An Invitation : 2014 - K.Puttu Rao Memorial Music Festival

[cpblog]

Dear Rasikas,

Please welcome to "A Home called Parvathi" ( http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/ )

Please find our invitation to all of you who have kept our indigenous and "sacred" Carnatic Music so alive and well !

Please welcome Aug 31, 2014 to Sept 4, 2014 to the Shri K. Puttu Rao Memorial Music Festival in Mysore.

Best Wishes,
CPBlog Team

[rshankar]

Best wishes! We look forward to your excellent recordings!

[cpblog]

Thank you, Shri RShankar http://www.rasikas.org/forums/posting.ph ... 3&p=266541#

" To make good concert recordings for posterity was not an easy task. As the tapes were scarce, I had to get them from America. The old faithful Philips reel-to-reel recorder has been serving the cause of Rama all these years. ..."
- Parvathi's Host in a reminiscence of the times since 1940

Just a Note from History: Development of magnetic tape recorders started in the late 1940s and early 1950s and is associated with the Brush Development Company and its licensee, Ampex. The equally important development of the magnetic tape media itself was led by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M) corporation. American audio engineer John T. Mullin and entertainer Bing Crosby were key players in the commercial development of the magnetic tape.

[rshankar]

Interesting! Thank you for that information. Technology affects all walks of life.

[Rsachi]

When I was visiting Germany during 70's, some folks associated with BASF told me that a group of young Japanese had years ago managed to get apprenticeships in their tape factory, and before they knew it, a Japanese company TDK had copied their tape manufacturing technology. They told me they had stopped taking apprentices from the east after that.