Isainaadiye - இசை நாடியே - Teaser of a Semi-Classical in Rag Hindolam / Maalkauns

Song : Isainaadiye - இசை நாடியே 

Singers : Pradip Somasundaran

Lyrics : Udhaya KulandaivElu

Composed By : Murali Venkatraman

Orchestration and Mixing : Sibu Sukumaran





An upcoming composition of mine in the voice of Pradip Somasundaran in raagam Hindolam / Malkauns.  Please watch this space for the full release.

SooraavaLiyil - சூறாவளியில் - Teaser of upcoming Semi-Classical

A preview of an upcoming semi-classical number in carnatic style. Currently in my voice for the teaser. Will feature the voices of both Unnikrishnan and mine.

Song : SooraavaLiyil - சூறாவளியில் - Teaser
Singers : Unnikrishnan KB, Murali Venkatraman
Lyrics : Murali Venkatraman
Composed By : Murali Venkatraman
Orchestration and Mixing : Sibu Sukumaran

வார்த்தையின்றி ஏது கண்ணா - A teaser

Song : வார்த்தையின்றி ஏது கண்ணா - vaarththaiyindri Edhu kaNNa 

Singers : Bhavadhaarini Anantharaman  
Lyrics : Murali Venkatraman

Composed By : Murali Venkatraman , Vijay Rajagopalan
Orchestrated by : Keyboardvijai

A teaser of a joint composition by me and Vijay Rajagopalan sung by Bhavadhaarini in the ragam Gowri Manohari.  Theme : Meera-Krishna

Choo Lena - A rajasthani rain dance song (Teaser)

Song : Choolena (Teaser)Composer-Arranger : Murali Venkatraman
Sung by : Swati Kanitkar, Kuhoo Gupta
Lyrics : Sajeev SarathieMixed By: Bharath Venkatesan and Eshwar Ravishankar

छम छम छलका रे - A Teaser

A teaser from my stable. Just an unfinished prelude. Lyricist will be Jai Kshatriya and singers will be decided later.

Madhyamavathy is one of my favorite ragams and this song is primarily based on that.


छम छम छलका रे - A Teaser | Online recorder

Teaser 5- Azagaay poosum manjaL

Azhagaay poosum - அழகாய் பூசும் மஞ்சள் -Teaser by murali-venkatraman

One of the biggest complaints that my music friends have is that I dont sit down and finish the songs that I start. Well, truly speaking there are some reasons:

1. Lack of proper equipment. Somehow I have been having a bad time with all soundcards with limited money I have to buy them.
2. Serious lack of time.
3. I generally try to think of too many things at the same time and no wonder sometimes I lose focus. Many songs have been composed for which tunes and lyrics are ready but orchestration is only half way through.
4. With my minimal knowledge in orch'n, I still have this burning desire to create musical interludes which have a life of their own. Overambitious - I guess - given the puny knowledge to back it up ! With so many softwares and loops available, it is relatively easy to "fill a tune" with inance musical interludes, but I am trying to see if I can transcend beyond this limitation. Since I do NOT have the required expertise, I have to toil long and hard to be really convinced that the orchestration sounds tight and fresh.
   

This song, the tune of which was composed a while back has its lyrics written by Udhaya. I asked him to start with the line "azagaay poosum manjaL" and he penned some very beautiful lines for the song. 

The sax (not the violin) plays the tune in this bit. Only the prelude - pallavi - interlude 1 can be heard in this teaser. The volume levels are yet to be balanced properly. You may want to sing these lines along with the sax:

M:
அழகாய் பூசும் மஞ்சள் / azagaay poosum manjaL
அரிதாய் தோன்றும் திங்கள் / aridhaay thOndrum thingaL

F:
வானம் ஏந்தும் போதும் / vaana, Ednhum pOdhum
பூமி தேடுகின்றாய் / bhoomi thEdugindraay

M:
கதிரின் ஆடை போர்த்தி / kadhirin aadai pOrththi
யாரை ஏய்க்க வந்தாய்? / yaarai Eykka vandhaay

F:
சுடரின் பார்வைச் சூட்டை / chudarin paarvaych choottai
மறவா காலைப் பூக்கள் / maRavaa kaalaip pookkaL

M:
காதல்.. வெள்ளை நெஞ்சில் கள்ளம் சேர்க்கும் / kaadhal..veLLai nenjnil kaLLam sErkkum

Teaser 4

Bengali baul geet is a folk tradition which derives a lot from sufi philosophy although they are sung mostly by hindu nomadic saints. I intended to compose a song in that mould and ended somewhere in between a baul geet and maajhi (boatman ) geet.

When I composed this tune, I had only one voice in mind - Pradip. I needed a strong deep voice which would be able to deliver the impact of the philosophy that is expounded by the lyricist through the boatman. And I am sure Pradip's voice would have the required depth for delivering this song.

The sax that you hear is the tune of mukhda (pallavi). The voice of Pradip will be added later.

Teaser 3

This song was probably the first to be composed exclusively for Blogswara 1. However, due to some logistic reasons it could not make it. Sendhamarai made it to BLS 1. I am still dabbling with this song to make better. What u hear is the prelude.

Teaser 2

This is once again a short prelude for the song my friend vijay has composed. I am doing the orchestration for this song

Teaser 1

Composed by : Murali

After the PhD, I have been terribly busy with the post doc work. But somehow, the creative juices have flowed a little bit and I am working on a song right now. Udhaya has alreayd written the lyrics and Vidya and I may be singing it. This is just a skeleton of the prelude music. The Flute you hear is just a sketch of the lady's aalaap to be. The synthetic flute may sound weird though..