An acoustic rock cover of Mad World. Original song by Tears for Fears.

Mad World

An ukulele cover of The Beatles's Let it be. Other instruments included in this cover include the acoustic guitar (chorus) and the melodica. 

Let It Be (Ukulele cover)

Pettai Impossible Rap

A rock cover of the magical theme from the 1986 Mani Ratnam classic, Mouna Ragam. Original composition by Ilayaraja.

Mouna Ragam Rock

I first heard 'Chandrasekara' at my wedding where it was sung by my wife's family during the 'oonjal' ceremony. Turned out the song was composed by my wife's great grand father, Aanai Vaidhyanatha Iyer.

Aanai Vaidhyanatha Iyer (1900-1971) was the youngest of the six children born to Rajam Iyer and Mahalakshmi. He migrated to Madras presidency to be a part of the Tamil film industry. Mangamma Sabatham, Sivakavi, Tiruneelakandar and Dasi Aparanji are some of the movies that he worked in. 

He was also proficient in carnatic music and trained the likes of M.S.Subbulakshmi, D.K. Pattamal, N.C.Vasanthakokilam, Manakkal Rangarajan and Alathur brothers. He also has several classical compositions to his credit. Chandrashekara in ragam Sindhu Bhairavi is one of his compositions that is frequently sung even today by many prominent musician.

Vocals are by Eshwar Ramakrishnan while I played the keyboard, guitar and bass.

Chandrasekara

The six month old was babbling and bawling this afternoon because, well.. why not? 

Here's Hunger is Coming featuring the little one. All sounds you hear in this track are by him except the drums.

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