Welcome to new members

saidhar · Post by **saidhar** » 29 Feb 2008, 08:39

Thanks vasanthakokilam

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 03 Mar 2008, 10:21

Hi
I am Ganesh. Staying in Mumbai. Have good interest in Carnatic Music. Myself learning Mridangam and My sons are learning Violin.
Happended to hit this as I was searching Shanumkhananda's Phone number.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 03 Mar 2008, 10:27

Welcome to the forum, Ganesh!

rraman · Post by **rraman** » 03 Mar 2008, 21:28

Hi - Glad I found this site!

I have been listening to CM for a few years and have been learning Vioin the last couple of years. I have been going over all the old posts now for a week and am enjoying it!
Rajan

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 03 Mar 2008, 23:48

Rajan: Glad you found the forum. Welcome!!

tmohan · Post by **tmohan** » 06 Mar 2008, 13:45

Namaskaram to Every body.

It is heartening to know a forum like this which discusses about various aspects of Carnatic Music.

I am Thyagarajan Mohan, a new member . I used to write articles on CM in rec.music.indian classical in early 90's. You might have already seen a copule of my postings.

Regards
Mohan

vasantha99 · Post by **vasantha99** » 06 Mar 2008, 16:53

Hi,

I am a new member and my name is vasantha.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 06 Mar 2008, 18:28

Mohan, welcome!

Early 90s may have been too early for me, but I certainly remember R.M.I.C!

Welcome, too, to Vasantha.

tilt · Post by **tilt** » 18 Mar 2008, 04:56

Hi,

I stumbled across this forum while searching for the song "thunbam nergayil". The member "srkris" had posted a thread on this song with a link to Rapidshare.com to download the song. Unfortunately the thread is over two years old and also Rapidshare no longer seems to have any of the songs mentioned n that thread.

I was wondering if someone would have another link where I could download the song, not just the carnatic versions but also the version from the movie Or Iravu.

Thanks and cheers

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 18 Mar 2008, 06:17

Here you go tilt: http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/gUI ... As1NMvHdW/

Beautiful song sung in Desh by Sudha.

krishnayoga · Post by **krishnayoga** » 18 Mar 2008, 19:31

Namaskaram Everyone,

I am a new member and ardent admirer of Carnatic Music and also learning Carnatic from Dr.Balu Sekhar in USA

May GOD Bless all Rasikas

Krishna

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 18 Mar 2008, 23:24

Welcome Krishna!

tilt · Post by **tilt** » 19 Mar 2008, 03:54

vasanthakokilam wrote:Here you go tilt: http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/gUI ... As1NMvHdW/

Beautiful song sung in Desh by Sudha.

Thanks VK

, but it does not work for me because this is a streaming website that needs Windows. I am on a Mac. Also, I need a link where I can actually download the song and play it offline, not a streaming website where I have to be online.

Any ideas?

Thanks and cheers

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 19 Mar 2008, 05:22

Tilt: I did not understand why it is a windows only thing. Are you sure? it looks to be a flash ( or something similar ) based player that can play in the browser on any computer, Mac or Windows. There are some Mac users here who listen to MOI links, so I know that is not a problem. Tinker around with it and see if you can play it. Copy and paste the link to your browser window and see if it works. Once you get that to play, you can do other things with it which I can not go into detail here.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 19 Mar 2008, 07:17

I am a confirmed mac user for years, and have had absolutely no problems using MIO ever. So, Tilt, you need to check your system.

If you want to download the song, I suggest you search for it on sangeethapriya.

tilt · Post by **tilt** » 20 Mar 2008, 02:07

Thanks again VK and rshankar. I shall try it again

Cheers

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 20 Mar 2008, 02:48

I have sent you an email.

tilt · Post by **tilt** » 20 Mar 2008, 03:10

Lakshman wrote:I have sent you an email.

Yes, I got them both, thanks again Lakshman!

