BLOGSWARA 3 Launched !

Folks:

Blogswara 3 has been launched with a mix of new and old talents in a brand new web site ! My hearty and warm welcome to all the new artists aboard ! Songs are fabulously done ! Please take time to listen and encourage this on-going effort of audio bloggers who strive for musical perfection with limited resources and unlimited imagination and effort and expect only your honest feedback in return.

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Alankruta Sundara Roopam - Murali and Murali

Song : Alankruta Sundara Roopam
Singer : Murali Ramanathan
Lyrics and Composition by : Murali Venkatraman

It has been almost 5 years since my fascination with Baby Krishna and allied Krishna themes started. Somehow, this seems to excite the writer in me most of the times. I have, earlier in one post, presented a song "vENdinEn unai vENdinen". Most of the songs I have written and set tune, however, are sleeping in the computer. I have been searching for specific voices for specific songs.

One such song is presented below - Alankruta Sundara Roopam - written in sanskrit by me. I composed this song in Raga Charukeshi to bring out the devotional bhaavam as much as possible. After composing I realized, a beautiful voice capable of rendering the Bhakthi is required to bring out the beauty in it. It lay in the racks until I met Murali Ramanathan online. I told myself - I cannot get a better voice for this song and I should not wait any further.

I think Murali Ramanathan has rendered this brilliantly capturing all the brighas, sangathis, gamakam and bhaavam that I had given him and also embellished it with some of his own. The moment I heard the song, I was awestruck. But mind it, this is just a draft version ! The song needs to be redone with veena sitar violin etc. and I can only imagine how this wonderful singer will sound then !!




Alankruta Sundara Roopam - My Composition Sung by Murali Ramanathan | Music Upload

India trip and the goodies

A re-union with the family after 5 yers cannot be captured merely in words as they are powerless. Two months flew away and all days were busy with some agenda or the other. HAd a great time with parents and sis. Met a few ppl from the blogosphere and had a very nice time.

I stayed at Pradip's home when I went to Guruvayur. He and his family played great hosts and his son was a non-stop entertainer. He dabbled with my blazer and wanted to know why I had bought such a big shirt ! It was fun talking to him in English since I was the first person he had tried to talk in english with. Pradip's daughter - the quiet and organized antonym of Pradip's son - carries a silent reputation of having finsihed 48 Krithis along with dance classes and she is still in 6th grade ! A silent over-achiever. Pradip and I talked through the night and slept around 3:00 am. We discussed some of my compositions and also discussed his great times with Sandeep Chowta. Pradip has probably some of the most advanced gear that one may find in home recording.

Myself, Pradip and Divya

The next day lunch was at Divya's place. Both Pradip and Divya have lovely houses dwarfed only by their hospitality. In the little time that I had, I taught some of the nuancces of "neelaambari" song to Divya. Divya's mom and earlier Pradp's wife had cooked excellent food and needless to say, a desi-food-hungry NRI who was denied desi food for 5 years, pounced on it with glee. My mom, who hails from Kerala had a great time with all relishing conversations in malayalama nd great Kerala cuisine. I had hardly 2 hours to spend at divya's place but every minute of it is still ingering in my mind. Some photos that we took are given here.

Aishwarya and Divya

It was unfortunate that I could meet Jo only in the Trichur Railway Station. Pradip, Jo, my mother and I had some conversations till the late and irritatingly slow Venad Express came to the platform. I met Murali Ramanathan and Anil Kumar BS also, in Trivandrum. However, the photos are not available with me yet. Murali and Anil spent quite some time during the day discussing some of our compositions and also saw me off in the airport. Overall, it was a great experience.

I missed out to mention earlier that I met Ajit Gopalakrishnan - the orchestrator of "aisi bheegi" and "ennaachu". WE both have chemical engineering backgrounds and we ended up talking chem engg than music !! Sorry Ajit, to leave your name out in a jiffy ! I know you are into music as much as you are into Chem Engg !!!

Jo, Pradip and Myself