Greetings for a Very Happy New Year - 2017 as we say bye to year 2016.

Wishing you and your near and dear A Very Happy New Year!

Yes the last Quarter of 2016 i.e. Oct-Dec has been sensational in many ways!

What with a trip to Australia, a dream destination, owning new premises, having a Private Space for my own self named as Kbs Sound Zone, my Guru Kanyakumari amma being designated as Sangeetha Kalanidhi 2016 by Music Academy and the Great support i am getting for my project Modern Margazhi!

The disturbing and unconsolable loss was of Guru Dr. M Balamuralikrishna attaining the lotus feet of The Almighty in November. I had visited him in the first week of November as we were to do a pooja for our new premises and found i was fortunate to spend quality time to take his blessings. 

The visit of Legendary SPB sir to open Kbs Sound Zone was another Dream Come True happening which was on the 4th December, 2016. Having acquainted with Ravi uncle and Uma aunty family is the highlight of the last quarter which made us make our Dream of owning our own place possible.

We need to thank many Kbsi ians family for helping us make this project come through with physical, moral and financial support extended to us. 

The most happiest thing presently happening is the project "Modern Margazhi", a thought which actually came to me to present Thirupavai with some music arrangement close to ears of general listeners. I sincerely thought by doing this we can make this reach more people and decided to work on it. Then came an idea of making video of the making and then the thought from my cousin Viky to feature 30 artists for 30 days. Finally decided to make the tracks on daily basis, shoot the video, edit audio, master it and upload it i Facebook and Youtube one day prior from the start of Margazhi month i.e from 15th December evening as 16th was the first day this year of Tamizh Margazhi month.

With Almighty's Grace, Gurus and parents Blessings and well wishes of my Well Wishers have successfully completed 16tracks and heading for the 17th to upload today at 10pm. 

I take this opportunity to Thank one and all for the Great support and encouragement and it is now time to say Good Bye to 2016 and lets Welcome the New Year 2017 with Greater Hopes.

Wishing you and your near and dear A Very Happy New Year!

ROLI SEABOARD 25 - The New Addition to our Family in this UK Trip

It was this June trip to UK, thanks to Orupanai and Mr & Mrs Swaminathan and Team, we had a great time with all three of us travelling abroad after 13 long Years ! Yes after April 2003 trip to South Africa and Mauritius this trip was more memorable, thanks also to London Bala uncle (mrudhangam Vidwan) who made this possible with his project for which Amma sang. He was also so nice in providing us with Great food just not for us but for the entire family of sponsors as well. 

We had some good time with Drummer Sridhar anna as well at the last leg of our trip.  

I am so happy for this new addition to our family.

Check this link on my first attempt.

https://www.facebook.com/keyboardsathya/videos/10155120648213747/

This is indeed a great to my family of Key(s) instrument, thanks to the Well wisher Couple in Uk who had presented this to me during our recent trip.

What a wonderful expressive instrument it is!

My Visit for Charity Concerts to UK June - July 2016

The month of May was another good one passed by but the June was indeed exciting.

What a Trip to UK! Firstly all three of us, my self with my parents travelled to an International Destination after 13 years! Yes the first being the South Africa-Mauritius Trip way mack in May 2003!

Full of exciting concerts, visits to lovely places and more than all interacting with Great Humans! Yes this time i was very lucky to interact with some lovely people who have become a part of my life from the day we saw.

I shall update the exciting happening soon!

Graduate Sathya !

Happy to inform you all that i have passed my Graduation in B. Sc. Visual Communication from D G Vaishnav College, an institution who gave immense support as PSBB extended me while i was in school.

I look forward to taking up M.A. Music in Tamil Nadu Music And Fine Arts University and i hope i am blessed with the same support and more there too!   

Wishing you all a very Happy Yughadi, Vishu and Tamizh New Year!

Wishing you all a Wonderful New Year!

It has been a quite hectic times with few projects for a well wisher in South Africa and also for Cleveland Music Festival. I also had a good time with model exams and now on the final leg of my final Semester exam with the last one on this 16th April, 2016. I sincerely hope to come out with good marks and become a Graduate in B.Sc (Vis.com) soon.

I had a good meeting with Mr. Saptagiri a leading happening Comedian of Telugu Film Industry and had his compliments and blessings on seeing the write up in Eenadu. I am looking forward to couple of good and interesting Public concert in April and some gig for some private concerts as well.

See You soon a d wishing once again a Very Happy New Year!

A Sum up for February and mid March 2016

It has been a great February and a wonderful March as on date. 

While I had the second opportunity to perform in Tamil Nadu Music University as part of the Founder Day's celebrations on the 25th February, I presented 6 sets of Medleys with Ganapathy and Suri uncles, Sridhar anna and my College mate Vijay. The Vice Chancellor Smt Veenai Gayathri Amma was so happy on our Team's presentation and assured to extend more opportunities as the large student assembled  were responding so positively with whistling, clapping and dancing. 

Sivarathri nights:

Thanks to Mr. Harikrishnan, a Carnatic music organiser in Kerala, got the first opportunity to perform in the Prestigious Trupanittura Siva Temple Music series on the 6th March a day prior to Sivarathri. With great enhancement and a wonderful sound we gave a performance that was so well received by the large knowledgeable audience who were so receptive to this concept of Carnatic on Keyboard in a Traditional ground! Thanks to Sri. Narayanan Rao the entire concert has been recorded and now available in YouTube. My pranams to Hari ji for with his request of few songs I could learn performed it for the first time on stage. 

On 7th MArch,  Sivarathri day I had the opportunity to perform with VL KUMAR uncle on Violin, Swaminathan uncle on Flute and Papanasam Kumar on Mrudhangam at BVB Mini Hall in the Sivarathri Agandam conducted by Sri. Kumar and family.

It was a rewind if sort at Kalahasthi on the 8th March, the day after Sivarathri,  as this time the concert ended up with many in the audience personally came in to take selfies and appreciated our presentation.  Thanks to ex Chairman of Kalahasthi Temple Board Mr. Kola Anand and his family got an opportunity to perform on the 6th March, 10 years after my earlier performance and thanks to our Team of Ganapathy uncle, Swami &  Sridhar annas and my friend Vijay it went well with fabulous response from a large audience. 

I have also made my little musical efforts for this year's Cleveland festival and hope it's accepted well, thanks to Shashikiran Anna.

I am waiting to see the upcoming website of one of India's wonderful Camera architect in Sri. Iqbal for which I have tuned some own composition and looking forward to seeing it with his work.

Happy exam time and look forward to Happy Holidaying!!!