Cheers

tilt · Post by **tilt** » 20 Mar 2008, 03:13

VK and rshankar, the page loads (in Safari) and the player hangs with the message "Player OK, Loading..." and that's it. I have both the Realaudio and Windows Media Player plugins installed and it still does not want to play

Anyway, it does not matter now because I have received the song

BTW rshankar, Sangeethapriya does not exist any more, I get a message saying that the domain has been suspended.

Cheers

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 20 Mar 2008, 03:33

What a melodious and mellifluous rendition! VK - thank you for sharing the site.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 20 Mar 2008, 03:46

Sangeethapriya has been replaced by sangeethamshare.com

ragapriya · Post by **ragapriya** » 22 Mar 2008, 07:27

Hi
Iam a new member to this forum. Actually I came across this when I was looking for lyrics to 'needhu charana' kalyani song sung by MSS in the movie 'Savithri'. Even though its been 3 days since I joined, I was just spellbound by the various discussions to even intro myself! Iam absolutely awed by the knowledge that you all possess. Thanks to you all Iam learning the tala/laya aspects of CM too which has always been very elusive to me (have learnt CM vocal upto varnams properly and some krithis). Iam an ardent fan of MSS, DKP & Vasanthakokilam.

Ragapriya

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 22 Mar 2008, 08:37

Come on board Ragapriya. Welcome to the forum!

srisan · Post by **srisan** » 22 Mar 2008, 10:53

namaskaram , this is sri ranjani , sri.neyveli santhanagopalan's daughter , proud to be a part of this forum , that contains high class rasikas and artistes. as an amateur artiste , there are a lot of things i need to learn from here. hope you will all help and support me.
ram ram
sri ranjani santhanagopalan

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 22 Mar 2008, 11:23

Welcome Sri Ranjani!

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 22 Mar 2008, 13:08

Welcome you with blessings!

aadarsh · Post by **aadarsh** » 28 Mar 2008, 17:16

Hi Rasika Members

I got introduced into this by Gobi Lalitha. Thanks for getting me introduced into this group and would like to interact with you all through this . aadarsh

carnaticpro · Post by **carnaticpro** » 28 Mar 2008, 21:43

Dear Rasikas,

I am Krishna .. and a leaner of Carnatic Music. I think this forum would help me by all means

Regards
Krishna

vignesh.ishwar · Post by **vignesh.ishwar** » 28 Mar 2008, 22:05

HELLooo Rasikas....
I an Vignesh Ishwar......am learning carnatic....am from bombay and am doing my first year electrical engineering ....and hope to learn and share a lot through this medium....

cheers
Vignesh...

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 28 Mar 2008, 23:37

Aadarsh, Krishna, Vignesh: Welcome!!

catchhoney · Post by **catchhoney** » 29 Mar 2008, 19:13

hi... im a medical student from russia... been here fro 5 yrs now...n discovered this site thru google... it seems to be a boon for those those love music...esp that im so far away from india... n tht there's so little chance fro me to get in touch with classical music... im really glad to be a member in this wonderful site... thanks all fro the info u've already given me....

Adidaivam · Post by **Adidaivam** » 09 Apr 2008, 21:23

I am Prasad residing in USA a leaner of Carnatic Music and also trying expereiments with different Raagas

Regards

Prasad

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 10 Apr 2008, 11:45

Welcome catchhoney and Prasad.

manvantara · Post by **manvantara** » 10 Apr 2008, 21:12

Hi, this is Anuradha. I was a disciple of Smt.Savithri Satyamurti, before I moved to the mid-west US a decade ago. She was a great teacher and I miss attending her class! Apart from attending class regularly, she insisted that we students attend as many kutcheris as possible and report to her, explaining what we liked, what we noticed, etc. During the December season, she'd encourage us to accompany her to various sabhas.
On Vijaya dasami days, I would stay at her home all day, helping her with receiving students, then giving the vettalai-pakku, cleaning the place, etc, as by afternoon, she'd get tired a bit. There were times when she'd tell us: "Inda janmaththula unakku paatte varaadu", which would make us cry, but also motivate us to practice really hard for next class. If she did not say anything, or had the slightest smile on her face, we'd understand that we just about passed!

