m y     m u s i c Welcome to my music page! I listen to all kinds of music ranging from classical music, film songs, indipop, ar rehman, cher (yes!) & asha. Had my initial training in carnatic (south indian classical) music from Mrs. Santha Raghavendra. That was during my IIT Kanpur days. When moved to Delhi for working, I was lucky enough to be under the tutelage of veteran Prof. Kumara Swamy Iyer, former principal of swathi thirunal music college. f a v o u r i t e s In classical music my favourite artist is Hyderabad brothers. Among the younger generation, one should not miss Sudha Raghunathan and Unni Krishnan. In semiclassical/light songs I think no one can excell yesudas. In film music composers, my favourite is Ravindran for his adaption of carnatic ragas into film songs, without deviating from fundamentals.. Another favourite is AR Rehman, for his grasp on different varieties of world music, his fresh approach to orchestration and the casting which always turns out to be perfect for the song! I hope one day he will contact me for that song specially created for me!		r a a g a     k a i r a l y Raaga kairaly is an attempt to take classical music to the masses... It is a raagam-wise listing of malayalam film songs based on classical music. My family does not have any background in classical music. I got interested in classical music thru classical music based film songs. If you are a serious listener of film songs, Raaga kairaly can help you in taking the first step towards classical music. You can start with raagams like Naatta , HamsaDwani , AanandaBhairavi etc... which can be easily recognized. Special thanks to my friend Sinoj for doing the graphic design for Raaga kairaly. goto Raagakairaly s w a t h i     c o m p o s i t i o n s Sree Swathi thirunal is supposed to have composed more than 200 krithis. I could not find any sites on them in the web. Here is an attempt to compile a list of the swathi compositions. goto Swaathi thirunaal compositions (This statement written way back in 1998 is no longer true. Kerala government has finally stepped in and created this really comprehensive site: SwathiThirunal.In )

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