The King...Forever...
Words falter...A battle that lasted for 4 hrs 50 mins and as the cruel gameplan of fate unfolded, the world witnessed the defeat of the greatest tennis player ever who ruled the Centre court...I really did not watch the match completely, to be honest I could not...I had to deliberately switch channels just to avoid witnessing the defeat...
Roger Federer - The name rules tennis courts..Even the players idolize Him...His play is flawless...He is a champion even though he lost today...The fact that he battled 2 Championship points and fought to win 2 sets with tie breakers proves the material he is made of...This loss just proves one thing...That he is a human...Noone denies that...But he is the King and shall reign forever as one...Afterall one lost battle does not prove otherwise...
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Dasavatharam...
Firstly let me put in a disclaimer that I am not a movie critic and have no intentions of putting down someone else's hardwork. Having said that, I take the liberty of penning my opinions of the movie Dasavatharam as a regular movie watcher.
Before I could say anything else, hats off to Kamal for daring such a movie. His performance is excellent in the whole movie especially in the roles of Poovaragan, Balran naidu and to some extent in Fletcher's role. The voice modulations, accent and body language are more than impeccable. The other roles I felt were overkill mainly Kalifullah, Patti and Avatar Singh, aleast the make up part of it.
Kamal as an actor is brilliant as ever and has put in a great deal of hardwork. It is evident from the way he has metticulously portrayed each role with great attention to minute details. That is all the more the reason why I feel he should have restricted himself to that area which he does the best. Agreed he is a great script writer and director which he established in movies like Hey Ram and Anbe Sivam. However just because he is all over the movie in 10 different roles it is hard to do justice to each area and there he fails.
The movie starts with Kamal's speech about Chaos theory. To be honest I got the wind that the movie is based on the theory before I actually watched it and had built an expectation. May be that is the reason for my disappointment but then again I was prejudiced. The 18th century nambi is tied to Vishnu idol and drowned in the sea. People say this is the initial condition for chaos that resulted in Tsunami in the last scene. My question is the role of Nambi in that. I feel Nambi's presence or absence neverthless would have resulted in the idol being pushed in sea. So the significance of that role is not justified.
Chaotic systems are dynamic systems which evolve dynamically with the progression of time and are sensitive to the initial conditions. Having defined that, my question is what is the chaotic system under question in this movie. Tsunami?? In that case the movie just shows the initial condition of the Tsunami (if you can accept that an 10 feet long idol can cause plate tectonics to change to trigger an earthquake and eventually a Tsunami). After that nothing in the movie really shows the evolution of that chaos. To make it simple, none of the events happening in the current state of the movie per say affects the happening of Tsunami. We cannot just say its chaos just because it is sensitive to the initial conditions as many dynamic system (tending to infinity) can be built based on mathematical model which can be deterministic and need not end in a chaos.
The events that go on with present day Kamal seem to be more a stochastic system rather chaos. Even if it can classified as chaos what is the relation between the Tsunami and this. Just that the time of both these chaotic systems converges which more simply can be referred as coincidence. There are such loose ends which is little haunting considering the intellectual movie maker Kamal is.
Again I'd like to reiterate that it is one of the good movies released in the year (not just because others were bad) and a very brave effort. But the screenplay is too soggy and is surfeit with complications. Though Kamal's 10 different roles were innovative and a treat to watch one fails to understand the rationale behind doing so with such a storyboard.
Firstly let me put in a disclaimer that I am not a movie critic and have no intentions of putting down someone else's hardwork. Having said that, I take the liberty of penning my opinions of the movie Dasavatharam as a regular movie watcher.
Before I could say anything else, hats off to Kamal for daring such a movie. His performance is excellent in the whole movie especially in the roles of Poovaragan, Balran naidu and to some extent in Fletcher's role. The voice modulations, accent and body language are more than impeccable. The other roles I felt were overkill mainly Kalifullah, Patti and Avatar Singh, aleast the make up part of it.
Kamal as an actor is brilliant as ever and has put in a great deal of hardwork. It is evident from the way he has metticulously portrayed each role with great attention to minute details. That is all the more the reason why I feel he should have restricted himself to that area which he does the best. Agreed he is a great script writer and director which he established in movies like Hey Ram and Anbe Sivam. However just because he is all over the movie in 10 different roles it is hard to do justice to each area and there he fails.