"Keyboard - The Trendsetter in Indian Classical Music"- 20 January 2016

Recognition Time

January 2016 was a month especially of bringing RECOGNITION in a great way! Yes the Etv reality show of legendary SPB sir's Padutha Theeyaga was telecast on the 11th and 18th January and was overwhelmed with the calls and the messages all over the world. I was humbled and honoured with SPB sir's compliments, wishes and blessings in the show.

On the 20th January i had the opportunity to present first full length Lec-dem titled "Keyboard - The Trendsetter in Indian Classical Music" in the National Conference organised by The Tamil Nadu Music And Fine Arts University, Chennai and South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur and i was really exited to do a good job as it was for the first time i was attempting to do this at this Grand Level. It turned out good with Nadas Bala anna and Swami anna enhancing my presentation with their Nadaswarama and Mrudhnagam respectively with Thirunavukarasu anna's Team on Sound. My sincere thanks to the Vice Chancellor Tmt. Veenai Gayathri amma for the thought of calling me and also blessings me. 

I was so happy that Veenai Gayathri mam stayed for the entire presentation of mine and blessed me with great words of appreciation. I was humbled and honoured when my request to her to open a Department exclusively for Keyboard in the University, was accepted in principle and also assured to do so if i would directly get involved in the process with my presence along with people i could train with. WoW!  I was in cloud nine and understood that while the Lec-Dem has been successful More Responsibility has just got Added up on me! Looking forward to a positive outcome on this venture soon!

I also had a good feeling when people of my age and students from Sai Fine Arts, Nanganallur who looked at me as a roll model and wanted to take photos with me! It was again a honour to have been on a stage as Guest of Honour with a Padma Vibhushan Awardee, Sri Trichur Ramachandran who was so simple and was nice to interact with no frills attached of him being a Great Musician! Another person in my life from whom a great lesson learnt to keep our heads down in spite of name and fame!

What was most surprising is the Most Surprising opportunity coming way in Doordharshan through my college Professor's wife to give an intro for this year's Thyagaraja Aradhana Pancha Rathna Krithis presentation which was to be telecast live and was indeed blessed! My concert also went well in Thiruvaiyaru and it was so nice to see me on the DD screen just before the start of the Pancha Rathna Rendition at Thiruvaiyaru. 

Thanking Almighty for all these recognition and many more to come as well with prayers to have a cool head as always! The gigs with Mysore Manjunath uncle and Ms. Mahathi along with Rajesh Vaidhya anna gave different experiences and look forward to great Years Ahead as i enter 21from this February!

Seeking all your wishes, blessings and Almighty's Grace, signing off from this post.   

Welcoming The New Year 2016

Had a good send off to 2015 with a good gig with Embar ji at Vani Mahal this time along with many musicians organised by Carnatica. 

The New year 2016 has begun with a good presentation of the first concert for Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on the 2nd January. I was so moved when i saw Rajesh Vaidhya anna in the audience for this concert and sincerely appreciate his expressive nature of showing up his love and affection for me. Even though you have many rasikas turning up for concerts and this has been on the growth side in the past year, seeing an artist of his calibre to come and spend time was indeed a surprise!

I was also pleasantly shocked when Rajesh Vaidhya anna mentioned that he felt me missing on stage at The Music Academy while he performed a Solo on the 1st January during this year's Sadas. I do not know how many of us would do this! He indeed is a different artiste not only on performance but also in the Way he supports, encourages and compliments his co-artists. Hats Off Anna!

The Thematic solo concert for Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan on the 14th January was indeed a challenging presentation what with myself committing to perform just Navagraha Krithis for a 90 minute concert. While i did not expect many to turn up on that day to my surprise the mini auditorium in the 2nd floor of BVB, Mylapore was full and with Almighty's Grace managed to present the Navagraha krithis with some detailed Alapana and kalpanaswaram as well. I enjoyed the enhancement give by Madurai Venkat, Sunil and Hari annas and with "The Grace of Navagrahas" the concert went well and was indeed well received by one and all. A blessing and honour was the presence of many in the audience and in particular Sri. Keyboard Venkatasubramanian sir, a senior musician, keyboard artiste and a wonderful composer and Smt. Malavika, A Musicologist. They did interact with me and appreciated this Theme Presentation which they felt was indeed a Brave and Successful Effort.

Sum up for the Year 2015

Its been quite a long time to be precise over 8 months since i got in touch with through the blog. I sincerely feel bad but with WhatsApp, twitter and facebook we tend to communicate in short and the habit of detailing is really been lost. What a Shame! After all our custom and culture is to narrate incidents in detail and this art is now almost dwindling due to sheer laziness and un willingness to spare time, even though we definitely can make it. Let me try and be as narrative as possible at least from now on and hope to be in regular touch.

The second half of last year has been very encouraging. With many concert presentations happening with Sivamani anna & Rajesh Vaidhya anna which has given me greater experience, especially to show case the presentation in different perspectives. The solo programs have also grown up in terms quality of presentation growth in Audience turn out and thats indeed a encouraging sign.

The flood in December has indeed taken its toll with water coming into our house to almost 3 - 4 feet and thank Almight we have managed to survive with considerably a lesser loss in terms of valuable and yes it has increased our confidence and the outlook of life totally. 

The concert for Brahma Gana Sabha which i thought was gone, came our way and it was a totally a different experience to collaborate with Mannargudi Vasudevan uncle on Thavil and Sreesundarkumar anna on Mrudhangam. Teaming up with Embar ji this was indeed one of The Best Concerts of my career and look forward to many more. The Season concerts went very well also with Rajesh Vaidhya anna and one more with Embar ji. The encouraging factor is that in all the concerts the audience attendance is growing! 

A Great Day - Awards of Excellence 2015 in KBSI

Today is another Great Day, Thanks to my wonderful parents for instituting an award in my maternal Patti's name along with that of my maternal Thatha's name which we have been awarding for the past 2 years. Thanks to my Kanna mama for being with us sponsoring these awards and it means a lot to all of us including mama. 

Pleased to invite you all for today's celeberation of our KBSI annual day and Awards Function. 

If you cannot make it do not worry log on to this link and you can be with us from 6pm on live web stream thanks to Arkay Ramakrishnan ji, Arkay Convention Centre.


Looking forward to all your wishes.

Looking forward to a Joyful June!

A eventful month being the month of my Amma's birthday on the 6th! In fact this year her star birthday falls on 5th June and we are making a new concept attempt in a Jugalbandhi concept with Smt. Manonmani on Sarangi, sri. Kumbakonam Swaminathan on Mrudhangam and Sri. Pradeep on Tabla on this wonderful day!



This is being performed  at Mahaperiyava Padhugai Temple, PS Sivaswamy Salai, Mylapore.

Looking forward to all your wishes for this New Team and effort!

