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Friday, 1 March 2019

Fantasy theme - Original World Music Abi

I started playing this on the piano while I was improvising and it caught my attention so thought I would develop it more and share it with you.



Let me know what this theme makes you feel.

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Thursday, 24 January 2019

Primavera Einaudi Carnatic Acapella

This piece makes me feel peace and appreciate the beauty of music. Here's my take on it.




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Thursday, 10 January 2019

Bungee Jumping cover - Naughty boy ft Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Emeli Sande



This song was released last month and is a beautiful East meets West collaboration.



The lyrics:

I heard Niagara falls has got a bridge and we should take a road trip
We'll take a piece of string and tie it to the end of our shoelaces
Our heads will touch the river and I'm gonna kiss you underwater
And while we're under you gon' tell me 'bout our future sons and daughters
And they say, "Ooh, there's no such thing as magic"
Hey, they say, "Ooh, enough with all this madness"
But I'd rather be scared of something
I'd rather go all or nothing
I'd rather be bungee jumping with you
I'd rather be risking something
I'd rather be really living
I'd rather be bungee jumping with you

They can't stop rolling stones, they pray that one day we gon' learn our lesson
But we can stay 'round here, no we're too young to worry 'bout a pension
They gonna blame the poet lying, try and rip out all the pages
But when they wake up they gon' recognize that we've been gone for ages
And they say, "Ooh, there's no such thing as magic"
And they say, "Ooh, enough with all this madness"
But I'd rather be scared of something
I'd rather go all or nothing
I'd rather be bungee jumping with you
I'd rather be risking something
I'd rather be really living
I'd rather be bungee jumping with you
Oh, you're the breath I need
Rehna tere naal
Oh, you're the breath I need
Rehna tere naal, rehna tere naal
Oh, you're the breath I need
Rehna tere naal, rehna tere naal
Rehna tere naal, rehna tere naal
Ya marjawaan
Ya jivaan (Oh, you're the breath I need)
Mein jivaan

Ya marjawaan
Rehna tere naal, rehna tere naal, rehna tere naal



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Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Kaatrinile Varum Geetham காற்றினிலே வரும் கீதம்



This song is golden. Originally performed by carnatic vocalist, M.S. Subbulakshmi for the Tamil motion picture, Meera in 1945, this song was written by Kalki Krishnamoorthy.

The literal translation of the song title is "music that comes with the wind". The titular character, Meera, describes the flute music with imagery such as the wilted trees come to life when the music is heard.

Lyrics:

kATRinilE varum gItam kaNgaL panittiDp pongum gItam
kallum kaniyum gItam  kATRinilE varum gItam
paTTamarangaL taLirkkum gItam paNNoli pongiDum gItam
kATTu vilangum kETTE mayangum maduar mOhna gItam
nenjinilE---nenjinil inbak kanalai ezhuppi  ninaivaLikkum  gItam
sunai vaNDuDan sOlaikkuyilum manam kuvindiDavum
vAnaveLitanil tArA kaNangaL  tayangi ninRiDavum
Ah--- en solvEn mAyappiLLai vEynguzhal pozhi gItam
nilA malarnda iravinil tenRal ulAviDum nadiyil – 
nIla  niRattu bAlagan oruvan kuzhal Udi ninRAn 
kAlamellAm—kAlamellAm avan kAdalai eNNi urugumO en uLLam

காற்றினிலே வரும் கீதம் கண்கள் பனித்திடப் பொங்கும் கீதம்
கல்லும் கனியும் கீதம்  காற்றினிலே வரும் கீதம்
பட்டமரங்கள் தளிர்க்கும் கீதம் பண்ணொலி பொங்கிடும் கீதம்
காட்டு விலங்கும் கேட்டே மயங்கும் மதுர மோஹன கீதம்
நெஞ்சினிலே---நெஞ்சினில் இன்பக் கனலை எழுப்பி  நினைவளிக்கும்  கீதம்
சுனை வண்டுடன் சோலைக்குயிலும் மனம் குவிந்திடவும் 
வானவெளிதனில் தாரா கணங்கள்  தயங்கி நின்றிடவும் 
ஆ--- என் சொல்வேன் மாயப்பிள்ளை வேய்ங்குழல் பொழி கீதம்
நிலா மலர்ந்த இரவினில் தென்றல் உலாவிடும் நதியில் – 
நீல நிறத்து பாலகன் ஒருவன் குழல் ஊதி நின்றான் 
காலமெல்லாம்—காலமெல்லாம் அவன் காதலை எண்ணி உருகுமோ என் உள்ளம்
These are Rough Ukulele chords or Ukulele tabs  that I put together:

 A Am 
Kaatrinile

D
Varum

G
Geetham

Am       D       Em        Em7
Kaatrinile Varum Geetham

Am          D               Em       G
Kannkal panithida pongum Geetham

Am          D     Em       F
Kallum kaniyung  Geetham



Am          D     Em       F
Padda marangal thalirkum geetham

Am                 G       F
Pann oli pongidum geetham


Em                          Am.                                                
Kaattu vilangum  kette mayangum  

Am.                         G.                      
Mathura mohana  geetham


Em       Am   Am.       F
Nenginile     Nenginil inpa 

Am.                  Em.                   F
kanalai eluppi ninaivalikkum geetham
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Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Come back home - 컴백홈 - 2NE1 - Kpop acoustic multilingual cover





This is a #OneSongManyLanguages video with the original song being in Korean and English. I swapped some translations of the verses for the original and added a Tamil translation of "Come back home."

