Just Joe

This is the third and aakhri lifeline (oops!!!), okay, aakhri song in the raga Rasika Ranjini series. Lemme know your feedback.

Also, I came across a talented lyricist in the blogosphere and have composed a tune for one of his poems. It’s been a while since I composed something. I will post that within the weekend for your feedbacks.

Song : Brahma Kamalam
Movie : Savidham (1992)
Music : Raveendran
Lyrics : Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri
Originally sung by : Yesudas K J

Yesterday’s song (from the movie Bharati) is based on the Rasika Ranjini raga. Actually, I didn’t know that. MagicLens told me this. She also mentioned there are two songs in Malayalam in the same raga. Murali mentioned one of these songs in the comments section. Both were sung by K. J. Yesudas.

1) Brahmakamalam sreelakamaakiya
2) Sindhooram peythirangi

Today I’m posting the second song. I know the song has flaws. I’m still experimenting in Carnatic music with the songs like this. So excuse me for any flaws and kindly put your opinions and suggestions in the comments section.

Movie: Thoovalkottaram
Music: Johnson
Originally sung by: K. J. Yesudas

Also check out this awesome ad video featuring the greatest Indian we ever had. (Thanks to Thulasi for the link):

http://www.epica-awards.com/assets/epica/2004/winners/film/flv/11071.htm

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Today’s song is from the movie Bharati. Thanks to MagicLense for suggesting the song and sending in the MP3 and lyrics.

Movie: Bharati
Music Director: Ilayaraja
Lyrics: Pulamaipithan
Originally sung by: Madhu Balakrishnan

Jeevan tagged me! Okay, so here it goes:

10 Favorites:

Season: This time of the year (November-January)
Sports: Football
Time: Nights
Month: December
Actor: Mammootty (Malayalam), Kamal (Tamil), Big B (Hindi) and Tom Hanks (Hollywood).
Actress: Shobhana (Malayalam), Bhanupriya (Tamil), Aishwarya (Hindi), Meryl Streep & Meg Ryan (Hollywood)
Ice cream: Mango
Food: Anything with Chicken.
Drink: Lime Soda (cool), Brandy (hot).
Place: Thrissur (there is no place like home) and Bangalore (lots of friends there).

9 Currents

Feeling: Musical. Humming with a song which is a mix of carnatic + bhangra which blogger Thulasi sent me.
O/S: Win 2K.
Windows open: Winamp, FireFox, Notepad.
Drink: Jeera water.
Time: 2:56 pm.
Mobile used: Sony Erricsson K700i.
Show on TV: No TV for days.
Thought: How beautifully that song was made. Carnatic + Bhangra! Amazing!!
Cloth: Lungi.

8 First

First nick: Jo
First kiss: Won’t tell ya. She’s married and I don’t wanna spoil the fun of keeping memories to myself. )
First crush: Girl in the church choir.
First computer: Win98, P4.
First Vehicle: Nothing yet.
First Job: Telephone booth operator.
First Movie: Don’t remember.
First pet: Nothing of my own. But I loved Meetu, a friend’s dashhunt and Appu (another friend’s boxer).
First shave: When I was 15. (I enjoyed every single moment of it, felt myself being a man!)

7 Lasts:

Chai (tea): 11 AM.
Movie: Madagascar DVD.
I drove: Never.
Shaved: Yesterday
Website visited: Jeevan’s (to see the details of tag).
Software installed: Skype.
Pill I had: Allergy.

6 Have you evers:

Broken the law: Law? Hmm… I think not.
Been drunk: Yes.
Climbed a tree: It was a on trip to Kodai hills, I think. I was trying to pose for a pic.
Kissed someone you didn’t know: In my dreams, I think I did it to someone. )
Been in the Middle/close to Gunfire or Bomb Blast: Nope.
Broken anyone’s heart: Hmm… yes, sometimes. My Amma for one example. I saw her eyes wet when I told her that I didn’t write my pre-degree second year exams.

5 Things:

You can hear right now: Amar Sharata Din (A wonderful Bengali song ML sent me and I’m planning to post it in the blog soon).
On your computer table: Lotsa stuff. Table clock, The Hours DVD and its copy, pen stand, scribble pad, blank CDs, cable modem, DVDs to return to the shop.
On your bed: pillow and blanket.
You ate today: rice, sambhar & curd.
In mind: I should thank ML for this song. This guy, Srikanth Acharya, got a beautiful voice.

