Concert details:
Mridangam: T R Sundaresan
N Ravindran - Violin
(Typed live)
Kathanakuthuhalam Varnam - MV
Subramanyena - Suddha Dhanyasi - MD (NS)
Raga Alapana in Kosalam
Ka Guha - Kosalam - Koteeswara Iyer - Rupakam (S)
Sarasasamadana - Kapinarayani (NS)
Raga Alapana in Keeravani
Kaligiyunte (NS)
Thaniavarthanam
Ragam Thanam Pallavi - Charukesi
Pallavi: Thenpazhani malai velava, Kaa Vaa Irudisaiyil Isaikkekka
Thukkadas
After over a year, I attended this concert based on rajeshnat's recommendation. It was a free concert organised by SIFAS and I will sum it up in one sentence. It was the best concert I have heard in SIFAS in the past five years at least. Prior to rajeshnat's message I had no idea who Suryaprakash was, and I would like to thank him for letting me know he was performing so I could hear him. As it is already 1am here, I will review this concert in detail tomorrow morning.
Goodnight.
R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
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arasi
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
Bala747,
Good to hear from you!
Waiting for the review...
Good to hear from you!
Waiting for the review...
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bala747
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
Review begins here:
The first item was a brisk Kathanakuthuhalam Varnam of Mysore Vasudevachar, that set a brisk pace to the concert. Following that was a brisk rendition of Subramanyena in Suddha Dhanyasi with a neraval at Boga mokshena pradena nityena and a quick swara prastara. Then followed a detailed elaboration of Kosalam raga, followed by a brisk Sarasasamadanabhedadanda chatura with a neraval at Hitavumaatalanto bhagabalkitivi and swara prastara which set the stage for an elaborate Keeravani, and Thyagaraja's grand masterpiece, Kaligiyunte. The neraval at 'Baguga Sri Raghuramuni Padamula' was rendered well and the swaraprastara and Thani was good too.
The RTP was in raga Charukesi, and followed by a few tukkadas, including a Swati Tirunal Bhajan in Pahaadi, Ayye Mettakadinam in Punnagavarali, a beautiful ragamalika viruttam, followed by Ninaikkadaneram illai in Ragesri, Vellaithamarai in Abheri and Eppo Varuvaro.
Now this is not going to be my usual review, where I give my comments in each piece, because this concert, as I said earlier, was probably the best concert I have heard in Singapore in at least the past 6 years, if not longer. The only concerts that I can think of that I enjoyed so much were the OST concert way back in 1999 and Sanjay's 2001 concert here. Of the top of my head I can't remember another concert that was this good. What struck me first, as he sang the Suddha Dhanyasi neraval and swarams was that I had heard this style before and it sounded a lot like Madurai Mani Iyer. I had no idea who Suryaprakash was, being out of the concert scene since 2007, and I was fascinated by his superb handling of the swaraprastara in Suddha Dhanyasi. A quick Google search told me that he actually learnt under TVS.
I remember throughout that his handling of ragas were gimmick-free, and he sang with such involvement, which brought out the raga bhava of every raga he took up. I never enjoy renditions in Vivadhi ragas because everyone from Sanjay to Sowmya sing it like they are practising singing scales. Suryaprakash's Kosalam was sung in a manner as to actually give the raga its own unique bhava. Every other time I heard this raga it sounded like the singer was just mixing Nattai and Kalyani together to come up with mishmash of swara patterns, but Suryaprakash's rendition actually showed the haunting, teasing mood this raga created.
Of particular note was his spectacular handling of Keeravani. Keeravani is a raga that is easy to sing, and is often taken up in gimmicky jugalbandhis. In fact, four of the last five jugalbandhis I have heard here featured that raga. Suryaprakash however, sang the raga which a level of involvement that gave it its due weightage as a melakartha raga with a few major compositions set in it. Thyagaraja's Kaligiyunte is my favourite composition in this raga and it was sung in a manner that would have made any of the prima donna pseudo-vidwans who think raga-bhava and sahitya bhava are things sold in the grocery store hang their heads in shame. The neraval was sung superbly, and simply hearing so many neravals in this concert was a refreshing change from previous concerts.