The movie starts with Kamal's speech about Chaos theory. To be honest I got the wind that the movie is based on the theory before I actually watched it and had built an expectation. May be that is the reason for my disappointment but then again I was prejudiced. The 18th century nambi is tied to Vishnu idol and drowned in the sea. People say this is the initial condition for chaos that resulted in Tsunami in the last scene. My question is the role of Nambi in that. I feel Nambi's presence or absence neverthless would have resulted in the idol being pushed in sea. So the significance of that role is not justified.
Chaotic systems are dynamic systems which evolve dynamically with the progression of time and are sensitive to the initial conditions. Having defined that, my question is what is the chaotic system under question in this movie. Tsunami?? In that case the movie just shows the initial condition of the Tsunami (if you can accept that an 10 feet long idol can cause plate tectonics to change to trigger an earthquake and eventually a Tsunami). After that nothing in the movie really shows the evolution of that chaos. To make it simple, none of the events happening in the current state of the movie per say affects the happening of Tsunami. We cannot just say its chaos just because it is sensitive to the initial conditions as many dynamic system (tending to infinity) can be built based on mathematical model which can be deterministic and need not end in a chaos.
The events that go on with present day Kamal seem to be more a stochastic system rather chaos. Even if it can classified as chaos what is the relation between the Tsunami and this. Just that the time of both these chaotic systems converges which more simply can be referred as coincidence. There are such loose ends which is little haunting considering the intellectual movie maker Kamal is.
Again I'd like to reiterate that it is one of the good movies released in the year (not just because others were bad) and a very brave effort. But the screenplay is too soggy and is surfeit with complications. Though Kamal's 10 different roles were innovative and a treat to watch one fails to understand the rationale behind doing so with such a storyboard.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Walking in the rain on a drizzly evening
First drops of rain hitting the ground,
Like jets of silver lilting down,
People around rushing for shelter overhead,
I start out my stroll in the beauty ahead.
Heavy droplets of rain falling with verve,
Yet so gentle not to make me wrench,
Like the care of a mother this rain descends,
Even in the might, its love transcends.
Through this runny curtain with head high,
Tiny droplets kissing as they drop-by,
With the trees swaying in the occassional wind,
The black clouds making the vista much more adorned.
Each droplet in itself purity personified,
Despite the humble sources from it has been drained,
These waters from heaven fervent to cleanse,
Dirt in air, land and minds alike.
Walking through this bliss of harmonious chords,
I feel like wordsworth, just without the words,
Realize there are miles before I sleep,
But I'll take a minute, for this moment to seep...
First drops of rain hitting the ground,
Like jets of silver lilting down,
People around rushing for shelter overhead,
I start out my stroll in the beauty ahead.
Heavy droplets of rain falling with verve,
Yet so gentle not to make me wrench,
Like the care of a mother this rain descends,
Even in the might, its love transcends.
Through this runny curtain with head high,
Tiny droplets kissing as they drop-by,
With the trees swaying in the occassional wind,
The black clouds making the vista much more adorned.
Each droplet in itself purity personified,
Despite the humble sources from it has been drained,
These waters from heaven fervent to cleanse,
Dirt in air, land and minds alike.
Walking through this bliss of harmonious chords,
I feel like wordsworth, just without the words,
Realize there are miles before I sleep,
But I'll take a minute, for this moment to seep...
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Mood Kaapi....
I am one great personification of mercurial interests on the face of this earth...My interests shift between poems, technology, books based on time...even in books I oscillate from Relativity to Robin Cook...
Having said that my latest pick is carnatic music although I should admit music has been my one greatest love throughout....Carnatic music as opposed to common notion is a delight to learn...It has so much intricacies in it that you might be overwhelmed at times or worse demotivated....However it is arguably one of the best schools of music...
Coming to the topic under study...I was listening to Mood Kaapi orchestration by Illayaraaja yesterday and obviously I was very much heaved into it...Kaapi is a raaga derived from the Melakartha raaga called Karaharapriya...The whole family of raagas branched out from Karaharapriya are very expressive and has that emotional touch...
The signature of the raaga is S R2 M1 P N3 S.. S N2 D2 N2 P M1 G2 R2 S...In Raaja's composition I hit across a particular alaap of swaras which goes something like R R G R M G R G G M G M G R...I found this not right as according to the signature of this raaga, G should not follow R and M after G...However considering the novice I am in carnatic music I am not sure if my judgement is right...I doubt if Raaja has diverted from the raaga which is not unusual in film music or is the pattern right....Any inputs will be greatly appreciated....