Mystic May!

Yes it started with a concert for a well wisher's family and actually looked as if i was little free! However things shaped up well and it was another quiet  happy busy month with routines and interesting concerts with Team Rajhesh Vaidhya.

The last two concerts for the month on the 29th for a Doctor's family and on 31st for a Congress Member's family were indeed electrifying kind of presentation with one of the large crowds atending the concerts and also paying attention plus acknowledging our performance in a big way! Yes we have already received couple of concerts after these performances! While its a fact that we do have our concerts as a follow up of our presentations only, this was indeed mesmerising  for the fact that few concerts came up immediately!

Admiring April!

This is indeed a great month for me remember with two concerts in Team Rajhesh Vaidhya anna, in Koratur  for Koratur Cultural Academy and also at Thiruvarur in the music festival conducted by Sri. Thiruvarur Bakthavatchalam sir.

It was a busy month otherwise with concerts, few recordings and composing along with semester exams. Hoping to have good results!

superb March 2015

Yes it was indeed a great March this year as it was this month i got to perform my first recording for All India Radio as a, A Grade artiste and also my first interaction live on stage with Drums King "Sivamani" anna on the 31st March, 2015!

What an experience it was and with his wife Smt. Roona singng along it was a great concert and i was happy to have been part in this Team which was later named as "Sathya Prema Karuna" by Guruji of Mahuwa and indeed it was a grand Start for me to have been a part in the stage with Sivamani anna!

Great interactions with Team Rajhesh Vaidhya anna and indeed enjoying being in all these concerts!

Happenings from Jan 3rd week to February 2015

It has been long time i came to this page to interact with you all and i am sorry for being little lethargic! Even though i am in touch through the other social medias like face book and whatsapp, this space is indeed very near to me as this is one of my favorite space to share my thoughts!

It was indeed a great happening that too after becoming A Graded artist in All India Radio that our family, by coincidence, was featured in AIR broadcast with my amma's concert on the 20th March followed by Uncle sri. Embar Kanna's  concert with Sri. Trichur Ramachandran sir on the 21st March and on the 22nd March it was my concert! Wow it was indeed a nice feeling and i am sure this would have made Made ABU thatha (my maternal grandpa Sangeetha Bhushanam Sri. Embar Sadagopan) very proud!

After the last interaction here i had a concert for Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha and it was so motivating when the organising secretary applauded the efforts of us in taking the concept of Carnatic on keyboard and this happened to be the first public concert after getting upgraded in AIR! The last of the concert i perform when i was a B high grade artist was the one i had the blessings to perofrm with Great Legendary Sri. Umayalpuram sir on the January 20th and i got the result in my hands on the 21st morning!

February was indeed hectic and fun filled as well! Starting with a surprise lunch organised by my parents which was well attended by all who had been the cause for my growth and also had some relatives joining us for teh first time! I had a concert which was organised to recognise the efforts of Sri. Palakad Sajeev, founder Neelakandan Sivan Academy, Vellacherry for his efforts and then a concert in Abu Dhabi dedicating same to Iyakunar Sigaram Director K. Balachander which was in Team Rajhesh Vaidhya anna.

Valenten's Day was indeed a great day with a Great Opportunity to meet, interact and take photo with Great Legendary Violin artiste Sri. L. Shankar. Also a good interaction / concert with Sri. Ravi Chari uncle, a renowned Sitar artiste, Sri. Faizan Hussain on Drums & djembe and Ms. Aditi Bhagwat, a Katak Exponent. This was held in Phoenix Mall, Vellachery and it was a wonderful concert received so well by the Large Audience!

Being my Birth month, February, i think was so lucky to have the blessings of my Guru Padmashree Kum. A. Kanyakumari amma to perform in her team on the 24th and was so excited to perform alongside Mudikondan Ramesh sir on Veena, Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao sir on mrudhangam and Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan sir on the Ghatam. One of the blessed opportunity and i pray The almighty to have this repeated many more times!

Wonderful start to the New Year 2015!

New Year wishes to one and all and What a great start with opportunity for to perform at Thiruvaiyaru on the 8th January, blessings from Sri. Dhayananda Saraswathi at Manjakudi with my uncle's Crossroads performance on the 19th January and blessed opportunity to be sitting and performing in the stage right next to Sri. Umayalpuram Sivaraman sir on the 20th January for a private concert and The Greatest letter of Recognition from All India Radio, The Premium Institution of our Country with upgradation information of being awarded 'A' Grade in A. I. R. 

We would not have travelled this far without the Grace of The Almighty, blessings of my Gurus and wishes & blessings of all our dear & near! I take a Bow to all and dedicate this to all my dear & near!

Looking forward to all your wishes and blessings, as always!

anbudan Sathya

Goddess of Music - Piano arrives Home!

December 10, 2014 - 10. 12. 14 is indeed one of the Great Days as we saw Goddess of Music - Piano coming home as a gift from Mr. Sumanth, Sumanth and Co in collaboration with Musee Musicals, Chennai.  Here is the link for the photos narrating how she came in to our house! 

                       

https://plus.google.com/photos/102415178040711981165/albums/6091489040636067297?authkey=CK2z39LisNvkpgE

Thanks to the privileged men who meticulously carried her in to our house and placed her in the right place! Thanks to my Uncle Embar Kannan ji for the thought of making me perform on the Piano in Crossroads, a presentationw e did on the 8th December, 2014 for Brahma Gana Sabha along with Sri. Arunkumar anna on Rhythm pads, Sumesh narayanan anna on Mrudhangam, Shallu ana on Bass Guitar and Thiru Arasu led Karthick Audios on PA. 

Very much excited and still the reality of a Piano AT HOME has not sunk in!

Here are few clipping of the first jamming session we all had with Embar Kannan mama, Paul Jacob Uncle, Suri uncle, Tabla Pradeep uncle and my friend Varun taking some lovely pictures! Special thanks to Vardhini Suri for making it to the welcoming ceremony of Piano at home!

10 years before same period i.e end November 2004, I got a Korg Por from Dr. Ravi Dattatreya, USA which transformed my life and thats instrumental for what i am today! Now thanks to Mr. Sumanth & Musee Musicals i have got a Piano at home!  I pray The Almighty to give me the mind and ability to become a better Musician and a Humble Human in the next 10 years to come so that i would be in a position to contribute to the Society in a little way!

Wishing a a Very Happy Deepavali 2014 in Advance!

I am happy wish every one of you a very Happy Deepavali 2014!

I have a great news of my appa appearing in DD Podhigai, his first effort, thanks to Smt. Vasumathi Rajan, Producer DD Podhigai.

here is a link of the show titled, "Issaitherin Vadam Pidithor", by DD Podhigai which features Tamil Composers and their contribution to Carnatic Music.