The original song is an interesting mix of the EDM, reggae, trap and pop genres.

Unfortunately 2NE1 is disbanded but their music will continue to be heard by many around the world.

The lyrics in my cover.

One two three non narul tona jiman
Odin ga eso noye sumsoriga dulyowa

To dasi four five six palgan nunmuri neryowa
Narul andon noye hyang giga guripda

You  said this was all for me
Like a lie, you coldly turned around
Why? Why? You’re gone away

Come back home
Can you come back home eh~
Chaga un sesang kute nal boriji malgo ne gyoturo

Come back home
Can you come back home eh~
Modun apumun dwiro he yojonhi nol gidaryo iroke
Now you gotta do what you gotta do

veedukku vaaa
Meendum vaa


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Tuesday, 23 October 2018

சங்கரத்தை பீட்டியம்பதி வீரப்பதிரசுவாமி சமேத பத்திரகாளி அம்பாள் பதிகம்

 Lyrics only - Sangarathai temple song

சங்கரத்தை பீட்டியம்பதி வீரப்பதிரசுவாமி சமேத பத்திரகாளி அம்பாள் பதிகம்

 

அக்குமணி மிக்கசெக் கர்ச்சடையு முக்கண்ணுமாயிரங் கமலமுகமும்

அணிமணிக் குண்டலங் குழைகளுங் குலமலையினழகொழுகு கனக புயமும்

தொக்குயர் படைக்கலக் கைகளும் மார்பிற்றுருலங்கு செம்பொன்னாரமும்

சுருதியுங் கருதரிய பரிபுர பதங்களுந் தோன்ற வந்தெனை யாளுவாய்

தக்கனொடு மக்கள் மருமக்கள் பக்கத்தில்லுறை சதுர்முகன் முதல் வானவர்

தங்கள் கருவங்களதிபங் கம்படச் சிவன் தலைமை நிலையிட்ட முதல்வா

திக்குலவு சோலையுஞ் சாலையும் பாலிற் செறிந்த பிட்டிப் பதியில் வாழ்

சித்திர வலங்கார பத்திரக்களிக்கன்பு திகழ்வீர் பத்திர குருவே.

 

திருமரவு பரம சங்கர கிருபாகர வரத திரிபுராந் தகபகவனைத்

திடமனதுடனன்று வடவனத்தினின்று சேர்ந்து வாதாடியோடி

உருமருவு மண்டலமோ டண்டர்பயில் எண்டிசைகள் உயரண்ட ரண்ட முழுதும்

உன்னியெழு கோரிமாவீர் சடையன் பாரி உயிரி ரீங்காரி சூரி

மருமருவு சடிலதர காளிகங் காளிசர் வாணி மாதங்கி சூலி

மதமகிட சந்காரி வீரசிங்காரி நெடுவாரி சூழ்பாரினிலவும்

தருமருவு பிட்டிநகர் உறையுமொரு கௌரியே

தயவுவைத்தெம்மை யாளுவாய்

சத்தியுத்தமி சித்ரமெத்து வித்தகி

நித்திய சத்தி பத்திரிகாளியம்மையே

 

 

 



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Wednesday, 29 August 2018

Thumbi vaa, Sangathil - Ilaiyarajaa - Instrumental Cover



I decided to used two audio inputs while performing the cover to give the sound of two violins.

The original songs were scored by Ilaiyaaraja.

The carnatic notes for vilin are enclosed as below. This notes are what I played. It is possible to add other  notes to make the phrases more varied and intricate to make sangathis.


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Thursday, 16 August 2018

Sk8er boi - "Skater boy" - Avril Lavigne Cover



This song is quite close to my heart as I first performed this song around 10 years ago in secondary school with a bunch of my friends in our music lesson.

As described on the Sk8er boi Wikipedia page on 16 June 2018:

Sk8er Boi" (pronounced "skater boy") is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released as the second single from her debut album, Let Go (2002). It was written by Avril Lavigne and The Matrix (Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, and Graham Edwards), and produced by The Matrix. The song is a power pop and pop punk track, which lyrically, tells a story told from the singer's viewpoint about her rocker boyfriend and a girl he knew in high school who rejected him because he was a skateboarder and she was a snob.



The backing track used in this cover was uploaded by ComboJam on YouTube.


The lyrics:
He was a boy
She was a girl
Can I make it any more obvious
He was a punk
She did ballet
What more can I say
He wanted her
She'd never tell 
Secretly she wanted him as well
But all of her friends
Stuck up their nose
They had a problem with his baggy clothes
He was a skater boy
She said see you later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
She had a pretty face
But her head was up in space
She needed to come back down to earth
Five years from now
She sits at home
Feeding the baby she's all alone
She turns on TV
Guess who she sees
Skater boy rockin' up MTV
She calls up her friends
They already know
And they've all got tickets to see his show
She tags along
Stands in the crowd
Looks up at the man that she turned down
He was a skater boy
She said see you later boy
He wasn't…


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