It features 70 singers drawn from both classical and popular streams of music.

The 5.5-minute song is featured as streaming media and as a downloadable mp3 file on the website.

Filmed by Gautam Vasudev Menon, the song begins with veteran singer T.M. Soundararajan rendering the lines ‘Pirapokkum Ella Uyirkkum.’

It brings out the melodious blending of the traditional Tamil nagaswaram and tavil with the guitar and drums. To emphasise the greatness of classical Tamil, the line, ‘Semmozhiyaana Tamizh mozhiyaam,’ runs through the song. In seeking to capture the spirit of the hoary language, Mr. Karunanidhi has included references to the works of Tholkapiyar, Thiruvalluvar, Kamban and Ilango Adigal.

The World Classical Tamil Conference, to be held in Coimbatore from June 23 to June 27, will begin with the rendering of this theme song. Mr. Karunanidhi formally launched the song in Chennai on May 15.

Semmozhi – World Classical Tamil Conference Theme by wiredbeats

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The earlier mix which i made was adapted well by some DJs and party dudes in many places. Everyone asked me where i found the hook. I still don’t know who made it and where it belongs. Anyways.

So here i present a completely remixed version of the very addictive ‘Mandolin Project’ . I call this ‘The Mandolin Project Re-invented’ . A newer,fresher take on the same hook. This one is very dance hall, sort of trance with a peppy baseline and layers that oscillate  between spaces. Makes a good play.

I hope you guys like it. Do leave your thoughts.If you like then may be i will post the ‘original’ mix here!

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I got the vocals and added a strong bass line with some oceanic sounds in surround mode. I took like few days to mix down the track and here i present you what i can call as my best work so far. It is also the simplest and also the most complex work. When you have the vocals of a trained person, you don’t wanna play around with it much.

Best heard in good quality sound systems or great headphones ( not iPod headphones!)

This is Raag Puriya Dhanasri treated with utmost care and respect and mixed with the best possible technical knowledge i could gather.

• Singer : Shruthi Krishnamurthy
• Production, mixing and arrangement : Me

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About the Raag

Thaat – Purvi
Jaati – Shadav – Sampurna
Vadi Swar – प
Samvadi Swar – रे॒

Time – Evening.

Aaroh – नी़़ रे॒ ग मे ध॒ नी रेँ॒ सां।
Avroh – रेँ॒ नी ध॒ प, मे ग मे रे॒ ग रे॒ सा।
pakad – नी़़ रे॒ ग, मे प, ध॒ प, मे ग, मे रे॒ ग, रे॒ सा। ( ़ this indicates that it is a lower octave (मंद्र सप्तक)

The Purvi Thaat contains all seven notes (i.e. Shadja, Rishabh, Gandhar, Madhyam, Pancham, Dhaivat and Nishad). But the rishabh and the dhaivat are komal both in ascent and descent and the madhyam varies from tivra to shuddh whereas the gandhar and the nishaad stay shudh throughout.
In Puriya Dhanashree, however, the aarohan or the ascent is as follows – N r G M d N S. This shows that pancham is not used very often in the aarohan thereby making it a shaadav aarohan or an aarohan with six notes. Rishabh and Dhaivat are komal or flat in Raag Puriya Dhanashree wheres the Madhyam is tivra or sharp. The descent or the avarohan is as follows: S N d P M G M r G r s, the descent bears all seven notes with komal Dhaivat and Rishabh and a tivra Madhyam. The vadi of this raga is pancham and the samavadi is shadaj. Raag Purvi’s structure is very close to that of raga Puriya Dhanashree therefore in order to differentiate between the two shudhha madhyam is often used in raga purvi unlike the tivra madhayam used in raga Puriya Dhanashree.
The gana samay or the time of singing this raga is at dusk. Raag Puriya Dhanashree is sung at time of transition from the afternoon to the evening and thus its is known as a Sandhiprakash Raga.The pakad of this Raga or the catch phrase of this Raga under the Bhatkande system is N r G, M r G P, M d P, M G M r G d M G r S . While expounding the uttaranga part of this Raga the phrase M d N d S is used to move into the taara saptak (higher octave). The transition from the taara saptak Re to the Madhya Saptak Ni is commonly through the use of a meendh.

Every once in a while we get to listen to a movie soundtrack that is unique and blends with the subject. Some notes and pitches that are so perfect for the plot that the marriage between music and the screenplay is just made in heaven. Even if the movie is not so great overall. In recent times, i have found the sound track for the Will Smith starrer Seven Pounds to be absolutely stunning. The thing about Hollywood soundtracks is that its usually very soundscapish. The usage of long pads, with elaborate string arrangements gives a dreamy feel. However, i found the soundtrack of Seven pounds to be very different. It is very mellow and stands at a point that is just right for each scene. The scores are rich but not on your face.

I was deeply moved by the perfection in the soundtrack that i decided to experiment one such arrangement myself. All tough not a symphony, i tried to program a track on the same ‘ feel’ . I found the way to do it in Blues. Blues allows us to remain in the same pitch and playaround with variations. You can have the same drum track and place layers of chords and blues piano to fill the emptiness. Angelo Milli’s soundtrack for Seven Pounds is more or less on the same style. Not blues, but staying within a feel.

I was working on creating my showcase providing demo’s on how i can program tracks of various genres when i happened to watch Seven Pounds. It is then i thought it would be worthwhile to work on a similar theme.

I present you a free track called ” Perspectives of Blues”. A deeply mellow track, nice and easy for you to unwind in absolute peace. This track attains its crescendo rather soon and goes mellow for most part. Hovers around the same range with sporadic spikes of notes that adds to the sound scape it creates. If you like the ambient feel you will like this. Best heard in a surround sound system, the track i present fills the entire spectrum.

Hope you like it.And do do buy Seven pounds soundtrack. and if you like soundtrack go ahead and buy the sound track of “Lost in translation”

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