October 11, 2014 - First 1 hour concert in All India Radio!

It was indeed a great day for me and my dear Instrument - Keyboard, as this was the day my first one hour Concert was broadcast in All India Radio in 102.3 Mhz FM Gold.

Thanks to Sri. Tee Vee Gee uncle, a leading uploader in Sangeethamshare.org to ahve recorded my concert and uploaded in his folder. You can log on to the link below and use your gmail / yahoo account details and access the file. Please download and listen to the tracks and hope you would like them.

http://www.sangeethamshare.org/tvg/UPLOADS-3401---3600/3504-K_Sathyanarayanan-Keyboard/

K.Sathyanarayanan-Keyboard
Sri. Kandadevi Sri S.Vijayaraghavan-Violin
Sri. Trivandrum Sri R.Vaidhyanathan-Mrudangam

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02-pAvana_guru-hamsAnandi-lalitadAsar
03-cittam_irangAdEnaiyyA-sahAna-pApanAsam_sivan
04-dEvi_nIyE_tuNai-kIravANi-pApanAsam_sivan
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A first opportunity in Krishna Gana Sabha to perform in prime time - 03 October, 2014

A great opportunity to have a Evening slot in Sri Krishna Gana Sabha which was a pleasant experience and this was on the Vijayadhasami Day, 2014. The Sabha had arranged for a good enhancement team with Karaikal Venkatasubramanian anna on violin, Sri. R. Ramesh, a Senior in the industry with great Experience, on Mrudhangam and Chandrasekara Sharma anna on Ghatam. This was also enhanced by a good audio provided by the Sabha and i am sure you will enjoy the above link.

For the audio please log on to :

http://www.4shared.com/folder/CnUs3Xzg/2014_Oct03_Kgs_BKs_RR_GCS.html

A concert with my Amma in Villivakkam on 02 October, 2014

After reaching Chennai from US on the 1st October, 2014 had the pleasure of playing a concert with my dear amma on the 2nd October with Kumabakonam Swaminathan anna on Mrudhangam and Pradeep Uncle on Tabla. This was for Villivakkam Sathguru Sath Sangam, thanks mainly to Villivakkam Raghu uncle and Sambamoorthy uncle for this concert.

Video link for the concert:

2014 September - A short trip to USA for a Concert!

It has been almost a month and still unable to get over the shocking news but have managed to keep my life going with the blessings of my Gurus and with The Grace of The Almighty.

After many happenings i had an opportunity to be in USA for a concert at Wesleyan University on the 27th September, 2014, thanks to my well wisher Sri. J. Sowmiyanarayanan, USA who along with Sri. Sriram Natarajan, Layyasaram coordinated the interest shown by Dr. Sheenu Srinivasan to hold this concert in coordination with CT Raaga Connecticut. This was a Jugalbandi concert with Grammy Winner Padmashree Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (on Mohan Veena).

Sincere thanks to Dr. Sheenu Srinivasan, President CT Raga, Connecticut, Sri. Veer Gopalan, Connecticut -a well wisher, Sri Sriram Natarajan, Layyasaram who were the main sponsors for this concert and most importantly Sri. J. Sowmiya Narayanan, Washington DC who is principally the person who introduced us to Mr. Sriram Natarajan. 

Sowmi uncle was also kind enough to coordinate with all the other artists namely Chi. Kamalakiran on Violin, Sri. Vijay Ganesh, USA on Mrudhangam, Sri. Nitin Mitta USA on Tabla as well the most important Sri. Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and performed as a Ghatam artiste as well. Thanks to Sriram Natarajan ji for performing on Kanjeera. The concert was a well received one with 3 standing ovations received by our team at different times which is indeed a Unique happening!

Thanks to Sri Pradeep who met me at Boston airport, for introducing me to Ms. Bhanu, Boston who was a great Host during my stay with and the rarest opportunity of being together with Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt ji for few days! The few sessions i had him watching me practice is one of the rare things and the humble person he is had couple of jamming sessions with me, which i feels is indeed a great blessings!  

My Human God Left This Universe Today - A Black Day for the Music World!

I dedicate my Life to him as it is his Pitchai i am what i am!

It is probably the most darkest day in my life to understand my First Guru Sri. Mandolin Shrinivas ji is no more with us! I have been inspired by his music, by his presence and that ever smiling Face! Hard to understand the fact that i cannot see him, interact with him any more! I pray The Almighty to give me strength to take this and also make me stronger to present the best of Human and Music values he has taught and guided me with whatever little interactions i have had with this Human God of mine and our family!

We as family attribute our entire life to him as it was Mandolin Shrinivas ji, who first recognised our instrument keyboard and at a very critical juncture lifted our spirits by telling us to inform the world that he is my Guru! What a great Blessing i have had! 

My appa & amma recalls that when they approached Mandolin Shrinivas ji after going to his house, to be a Guest of Honour for my first album release function it seems he politely said that he had never been to a function like this! This was in the first week of August 2003 when i was 8 years old!  Then my appa requested him if i could at least play a piece in front of him and get his blessings, he accepted it overwhelmingly saying, "Thats possible any time". My father went down and brought the keyboard and in the meantime i remember he asking me what i would like to play for him. I said Mallari in Kandajathi Triputa thalam and he was so happy on it. My parents were folding their hands and sitting behind me and i had The Legendary Mandolin Shrinivas sir in front of me as i started playing! What a moment which i will Cherish till my last Breath indeed! He was so divine sitting and listening to my Mallari with folded hands and i was feeling as if i was performing in front of The Almighty and he indeed became my Human God from that moment! When he asked to play one more i said i love to play Nagumomu he immediately said, "Sathya that was my preferred piece as well in my young days and i have played whenever people asked me to play". This showed the child character in him and so humble to share thoughts with me!

After i finished playing he looked at my dad and asked when was the function and as my appa replied that it was on August 16th, 2003 he immediately said that he will come! My dad was pleasantly shocked and asked him if he is sure of it for which he said, "yes and also please spell my name as just U. Shrinivas and not Srinivas pls!" He also added that "this child is on a new instrument and having good layam as he did not expect thalam from any of us and still performed thrikalm in Mallari in Knadajathi Triputa talam. I will only be making a mistake if i turned down your request and so i will make it for his Album release". A moment non of us in our family will forget.

