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South-Indian-Classical-Violin

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VSQ Tribute to Dazed and Confused is available now: http://vsq.io/iTuneDC

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Alice Cooper's "School’s Out"


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If I Rise - Instrumental Rock Remix

Paneer Pushpangal-bgm

Its a cover of malayalam song Azhalinte Azhangalil….

Abhijith violin - Azhalinte Azhangalil aval manju poy

A Track done for K.Balachander's Oru Koodai Paasam an interpretation of Singara Velavan Vandhan

Vocals: Sandhya Sundar,  Violin: Karthick Iyer, Kanjira: Purushotham, Drums: Srihari, Piano: Karthikeya Murthy

Recorded @ Chimez by Domniq, Madras Tunes by Karthikeya Murthy
Mixed @ Jam Square, Mumbai by Vijay

My Singaravelavan is here

This score was submitted for "Bleeding Fingers Music Contest" organized by the Oscar awarded composer Hans Zimmer, the composer for Man of Steel, Pirates of Carribean, The dark knight etc. The composition uses strings, brass, winds, percussion, choir and moves around keys to create an interesting progression. 


Agni (The Fire) - Bleeding Fingers Contest

A Chennai recontextualized version of The Doors' Riders on the Storm, with lyrics by Gurunarayana Ravi (https://twitter.com/raghuthaatha). This song is about the Auto drivers on the Chennai storm, wreaking havoc on the roads but they too have their side of the story to tell, a story of poverty and exploitative usury. 

It also features a Carnatic violin lead in the Raga Karaharapriya (Dorian mode) and the quintessential sound of a Chennai auto recorded by @mdeii 

Guitar - Fender Stratocaster recorded through a Boss ME-25 with a vibrato effect
Violin - Electric violin through Boss Me-25 with a delay
Percussion, bass and Wurlitzer organ - programmed on Logic Pro X

Lyrics (with translation)

Autokaran naan (I am an auto driver)
Chennai Autokaran naan (A Chennai autodriver I am)
MGR peran naan (I'm MGR's grandson)
Baasha machaan naan (I'm the Badshah's brother-in-law)
Auto tune thaan (the pitch perfect sound of the autotune)
Enga engine sattham thaan (is the sound of our engine)

I'm a terror on the road 
Vaanga come aboard (Please come aboard)
Anna Salayil (On Anna road in Chennai)
Seerum morattu kaalai naan (I'm the rampaging wild bull)
Police paathaakka (If the police happen to see me)
padhugum paambu naan (I'm the slithering snake that evades them)

Rendu pullakutteenga (I have 2 young children)
Saettu vaddi thollainga (the local pawn broker bleeds me with high interest loans)
Petrol velai thaan (The price of petrol)
eri pochunga (has risen skyward)
Meter pottaakka (if you insist on metered fare)
Vootla patnithaanunga (my family will starve)

Manja colouril (Of yellow hue...)
senja thanga therunga (is my golden chariot)
Ulagam pooraga (all over the world)
namma vandi odumga (my auto will run)
Ella oorilum (in every town)
namakku nalla perunga (I have a good reputation)
Nambi erunga (believe me and let's go for a ride)

Riders On The Auto

Have a nice trip!

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Morphable - Voyage

http://karthickiyer.com - Contemporary Carnatic adaptation of Subramaniya Bharathi's Aasai Mugam Marandhu Poche

Performed by Karthick Iyer Live
Vocals & Violin - Karthick Iyer
Guitar- Vikram Vivekanand
Bass - Naveen Napier
Mridangam - Sumesh Narayan
Percussion - Allwyn Paul

Recorded at Aura Studios, Chennai

Mixed by Bob Phukan(Aura Studios)
Mastered by Andy Bartow(Florida)

Karthick Iyer Live’s 1st album "IndoSoul - Looking Within To Look Beyond" is now available on
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iTunes: http://hyperurl.co/IndoSoul
Amazon: http://hyperurl.co/IndosoulAmazon

For Concert Bookings:
Email:  karthickiyer.music@gmail.com
Mobile Number: +91 77009 08966
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Aasai Mugam - Contemporary Carnatic adaptation

Indian Summer Live Violin

"Ja Ja Re" ft. Nirali Kartik - Shankar Tucker

A little 8 bar loop with some strings and piano for an upcoming video. Feel free to download and use in any project.