I am one great personification of mercurial interests on the face of this earth...My interests shift between poems, technology, books based on time...even in books I oscillate from Relativity to Robin Cook...
Having said that my latest pick is carnatic music although I should admit music has been my one greatest love throughout....Carnatic music as opposed to common notion is a delight to learn...It has so much intricacies in it that you might be overwhelmed at times or worse demotivated....However it is arguably one of the best schools of music...
Coming to the topic under study...I was listening to Mood Kaapi orchestration by Illayaraaja yesterday and obviously I was very much heaved into it...Kaapi is a raaga derived from the Melakartha raaga called Karaharapriya...The whole family of raagas branched out from Karaharapriya are very expressive and has that emotional touch...
The signature of the raaga is S R2 M1 P N3 S.. S N2 D2 N2 P M1 G2 R2 S...In Raaja's composition I hit across a particular alaap of swaras which goes something like R R G R M G R G G M G M G R...I found this not right as according to the signature of this raaga, G should not follow R and M after G...However considering the novice I am in carnatic music I am not sure if my judgement is right...I doubt if Raaja has diverted from the raaga which is not unusual in film music or is the pattern right....Any inputs will be greatly appreciated....
Monday, March 24, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Of Audio interfaces n MIDI....
I am not sure how helpful this stuf will be for everyone but am pretty sure someone out there is desperate to get this done...so for that sake and to avoid anyone from going through sooo much pains that I went through am gonna elaborate on how to get audio outta MO...
MO6/8 are the line of synthesizers from Yamaha with pretty good features...It has one of the best sequencers I have seen...All said once you are done with sequencing a song you would want it to be transferred to your PC/MAC....Here is where you will have the problem...The USB interfaces in MO synthesizers are not capable of transferring audio data...The only output you can take out of the USB port is MIDI and that won't be good enough if you want the exact replica of what you sequenced on your keyboard...
The one main feature missing from MO that is present in MOTIF is resampling...In MOTIF you can resample your song or pattern to a wav file and tranfer it from the USB port....However I have found couple of work-arounds to get the exact song as it was sequenced to your computer...
First, you can record take the phones output and give it to the Line-In of your system...Using a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) you can record the sequenced data from line in....The second option if you are not a fan of analog recording MO does have a digital output....Jus hook up a co-axial cable and plug it to the SPDIF Input of your sound card...But note not all the sound cards will have SPDIF In....
Worse is if you have a laptop, chances are the onboard sound card will not have a Line in....I had the same problem...How do u overcome...2 ways...One is buy an audio interface (M-audio has some pretty good ones for not so high a price)...or if u wanna notch it up a bit buy an external sound card..I bought an Audigy 2 NX and the recording below was through it...u have additional advantage of having a 5.1 DTS splitter in my case :)....
Happy recording....
I am not sure how helpful this stuf will be for everyone but am pretty sure someone out there is desperate to get this done...so for that sake and to avoid anyone from going through sooo much pains that I went through am gonna elaborate on how to get audio outta MO...
MO6/8 are the line of synthesizers from Yamaha with pretty good features...It has one of the best sequencers I have seen...All said once you are done with sequencing a song you would want it to be transferred to your PC/MAC....Here is where you will have the problem...The USB interfaces in MO synthesizers are not capable of transferring audio data...The only output you can take out of the USB port is MIDI and that won't be good enough if you want the exact replica of what you sequenced on your keyboard...
The one main feature missing from MO that is present in MOTIF is resampling...In MOTIF you can resample your song or pattern to a wav file and tranfer it from the USB port....However I have found couple of work-arounds to get the exact song as it was sequenced to your computer...
First, you can record take the phones output and give it to the Line-In of your system...Using a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) you can record the sequenced data from line in....The second option if you are not a fan of analog recording MO does have a digital output....Jus hook up a co-axial cable and plug it to the SPDIF Input of your sound card...But note not all the sound cards will have SPDIF In....
Worse is if you have a laptop, chances are the onboard sound card will not have a Line in....I had the same problem...How do u overcome...2 ways...One is buy an audio interface (M-audio has some pretty good ones for not so high a price)...or if u wanna notch it up a bit buy an external sound card..I bought an Audigy 2 NX and the recording below was through it...u have additional advantage of having a 5.1 DTS splitter in my case :)....
