Assignment 1

I am a bird, flying at my pace, savoring the view, the breeze, the sound of the wind. I am a free bird, free from life and death, free from the society, free from my own thoughts.

Mera Jahaan

Jam on 5 different scales one after the other.

Different Scales

Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?
Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!

-  Lines from True Grit (1969)

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The Showdown

Its about liberation... Let me know the thoughts invoked in you...

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To Be Free

"A lover is a mirror clear as water. I can see in her, my every part." - Rumi
For the short film The Anniversary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mOs6zpiNJE

(Photo Courtesy: http://www.glamourandgraceblog.com/2014/glam-florida-anniversary-shoot/)

The Anniversary Piano (OST - The Anniversary)

Let me be...  ...me!

Improvisation recording
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Let me be..

“There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.”  Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese Monk, Activist and Writer. b.1926)

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Silence Of The Monks

Piano Improvisation

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Memory of a lost childhood

When an empty space is filled up with memories of the past while a wistful tune just plays in around your head!

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Reminiscing

First in the series of experimenting with "Prepared Piano" pieces. 
This piano is not conventionally prepared with physical objects, rather the sound is passed through gates, processors, sound "glitchers". For that matter preparing a piano is meant to be unconventional anyway

Spoken words from "Strength in problems" by His Holy Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

My Brain is a stuck clock

This life is a short soliloquy... a transition between worlds; a short egoistic journey where our idiosyncrasies and fancies govern our action while others' actions or lack of them polarize our. We are embodiment of experiences which we have carried over from the start of this transition, experiences that would end at the end of this transition. And then it would not matter when we "return back".
In this small glitch in our actual journey, in our struggle and seemingly crass tussle which we call as everyday life, everyone is a fighter and a hero. Its a lonely transit after all. I am one of you and here is my soliloquy.
It is imperfect and deliberate, cos its my.

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Soliloquy Transition

That day the rain was lazy, so was I and so is the music... Whats the hurry? Rains look best in slow motion! :-)

Sometimes a boring office call at 6 am is what one needs for a quick musical doodle. Add rain as the perfect catalyst :) 

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Lazy Rains

What happens when you cannot sleep. The sounds of chaotic bamboos and from your day. For the short film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiwtB5nd3Eg 

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Insomnia playground

Last Random Jam of 2014. If anyone knows what Indian Raag comes closest to this let me know! :)

Indian Raag on Piano

"The bhikshu, full of delight, who is calm in the doctrine of Buddha will reach the quiet place (Nirvana), cessation of natural desires, and happiness."

Sound of shuffling two coins in my fist inspired to put this small piece together.

Moksha

"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act." - Buddha
"For Audiophiles - It has some good sub-bass sounds, hear on headphones" - Manu

Started as a sound check for my new keyboard, this one shot play turned out to be something more than just music for me. Some say it sounds spooky. I admit :D


Buddha remains

Amy Winehouse and all others members of club 27! RIP!
A kinda violin quartet!

Ode to Club 27

Bluesy Woosie

A False Awakening in an industrial dreamscape. 
Glitchy. Industrial.
Headphones required to appreciate the sound design.
Created for Contemporary Dance NH7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfHx5QqAZIo


A Glitchy Dream

Immerse yourself in a snow blizzard brewing up in Siberia while the sledge dogs are getting restless. A sound experiential meant ONLY for headphones.

Nature can be dangerous but not evil - Interstallar
Image Courtesy: http://www.rax.is/ (RAGNAR
AXELSSON) 

Storm In Siberia (Headphones Only)

When there is chaos inside and outside everything becomes a blur. I have tried to bring out disorder and confusion with music layers. It is created for HEADPHONES only.

Chaos Inside Outside

Till I see you again... I wait, smile, I reminisce, I cry, I tear up from inside, I find you in everything I see, I touch, I smell, I hear. Till I see you again your thoughts will keep me company

Till I see you again

Ship going through a stormy weather. 
Cover Pic: original painting by Priyanka Kumari (www.instagram.com/pimpriyanka7

Ship In The Storm

Sitting near the moonlit seashore, listening to the serene waves, the whispering message of the breeze and the call of the night birds makes me leave behind the world. I can feel the pathos of the water and all that it has seen for centuries...

(Photograph by Dana Pitchon)

Midnight Breeze

Puriya Ensemble, a melody composed on the evening/night raaga Puriya Dhanashree makes an attempt at giving a feel of late night loneliness... 

Download enabled!
(The artwork image was taken at Kabini river. Yes the sunsets are perfectly photoshopped by Nature)

Keyboards - Manu Shrivastava 
Mridangam - Lakshman M 
Vocals - Vishwesh Bhat 
Composed - by Manu and Vishwesh (http://soundcloud.com/vishweshbhat)

Puriya Ensemble

A man has to wake up some day and stand up for his rights! Stand up for his fellow citizens, make his journey.... It is not the revenge nor avenge. It is getting his dues!!
Recital from Harivansh Rai Bachchan's "Agneepath"

REvolution beThumped

Get up and be the Shaitaan! Live the good and the bad of life with a shaitaan smile. 
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The Shaitaan ReThumps

This is one life you got. Everything you gotta do you gotta do in "this one life"... including dancing in the rain and being happy. Hello Life!

The song is from my first album. Message me if you would want to hear more of it or buy the album.
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Ek Hi Zindagi (Instrumental)

Peppy Alarm Tone for your phone! Works well as a ringtone as well though!


Also, Akosha (the word you would hear in between) is a consumer complaint NGO in India. Worth checking it out next time you have a complaint against a seller.

Quick stuff on the iPad (except Vocoding on Vocodex, FLstudio). Hope you like it! :)

Get Up [Downloadable]

www.soundcloud.com/manushrivastava
"When one isn't dominated by feelings of separateness from what he's working on, then one can be said to "care" about what he is doing.. a feeling of identification with what one's doing." - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Speaking further on it, an artist true to his passion would care about everything he does. It becomes a state of being... Music, painting, writing are all just some means of showing he cares. Cos they represent his thoughts and identification with what he is doing. Hence IT IS TOUGH TO SEPARATE THE ARTIST FROM HIS WORK!

Manuality

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