There was no item that was handled in laissez-faire manner, and every raga was given the importance it deserved. The swaraprastara patterns all were spontaneous and there was no needless mathematics involved in their singing. There were parts where he sang in a manner that reminded me of Madurai Mani Iyer, but unlike his guru TVS, it did not appear contrived or fake. Unfortunately whenever I heard TVS he came off as a bad ripoff of MMI, but Suryaprakash sounded like a true torch bearer of that bhani. So I guess it is true that talent skips a generation, even in guru-sisya paramparas! I was not alive when Madurai Mani was singing, and in fact most of my records of Madurai Mani are of a later period when his voice and health had both deteriorated significantly, but after hearing Suryaprakash yesterday I could imagine how that great man might have sounded in his prime. True, the Ragam Thanam Pallavi in Charukesi could have been more elaborate, but by the time he had embarked on it it was already close to 10:30 at night. He even explained that due to time constraints he had to sing a truncated version but nowhere during the rendition did it feel like he was singing it for the sake of singing it. The alapana was superb, the thanam (with Sri Sunderesan's fantastic mridangam) was detailed, and the pallavi was just beautiful. The ragamalika swarams were kept brief, in Varali, Behaug, Nayaki and Chandrakauns and again he sang in the Madurai Mani bani without resorting to TVS's nauseating attempts at 'nanana'ing' the swaraprastaras. The swaraprastaras were handled with the seriousness they deserved and he did not resort to any 'crowd-pleasing' gimmickry there. He humourously mentioned that he will sing 'Eppo Varuvaro' because people will ask him to anyway, at which point my brother interrupted him and asked him to sing Vellai Thamarai instead, which he replied with a hearty 'kandippa' (Certainly). He sang both, and his Vellai Thamarai rendition even included a tribute to Madurai Mani. The ragamalika viruttam in Amirkalyani, Sindhubhairavi, Ragesri followed by a composition by another Madurai giant, Madurai Somu, Ninaikkatha Neramillai.
I understand that this is not my usual concert review, but this concert was an example of how chaste adherence to the rules of music, giving importance to raga bhava and sahitya bhava, and singing with joy and involvement are far more important things than any number of needless gimmickry, and that most of the current 'vidwans' and 'vidushi's could learn a lot from this young man about the importance of bhava to music, and not just providing lip service to it. I only have two minor complaints about this concert. The first is that all the ragas he chose to elaborate were melakarthas. It would have been even better had he chosen say, a Kaanada, Dhanyasi or Begada, but it was not a big thing. The other complaint I have was with whoever was doing the announcement at the end, probably the SIFAS chairman or some such fellow. This doofus was probably the most boring man on the planet, and he kept droning on and on, loving the sound of his own voice. After such a good concert, just hearing him drone on and on about his views on every composition, made me just get up and leave. Who gives a damn what he thinks? Seriously? This fellow got half the names of the songs wrong, was slurring half the words, and in attempting to show off his own knowledge, came off as an insufferable blowhard. Well, this just goes to show, Sabha Secretaries are the amongst the lowest form of life known to science.
The first item was a brisk Kathanakuthuhalam Varnam of Mysore Vasudevachar, that set a brisk pace to the concert. Following that was a brisk rendition of Subramanyena in Suddha Dhanyasi with a neraval at Boga mokshena pradena nityena and a quick swara prastara. Then followed a detailed elaboration of Kosalam raga, followed by a brisk Sarasasamadanabhedadanda chatura with a neraval at Hitavumaatalanto bhagabalkitivi and swara prastara which set the stage for an elaborate Keeravani, and Thyagaraja's grand masterpiece, Kaligiyunte. The neraval at 'Baguga Sri Raghuramuni Padamula' was rendered well and the swaraprastara and Thani was good too.
The RTP was in raga Charukesi, and followed by a few tukkadas, including a Swati Tirunal Bhajan in Pahaadi, Ayye Mettakadinam in Punnagavarali, a beautiful ragamalika viruttam, followed by Ninaikkadaneram illai in Ragesri, Vellaithamarai in Abheri and Eppo Varuvaro.
Now this is not going to be my usual review, where I give my comments in each piece, because this concert, as I said earlier, was probably the best concert I have heard in Singapore in at least the past 6 years, if not longer. The only concerts that I can think of that I enjoyed so much were the OST concert way back in 1999 and Sanjay's 2001 concert here. Of the top of my head I can't remember another concert that was this good. What struck me first, as he sang the Suddha Dhanyasi neraval and swarams was that I had heard this style before and it sounded a lot like Madurai Mani Iyer. I had no idea who Suryaprakash was, being out of the concert scene since 2007, and I was fascinated by his superb handling of the swaraprastara in Suddha Dhanyasi. A quick Google search told me that he actually learnt under TVS.