After the concert in Brahma Gana Sabha in December 2003, a critic had appreciated my kknowledge in music but condemned my parents for having put me in this instrument keyboard. He had advised them to change me to take up the formal instruments in Carnatic Music to have be grow big! At this point in time in my life my father called up Mandolin Shrinivas ji and asked him to guide us. He simply said that he also underwent these kind of situations in his early days. He also emphasized the fact that, "Sathya is doing a great job and thats the reason you are being criticized. Do not fear and keep traveling. However please ensure to tell every one from today that I am his Guru". For this when my appa asked him how could we lie, he simply said, "Is it not the fact that you brought him to my house and he played Mallari and Nagumomu for me during August 2003? I have already given him Deeksha and i assure you to take few classes once i return from US". Mandolin Shrinivas ji did call on his return and i had the privilege of being under his tutelage for a good period.

To us it is Mandolin Shrinivas ji who is the first Musician to have recognised the instrument Keyboard and his endorsement to teach me on it really gave it the much need credibility. This inflicted confidence in the minds of Music forums & rasikas as well  and thats the major reason for whatever the level the Keyboard artists have come up to today.  Becoming his Sishya gave me a great boost in my career and the best that had happened i my life till then! There has been no turning back from the day i saw and played in front of him! I might not have spent great hours physically but he has been there with me always particularly when i relate with Music and with his blessings and Guru Ashirvadhams i pray The Almighty do grace me to do my best to emulate him as a Human first and then a Musician.

Only request to The Almighty is that please do leave good people among us too as we need / seek guidance from great Human like Mandolin  Shrinivas ji. It is a loss which can never ever be compensated! We can keep listening to his music performance any number of hours and

May his soul Rest in Peace!

Great July

It was a great month with the first time visit to Singapore for performing concert, thanks to Sri Veerama Kaliamman Temple Kumbabisheka Committee. It was so nice of Sri. Natarajan sir in Singapore to have thought of recommanding me to the Temple authorities and also thanks to Bombay Anand anna and Raja Subramanian anna for enhancing th concert in Singapore. Thanks also to Raja ana for being with us almost for both the days when we were in Singapore and helping us buy a good Camera as well!

Thanks to that camera, I had taken few good photos and also a superb video of a sudden Spectrum appeared in Chennai on 12th August, 2014.

A great star birthday celebration extended to appa in the first week celebrated with our members of KBS Inculcation and it was also a great opportunity for me to work on a track of my Mamos which was gifted to appa by him.

A Pleasant June 2014!

I wish to inform that we have shifted our residence, moving into a little more spacious apartment on Lake view Road near Public Health Centre and it was indeed a good experience of shifting house ater almost 8 years! Every Change is for Good and thats the principal we keep & move in our life and this change is also seeming to be good! 

This June has given me a great opportunity, thanks to Mr. Paul Jacob for having thought of including me in the orchestra for the Live Music presentation of one of the High Profile Theatre project of Kalki's "Ponniyin Selvan". This play was produced by Magic Lantern and Sponsored by SS International Live!It was indeed a Magical Experience to do this live Music with Drummer Sridhar ji, Flautist Natarajana and Tabla Balu ji. I also had my day in at madurai on the last day of the presentation on the 29th Jun, 2014. 

The concert at MahaPeriyava Padhugai temple was indeed a divine one and we as team always love to perform there at least once in a year. 

Had some friends visiting home and it was fun all through out that day! Magic rains in this month is also a welcome break for all of us in Madras!

Looking forward to my first Solo Concert in Singapore on the 4th and 5th July and a few interesting concerts as well1 Also awaiting my results for the 2nd Semester and hope it will be good!

Greatest time with Legendary Yanni, thanks to Vennai Kannan uncle!

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This is probably one of the never possible to Dream and still coming True! Yes having the Honour of Have The Legendary Yanni listening to your concert live! Added are your Gurus in Mandolin Sri. Shrinivas ji and Kum. A. Kanyamuari mam, with legends Dr. Padma Subramanyam, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Sri. Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Sri. Vikku Vinayagaram and many more!

Not just that! Being greeted and blessed by The Great Yanni himself as seen in this video!

Just unable to still believe that all these happened!

In fact the month March and April were one of the Best in this year as i had a cocnert with Abhishek Raghuram anna at Shanmugananda, Mumbai on the March 9th and in front of The Legendary Yanni and Muisc Legends of India on the 12th April, 2014.

In the mean time i also had a great concert to perform for Sridhar anna who made aRecord of playing non-stop 44 hrs of Blind folded Drumming as well on the 6th March and a concert with Rajesh Viadhya anna and party at Trichy for NIT!

It was also a great Home Ground concert for Sathguru Sath Sangam Villivakkam on teh 15th April and a concert with my Mamoos as well for a private concert on the 24th April, 2014.

Also another interesting assignment was for a new Concept on General Music Learning and the process by Balachandar Uncle, Mrudhangam Professor in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London on the 21st and 22nd April, 2014.

Have been involved in arranging Music for the Mega Production 'Yegyaseni" of Sri. Madurai Muralidharan and looking forward to the show on the 17th May.

Most importantly we are also looking forward to the Award Presentation initiated by our KBS Inculcation in the name of my Mentor, first Guru and maternal Grand Father Sangeetha Bhushanam Sri. Embar S. Sadagopan, on the 18th May, 2014 and wish people turn out in large numbers and also can see the same on

http://www.arkayconventioncenter.in/welcome.aspx

Blessed to perform for Shivarathiri 2014 at Bandikavanoor Temple

It was a indeed a good late evening drive to this wonderful Village where i had an opportunity to perform in this 300 year old Shiva Vishnu Temple with my Mamoos Embar Kannan ji, Sumesh Narayanan ji and Hariharasubramanian ji!

As there was no feedback monitor and we had initially little problem to play in coordination as we had to listen to the sound which was coming from the speakers meant for outside which means we had latency problem! We did get settled after the first song and then it was a nice journey into the concert.

If possible please listen to the tracks in the downloadable link in

http://www.4shared.com/folder/_YAihqYY/2014-Bandikavanoor-ShivaVishnu.html

and forward your opinion /comments

A Great beginning for February!

Great Joy and a Sense of Greater Responsibility was what came in when i received the prestigious IOB Youth Achievement Award today from the hands of Mr. Narendra, CMD IOB today, 10th February, 2014 - being their 78th Foundation Day!

Great Honour and blessing to receive same and be in the corner of the stage with Doyens (in the photo from left to right) namely Sri. Murari IAS rtd., Sangeetha Kalanidhi Smt. Sudha Raghunathan, Sri. Sankar - CMD Sanmar Group, Sri. Veeramani - CMD, Gem Granites, Sri. Narayanaswamy - Senior Auditor, Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti and Sri. Munirathnam - Chairman RKM Engineering College. Sri. Narendra, CMD IOB and Executive Directors IOB are also in the photograph above. 

I thank The Almighty for the Grace, my gurus for their blessings and you all, for the well wishes! I understand the responsibility and continue to work harder to achieve a percentage or two of what these Great personalities have achieved, in my life time!