4 places you have been today:

Toilet
Kitchen
Hall
Why should I write the places I’ve never been to???

3 people you can tell anything to

There are many. Ex: Friends and sisters.

2 choices

Black or White: White
Hot or cold: Hot.

1 thing you want to do before you die.

As of now am thinking about working with all the musicians in the blogosphere.

Okay. And am not tagging anyone this time. Happy?

I love this time of the year. Its so romantic. Its so lovely. I’m just coming out of a hectic schedule in the work. So things are finally getting to normal.

Watched a movie – Dreamers – by Bernado Bertolucci. He told a very bold story as usual with his own style, but there are a lot of nude scenes. Sometimes, I thought I’m watching a porn movie. Oh well, am not pretending to be a good boy. But I really don’t understand why the masters are obsessed with the nudity in their movies. This movie has 80% nude scenes compared to his other ones. I had to watch it in the computer, putting my headsets on and at night when nobody watches. Even when I took the DVD from the video shop, the guy in there gave me a look like “hmm…”. LOL!

This is my second song with Anup. Today’s song is Ashaiyen from the movie Iqbal. This is an accoustic version compared to the original. I did not try to make an exact copy of the song. I took my freedom to make slight changes. For example, Ashaiyen khile dil ki… in the last part of the song. I sung the seconds in the high notes.

Also Anup added an intro of his own to the song. I must say his guitar is the plus point of this song. He played it wonderfully.

Original song credits:

Movie: Iqbal
Music: Salim Sulaiman, Sukhwinder Singh
Singer: Kay Kay. I heard that he (KK — Krishna Kumar) was born in Thrissur.

Our Version:

Guitar: Anup
Vocals: Jo

Hi guys,

Today’s song is from the movie “Minnale”. Anup played the BG guitar for this song and sent me the track. I recorded my voice in another track using CoolEditPro and here is the outcome.

Original song credits:

Movie: Minnale
Music: Harris Jeyaraj
Singer: Devan

Our version:

Guitar: Anup (Tailgunner)
Singer: Jo

Meet Anup, a superb guitar player whom I recently met through the blogosphere. You sure gonna get surprized by listening to his guitar! He is a mallu, from my district Thrissur, born and brought up in Chennai and now in US for his PhD.

He has formed a band with his pals, the band is called PARAM. They have created their own music and you can listen to some of their tracks from the links below.

Check out the following links for his MP3 songs and video:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=319387
http://media.putfile.com/highway-star-guitar-solo
http://media.putfile.com/inspiration47

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Checkout BlueByrd’s songs in his audioblog. He has been posting some classic English songs from sometime now. He has the complete info about every singer with the pic and their songs.

Now he has posted some of the Tamil songs he sung. Check out his songs.

We have already enjoyed the wonderful music/voices of Murali, Ganesh, Prem Abraham and Anand Prabhu.

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Read about Sumonk’s experiences with the kids in SOCARE. SOCARE is a shelter for the kids of life-convicts who had no support from the society.

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Don blogs about the CAN CONQUER CANCER Initiative happening in Chennai in December, 2005. Excerpts given below:

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The Rotary Club of Madras (Metro) is organizing a Fund Raising Concert featuring singer Sonu Nigam on 10th December 2005 in Chennai. The proceeds of the concert are to be handed over for the welfare of the patients recovering from Cancer at the Cancer Institute, Adayar, Chennai.

In connection with this, Connexions has given its support as one of the main sponsors of the event. To create the awareness and to raise support for a noble cause, Connexions has planned several in-house events. The main events include contests in Poetry, Photography and Painting and would include participants from educational institutions and corporate houses apart from the regular visitors and shoppers at the showrooms. The events are being scheduled between Nov 16th and Dec 10th 2005.

We have planned to culminate the events with an Awareness Walk around the Anna Nagar Park on December 4th 2005.

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And they have scheduled a “The Best Blog Post Contest” featuring the CAN CONQUER CANCER Theme between Nov 27th and Dec 2nd. Checkout Don’s blog for details.

Listen to Venkitu sir’s song here or scroll down.

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Hi folks, Today I’m posting the second composition from Mr. Narayanan Venkitu. He started composing with a prayer to the almighty, now this one is about love. Let me and him know your comments as always.

Song: Unai Paarthadhaal
Lyrics: Narayanan Venkitu
Music: Narayanan Venkitu
Sung by: Jo