I remember throughout that his handling of ragas were gimmick-free, and he sang with such involvement, which brought out the raga bhava of every raga he took up. I never enjoy renditions in Vivadhi ragas because everyone from Sanjay to Sowmya sing it like they are practising singing scales. Suryaprakash's Kosalam was sung in a manner as to actually give the raga its own unique bhava. Every other time I heard this raga it sounded like the singer was just mixing Nattai and Kalyani together to come up with mishmash of swara patterns, but Suryaprakash's rendition actually showed the haunting, teasing mood this raga created.
Of particular note was his spectacular handling of Keeravani. Keeravani is a raga that is easy to sing, and is often taken up in gimmicky jugalbandhis. In fact, four of the last five jugalbandhis I have heard here featured that raga. Suryaprakash however, sang the raga which a level of involvement that gave it its due weightage as a melakartha raga with a few major compositions set in it. Thyagaraja's Kaligiyunte is my favourite composition in this raga and it was sung in a manner that would have made any of the prima donna pseudo-vidwans who think raga-bhava and sahitya bhava are things sold in the grocery store hang their heads in shame. The neraval was sung superbly, and simply hearing so many neravals in this concert was a refreshing change from previous concerts.
There was no item that was handled in laissez-faire manner, and every raga was given the importance it deserved. The swaraprastara patterns all were spontaneous and there was no needless mathematics involved in their singing. There were parts where he sang in a manner that reminded me of Madurai Mani Iyer, but unlike his guru TVS, it did not appear contrived or fake. Unfortunately whenever I heard TVS he came off as a bad ripoff of MMI, but Suryaprakash sounded like a true torch bearer of that bhani. So I guess it is true that talent skips a generation, even in guru-sisya paramparas! I was not alive when Madurai Mani was singing, and in fact most of my records of Madurai Mani are of a later period when his voice and health had both deteriorated significantly, but after hearing Suryaprakash yesterday I could imagine how that great man might have sounded in his prime. True, the Ragam Thanam Pallavi in Charukesi could have been more elaborate, but by the time he had embarked on it it was already close to 10:30 at night. He even explained that due to time constraints he had to sing a truncated version but nowhere during the rendition did it feel like he was singing it for the sake of singing it. The alapana was superb, the thanam (with Sri Sunderesan's fantastic mridangam) was detailed, and the pallavi was just beautiful. The ragamalika swarams were kept brief, in Varali, Behaug, Nayaki and Chandrakauns and again he sang in the Madurai Mani bani without resorting to TVS's nauseating attempts at 'nanana'ing' the swaraprastaras. The swaraprastaras were handled with the seriousness they deserved and he did not resort to any 'crowd-pleasing' gimmickry there. He humourously mentioned that he will sing 'Eppo Varuvaro' because people will ask him to anyway, at which point my brother interrupted him and asked him to sing Vellai Thamarai instead, which he replied with a hearty 'kandippa' (Certainly). He sang both, and his Vellai Thamarai rendition even included a tribute to Madurai Mani. The ragamalika viruttam in Amirkalyani, Sindhubhairavi, Ragesri followed by a composition by another Madurai giant, Madurai Somu, Ninaikkatha Neramillai.
I understand that this is not my usual concert review, but this concert was an example of how chaste adherence to the rules of music, giving importance to raga bhava and sahitya bhava, and singing with joy and involvement are far more important things than any number of needless gimmickry, and that most of the current 'vidwans' and 'vidushi's could learn a lot from this young man about the importance of bhava to music, and not just providing lip service to it. I only have two minor complaints about this concert. The first is that all the ragas he chose to elaborate were melakarthas. It would have been even better had he chosen say, a Kaanada, Dhanyasi or Begada, but it was not a big thing. The other complaint I have was with whoever was doing the announcement at the end, probably the SIFAS chairman or some such fellow. This doofus was probably the most boring man on the planet, and he kept droning on and on, loving the sound of his own voice. After such a good concert, just hearing him drone on and on about his views on every composition, made me just get up and leave. Who gives a damn what he thinks? Seriously? This fellow got half the names of the songs wrong, was slurring half the words, and in attempting to show off his own knowledge, came off as an insufferable blowhard. Well, this just goes to show, Sabha Secretaries are the amongst the lowest form of life known to science.
