LOVE IS ETERNAL

This is part of a beautiful song rendered by Shri.S.P.Balasubramaniam. I tried my best.

Please play the video file attached below.

ALAAP - RAW VOICE - KAHAANSE AAYE

Please listen to the video attached below. I have sung the Alaap for this wonderful song.

SONG - RAW VOICE - AVALUM NAANUM

The lyrics of this song is from the beautiful poetry of Bharathidasan, the famous Tamil poet.

Please listen to the video attached below. I have sung the first few lines as a modest attempt.

MUSIC WITH JAMMY - VACHANAGHOSHANAM

This is a scoop from a beautiful Malayalam song.

Please play the video file attached below and enjoy:)

 

SONG - RAW VOICE - DO DEEWANE

The video attached is my attempt at singing a few lines from this beautiful Hindi song. It has been recorded as two parts.

The song of two crazy souls.

 

SONG - RAW VOICE : MANJOLAI KILITHANO (PARROT IN THE GREEN BUSHES)

The video attached is my attempt at singing a few lines from this beautiful Tamil song.

It's the protagonist expressing his love in poetic form and equating his lady love to a parrot in the green bushes.

 

MUSIC WITH JAMMY - JUKE

I loved the bass strings here.   

Please play the video file attached below and enjoy:)

MUSIC WITH JAMMY - LAMBADA

I love this catchy tune. Please play the video file attached below and enjoy:)

POEMS OF LOST LOVE

Poetry book 'INDELIBLE ETERNAL ETCHINGS':

https://www.amazon.in/INDELIBLE-ETERNAL-ETCHINGS-emotions-unbridled-ebook/dp/B072J4L656/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=indelible+eternal+etchings&qid=1583428166&sr=8-1

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STORIES

Short Story book 'A PEARL FROM EVERY OYSTER':

https://notionpress.com/read/a-pearl-from-every-oyster

https://www.amazon.in/Pearl-Every-Oyster-Stories-Shorter/dp/1948473151/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GI23X9JIKQGK&keywords=a+pearl+from+every+oyster&qid=1583428674&sprefix=A+Pearl+from%2Caps%2C302&sr=8-1

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OUR OPENING PERFORMANCE THIS YULETIDE - SANGEEDHADHARA

We had put in several weeks of preparation before this first performance. But still we had lots of hard lessons to take back with us. It was very clear that competition was almost biting us at all corners.

There was a speech by one of the guests, that was really apt for the occasion. He brought out the significance of choir singing attaining a spiritual level when harmony sets in through the voices of all the performers in a team. That harmony that comes in when individuals place the group's objective as primary in their mind according to him, is a great lesson in team work. That is where he said that, each of us need to transcend beyond our self to perform together with others in the team, for acheiving the team's goal.



We could apply this concept to any team activity pursuing a common goal. That is why individuals who are keen on strong individual performances many times may not be able to fit into a group performance.

 

 

THREE EVENINGS OF MUSIC WITH FR.JOHN SAMUEL

This snap was taken after all the recording sessions on the last day of the BASS group. This was the last part of the whole project at Chennai that Fr.John had planned. The whole project involved the separate recording of the SUPRANO, TENOR, ALTO and BASS groups singing the Holy Sacrament songs of our church and then mixing it together to get the right harmony.

We all know the inaccurate rumour in history that Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. I believe my situation was also of almost the same kind. I could not make it to one practice session before the recording as my sister had been admitted to the hospital. And during the actual recording for three evenings, my father had also been admitted.

From one perspective, it looked pretty odd to go out and sing when there was so much happening at home. But my father while on the hospital bed, told me that I should go as I had committed for the same. Besides there was a time when I was pretty young and was battling for life, when my father had promised that I would render my service for the church in some form. He reminded me about this atleast thrice.

Otherwise I felt real happy singing for this compilation. It was challenging as one had to remember a lot of tunes in a short span of time and so a knowledge of reading the music notes was vital.I was really lucky that I was in the company of Elias and Deepu(standing to my right), who were much better BASS singers and who were also much familiar in reading the music notes. It was nice to be a part of a professional recording while my singing was mostly home grown.

Fr.John is an inspiration. Blessed with an amazing voice, it was great to see him get the best out of all of us. He was able to spot even the smallest discord. I felt blessed standing beside him for singing one of the difficult and deep bass numbers. When I left our church on the night of the final day, I felt immensely satisfied.