Carnatic Music & Me!

Carnatic Music & Me:

This was another blog long pending for a long time. I wanted to write more about my most favourite music and Idols for a long time and I mostly wanna write about my most favourite rocker of all time. Kurt Cobain. Kurt Cobain was someone who took me away from these boybands and sick songs to something hard. Thanks to Arun who introduced me to nirvana and guns n roses. But slowly I moved out of nirvana and gnr to metallica and other bands. I still love metallica and according to me its the most complete band of all time. Each time I go out of station I make it a opint to listen to Wherever I may roam and turn the page. Kind of has become a habit.

Coming back to the topic this was inspired by a topic in orkut on why carnatic music. Well CArnatic music is soemthing that is born with my family. My dad is a very good critic, listener, exponent and blah blah blah and my mom's having a kind of PG in carnatic music with ancillary veena.

Because of the sustained pressure from various quarters including my maternal grandfather who ran around the state like a man possessed I joined Mirudangam class with one Kumbakonam Ganesan with a fees of Rs. 30 / month. I still vividly remember those Thaa, Thee, Thom and Nam which evoked moer interest from my brother than me. Finally after one year of classes my master got fed up with my antics without mirudangam than with and got Rupees One Thousand Five Hundred and ran away without any notice. We met him again after some seven years adn my brother had aptly named him Odi Pona Mirudanga Vaathiyaar.

Then I tried my hand not in Mirudangam again but in Flute. Somehow those days I was so fascinated by the Corrs where one lady used to play the flute and so I decided to find someoen who will teach me flute and this was for hobby only. But the lady who was so inspired by my interest said she is going to US to be with her daughter and son and will be back in 3 months. She never came back sadly and I had sent her to heaven or hell from US. That was it I never tried again my hand in music.

Music is something that helps when I go on road which is invariably what I do often. In case i travel by bus I make sure I go in video coach bus and nothing else. No movie on bus would make me kind of sick.

The carnatic music is one form which I kind of despise on the whole earth. I get mad but sadly this is what I get to hear more when I go with dad. This sends me to sleep and worse is I have to pretend like I do enjoy it which is kind of at times impossible.

Still I like the following songs:

a) Ksheera sagara song by Yesudas and mom this was kind of the thaalaatu song by mom when I was young. Even today this song sends me to sentimental tears.

b) Suhasrudha Mrudanga Thaalamu same way.
c) Kurai Ondrum Illai by MS and mom again.

For me carnatic music is kind of soemthing revolves around MOM and MOM only. If there is one person whom am gonna listen singing carnatic music it is mom only. Other than that every carnatic musician has the tenacious ability to send everyone if not me alone to S L E E P.