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arasi
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
Bala,
Thanks for the review. Suryaprakash came out with flying colors (knowing your standards!). I am glad you loved the concert.
On the other hand, The man who delivered the speech was not spared--true 747 fashion
Thanks for the review. Suryaprakash came out with flying colors (knowing your standards!). I am glad you loved the concert.
On the other hand, The man who delivered the speech was not spared--true 747 fashion
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bala747
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
Haha arasi, I don't see why people have to make long speeches at the end of a concert.
However I was extremely impressed by Suryaprakash, and again it was rajeshnat of this forum who gave me the headsup to attend this concert. Since 2007 I had attended probably one or two live concerts, because I found it to be a waste of time and not worth getting angry about. I saw no sense in spending $20-$30 to attend a concert that I know would not match up to my standards (which I don't think are high. I don't expect artistes to sing varnams in 13 kalams, nor do I want them to sing ragam thanam pallavis in Megharanjani with a Tisra Dhruva Sankeerna Gathi Pallavi with swara prastaras in twenty-five different ragas. I just want them to sing with involvement and not take audiences for granted). For a free concert, this was better than most concerts that I paid $20-$50 for.
However I was extremely impressed by Suryaprakash, and again it was rajeshnat of this forum who gave me the headsup to attend this concert. Since 2007 I had attended probably one or two live concerts, because I found it to be a waste of time and not worth getting angry about. I saw no sense in spending $20-$30 to attend a concert that I know would not match up to my standards (which I don't think are high. I don't expect artistes to sing varnams in 13 kalams, nor do I want them to sing ragam thanam pallavis in Megharanjani with a Tisra Dhruva Sankeerna Gathi Pallavi with swara prastaras in twenty-five different ragas. I just want them to sing with involvement and not take audiences for granted). For a free concert, this was better than most concerts that I paid $20-$50 for.
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Nick H
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
A great review of one of my favourite artists, bala747.
And you are right not to spare the speachmakers. A short intro is one thing, but interrupting the feeling and atmosphere of a concert afterwards is unforgivable.
And you are right not to spare the speachmakers. A short intro is one thing, but interrupting the feeling and atmosphere of a concert afterwards is unforgivable.
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arasi
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
As if I'm a fan of long speeches
Bala,
The more we speak about the place of a speech in a concert, that too a long speech, the better
Though the season concerts from morning till night don't have the time to allow for speeches, you do come across one or two.
Nick,
The season is nearing and we need to bring to focus the bucket and mop. Hope sanitation at the sabha toilets is at its best (at some sabhas, best isn't good enough!).
Bala,
The more we speak about the place of a speech in a concert, that too a long speech, the better
Though the season concerts from morning till night don't have the time to allow for speeches, you do come across one or two.
Nick,
The season is nearing and we need to bring to focus the bucket and mop. Hope sanitation at the sabha toilets is at its best (at some sabhas, best isn't good enough!).
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rajeshnat
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
Boeing 747bala747 wrote:Review begins here:
Following that was a brisk rendition of Subramanyena in Suddha Dhanyasi with a neraval at Boga mokshena pradena nityena and a quick swara prastara.
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Suryaprakash's Kosalam was sung in a manner as to actually give the raga its own unique bhava. Every other time I heard this raga it sounded like the singer was just mixing Nattai and Kalyani together to come up with mishmash of swara patterns, but Suryaprakash's rendition actually showed the haunting, teasing mood this raga created.
Tx for your review,I would particularly like to hear this neraval in suddadhanyAsi as it is new to me. Next time when some one sings kosalam let me keep an eye on nattai and kalyani point that you bring it up.
Suryaprakash has learnt not just from Shri TVS but his early days he started with his First Guru ThirukkodikAval shri rajamani Iyer (disciple of SSI), Shri MA Venugopal, Dr Srivatsa (eminent musicologist who is known for MD ) and Smt Sulochana pattabhiraman.
Please review all other artists , now that the boeing has come up with a bigger jumbo (dream liner) your frequency can be much better. I do know long time back in sangeetham.com you made a passing mention that you were a B grade violinist who played for few kutcheris and incidentally you have not written about the violinist(hmmm
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Actually the Dreamliner is a smaller aircraft than the 747, and the 747 in my nickname only coincidentally resembles that big plane. The reason was during the early days of email I tried to get bala at rocketmail.com as my first email address, but it was already taken, so I just typed the numbers 747 that are located adjacent to each other on the numeric keypad on the right, with 7 above the 4. That's all.