Mild Monsoon

Neelambari

Feel free to add your own vocals if you would like to do your own cover. 
LYRICS - 
There's a ditch by the road, once a river now its ghost
Its banks serve as gutters for a thousand squatters

And in between it's gone comatose, 
Styrofoam and cellophane a bucket per dose

Well don't look at me says a ruminating ride
This is all on you so just stand aside

Before i can reply there appearing by my side
A sun-cracked leather hand that will not be denied

It's saying...

Pay the tax! Pay the tax!
You've been lax so pay the tax!
In your fences and green grass, 
Your silver screen dance acts 
your AC's and plate glass
you can't see the cracks... 
So you must pay the tax!

There's a road by the ditch, once a farm before the switch
Its shoulders weighed under by the shacks of the squatters

One in an Audi and sixty in a bus
Screeching, honking swerving, braking to avoid the fuss

Of a mangled old cycle and its teary-eyed owner
Who push along defeated by a speeding hit-and-runner

B'fore I reach out   I meet another hand
A uniform in tow, with its own demand

It's saying

Pay the tax, pay the tax
You're a sap, so pay the tax

In your passive acceptance, your subsidized success
Your nepotist ingress, you can't see you're trapped
So you must pay the tax

There's a market by the road violating every code
Its gulleys serve as vendor for Ares' lusty gender

Out in front a bit of merchandise is found all broken
Its battery's gone dead and it's motor is a chokin'

Every finger is pointing at another for the blunder
But its dying coughs cease leaving silence like a thunder

Before my righteous anger can cut through this dingy air
I get a message from those hollow eyes' soul-piercing stare.

It's saying

Pay the tax, pay the tax
You've harassed so pay the tax
In your eve teasing groping Not safe for work searching
Your gazing and leering You can't see you're trash

So you must pay the tax.

A tax for the rich, a tax for the poor
A tax for the happy, a tax for the bored
Pass the buck where I want to
But for every one I do 
There are hidden costs I'd rather ignore
And we will pay the tax.


Pay The Tax Instrumental

Check out the video here: http://youtu.be/foOt2JKBDuE

Tughlaq

In this track I have chosen a traditional Irish tune which would trace to an Indian raga called Karnaranjani along with foot tapping rhythm.

Irish Folk Dance

Prem Joshua - Saroja

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♥ Kangal Irandal BGM ♥

Mannipaya ARR Voice Only

This orchestral piece where the Indian violin is the lead, is composed by Jyotsna Srikanth. This is an excerpt from her project Emotions 9 where she is portraying the 9 Emotions (Navarasa) in 9 different ragas with the western string orchestra.

Anger, Realisation - Orchestral Audio

This is a library of tracks written specifically for film and television written by Keith Kenniff.  Nothing contained herein constitutes any agreement or license between Keith Kenniff and any third party users. Third parties must obtain proper licenses prior to any usage of the musical works contained herein which are considered to be protected musical works.

Please contact Keith at unseen@unseen-music to obtain a license.

[Indie / Folk / Thoughtful] - "Wilderness"

Prem Joshua- Lahore Connection

My second carnatic play on my violin which just turned 1 year old a few days back! (^_^)


Karunee chuta ritha - Carnatic Violin 2

Karthick Iyer Live’s 1st album "IndoSoul - Looking Within To Look Beyond" is now available on
OK Listen: https://www.oklisten.com/album/indosoul
iTunes: http://hyperurl.co/IndoSoul
Amazon: http://hyperurl.co/IndosoulAmazon

Always a favourite at wedding and corporate concerts! :)  Do share!

Covers music got a lively twist with the entrance of Karthick Iyer Live. Karthick Iyer who has played with bands and in festivals spanning almost all the continents in the world, has contemporized the existing format to suit the ever changing needs of the audiences. His concerts are known to touch every single person in the crowd, from old to new and from the laymen to the learned. He spices up his concerts with medleys of English, Tamil and Carnatic songs rolled into one. Dressed in a dazzling Moghul costume, holding a blue electric violin and armed with a compelling selection of Tamil, Hindi, English and Carnatic songs, Karthick is ready to cast a spell!

