Recital

Some people keep pestering you. They cannot keep the distance. With guidance, you can learn to turn it into an advantage - one of the reasons why we need a Guru. While I am thinking of the DakshiNamurthy stotram that my dad wants me to memorize, the annual recital of Sampradaya School of Music came and went. It was not like a wedding - no shoes were lost afaik. The perfectionist teacher put each of the disciples to task - was one spared, perhaps? Food was good but youngsters could benefit by starting right. Samosa for snack? Naa naa. We are brown all right. The quiz was long. Btw, why the Sahana obsession? All said and done, good.

How come....

not much information online about Teacher?

Naatai and Gaulai

Naatai is a janya of the 36th melakarta Chalanaatai. Teacher says that this ragam can be heard in a lot of dance programs. I find it interesting that this ragam depicts 'Veera' rasam. I have been listening to 'Kaithala niraikani' sung by Smt.M.S.Subbulakshmi, 'Jaya jaya' sung by Sri.K.V.Narayanaswamy and
'Sarasiruhasanapriye' sung by Bombay Jayashree.
Gaulai is a janya of the 15th melakarta Mayamalavagowlai. I have been listening to the renditions of 'Sree Maha Ganapathiravathumam' by Sri Maharajapuram Santhanam,
'Thyagaraja paalaya' by Sri Balamuralikrishna and 'Saraswathya Bhagavathya' by Sri BV Raman and Sri BV Lakshmanan. Some songs remind me a lot of its kartha ragam.

Group practice

Been getting highly benefitted from group-practice with friends these days. Thanks to all for the help.

Daasara Day

Got a chance to listen to a few songs during the Purandaradasa Day celebrations on saturday. All performers presented their pieces well. The more I listened to Sindhu Bhairavi ragam, the more I started liking it. These performances were notable:
Anish, Arjun and Rumeya singing Sindhu Bhairavi - these little singers were inspiring with their enthusiastic singing and good ending.
Ramakrishnan Murthy singing Krishna nee begane baaro in Yaman kalyan - laavagam.
Sahana singing Ahir Bhairavi - layippu.
The song that kept ringing until sunday was Jagadodharana in Kaapi sung by Visalini Sundaram. Excellent rendition.

Ragam Khamas

Khamas is a janya of the 28th melakartha ragam Harikambhoji. This is a ragam to depict bhakthi and can be sung at all times. I listened to some songs in Khamas - Brochevarevarura sung by Smt. Nithyashree, Rama jogi sung by Sri Semmangudi and Seethapathi sung by Smt. Sudha Raghunathan. Somehow I could not associate Rama jogi with Khamas though I am still trying. Also, I have listened to TMKrishna's rendition of Seethapathi and I must confess that I find this particular song better suited for a male voice. Khamas is a very beautiful ragam!