Wonderful Start to 2014 with Activity filled January!

It has been a great New Year 2014 for what with an opportunity  had to perform with this year's Sangeetha Kalanidhi Smt. Sudha Raghunathan ji's Cofee Table Book release function along with Sri. Rajhesh Vaidhya, (had played few pieces in the album given along with the book) Concert with mammos Embar Kannan ji in CrossRoads at the Army Southern Head Quarters, Chennai, opportunity to perform in Thiruvaiyaru, Good article in Dinakaran and Dinamalar in the early part of a New Year, my concert on webcast on www.paalam.in/tv opportunity to perform in one of the oldest forums of Kakinada and an experience of going by electric train and PTC now Chennai Transpot Corporation!

A great beginning on my completion of 19 years of age, Thanks to my friend Sangeetha to have come home today evening to celebrate my Birthday in advance as i am traveling to Salem for a concert with Rajesh Vaidhya anna!

With all your wishes and blessings look forward to a fascinating Year ahead! 

Wishing every one A Very Happy New Year!

I take this opportunity to Thank every one, The Almighty for having given us all an excellent 2013 and look forward to The Almighty showering the bet and more in the years to come from 2014!

Very Happy New Year and my humble gift to all of you is the links for the public concerts i performed in December 2013, thanks to my dear appa for these wonderful uploads!

December 03, 2013 - BGS - http://www.4shared.com/folder/Zhy3NdLR/2013_BGS-concert-dec0313.html

December 10, 2013 - MFAC - http://www.4shared.com/folder/_7xJMlgR/2013_MFAC-1012-KVS-TVB-GHS.html

December 17, 2013 - RR Sabha - http://www.4shared.com/folder/3ZgDsHeg/2013_RR-Sabha_NB-TS-KS.html

December 22, 2013 - Perambur Iyayappa Bkatha Samajam - http://www.4shared.com/folder/6-PHoLff/2013_PeramburIyyappaBakthaSama.html 

December 25, 2013 - Sri Ramka Bahaktha Sajama, K. K. Nagar - http://www.4shared.com/folder/RSHtJjsk/2013_KKnagar-Ramasamajam-2512_.html

I sincerely hope you all will enjoy this music and pray The Almighty to shower me the knowledge and strength to continue pursuing my learning process and live up to the expectation of all my well wishers!

Great December, 2013

It has been wonderful December with great enhancement by Teams for all the concerts and it was so nice of Mr. Shriananth & family to have brought a new keyboard 'KORG MICROSTATION'. This makes December 2013 indeed Special! 

Each concert had good things happenings with the concert 0n 2nd December was a dear for us as it was SATHYABODHI and we had a review for the concert in Dinamalar for the first time! 

3rd December concert was another first being the inauguration concert for Brahma Gana Sabha and for the first time teamed up with Smt. Padma Shankar, Sri. J. Vaidhyanathan and Sri. KV Gopalakrishnan. 

4th December was another first with Sumesh Narayanan anna joing us in CROSSROADS for the first time. 5th December concert had Smt. Sumana Rao from Boston as it was for a wedding reception concert for her family. 8th December at Coimbatore was one of the first performed with a grand team of 8 musicians. 10th December at MFAC was the first time with Trivandrum Balaji anna in the morning slot! 11th December concert was the first time teaming up with Sai Raghavan anna on Mrudhangam for a private wedding concert for a National party! 

December 14, 2013 was special as i got the Bhavan's Cultural Award from teh hands of Chief Justice of India Sri. Sadhasivam!

While December 16th concert was one in IIT premises, December 17th once again was the first time i was performing for RR Sabha, a renowned forum who this year condeucted this year at Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, PS Higher Secondary School, Mylapore and more happy was that it was in the evening 7pm slot! 

December 17, 2013 is also a Memorable day as this was the day i received my new KORG MICROSTATION! While i wanted to perform with this the same day The Almighty had reserved this to be performed first for a Iyyappa Pooja, just like the first concert i performed with my KORG PRO when i got it from Dr. Ravi Dattatreya way back in November 2004! What a coincidence! Swamiye Saranam Iyyappa! We as family have seen a great cycle of events from that Performance on the 30th Nov'04 and we seek The Almighty's Grace and well wisher's wishes to take on another Bigger Circle from December 22nd, 2013 concert performed being another first concert for Perumbur Iyyappa Baktha Samajam held in the premises of Perumbur Annadhana Samajam!

December 21, 2013 we had our KBS Inculcation members presenting thier talents First Time having Sarvag from USA performing with us!

December 25, 2013 continued with the list of many first and here it was for the first time i was performing at Meenakshi College of Engineeering for Sri Rama Baktha Samajam, K. K. Nagar and again for the first time had London BVB Prof. M. Balachandar performing with us in Chennai!

Indeed many interesting happenings during the whole of 2013 and in particular December month! 

A Grand Start for December 2013 Music Festival!

It was indeed a grand start for my December 2013 Music Festival season with a soul satisfying performance by our Team SATHYABODHI yesterday at Rani Seethai Hall organised by Cause Events. We as Team with Mr. Paul Jacob (Bass Guitar), Mr. Donan Murray (Lead Guitar),  Sri. Karaikal Venkatasubramanian (Silent Violin), Sri. Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mrudhangam), Mr. Elavendhan (Drummer) and my dear appa Sri. Krishnababu (Timing)  had Masth time on stage with all our eye contacts and stage conversations were working great! Thanks to Mr. Vinay who had assisted us on the sounds and the organisers, we feel need to concentrate on this aspect a little more!

We presented 9 items as per following details and hope to have some videos uploaded soon!

1. Innisai Edhal - based on Keeravai 

2. Amaidhiyin aAkkam - based on Jog 

3. Orumiththa Osai - Irish piece based on Sankarabaranam

4. Thedi Unai Charan Adaindhen - SindhuBhairavi - Bharthiar krithi composed by Sathya

5. Narayana - Sudha Dhanyasi 

6. NiravathySukatha - Ravichandrika

7. Ennathin Yetram - based onSubapanthuvarali

8. Vaishnava JanaTo 

9. Ullasa Oonjal - Based on Karaharapriya

Looking forward to all your wishes and blessings in the future concert of our Team!

Exciting December Music Season 2013 ahead!

It was indeed one of the most interesting November month i have had all these years with Two Maiden trips to London and Singapore and my first album, maiden attempt of being a Music composer in Bharatiar Songs released in a Grand Function by Lifco along with their 29 other albums!

I am also happy to see many of our energetic, enthusiastic members of KBSI slowly shaping up to be good learners having keen interest and absorbing the lessons with Hard work and practice. 

