http://youtu.be/YtnobSOIjlA

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This is the first video song, of my original composition sung by the very talented Meera Manohar. Meera and I co-wrote the lyrics and she took care of the video editing as well. :)

The evolution of this song from the scratch to final version is an interesting one. I had made it as a basic tune that traverses through many ragas; (Karaharapriya, Sriranjani, Reethigowlai, Baageshri as these ragas are very close in their structure) It was a tune that I liked and called it Uncertain (due to it being always changing shades from one raga to another). When Meera heard it, she was really excited and suggested we make it as a proper song. So then the stanza happened followed by the interlude etc ;). Anyway, do listen and share your feedback, likes etc. :-D

Credits:
Original Lyrics: @meeram (Meera Manohar) and Vijay Kannan
Original Music, Arrangement, Flute, Percussions and Programming: Vijay Kannan
Mixing and Mastering: Bharath Venkatesan

You can subscribe to my Youtube channel: http://tiny.cc/FluteVIjayKannan
and to Meera : http://tiny.cc/MeeraManohar
Cheerio

Vijay Kannan
http://about.me/Vijay.Kannan

Unarvai - Vijay Kannan Ft. Meera Manohar (Video)

A Fusion based on the composition of Papanasam Sivan in the raga Hamsanandi. 

Credits:
Main Melody and Lyrics: Papanasam Sivan
Vocals: Uma Ramasubramaniam
Music: Vijay Kannan

I have known Uma Ramasubramaniam for quite a while and had also been involved in a carnatic music CD (http://ragasurabhi.com/carnatic-music/buy-lalithamritham-audio-cd.html). Recently, Uma and Ram had come to Berlin and had a chance to record a couple of songs. 

She hosts a website where one can learn about ragas of Indian Music : http://ragasurabhi.com and also teaches carnatic music online. 

http://ragasurabhi.com/carnatic-music/buy-varnam-lessons.html

An interesting aspect about the music I have done for the above piece is the use of Graha bedam (Tonic Shift) in the second interlude.  The actual raga of the song is in Hamsanandi. The graha bedam leads it to Hindolam
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The tonic shift is done when I change the Shadjamam (Sa, tonic note here is G) to the Rishabam of Hamsanandi (G#). Now the swaras of Hamsanandi are S R1 G3 M2 D2 N3 S' Hindolam scale is reached when I play R1 G3 M2 D2 N3 R1' (which when R1 = S becomes S G2 M1 D1 N2 S').

Hamsanandi:
G  Ab(G#) B C#  E F# G'
Hindolam:
Ab(G#) B C' E F# Ab'(G#')
}}

Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsanandi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindolam

Links to Artiste(s)
Uma Ram:
Website: http://ragasurabhi.com
Subscribe to youtube: http://tiny.cc/ragasurabhi
Connect on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ragasurabhi

Vijay Kannan:
Website: http://AboutIndianMusic.com
Subscribe to YT: https://youtube.com/AboutIndianMusic
Connect on Facebook: http://facebook.com/FluteVijayKannan

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Madhava - (Vijay Kannan) Ft. Uma Ramasubramaniam

This rendition of the Thyagaraja composition (raga: Bindumalini, taala: Adi) comes from Mandolin Srinivas' 2002 album called Raga Sangamam. 
We do not own the copyrights to this song, and this upload is merely to share the song with a larger audience, with no monetizing intentions. 

Enthamuddho (Bindumalini, Adi)

U Srinivas and U Rajesh play Mahaganpathe, a kriti in Natanarayani ragam, for TTD

Mahaganapathe (Natanarayani) - U Srinivas, U Rajesh

A minimalist acoustic Tamil adaptation of Edith Piaf's La Vie En Rose with lyrics with Subhashini Vinay (https://twitter.com/neelavanam) and me on the acoustic guitar, strings & piano

Lyrics

நிலவிலே உன்னை நான்
கண்ட நாள் முதலாய்
இரு காதல் பூக்கள்.

நெஞ்சிலே நிறைந்துவிட்டாய்
பூவென மலர்ந்துவிட்டாய்
பாரிது காதல்  பூக்கள்.  

கண்கள் மயங்குதிங்கே
நேரம் போவதெங்கே?
காலம் ஓய்வெடுக்கும்.

உன்னைப் பார்க்காமல் போனால்
துயர் பெருகும்,
உன் குரலைக் கேட்டவுடன்
கண்ணீர் பெருகும்.

நம் கரங்கள் இணையுதிங்கே
வாழ்கை வாழ்வதற்கே,
இரு காதல் பூக்கள்.

Kadhal Pookkal

Attempted to sing Rahman's popular Then Kizhakku Cheemayila. One of my favourite songs of Rahman ever. Feedback is welcome.

Then Kizhakku

(This track was uploaded along with our interview of the group's main man V S Narasimhan. You can read it here: http://www.musicaloud.com/2015/07/28/in-conversation-with-v-s-narasimhan-madras-string-quartet/)
Madras String Quartet's adaptation of Papanasam Sivan's Carnatic composition Esane (raga: chakravakam, tala: rupakam) for their album Portrait of a Raga (the song was called "Lord Shiva - Mercy on Me" in the album). We do not own copyright to this piece. The song and the album can be bought here: http://www.stringtemple.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=41

Musician credits: 
First violin: V S Narasimhan
Second violin: Hemanthraj Muliyil
Viola: B J Chandran
Cello: V R Sekar

Madras String Quartet - Esane

A Symphonic Metal Arrangement of RD Burman's "Pyaar Hamein Kis Mod" from Satte pe Satta 
Lead Vocalists: @rvijaynarain, @ashwinvinayan 
Piano, Strings, Guitar, Arrangement/Mixing/Mastering: @krishashok
Chorus: THE INTERNETS feat.
Aakash Mathai, Ashwin Sathish Deshpande (https://twitter.com/trollpwnde), Aakriti Joanna (@aakritijoanna), Shruti Malur (https://twitter.com/nonstopbakbak), Rohwit (https://twitter.com/rohwit), Srinath Sripath (https://twitter.com/_peews), Jayaraj Shankar (https://twitter.com/jjustjazzy), Badaboomtheory(@badaboomie), Vipin Nair (https://twitter.com/musicaloud), Unnamed Entity (https://twitter.com/unnamedentity), Prashanth (https://twitter.com/iprash) + The Connecticut chorus, Girin Nayak (https://twitter.com/nayakgirin), Mythili Menon (https://twitter.com/mythmenon), V Smitha(& Sumo), Vinod Raman (https://twitter.com/diogeneb)

Pyaar Hamein Kis Mod

Sung from across US and India, hence explaining the mediocre recording quality. We love the beginning vocals of this song, and we sang it. :)

Neeyum Naanum

Singer(s): Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
Composed by Khayyam
Lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi

Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein..

A recording based on Arijit Singh's version of Phir Le Aaya, mixed by http://soundcloud.com/indian_music_fan

Phir Le Aaya Dil - Barfi

vipin-nair