Janapadabrahma Shri. Manapragada Narasimha Murthy Music Site Launched

An exquisite collection of folk songs, light music and devotional songs are catalogued and available for public display at the new Janapadabrahma music site launched by FARMI, USA. The site features numerous recordings of rare folk songs based on the folk arts research and folk songs collection over a span of five decades by the great folk singer Janapadabrahma Shri. Manapragada Narasimha Murthy. Its an amazing showcase of the folk arts of Andhra Pradesh and is a culmination of the dedicated workand unrelenting efforts by the fans, volunteers, officials, and members of APSO and FARMI, USA.

Janapadabrahma Shri. Manapragada Narasimha Murthy Music Site Launched

An exquisite collection of folk songs, light music and devotional songs are catalogued and available for public display at the new Janapadabrahma music site launched by FARMI, USA. The site features numerous recordings of rare folk songs based on the folk arts research and folk songs collection over a span of five decades by the great folk singer Janapadabrahma Shri. Manapragada Narasimha Murthy. Its an amazing showcase of the folk arts of Andhra Pradesh and is a culmination of the dedicated workand unrelenting efforts by the fans, volunteers, officials, and members of APSO and FARMI, USA.

Psymphony's Flagship Production

Great minds are gonna meet this weekend to finalize the details of the album. What should it be named? Should it be a solo or a mix? Video or not? Promotion details. Recording and mixing logistics. Oh well! It's prolly gonna take more than one meeting. But it's gonna be a good start. more details as things unfold...

Software Wars: Protools vs Sonar (Much Rather Invest in Mixing Hardware than Software)

So, I heard a lotta buzz about Protools. Especially since the record labels and leading performers been using it like it's their second nature. Pure promotion. It's like Jon Stewart or Jay Leno talking about "twittering". Just pure promotion. It's a pretty cool way to promote the product though.

Checked it out to find out what the hype behind it is all about. Alas! It is nothing but yet another regular, albeit powerful, multi-track software tool, much like other mixing software "tools" like Sonar. I've been using Sonar like forever, since v2.1 to now v8. Thanks to my friend, I got a chance to check out Protools hands-on. Excellent software, but not much different from most other softwares I've used. Sure! it has some easy to use advance options in the export audio category like AC3, mp3, etc., which you should buy a separate license for, much like Sonar. The fact is most underlying encoding schemes are provided by third parties that pretty use standardized algorithms. Also talked to a friend who's been using Protools for quite some time now and came to the same conclusion.

At the end of the day, what really matter are the mics, mixers and sound cards. This is like that time when I tried Apple G5 for a few days to record instead of my regular PC and Windows ME laptop. No big difference. Faster sure, but so is my custom PC dedicated for recording. I'd rather upgrade my sound card to SBlive.

Pogabandi: The Train has Arrived.
Music: Psychuck
Lyrics: Vamsi
Singers: Psychuck, Vamsi, Narayana
Producer: Psymphony

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Musicians' love.

A true musician is an artist with musical senses who sees the world with his creative mind. A musician, like any other artist, lives, breathes and cherishes his art every moment of his being. Every true musician, no matter how great they get to be and no matter how accomplished they get to be, always aspire to be one with their music, to be recognized with their music and to be identified by their music. True musicians are full of humility who dedicate their entire life to their art. True musicians are eternal performers who long for the warmth and the love of their audience, a feeling that they cannot hide or compromise. This also rings true for singers.

It does not matter, who their audience is. It does not matter where they perform. It does not matter if anyone is in their audience or not. It does not matter if the material is in a foreign language. It does not matter what the lyrics are. It does not matter about the weather - warm, cold, hot or damp, rain or shine, day or night. It just doesn't matter! The show must go on.

I have seen all that and more in one man. Having seen this phenomenon first hand and having known a great musician, a great artist, a great singer, a great human being from whom I learn't everything including music, I can't help but think how fortunate I am to have personally spent time with a true friend, my dad. May his soul rest in peace!