On 09-May-06, at 9:08 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
My top two Rush tracks are Lakeside Park and Jacob's Ladder.
'La Villa Strangiato' and 'Closer to the Heart' would get my vote, along
with 'Freewill' and 'The Trees', of course.
The entire "Grace Under Pressure", "Caress of Steel", "Hold Y
Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My top two Rush tracks are Lakeside Park and Jacob's Ladder.
I don't think I can make just 2, but off the top of my head, I can
think of _Middletown Dreams_, _Territories_ and _The Enemy Within_.
For lyrics as well as overall musical content.
Udha
On 09-May-06, at 12:10 PM, Suraj wrote:
Deepa, have you tried listening to Rush's "Free Will"? Notice
the time signatures! Cute stuff. I like Rush. They got some
unpredictable music. My only complaint on Metal is that its
predictable. Okay, I have to tell myself "free your mind"
Deepa Mohan wrote:
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|Hi Dave...As my present attempts to listen to bands like Rush
|are not going any too well...my ear seems to be in too much of
|a musical
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Deepa, have you tried listening to Rush's "Free Will"? Notice
the time signatures! Cute stuff. I like Rush.
Deepa Mohan said:
I love the way this thread has gone from Kadri Gopalnath to boiled
eggs... (yes, I did wiki balut and it's actually not just simple
boiled eggs, but do your own google or wiki BEFORE you have eaten)
Anne Marie...I agree with you! I am not squeamish but I don't think I
would t
thanks a lot for the site.
i had visited it earlier...but just couldnt remember the url...
:-)
On 5/9/06, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Abhishek Hazra wrote:
>>> there are other influences. and apings
>
>
> hmm interesting...illustrate "influence" and "aping" with examples
>
Abhishek Hazra wrote:
there are other influences. and apings
hmm interesting...illustrate "influence" and "aping" with examples
please :-) now that Opal Mehta is the flavor of the moment...
http://itwofs.com like I said. Listen to the clips there and you can
draw your own conclusions on th
--- Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tamizh music directors certainly followed jazz and pop rhythms in
> many of
> the 60's songs, but without aping... eg. "Andru vanthathum athey
> nila" with
not entirely true. While the big guys like Viswanathan Ramamurthy were
not into "aping", musi
Tamizh music directors certainly followed jazz and pop rhythms in many of the 60's songs, but without aping... eg. "Andru vanthathum athey nila" with its characteristic "chachacha" refrainfor aping I would say, Bollywood music directors who just lift tunes wholesalesorry, I don't like to n
there are other influences. and apings
hmm interesting...illustrate "influence" and "aping" with examples
please :-) now that Opal Mehta is the flavor of the moment...
On 5/8/06, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Dave...As my present attempts to listen to bands like Rush are not going
Hi Dave...As my present attempts to listen to bands like Rush are not going any too well...my ear seems to be in too much of a musical groove...I am very appreciative of your attempts to listen to very different music. Suresh's selections are pretty good and you can listen to them. Much of our old
Indian film music (bollywood or other languages) has always had a
variety of influnences : Indian classical music (Carnatic/Hindustani),
Western classical as well as popular western music of the times.
To distinguish between various styles - just listen to it for a while -
it is a question of pat
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Dave Long wrote:
> As a niekulturny, I can't tell the difference between bollywood music
> and the (presumably turkish?) pop songs that get played at the kebab
> shop. What should the neophyte listen for, to distinguish the two?
> (and, that having
Well let's put it this way - a lot of older film music from bollywood
has hindustani (north indian, shall we say) influences. Movies from the
south (tamil, telugu etc) had a more carnatic base earlier.
And there have been cases of maestros singing, playing or composing for
bollywood and southi
udhay...should we continue this as a conversation between suraj,
pavithra
and me or can it be on the list?
In keeping with the spirit of the original post, I'd like to (attempt
to) follow conversations about musical traditions of which I'm
currently ignorant. *
... the kind of high pitch t
40. Work with animals.
This activity offers at least two mind-opening doors:
1) Silklisters are undoubtedly used to using syntax and semantics to
make sound, structured, arguments. Not only do animals not follow
footnotes, they don't pay much attention to logical subtleties,
reserving it ins
> The balut - quite possibly the most disgusting thing I've ever
> seen. I can't believe that's on the list of ways to exercise an
> open mind. It's actually a great way to exercise an open
> stomach. knows I don't puke enough nowadays. $;^D
> My mind and stomach have to draw the line somewher
I love the way this thread has gone from Kadri Gopalnath to boiled eggs... (yes, I did wiki balut and it's actually not just simple boiled eggs, but do your own google or wiki BEFORE you have eaten) Anne Marie...I agree with you! I am not squeamish but I don't think I would try it.
On 5/3/06, A. M.
On 5/2/06, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I suspect many of the folks here already practise several of the below.
Udhay
http://www.wikihow.com/Exercise-an-Open-Mind
How to Exercise an Open Mind
16. Try foods you have never tried. Have you tried sushi? Have you
tried Vietnamese
--- Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I too have struggled to bring some "ghanam"
...
