Percussion Ensemble featuring a blend of South Indian and North Indian percussion ideas, structure, and instrumentation. Mrindangam and tabla are the main instruments. Arranged mainly by Hari Sivakumar and performed by Ram Kaundinya, Hari Sivakumar, Vignesh Venkataraman, Aditya Ganesh, Kush Bhatt, and Arjun Narayanan

Avartan Music Festival 2013 Percussion Ensemble

Ektaal solo at the Ali Akbar College of Music in Lucknow Gharana of playing. 

Ektaal Solo

Raag Iman Kalyan, sung by Gaayatri Kaundinya and accompanied on tabla by Ram Eshwar Kaundinya. Gaayatri is a vocal student of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Ram is a tabla student of Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri.

Iman Kalyan Raam Naam

Right as I became a high school senior, I got to spend some time at Tarpan Studios working under Narada Michael Walden and sound engineer Jim Reitzel. 
I brought my tablas one day and Narada and I decided to sit down and play a little between sessions. Luckily it was caught by Jim Retizel who was on standby at the time.

Ram Eshwar Kaundinya and Narada Michael Walden - Tarpan Studios Session

Rhythm Encounters - Entry 1

The Oral Explorations - 

All sounds are purely from the mouth with the assistance of a jaw harp for the base meter

Rhythm Encounters - Entry 2

The Underground Session - 

Originally going to be centered around African singing and rhythm of Oumou Sangare, particularly her piece "Kounadya". Upon reaching the underground session, found a different voice. It spoke instead and so we have the Underground Session, Entry 3

Rhythm Encounters - Entry 3

Some Rhythmic and Melodic Ideas of the day

Image courtesy of Unreal Engine Asset Store - by MacKenzie Shirk

Rhythm Encounters - Entry 4

Explorations In Five - Entry Five

Rhythm Encounters Entry 6 - "The Council of Thirteen"

Track with Solo and Vid - https://youtu.be/cjMyqgfjfyw

Pictured 3D Modeled Ring created by Ram Eshwar Kaundinya

The Council Of Thirteen

Happy New Year! 

Back with another entry to the Rhythm Encounters Series: 

Rhythm Encounters Entry #7 - "The Void"

The Void - Rhythm Encounters Entry #7

"Abundance of Knowledge, Absence of Learning" - Rhythm Encounters Entry #8

Spoken syllables from rhythmic traditions around the world

Abundance Of Knowledge - Absence Of Learning

Spent about 20 minutes in the shower composing this and making it work

Then I added some strings

Your time is now moment - Rhythm Encounters Entry #9

Rhythm Encounters Entry #9

The 11th Encounter - Inspired by the "The Great Wave" by Hakusai and the sounds of Taiko drumming.

Image created via a custom scripted C++ program available for review on Github here:
https://github.com/rkaundinya/Mandelbrot-Fractal-C---Program

It's A Continuum - Rhythm Encounters Entry #11

Ram Eshwar Kaundinya is a tabla player and multi-percussionist. A long time student of Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, drum set student of Chuck Brown, and member of Professor James Newton's Charles Mingus Ensemble.

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