Friends..... Finally I decided to revamp my blog and give it a new look. I have moved on to wordpress. My new blog address is http://www.pradipsomasundaran. com/musicblog This blog will remain as it is with the older posts.
"Manorama Music" has released "Rithubhangi" a collection of 9 songs which have been penned by "Dr. Sreeja Balaraj" and tuned by "Kallara Gopan". I have sung one song in the album. The other singers are P. Jayachandran, G.Venugopal, Kallara Gopan, Kavalam Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan, Manjari and Shweta Mohan. The album is abvailable in all leading music stores across Kerala. Cost of the album is Rs. 75/-.
Illeana & Vishnu Vardhan Babu It's been a month where different things have happened. I had an operation on my right ankle to remove the steel implants placed around an year and a half back, to repair the Trimalleolar ankle fracture. I was laid up in bed again and had a pleasant surprise when "Sandeep Chowta" called me to sing another Telugu film song! Again this is a very big occassion after "Bujjigadu" in 2008. I flew to Mumbai and [...]
It's been quite a long time since I posted a song here. It's always the latest songs that attract the young and I should say that singing songs of this generation do challenge you at times. It's not to prove any point but sometimes it's fascinating to try different songs that you are not supposed to sing or your audience and yourself have made you think so. This is one such song that caught my attention recently. Getting good karaoke tracks for latest songs are sometimes very difficult. The ones mostly available with the N-364 kind of keyboard tones [...]
Music director Ravi or Bombay Ravi as he is know in the south, is one of the very few stalwarts of Hindi film music who is alive today. He has given innumerable hits in Bollywood in the 60's and the 70's and even 80's like Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Do Badan (1966), Humraaz (1967), Ankhen (1968), and Nikaah (1982). He won Filmfare awards for Gharana (1961) and Khandaan (1965). His other successful films include Waqt , Neel Kamal and Gumraah . [...]
After Slumdog Millionaire made waves at the Golden Globe awards and then shocked everyone by bagging 10 nominations for the Oscars, everyone was eager to see what it had to offer. I generally do not blog about matters other than music even though I am a movie freak who does watch most of the good Hollywood films and international films. I was thrilled to hear that A.R Rahman whom I admire, as does the whole of the nation had not only got a golden globe but also had bagged 3 Oscar nominations! This motivated me to see the film. But [...]
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---- ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---- ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---- ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---- I have been busy with lot of other things (including music of course) in the past one month and one of such things was finding a right audio system for my new car. Since I believe in doing things in my own way, I did not want to follow the general route of buying [...]
Am back again after another long gap of a month. In between so much has happened. Our country was attacked by terrorists and we lost so many valuable lives! I heard this song a few years back and it moved me immensely! Since then I was waiting eagarly for the Karaoke track to appear somewhere. I dedicate this song to those who laid down their lives for us....... the valiant souls who died for their motherland. This song conveys so much with simple words and emotion. We will move on despite all the hurdles in front of [...]
Blogswara's fifth album has been released! Listen to the songs from the Bogswara Site at www.blogswara.in There are 14 songs involving more than 15 new artists this time and a song in Kannada language has also been included in this version. Blogswara is an internet music community which acts as a common platform for musicians (a majority of whom are amateurs) to showcase their talent before the world by producing original music and share it over the internet. It is also a free-music movement where visitors/listeners can listen and download the mp3 files free [...]
Some songs belong to the singers who sing them. You can never ever imagine any other singer singing such songs. "Amma Mazhakkarinu" from "Maadambi", the "Mohanlal" starer and a big hit of 2008, belongs to this category. This song demands the depth and range of a voice that's unique. And that voice can only be of Dr. K.J Yesudas! When his song plays in the Theatre, all the other singers of the film vanish into oblivion ! Such is the sheer magic his heavy, soulful voice casts over us. His is the only voice that we never get tired of [...]
After a long gap am here again with a Kishoreda song. Ever since I heard this song in my College days, it has been one of my all time favourites. It's definitely one of Kishoreda's best songs in the sentimental category. His soulful sonorous voice has so much of depth and emotion in it. I have tried my best to do justice to this beautiful composition from Prem Dhawan which came out in 1970. Song: Teri Duniya Se [...]