I play the violin but I am far from B grade! Probably Z grade! I have been learning it since I was 10 till I was 28. Then other commitments got in the way and I had to give up my violin education (and since I was not interested in being a concert performer, I was happy with what I had learnt that far). As for the above concert, the violinist was not outstanding (I mean that in a good way!), and he gave tremendous support, but the star was still the main artiste, and hence I didn't comment too much on it. I recorded parts of this concert on my Mac, to listen and review later. If you want I can send you the Subramanyena krithi. Would Suryaprakash mind too much?
As for reviewing more concerts, I don't know. I am pretty much out of the concert scene here, and unless someone tells me there is a concert I don't bother. My brother is still actively performing at SIFAS, and in fact except for his concerts (he played for OST here a few months back, and I wanted to review it here but I figured it wouldn't be a fair review anyway, considering we arranged for that concert, and my brother had to play with a mridangam that decided to fluctuate in sruthi, and it was a pretty spectacular effort on his part if I do say so myself), I don't know of concerts that come my way. If someone was to tell me like you did about Suryaprakash, I would try my best to attend.
I play the violin but I am far from B grade! Probably Z grade! I have been learning it since I was 10 till I was 28. Then other commitments got in the way and I had to give up my violin education (and since I was not interested in being a concert performer, I was happy with what I had learnt that far). As for the above concert, the violinist was not outstanding (I mean that in a good way!), and he gave tremendous support, but the star was still the main artiste, and hence I didn't comment too much on it. I recorded parts of this concert on my Mac, to listen and review later. If you want I can send you the Subramanyena krithi. Would Suryaprakash mind too much?
As for reviewing more concerts, I don't know. I am pretty much out of the concert scene here, and unless someone tells me there is a concert I don't bother. My brother is still actively performing at SIFAS, and in fact except for his concerts (he played for OST here a few months back, and I wanted to review it here but I figured it wouldn't be a fair review anyway, considering we arranged for that concert, and my brother had to play with a mridangam that decided to fluctuate in sruthi, and it was a pretty spectacular effort on his part if I do say so myself), I don't know of concerts that come my way. If someone was to tell me like you did about Suryaprakash, I would try my best to attend.
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
Bala747bala747 wrote:Actually the Dreamliner is a smaller aircraft than the 747
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I play the violin but I am far from B grade! Probably Z grade! I have been learning it since I was 10 till I was 28. Then other commitments got in the way and I had to give up my violin education (and since I was not interested in being a concert performer, I was happy with what I had learnt that far).
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I recorded parts of this concert on my Mac, to listen and review later. If you want I can send you the Subramanyena krithi.
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As for reviewing more concerts, I don't know. I am pretty much out of the concert scene here, and unless someone tells me there is a concert I don't bother. My brother is still actively performing at SIFAS, and in fact except for his concerts (he played for OST here a few months back, and I wanted to review it here but I figured it wouldn't be a fair review anyway, considering we arranged for that concert, and my brother had to play with a mridangam that decided to fluctuate in sruthi, and it was a pretty spectacular effort on his part if I do say so myself), I don't know of concerts that come my way. If someone was to tell me like you did about Suryaprakash, I would try my best to attend.
Oops wrong reference about dream liner , though there are quite a lot of great dream liners in your review.
YOu did tell in sangeetham.com that you have played for a concert , may be you said it was your brother(My memory slips a bit).
Just curious may I know who is your brother with you almost revealing everything except his name , it would be ok to give his name too(choice is yours not forcing you)...
On giving Suryaprakash sudda dhanYAsi , I will touch base with You in a private email during this weekend.Interested in "think different" Apple Mac recording of a rare neraval line.
On a very important note , please review even your brother's concert , there is an element of altruism that I see in your reviews though everything you put is something that I would not agree , looking forward for your reviews. You can always put disclaimers. Incidentally I saw the calendar and just caught up suryaprakash in singapore in the new calendar that Rvijay has created and requested you.
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I attended this concert @ SIFAS. It was a good concert. On the other hand, I won't put down other concerts I have heard in SIFAS in the last 5-6 years. There were several great concerts and I do not want to list it here.
