Eid Mubarak!

Hi Friends

I love this song & Rahatji's singing is breathtaking. I tried to sing it because I really wanted to do so. The song & its lyrics, both captivated my entire soul, the moment I heard it for the first time. Such a beautiful composition. I would like to dedicate this song to all of my friends on this very special occasion of Eid.

Enjoy!

Until Next...keep the faith
Shree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3l-4l-W8Ms

Vedantic Durgashtami Videos Published!

Dear Friends

Every year we celebrate  Durgashtami here in Geneva at the Vedantic Center which normally includes a short cultural programme too. However, this time due to some unavoidable situation, we didn't get much time for planning  the  cultural programme. In fact, the songs were finalized  just two days before  the actual programme  on 15th of October. But, the programme went off very nice by the grace of the Divine Mother. I am also happy because the cultural programme has been published in the World News Web on day before yesterday that is 11th of Nov 2010.

http://wn.com/durga?orderby=published.

I will upload the videos of the cultural programme presented on the occasion of Durgashtami at Vedantic here too.

Also, I am looking forward to tomorrow's musical night arranged by Indian Association, Geneva. It would be basically Bollywood Numbers. I have to sing some three songs. So wish me luck for tomorrow. 

Until next.. Keep the faith.

Shree 

Happy Diwali To All Of U!

Wish you all good health, prosperity & peace on the occasion of Diwali!

This song is specially for all of you. Of course this is one of my favourite track. I love this song & tried to sing it with a karaoke track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5g8E-_lo9k

Hope you  will all like it:)
Until next, keep the faith..
Shree

Vande Mataram, 15th Aug 2010, ILO Auditorium, Geneva

We got the opportunity to sing our National Song Vande Mataram on the occasion of our Independence day, celebrated at International Labour Organization Auditorium, Geneva.

Just to give it a new look, I sang the antara part as solo.

Our National Song Vande Mataram, which has played a historic part in the struggle for Indian freedom, is a poem in the 1882 novel Anandamatha  by Bankimchandra Chattapadhyay. In spite of all the controversies, it is still honored equally with Our national Anthem Jana Gana Mana and has equal status with it.

Vande Mataram is very close to my heart, not only because it is the National Song of our motherland India, but also because I like the composition and the melody of the song. This might be the reason why it still  attracts musical people to experiment with it again & again. Of course there are so many versions  already available, but it is widely believed that the tune set for All India Radio station version was composed by Ravi Shankar [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vande_Mataram].

Very recently, I heard a new version of Vande Mataram, Composed, lead & harmony vocals by: Joseph Thomas (Jo).
U can all hear to the new version at:
http://www.jocalling.com/2010/08/vande-mataram-2010/.
I am also posting it in my blog since I like it in its still a new version.

Until next, keep the faith..

Shree

Vande Mataram 2010 by Jo!

Vande Mataram 2010

Some Earlier Programmes

Hi Friends

Durga puja went off really nice and hope you guys had a wonderful time in the puja celebration. I too enjoyed a lot, although there was actually no time  to sit and take rest; In fact after months, I got some time to relax. At least there is no practice session for this week. So what I am up to for this week is to convert some earlier recordings of my programmes including the programmes of last year?  Yes, that is true. My handy cam is now full and in fact every time there is a programme  I have a huge problem of space. So this particular video is also of last year's. It was on the occasion of Durga puja at Vedantik Centre, Geneva & I sang it with one my didi here. From personal front, I like this composition a lot and hope you all too will like it. So enjoy!

Until next...keep the faith

Shree

Life Back in Action

Hi Friends
Its been quite late this time to be back on my blog particularly since I have not posted anything in between. Its apparently because of many reasons. But mostly I was relaxing with my family since it is summer and probably the best time for outings in Swiss. Other than that I was also busy in rehearsing for some music programmes. There are few stuffs which I would like to post in here. But it will take me some time to convert the raw files into the required format for uploading. Of course I can share my happiness with you just for now. The yesterday programme was nice. At least I should believe it was, after getting heart felt wishes from everybody soon after the programme. But honestly I have to see the recordings for any improvisation further.

So I will be posting the video updates soon. Just for now I am sharing the YouTube link of my part of the classical concert held on 22nd May 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland. I am really honored to share the same stage with other accomplished classical maestros of music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3oxVSk_DJM
Until next, Keep the faith..
Shree