फ साजन मिश्रा तथा प्रख्यात ओडसी नृत्यांगना सोनल मान सिंह की उपस्थिति में करीब 1200 सितार बजेंगे।

अमेरिका, ब्रिटेन, आस्ट्रेलिया और संयुक्त अरब अमीरात के अलावा देश के विभिन्न राज्यों से 6 वर्ष से 75 वर्ष की उम्र के करीब 1200 सितारवादक यहां पहुंच गए हैं और कल के आयोजन के लिए मंच पर रिहर्सल भी कर रहे हैं। सितारवादकों के साथ तबला, ढोलक, सरोद, सारंगी, पखावज, वीणा, मृदंगम तथा घटम बजाने वाले 45 कलाकारों का भी एक दल मंच पर उपस्थित होगा जो उनके साथ संगत करेगा। 21 और 22 नवंबर की शाम आधे-आधे घंटे के इस कार्यक्रम में संगीत के जरिए प्रेम की गंगा बहेगी।

http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/national/g..._1_5005259.html

In a unique event, named bramhanAda, over 1200 artists will simultaneously play Sitar together with 45 tabala, sarod, mridanga artists, under the direction of mastreos of classical music from all over India, in a Noida stadium on Nov 21st and 22nd.