This song is composed by my father, which intensely captured my imagination - the blend of Raag Pantuvarali packaged in a 7/8 time signature. So I sat down to record and arrange this song. It's written in Sanskrit, and propitiates the Hindu deity Ganesha. 

Composition by Dr. K E Seetharam, Manila, Philippines.
Vocals and Arrangement by Ishuwar, Stanford University, USA.
Mastering by Nishad Mishra, Mumbai, India.

Vakratunda Vinayakam

Here's a beautiful Sanskrit poem I learnt at school in India, when I was 10 years old. The teacher sang, we repeated and it was taught. But this poem has stayed on with me for many years, and I couldn't help but attempt to reimagine it. So here's this lovely poem, recreated with a blend of a harmonica's levity and an orchestral gravity!

Vocals and Arrangmenet: Ishuwar Seetharam, Stanford, USA.
Mastering: Nishad Mishra, Mumbai, India.

Meaning: 
Let us always remember,
Let us repeatedly speak out,
Our duty is to do good to humanity.

Let us not focus on material pleasures,
Nor lay in the lap of luxury.
Let us be awakened always that,
Our duty is to do good to humanity.

Let us not enumerate our sorrows,
Nor constantly reflect on our happiness.
Let us step up to take action,
Our duty is to do good to humanity.

We must sail over oceans of misery,
We must scale mountains of difficulty.
While roaming through the jungle of adversity,
Our duty is to do good to humanity.

It may be dense forest of extreme darkness,
Or we may be surrounded by kith and kin.
When we traverse these paths,
Our duty remains - to do good to humanity.

Manasa Satatam

My first orchestral score, composed in January 2010 along with Nishad Mishra for our University Sports event's opening ceremony. It blends the sound of an Indian Flute into a Western Classical Orchestra. The outcome was simply inspiring to all of us! 

It was performed a year later in the UK, with the Warwick Symphony Orchestra as the opening number of the One World Week Concert. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHaiAFi6BPs 

Composed and Arranged by Ishuwar Seetharam and Nishad Mishra
Flute by Neelakandan Ramachandran
Violin by Yaman Ghatani
Mixed by Dhananjay Shet
Mastered recently by Nishad Mishra

Awakening

10 minutes of inspiration was all it took to recreate a song from childhood. Plan to work on this idea in the future! 

A Souvenir from Time

Inspired by the background score of the movie "Enemy Behind the Lines", a Hungarian band, and the sound of a mosquito that would occasionally sing me to sleep during my undergraduate days, I re-created a beautiful Shiva song, combining the accordion and the harmonica at high frequency, to imagine a merry mosquito singing away to some rhythmic bass!

Shiva in Budapest

This is a song conveying that Love is the basis of everything we see around us. The words are written as if Love is singing the song! Originally written by Nishad Mishra.

Pyaar Hoon Mein

This song is a creation of an attempt to blend Indian Classical music with Contemporary pop. Originally written and conceptualized by Chandu Vijay, and orchestrated/arranged by Ishuwar. 

In the Silence

This track is based on a Hindu prayer, and conceptualizes the Penance of Dhruva - A popular story from Hindu folklore about a young boy who meditates to win the grace of God, battling many obstacles to his concentration. The piece captures the initial calm of penance, the hardships that follow, and the final culmination of achievement!

Divine Chants

The soothing "Bin Tere (Love Reprise)" from the bollywood movie "I Hate Love Stories", which is originally with a candid guitar backing has been re-expressed on a piano. I did the vocals, piano and guitar.


Bin Tere (Love Reprise) on Piano

Best wishes for a Wonderful 2016 in 88 seconds, an original composition from the Seetharam Family! Hope you enjoy it! 
Prashanti, Ishuwar, Lakshmi and Seetharam

Composer: Ishuwar Seetharam
Voice: K.E. Seetharam 
Ingredients: 88 seconds, 75 words and 9 hours 

88 seconds, 75 words and 9 hours to make it. Hope you enjoy it! 

Auspicious 2016

Reimagined Neil Reid (1971)'s masterpiece in a Jazz duet.

Credits: 
Vocals: Asrita Bhamidipati and Ishuwar Seetharam
Keys, Organs and Arrangement: Ishuwar Seetharam
Guitars: Sabareesh Kappagantu
Mixing and Mastering: Srikar MN

                              

Mother Of Mine

A live recording of a song taught to me by my Physics and Music teacher at school, who went on to teach me many things in music. Set in the Indian classical language called Sanskrit, it is a Hindu devotional song in praise of Lord Rama. 

Recorded at Rains Music Room, Stanford University. 

Sri Ram

I'm a musician who plays for passion & composes from inspiration, with no formal training in music. Drawing inspiration from Yanni and AR Rahman, I'm a self-taught keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist. I've also been lucky to have had the company of some very talented and complete musicians as friends over the years, and owe a lot to them! 

Ishuwar

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