I am pleased to share the Joy of performing in this year's December Music Festival, 2013 as per following schedule and request you to be there to bless and encourage our team with your presence during the concerts, when ever and wherever you can! Kindly forward this schedule to all your near & dear and encourage our team.

December 02 - Monday - SATHYABODHI Venue - Rani Seethai Hall, Mount Road, Chennai. Time 7 pm

December 03 - Tuesday for Brahma Gana Sabha Venue - Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium, Luz Church Road, Mylapore. Time 7 pm

December 04 - Wednesday CROSSROADS Venue - Rani Seethai Hall, Mount Road, Chennai. Time 7 pm

December 10 - Tuesday for Mylapore Fine Arts, Oliver Road, Mylapore. Time 930 pm

December 17 - Tuesday for RR Sabha Venue - Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, PS Higher Secondary School, Mylapore. Time 7pm 

December 22 - Sunday for Perumbur Annadhana Samajam Venue 3 Meenakshi Street, behind Lord Iyappa Temple, Perumbur Time: 6pm

December 25 - Wednesday for Rama Bhaktha Samajam, K.K. Nagar Venue - Meenakshi College of Eng. K.K. Nagar Time 5pm

January'14 05- Sunday for Panchamuka Anjaneyar temple, Venue Kalayana Mandapam near Perumal Koil Thepakulam, Mylapore Time 530pm

January'14 06- Monday for Bharathiya Vidhya Bhavan Venue - BVB, Mylapore, Chennai Time - 5pm

While many of the concerts are free programs, few might have entry fee. Please let us know in advance and we can make the passes available for the concerts, if you want us to get the same. Apart from these i also have few private concerts, AIR recording and working on another Album and mostly importantly have my COLLEGE as well!

I Need all your wishes and blessings for this busy December month starting today and i pray The Almighty to give me strength to take it forward!

Long Memorable Day in London for November 2013 visit

The day started around 8am in the morning as we had to travel around 120 miles to Birmingham for the concert at Sri Venkateswara Temple with Dr. Achuthan on violin and Sri. Bhavani Sankar on Mrudhangam. An enjoyable happening was that there was a traffic diversiona nd the GPRS in the vehicle took us round and round for some 15 mts and later we decided to follow the divert sign boards and reached our place from inside Swindon centre town in 10 mts!This brought us the memory of Vivek and Vijay going on bike in Chennai and after all traffic diversion they would reach Andra border! Well this was indeed reverse but still thought of sharing!  

It was almost 5-7 all through this day and we actually packed up our jerkins inside and so travelled few places without it and enjoyed the chillness, very hard or never to experience in Chennai for sure!

After this concert we had a god dharshan of Lord Venkateswara and proceeded to Swindon for the next concert. Left at 530 and reached Swindon at 650pm (after the 30 mts thamasa!) 90 miles in almost 1 hour! We had the concert at the New College Swindon Tamil Sangam for their Deepavali festivity. Thanks sincerely to Sri. Thyagarajan, brother of prof. Swaminathan our main sponsor and also to Balu Raguram anna who also insisted to have our concert after our performance on 03 November, 2013!  We had a great respeonce from teh audience including the Mayor who had been there for the celebrations!

We left around 1030 and the clock in the GPRS showed that we would reach our destination by 0003 and yes we did reach a minute early by 0002! It is indeed amazing the way GPRS works here when the roads are not diverted!

Hoping for a clear day today and planned to go to a theatre to watch LION KING and shall share the experience later in the day or after my return!

VISIT TO LORDS - The Cricket Ground and BAPS Swaminarayanan Temple 08.11.2013

It was  dream trip to Lords the Mecca of Cricket and we had a entire tour outside the ground as we were unable to enter the stadium due to maintenance. Thank teh Almighty we had clear weather and had wonderful time in this visit with Puring rain as soon as we got into the car on our drive back home!

We had the opportunity to visit BAPS Swaminarayan Temple, thanks to Prof. Swaminathan and had a good Lunch at the restaurant run by the Temple! Here are the photos which discribes our day November 08, 2013 in London!

Lords Visit 8th November 2013

The Leisure days in London! 6th and 7th November, 2013

After couple of interesting sight seeing days, we decided to stay at home to have some excellent food which made us feel home away from Home! Also we had a good session of playing Shuttle and also visited Mrs Subramaniam, another regular to India for Music Seasons and a very Knowledgeable rasika! It was a nice to have performed, kind of a chamber concert with great interest shown by her to understand the way the nuances are produced on the keyboard! 

Today i had great time watching some of teh good mvies which were in the hard disk of out Host's TV and also great time listening to KBSI Members performing at Chrompet, Chennai. Well it was indeed a nice and kudos to our members for a fabulous performance! Kalakitanga unmyil!

Day 2 of our trip in London!

November 05, 2013 Our Tour around London today

This day we sincerely have to thank Mr. Balachandar, Mrudhangam artiste from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London as he was a great Human and also showed us all the best possible for the day including teh National Museum, Science Museum, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross, China Town and many more apart from the great luch and the evening Noodles he got us! The highlight was the wonderful Soup he made for us at a restaurant with just 3 glasses of Hot water with ready made soup powder! Delicious and outstanding indeed! 

Day 1 Sight seeing Experience in London!

After a good concert on the 3rd November, decided to venure out for sight seeing tour on the 4th! Thnaks to our host Mr. Swaminathan who got us Day Pass to travel in Train and bus and also a sightseeing our pass valid for 2 days with a bonus of River Cruise! Here is the link of the photos of our experience!

November 04, 2013 Uk Visit - Part 2

We were fortunate that we were in time for the Change of Guard at the Palace! Yes i believe it happens only on even dates and also only if he weather is good (not wet)! The first good act of Weather God! Later we went to many other sight seeing spots and decided to take the free River Cruise from London Bridge! We had our sandwiches packed up by our host and then went on it followed by the ride on London Eye! What an experience!

After this we went near the Big Ben o look at a close proximity and were so lucky to hear that Ringing Bell! What a Fabulous Sound! After this we met our host and returned back home sweet home and had a wonderful dinner before going to bed! 

Maiden Concert in London 03 November 2013!

I woke up on 3rd November, with a great feeling of going to present my maiden concert in UK and was feeling great! After the Lunch we proceeded for the concert venue little early to ensure sound check to be done and a cooperative Mr. Prabha on the PA was indeed fabulous! 

November 3, 2013 Maiden Concert in London

Here are the photos and video links of my Maiden concert in London Winston Churchill Hall enhanced by Sri. Balu Raguraman on Violin and Sri. M. Balachandar on Mrudhangam. Excellent support by the PA person Sri. Prabha and the Lights director Mr. Andrews as well! A decent turn out in spite of the fact that there were few more programs as well going on in London and the audience gave a great reception to this concert. The Chairman of Orupaanai appreciated and also rewarded me with a cash gift! I was so moved that we as a team could win the hearts of this lovely audience!

