wonderful musical.  helped me a lot to relax amd calm. soothing music. love it

wow! wow! Vijay, this is an amazing rendition! totally soaked in Ahir Bhairav :)

Extraordinary ! Too many thanks to u and to God to listen this track ! Highly soulful ! How can I send my contribution ?

thank you for this as iit has helped me to be inspired while praying and lisening to this and in turn i created these Motivation voice notes https://soundcloud.com/elie-dervonte/sets/motivational-quotes

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"Dhun" by Hariprasad Chaurasia (from album Living Legend of Bansuri Live Vol. 1)

The genius Carnatic vocalist Madurai Mani Iyer (1912-1968), possibly the greatest exponent of live improvisation in Carnatic classical music, popularized this "English Note" composed by Harikesanallur Mutthiah Bhagavathar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNjl5w8Prw0) to showcase his autodidactic (self teaching) talent in expanding beyond his strictly classical training. This piece was extremely popular with an independence era audience that felt pride in one of their own "getting" western music while no Englishman could perform a Thodi alapana. 

Obviously as a Indian classical musician, Mutthiah Bhagavathar only composed the main melody, an incredibly catchy and hummable tune that would have worked in the best courts of Vienna. But Western classical music is about harmony layered over the melody and I was surprised that no one had taken a crack at taking this really catch melody and writing a String quartet around it. 

There were some interesting challenges. Mani Iyer clearly did not keep harmony in mind when he wrote the piece so there are places where the melodic sequence presents quite a hard challenge to harmonize, but all in all, I think it turned out okayish. 

Again, I am quite an amateur and It will be great if more talented musicians take this melody and set it to even better background scores :)

English Note (by Madurai Mani Iyer) - String Quartet

Jagjit Singh - Gayatri Mantra Chant With Harmony And Rhythm

‘Mahārāja Parīkṣit attained the highest perfection, shelter at Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, simply by hearing about Lord Viṣṇu. Śukadeva Gosvāmī attained perfection simply by reciting Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Prahlāda Mahārāja attained perfection by remembering the Lord. The goddess of fortune attained perfection by massaging the transcendental legs of Mahā-Viṣṇu. Mahārāja Pṛthu attained perfection by worshiping the Deity, and Akrūra attained perfection by offering prayers unto the Lord. Vajrāṅgajī [Hanumān] attained perfection by rendering service to Lord Rāmacandra, and Arjuna attained perfection simply by being Kṛṣṇa’s friend. Bali Mahārāja attained perfection by dedicating everything to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.’ - CC Madhya 22.136

9 Processes Of Bhakti - Shabda Hari Das & Vanita Siddharth

Nataraj

Sriman Narayaneeyam - Bhagvata

Composed by @hariflute as a memorial tribute to our friend Balachandar's Dalmatian Tommie, who passed away recently. (http://vimeo.com/28183556)
Piano - Harish
Violins (One acoustic &amp; one electric) and Cello - Krish Ashok
The Cello presented a few recording challenges, primarily one of mic placement. But since the notes being played were in the lower registers, it turned out OK. It will be interesting to see how higher pitched notes sound with this placement because they sounded quite nasal when I tried it out.
For the acoustic violin, I used a Samson condenser mic but I'm not altogether sure the placement was right. A 100 year old German violin really ought to have a brighter, heavier sound without any fancy processing. But well, I suppose one has to keep trying. To avoid background noise, I had to switch off the fan and the A/C, which made it quite uncomfortable in the room.
The Electric violin of course is quite simple. Just plugin straight into the sound interface and one is good to go, but unless the instrument is quite high end, it's impossible to get that particular natural violin sound. I'll need a few more promotions at work to afford a better electric violin though.


Missing Tommie

Late afternoon raag Bhimpalashee.Sarode-Sayak Barua,Tabla-Indraneel Mallick.

Bhimpalashee

*This is a rare instrumental recital based on the popular tune of Gayatri Mantra, played on Flute, Sitar & Santoor followed by other Classical Indian Instruments.*  The whole 11+ minutes performance is a heady treat. The artists who have created this soul

Anandoham Shivoham (relaxing version)

An alaap of a Raga Bindumalini/Ahir Bhairav/Chakravaham on my Indian Bamboo flute. 

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Ahir bhairav/chakravaham/bindumalini Flute/Bansuri

Ganesh Mahamantra

Shri Dhanvantari is the primordial God (Avatar) of health care. As such, persons have taken the name "Dhanvantari" in connection with their attempts at medical interventions. One such Dhanvantari was an early Indian medical practitioner and one of the world’s first surgeons. Based on Vedic traditions, he is regarded as the source of Ayurveda. 

Prathna...

 Dhanvantaraye Namah
Om Shri Dhanvantre Namah

Dhanwantri Maha Mantra
"Om Namo Bhagavate
Maha Sudharshana
Vasudevaya Dhanvantaraye;
Amrutha Kalasa Hasthaaya
Sarva Bhaya Vinasaya
Sarva Roka Nivaranaya
Thri Lokya Pathaye
Thri Lokya Nithaye
Sri Maha Vishnu Swarupa
Sri Dhanvantri Swarupa
Sri Sri Sri
Aoushata Chakra Narayana Swaha"

Dhanwantari Gayatri Mantras
"Om tat purushaaya vidmahae
Amritha kalasa hastaaya dheemahi
Tanno Dhanvantri prasodayaat"

"Om aadivaidhyaaya vidmahae
Arogya anugrahaaya dheemahi
Tanno dhanvantri prasodayaat"


Aarogya Mantr-Shri Dhanvantari Mantr

Piano score recorded through a MIDI keyboard and heavily corrected for mistakes. 

Ave Maria

Raga: Panthuvaraali (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamavardani)
Composer: Swati Tirunal

Lyrics & Notation: http://www.shivkumar.org/music/sarasaksha.htm

Thanks to an earthing problem at home, I had to do quite a bit of jugglery to marginally mute an ugly droning sound that crept into the recording. For those interested in sound engineering, I used a high pass filter that removed the annoying bassy part of the drone. 

Saarasaaksha Paripaalaya

A violin and guitar adaptation of the song from Maryan

Yenga Pora Raasa

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