Recently, I sang a wonderful composition of "Vidhyadharan master" set in the Raga "Saraswati". "Gireesh Puthencherry" the famous lyricist of Malayalam Cinema has effectively managed to portray "Guruvayur Keshavan" the legendary elephant with expressive words and imagination! The serial is being telecast on "Surya" T.V daily at 8.30 P.M. The serial is directed by "Martin Chalissery". I have lent my voice for matinee idol "Kalabhavan Mani" who has acted in this song sequence.
Me and Alex Paul Recently, I had the opportunity to be the main judge for the audition rounds of the musical reality show "Superstar Junior-2 on Amrita TV". My journey ended abruptly with the audition rounds for reasons beyond my control though and I would have loved to be there for the whole show as I really do miss the kids whom I selected. I think the audition rounds where we had to select 15 out of almost 1000 odd children was the most toughest part as it always needs you have [...]
ശ്രീ അനിൽ ബി. എസ് ( 1 , 2 ), ശ്രീ രാജേഷ് രാമൻ , എന്നിവർ ഒരുക്കിയ സംഗീതത്തിൽ ഞാന് ആലപിച്ച ഡോണാ മയൂരയുടെ ' എത്ര നാൾ ഇങ്ങിനെ 'യെന്ന ഗാനം നിങ്ങൾക്കാ യി ഇവിടെ സമർപ്പിക്ക ുന്നു. Song: Ethra Naal Ingane Lyrics: Dona Mayoora Music: Rajesh Raman [...]
The first ever Blogger (Un) Conference on a Houseboat was held at Alappuzha on Saturday, the 16th of August 2008. The program was delayed by half an hour and started off by 10.30 as the houseboat arrived late after a previous night trip. I was very enthusiastic to see that almost all the confirmed participant's were there to board the boat. Except for a few of us in the early forty's and the early sixties almost all of them were very young from the I.T field and bubbling with energy. Their enthusiasm was the much needed catalyst to fire us [...]
A small but beautiful song of the yesterday years. Shanker Jaikishen though more known for his western classical music/latin treatment in his songs has created pure hindustani raga based songs too. Two of his hits in this genre are based on the same rag too! Jhanak Jhanak (Mannadey) and Radhike Tune are these two. Rafi Saaab has made this classical song an evergreen one in his golden voice. I would like to thank Roshni my Blogger friend for suggesting this song and sending me the track. [...]
This is another beautiful song from those times in the 90's when melody and lyrical value was supreme in films. The film "Oru Minnam Minunginte Nuruguvettam" was also a classic from Bharathan which was made immortal by the acting of Nedumudi Venu. Every song was excellent in the film. I have attempted "Melle Melle" from the film. Song: Melle Melle Film: Oru Minnam Minunginte Nurunguvettam Original Singer: K.J Yesudas Music: [...]
A.R Rahman always rises like a phoenix time and time again when people start murmuring and say that he has exhausted his stuff. For A.R.R this mere doubt seems to be the fuel to exceed his own standards every now and then when such comments are uttered. I recently heard his songs from "Ada" and to be frank that sounded average and uninspired, going by his standards. The songs seemed to be more like the typical Hindi songs of the yesterday years. But I am always amazed by the amount of variations and colour he gives to his songs in [...]
Annu Kapoor introducing the judges and the first round performances by Sunidhi and myself After a long gap, I am back with some nostalgic and rare video footages; the introduction of judges and the first round of "Meri Awaz Suno" 1996 which was the turning point in my life and those winning moments! I had been for long planning to get the videos out from the fungus infected VHS tapes and finally managed to clean and transfer the tapes to digital format. This has been a long standing demand from my ardent [...]
And finally it is out! Yes folks....My first Telugu film song is out in the market now. When Sandeep Chowta told me "Pradeep....it will not get bigger than this" when I was recording the song, I did not even imagine that it would be so big! Superstar Rajinikanth officially launched the first audio of the film 'Bujjigadu - Made In Chennai' at a function that was organized at the Andhra club in Chennai, this evening at 6 p.m. Speaking at the audio [...]
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