Dr. Ambikapathy a regular visitor to December Music Festival was all praise for the elaborate Chadrajothi aalapana Tyagaraja krithi Bagayanaiya, ragamalika kalpanaswarams and an excellent Thani by Mr. M. Balachandar on Mrudhangam!

Reporting from LONDON!

What a turn around of Weather from Chennai to London! Yes enjoying every minute indeed! Landed on the 1st November, 2013 with a surprising Fireworks welcome seen from the Sky, may be for Deepavali and on touch down could feel the change of weather!

We reached indeed our Home away from Home at Mr/s Swaminathan's residence where we had his son Sri. Suresh, daughter in law Smt. Abirami Suresh and also their daughter Ms. Sashwathi welcoming us and had a great dinner as well! Got ourselves accustomed to the local condition on the 2nd with a long walk looking at the city/town of Radlett visiting the Railway station, Jewish Synagogue shopping malls etc. Thanks to Suresh anna for having taken us on this walking tour as well as to his old 400 year old Aldenham School! Here is the link for the first photos!

November 4, 2013, UK visit - pat1

1000th appearance - Yellam Iraivan Seyal!

Thanks Almighty for the Grace and taking us to this 1000th appearance! Pranams to my Gurus, in particular my maternal thatha Sangeetha Bhushanam Sri. Embar S. Sadagopan and most importantly my parents! Thanks to every one who have been with us through this journey and to be with us further more as well!

I strongly believe in my parents concept that it is indeed a Team effort and i sincerely Salute all my well wishers for the support, encouragement, confidence they have been giving me and request every one to continue showering their wishes and blessings! 

I sincerely understand that this is just a beginning and what we need to achieve is grater than we think and i shall put in my best efforts to accomplish same with the Grace of The Almighty!

I look forward to seeing you for the concert i will be performing for MUDRA at Infosys Hall, RKM School premises, Bazullah Road, T. Nagar from 630pm on teh 27th October, 2013 where i will be teaming up with Sri. Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam, Sri. Kumbakonam Swaminathan and Sri. Hariharasubramaniam. 

Thanks 999 forums / Individuals!

I am so glad and thankful to all the forums / Individuals who had extended opportunities to me and my dear instrument to have made us come to 999 performances and this was at the Forum Vijaya Mal, Vadapalani organised by RMKV. 

It was so nice of Mr. Thyagarajan, A senior Official and from Owner's family was there to receive us and also requested us to perform few popular krithis which i believe was a great recognition for our efforts, all these days! It was amidst a good number of audience and also a huge moving crowd in the Mal being a Saturday. 

Our team with SP Ananthapadmanabha anna on violin, Sankarnarayanan anna on mrudhangam and Pradeep uncle on Tabla enjoyed the performance as i am sure the audience did! We did not have a Monitor speaker but otherwise there was not much to complain about! Enjoyed the dinner after this concert looking forward to the next one on 6th October, 2013 being our 1000th! 

Pranams to my first Guru, Mentor and my dear Thatha!

Sangeetha Bhushanam Sri. Embar S. SAdagopan avl.

I sincerely thank all my gurus, well wishers, Organisers, enhancing artists, PA support team, Media and importantly my Parents as i step in closer to the stage on the 6th October, 2013 at Music Academy organised by Arun Excelo which happens to be the 1000th concert! 

When i look back i remember troubling my paternal patti to switch on the TV and to have Vijay Channel in it as it would telecast Sriman Narayana, Dollayam and Pony Mother's song Malarpola Malargindra as early at 530am! Also my patti used to sing many kutti pattukal as well!

My memory rolls back to the days when i used to go to my maternal grand parent's house where Music was The Thing with my thatha and mama always busy with music! I remember my thatha taking me to concerts and also talking to me about music, music and music related talks only like saying me the names of ragas, their arohanam & avarohanam, sample krithis etc. Probably this lead me deep in to the direction of taking up Music into me in a Big way and i salute him and all others who have been instrumental in me taking up Music seriously!

He has inspired me to take up Violin and have sincerely been making efforts on same! I have also attempted to perform Harmonium and have been, to an extent successful, placed as a Grade B artiste in AIR! Now i am also trying Accordin as well! 

My thatha has been my first Guru, Mentor and a greatest Well Wisher  and seek his blessings along with that of all my Gurus, well wishers, Organisers, enhancing artists, PA support Team, Media and many more  as i step into 1000 and beyond! I sincerely understand what has been done is just a start and what is to be achieved is YET to START!   

Adyar D. Balasubramani on Nadaswaram, Adyar D. Senthilkumar on Thavil and Sumesh Narayanan on Mrudhangam

Happay Pillayar Chathurthi!

Wishing every one a very Happy Vinayagar Chathurthi!

I am so happy that this year also i have a concert on this wonderful day and i sincerely hope being the first of the Festivals this Chathurthi will bring Peace and Harmony within all of us.

I have many interesting moments to share and will start sharing with you all in detail soon!

Wishing Giri Fine Arts a successful Launch and i am sure they will try and make great platform for upcoming artists like me.  

I am a College Boy Now!

It has been long time i have had the opportunity to sit to write my blog and i feel bad for the same!

Unless you keep writing, it becomes old news and difficult to remember sequence and also looses its values!

Thank the Great Almighty i passed by HSC (+2) exams with 80.8% scoring 60 in Entrepreneurship 73 in Economics, 84 in English, 92 in Accountancy and 95 in Business Studies! Also i am now in DG Vaishanav College  studying BSc. (Vis. Com)! Wow! I could not believe myself on the turn of events in my life in the past two months! Thanks Ma and Pa for the nice scooter!

Yes i have got my Driving and riding Licence as well and now a proud owner of Hero - Maestro Scoter too! I am going to college in that only!

The proud moment in the recent past was the Award instituted in our KBSI Here is the linkfor the photos: https://plus.google.com/photos/112203891348244889498/albums/5891533077657094881

Also the performance with my Mamoos on World Music Day (June 21) at Arkay Convention Centre under Carnatica and Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha! Wow it was so nice feeling and the concert came out well with just two of us only! Here is the link for the video:

I am travelling to Karaikudi for attending a Sadabisekkam to get the blessings of my paternal grand father's sister and will come back and detail more!

Before going let me remind you all that i am on performing on a Harmonium and that is being telecast on July 067, 2013 in Jaya Tv at 630 am, thanks to Ramjhi sir and Jaya Tv Baala Bruhmam!