I now have a 2 year old son and am eager to expose him to carnatic music. I keep singing little songs whenever I can. The other day, my husband sang one of those songs, but he has not learnt carnatic music, so he was off key (he was actually singing "vara veena") and my son said: "seriyaa paadu Appa".

I just hope that with all my enthusiasm, I do not push my son away from Carnatic music.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 10 Apr 2008, 22:43

Welcome Manvantara. Nice way to introduce yourself. Your son seems to be already good at melodic pattern matching. The same way kids pick up any language of their surroundings with ease, it looks like if you surround them with music starting at that early age, they are bound to soak up on it and music becomes second nature to them.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Apr 2008, 01:25

A discerning rasikA he already is! As VK (sometimes called vasantha!) says, your surrounding your son with music is bound to pay dividends.
Perhaps he would like to watch that youngster on the mrudangam in a recent post--another 2 year old!

manvantara · Post by **manvantara** » 11 Apr 2008, 02:40

"Perhaps he would like to watch that youngster on the mrudangam in a recent post--another 2 year old!" --

Which post...where?

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 11 Apr 2008, 02:52

Children will learn as many things as we take the time to teach them, so goes a saying. Goodluck in your dream to bring a prodigy in carnatic.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 11 Apr 2008, 06:38

manvantara, here it is: http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=5306

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Apr 2008, 06:54

Thanks, spring cuckoo. Spring seems to have arrived, finally...

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 11 Apr 2008, 07:35

Manvantara
I had an opportunity to pay my respects to Savitri Satyamurthy a few weeks ago, while running some errands for a friend of ours here.
Reminded me so much of Gangubai Hangal- unbelievable energy and enthusiasm at that age.
Inspite of the fact that I am a bit of a conservative in matters musical, I had to take care that I made my comments on musicians -past and present -carefully, to protect my ears from getting chewed off.
It should be very heartening for you to learn that she is doing very fine and possibly will grace our programs one of these days.
Welcome to this August gathering

manvantara · Post by **manvantara** » 12 Apr 2008, 00:55

Thanks for the link, Vasanthakokilam.

And coolkarni, it is great that you had a chance to meet Smt. Savithri - would you have her contact number by any chance?
I feel so bad that I have not spoken to her in such a long time and would love to call her up.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 12 Apr 2008, 07:47

will get back with her number

MP · Post by MP » 16 Apr 2008, 07:31

Hi I am MP,

I live in the US - am a student of music and dance. Just back from a 2 year stay in India to pursue the arts. Attended both 2006 and 07 "season" in Madras which has rekindled the enthusiasm for more listening and discussing. Hence the membership.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 16 Apr 2008, 08:08

MP, Welcome to the forum.

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 17 May 2008, 07:18

A Member Parliament joins our forum. Excellent. Giving you a very warm welcome.

Member_First · Post by **Member_First** » 17 May 2008, 09:52

Hope the Member of Parliament, being welcomed, would not use unparlimentary words here

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 17 May 2008, 10:01

Member-First,
Unless you are personally known to the new member, the comment is rather uncharitable; even otherwise, it is not proper to make such pre-emptive comments.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 17 May 2008, 10:12

An Old favourite of mine (From Readers Digest) which appeared long long ago in rasikas.org , makes a comback again.

[quote]During one of my first sessions in the US senate, Hamilton Lewis came over and sat down beside me. He was the chief whip at that time.
â€œDonâ€™t start out with an inferiority complex,â€

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 17 May 2008, 14:26

I hope and trust that MP will recognise a joke, even if it is a t the expense of their user name, and that it won't make them feel any less welcome.