> remarks do touch a sore point
> with me!
Oh, this isn't about pitch at all! Only about volume.
I will admit, though, that Nityasree's swara sthanam
is normally faultless.
Sowmya I like, but like pe
udhay...should we continue this as a conversation between suraj, pavithra and me or can it be on the list?On 5/3/06, Deepa Mohan <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:well, high pitch is not necessarily harsh on my ears all the timeI do love the shehnai and good nagaswaram. But the kind of high pitch tha
Suraj wrote:
Deepa Mohan wrote:
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|How do you all feel about Sowmya, then?
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I feel good.
She sings at 1-Kattai. :) Yeah, being low-pitched makes it easy on
the ears (the same reason why shehnai / nadaswaram / etc.,. sounds so
painful for me. What about Kadri Gopalnath's Saxop
well, high pitch is not necessarily harsh on my ears all the timeI do love the shehnai and good nagaswaram. But the kind of high pitch that you hear female vocalists in film music doingTHAT goes through my head.
Kathri is OK...I am not into the kind of calisthenics that happens sometimes..
Deepa Mohan wrote:
I too have struggled to bring some "ghanam" into a high-pitched
voiceI was given excellent advice by Charumathi, to do a lot of
manthra-sthaayi saadagam, I now sing at anju kattai...but your remarks
do touch a sore point with me! I think I have even posted on my LJ about
Deepa Mohan wrote:
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|How do you all feel about Sowmya, then?
`
I feel good.
She sings at 1-Kattai. :) Yeah, being low-pitched makes it easy on
the ears (the same reason why shehnai / nadaswaram / etc.,. sounds so
painful for me. What about Kadri Gopalnath's Saxophone?).
--
,-
I too have struggled to bring some "ghanam" into a high-pitched voiceI was given excellent advice by Charumathi, to do a lot of manthra-sthaayi saadagam, I now sing at anju kattai...but your remarks do touch a sore point with me! I think I have even posted on my LJ about this
How do you al
--- Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder if Nithyashree
...
> [ouch. i dont want to know..
Me neither! She's never performed here, but no one I
know laments the lack :-)
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Pavithra Sankaran wrote:
heard some stirring concerts by KVN, TVS, MSG and,
recently, Sanjay Subrahmanyam at this humble venue.
atmosphere of a private performance, and seems to have
a what I can only call a *calming* effect on the
performers. While MSG's music is almost beyond
Good choice o
Might I gatecrash into this conversation?
Here in Mysore we have some wonderful concerts around
Ganesha Chathurti (mid-August normally), held in the
middle of a small street, shaded by a small shamiana
and amplified by large speakers from the 1960s.
Organised by a small association of shopkeepers
Might I gatecrash into this conversation?
Here in Mysore we have some wonderful concerts around
Ganesha Chathurti (mid-August normally), held in the
middle of a small street, shaded by a small shamiana
and amplified by large speakers from the 1960s.
Organised by a small association of shopkeepers
Deepa Mohan wrote:
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|just spoke to Udhay and realized you are a Yahoo too! My first
|contact at
`
I was a Yahoo!. Now at Amazon.
,
|I will email you my tel no. and we can try and go to kacheris
|together. Who are your favourites?
`
Sure! I would b
just spoke to Udhay and realized you are a Yahoo too! My first contact at Yahoo was Madhu Kurup, and then ex-Yahoos like Kalyan and Udhay...I will email you my tel no. and we can try and go to kacheris together. Who are your favourites?
On 5/3/06, Suraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Deepa Mohan wrote:
Deepa Mohan wrote:
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|HEY! Nice to meet you! My day always includes Arangisai, which I
|get with varying degrees of clarity on my ld 2 in 1, from
|Madras A. I thought my species was heavily endangereddo you
|live in Bangalore? I don't even get company to
HEY! Nice to meet you! My day always includes Arangisai, which I get with varying degrees of clarity on my ld 2 in 1, from Madras A. I thought my species was heavily endangereddo you live in Bangalore? I don't even get company to go to kacheris and often go alone...! I have once written an
Deepa Mohan wrote:
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|GOD, trying to listen to Heavy Metal should count for 10 things on
|this list Udhay!
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I just am trying to do the same too! Listening to Heavy "Loud Music"
Metal. I'm a person that wakes up to Kambhoji Alapanais and such.
Udhay wrote:
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|39.
JUST when I thought I *was* exercising an open mindI find there is a to-do list for THAT,too; someone has thought of it all before me. and the list is rather longer than I want!GOD, trying to listen to Heavy Metal should count for 10 things on this list Udhay!
On 5/3/06, Udhay Shankar N <[
I suspect many of the folks here already practise several of the below.
Udhay
http://www.wikihow.com/Exercise-an-Open-Mind
How to Exercise an Open Mind
Simply put, all one needs to grow his or her brain is to do unique,
random, different, and ridiculous things as often as possible. One hour
of
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