Appreciating one particular concert is one thing and it can be based on one's perception and he or she has a right to have the perception. But that does not mean all other concerts should be put down (especially when it is not necessarily true). While the critic, Bala747, here talks about his hatred towards "gimmicks" of musicians, I find the entire review seem to be a "gimmick", written to make some interesting reading and add spice. I only see a lots of hate towards the musicians who did not perform on that day @ SIFAS instead of how good the critic thought the concert was. Also the critic sounds as if satisfying his tastes is supposed to be the benchmark target for all musicians. I am not sure if anyone cares.
Appreciating one particular concert is one thing and it can be based on one's perception and he or she has a right to have the perception. But that does not mean all other concerts should be put down (especially when it is not necessarily true). While the critic, Bala747, here talks about his hatred towards "gimmicks" of musicians, I find the entire review seem to be a "gimmick", written to make some interesting reading and add spice. I only see a lots of hate towards the musicians who did not perform on that day @ SIFAS instead of how good the critic thought the concert was. Also the critic sounds as if satisfying his tastes is supposed to be the benchmark target for all musicians. I am not sure if anyone cares.
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bala747
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
Did I ever say at any point that these are absolute views of music? Anybody? Rasika1962, If you don't care why you are you reading and commenting on what I wrote? Weird. Don't like my reviews? Don't read them. No one is forcing you to click on that button. I will put down whatever or whomever I want, and glorify whatever or whomever I want, as long as the moderators are not breathing down my neck.
The idea of a forum is to have people share their OPINIONS. Don't like mine? Go take it up with someone who gives a damn, because frankly I don't. Perhaps you think my opinions are of no value. Big deal. Don't read them.
If you do choose to read on and don't like what you read, I humbly suggest you send me feedback by calling 1-800-WHOCARES.
The idea of a forum is to have people share their OPINIONS. Don't like mine? Go take it up with someone who gives a damn, because frankly I don't. Perhaps you think my opinions are of no value. Big deal. Don't read them.
If you do choose to read on and don't like what you read, I humbly suggest you send me feedback by calling 1-800-WHOCARES.
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Rasika1962..I saw your other post after reading your post here. It is crystal clear that you are not Bala747 and I cannot understand why you had to create a new post to establish this!!
Bala747 has been in Rasikas for yonks and before that in Sangeetham.com. He has always been frank about his views with out resorting to throwing words to hurt people in any way. We are familiar with his views and his bent on writing reviews. I am unable to understand your accusations against his reviews for this concert. Perhaps you should take a minute and read his review once again. He has just expressed his opinions frankly and clearly with out resorting to any mud slinging. If you are not able appreciate his views, you are free to submit a rebuttal. I don't see any reasons for you two to get into any loggerheads.
Just my two cents...
Bala747 has been in Rasikas for yonks and before that in Sangeetham.com. He has always been frank about his views with out resorting to throwing words to hurt people in any way. We are familiar with his views and his bent on writing reviews. I am unable to understand your accusations against his reviews for this concert. Perhaps you should take a minute and read his review once again. He has just expressed his opinions frankly and clearly with out resorting to any mud slinging. If you are not able appreciate his views, you are free to submit a rebuttal. I don't see any reasons for you two to get into any loggerheads.
Just my two cents...
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Nick H
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
Hmm... it is a bit strange.
Anyway, perhaps I'd better state that I am not Bala747 either.
You know, like the Spartacus thing, except we all aren't Bala747!
(No offence to Bala ... just kidding!)
Anyway, perhaps I'd better state that I am not Bala747 either.
You know, like the Spartacus thing, except we all aren't Bala747!
(No offence to Bala ... just kidding!)
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rasika1962
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Bit funny, is it not? All because of the names......
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Re: R Suryaprakash in Singapore 28/10/2011
Hi Sam,
On my creating the new post- I have clarified in that post.
Regarding the concert review part, I posted my opinion and just wanted to say that while praising one concert, one need not pull down other concerts. Of course, if one wants to hold on to that approach in the name of frankness, he or she can go on ...by all means....
On my creating the new post- I have clarified in that post.
Regarding the concert review part, I posted my opinion and just wanted to say that while praising one concert, one need not pull down other concerts. Of course, if one wants to hold on to that approach in the name of frankness, he or she can go on ...by all means....