For wedding, corporate and other gig bookings please email karthickiyer.music@gmail.com

Credits
Violin - Karthick Iyer
Programming - Ramprasad Sundar

Originally composed by A.R. Rahman for the film Indira


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Karthick Iyer links
Official website - http://www.karthickiyer.com

For Concert Bookings:
Email:  karthickiyer.music@gmail.com
Mobile Number: +91 77009 08966

Nila Kaigirathu - A Violin Cover

Karthick Iyer Live’s 1st album "IndoSoul - Looking Within To Look Beyond" is now available on
OK Listen: https://www.oklisten.com/album/indosoul
iTunes: http://hyperurl.co/IndoSoul
Amazon: http://hyperurl.co/IndosoulAmazon

A Contemporary violin adaptation of Brovabarama(Thyagaraja krithi)

I have played different styles of music from traditional carnatic to film-pop. However something that I've always leaned towards is to explore the idea of propping up our beautiful classical music against various genres like pop, rock, jazz etc. So here is a song from my outfit Karthick Iyer Live. We have played Thyagaraja's krithi Brovabarama in the raga Bahudari

Do share! :) 

Covers music got a lively twist with the entrance of Karthick Iyer Live. Karthick Iyer who has played with bands and in festivals spanning almost all the continents in the world, has contemporized the existing format to suit the ever changing needs of the audiences. His concerts are known to touch every single person in the crowd, from old to new and from the laymen to the learned. He spices up his concerts with medleys of English, Tamil and Carnatic songs rolled into one. Dressed in a dazzling Moghul costume, holding a blue electric violin and armed with a compelling selection of Tamil, Hindi, English and Carnatic songs, Karthick is ready to cast a spell!

For wedding, corporate and other gig bookings please email karthickiyer.music@gmail.com

Musician Credits
Electric Violin, vocals - Karthick Iyer
Piano - Leon James
Mridangam - Sumesh Narayanan
Kanjira - Kishor
Live Sound - Mahesh


Check his youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/Thekarthickiyer

For Concert Bookings:
Email:  karthickiyer.music@gmail.com
Mobile Number: +91 77009 08966

Brovabarama - Release the burdens - Free Download

Linus and Lucy/Christmas Time Is Here

Deva Sri:
Raga Madhyamavathi
Tala: Viloma Chapu
Composer: Thyagaraja

Ora Jupu
Raga: Kannada Gowla
Tala: Adi
Composer: Thyagaraja

Deva Sri

Ora Jupu

http://karthickiyer.com - Karthick Iyer Live Promo feat. Ilayaraja's How to name it

Performed by Karthick Iyer Live at National University of Singapore, for the World Tamil University Youth Conference

Violin, Song Arrangement - Karthick Iyer
Programming, Dubstep Concept - Ramprasad Sundar
Voice over- Radhika


Karthick Iyer Live’s 1st album "IndoSoul - Looking Within To Look Beyond" is now available on
OK Listen: https://www.oklisten.com/album/indosoul
iTunes: http://hyperurl.co/IndoSoul
Amazon: http://hyperurl.co/IndosoulAmazon

For Concert Bookings:
Email:  karthickiyer.music@gmail.com
Mobile Number: +91 77009 08966
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/karthickiyerlive
Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/karthickiyer

Karthick Iyer Live Promo feat. How to name it - Indian Violin

Extract from Violins of Peace concert by Dr. L. Subramaniam with Mark O'Connor, Loyko, Benedicte Maurseth, Kheirou, Catharina Chen and Ambi Subramaniam

Violins for Peace

Extract from Live Performance by Ambi Subramaniam on Oye It's Friday with Farhan Akhtar with special guest Shah Rukh Khan

Oye it's friday!

The Mouse Folk - For All I Know

Thillana is a rhythmically intricate piece in the south Indian system of music

Thillana - demo

jyotsna-strings