Happy recording....
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Nothing
I think the creativity bug's bite has healed offlate coz I am spending so much time to think of writing something and end up without anything...My mind seems to be in a steady state of void without much fluctuations (not to be mistaken with yogic state)...So much that I couldnt get a topic for my blog entry and gave it nothing after spendin more time than it needed....
All said one could write about something as I am doing now coz there is no such thing as nothing and nothing in itself could mean lot of somethings...Anything and everything can be something and sometimes something can become everything....I know this won't make an ounce of sense coz it doesnt to me...
My this state can be attributed to the sole reason of striving for individuality....May be I am over ambitious to create a mark for my individuality and there by failing disastrously....I always dream of writing without thinking much....It should be more like a poetry and poems dont come when forced...According to me words should flow like a melifluous tone or like tranquil stream trivial but at the same time glorious in its own sense...
Talking about glorious I have come to realise that everything in this world has a reason to exist however small or large they might be..At the same time everything might not be exactly what it seem to be...If you start wondering the realms are limitless....Scientifically speaking Hydrogen is a highly inflammable gas....where as Oxygen supports combustion but not in itself combustible or else one spark n the whole world might blow up....yet the mixture of these two gives an anti-flammable energy more commonly known as water...same is the case with Sodium n Chlorine which are highly toxic to us humans...even in minute dilutions it can be fatal...but still the combination of these two becomes a vital part of our gourmet..nothin but common salt....
I can go on...but I think I made my point...There is no major conclusion as such if you are looking for one and it was never the intention of this blog...jus that there is a reason for everythin...the reason you exist...the reason you are reading this...
I think the creativity bug's bite has healed offlate coz I am spending so much time to think of writing something and end up without anything...My mind seems to be in a steady state of void without much fluctuations (not to be mistaken with yogic state)...So much that I couldnt get a topic for my blog entry and gave it nothing after spendin more time than it needed....
All said one could write about something as I am doing now coz there is no such thing as nothing and nothing in itself could mean lot of somethings...Anything and everything can be something and sometimes something can become everything....I know this won't make an ounce of sense coz it doesnt to me...
My this state can be attributed to the sole reason of striving for individuality....May be I am over ambitious to create a mark for my individuality and there by failing disastrously....I always dream of writing without thinking much....It should be more like a poetry and poems dont come when forced...According to me words should flow like a melifluous tone or like tranquil stream trivial but at the same time glorious in its own sense...
Talking about glorious I have come to realise that everything in this world has a reason to exist however small or large they might be..At the same time everything might not be exactly what it seem to be...If you start wondering the realms are limitless....Scientifically speaking Hydrogen is a highly inflammable gas....where as Oxygen supports combustion but not in itself combustible or else one spark n the whole world might blow up....yet the mixture of these two gives an anti-flammable energy more commonly known as water...same is the case with Sodium n Chlorine which are highly toxic to us humans...even in minute dilutions it can be fatal...but still the combination of these two becomes a vital part of our gourmet..nothin but common salt....
I can go on...but I think I made my point...There is no major conclusion as such if you are looking for one and it was never the intention of this blog...jus that there is a reason for everythin...the reason you exist...the reason you are reading this...
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Freedom of Expression ??
I have been wondering if Freedom of expression includes the Freedom to dress according to your wish...That of course assumes the fact that the dress actually sheathes the region it is supposed to...If so then some of our so called political leaders should be put behind bars for intruding into the democratic right of a citizen say Shreya Charan..
I read this story couple of weeks back about Shreya's inappropriate wear causing lots of wear n tear and I really did not know how to react...I kinda wondered is Shreya's attire the most pressing national issue today coz it seems to be so by the way some people are reacting....To all those guys I would like to say just one thing "Dude..get a life"....
As per their statement it is against Hindu culture...I dont think there are any references to the way we should dress anywhere in our vedas...Besides I would like to pose a question to these guys who are taking Hinduism for their support, Do you really follow all the Dharmas Hinduism talks of...As far as I remember Hindu religion just talks about how you should lead your life and you people dont seem to follow the important ones atleast..2000 or 3000 years ago there werent pants, shirts or even for that matter sarees...
Besides who made you guys "cultural cops" proclaiming to clean up the society...if you have so much free time it 'd be good if you did something better like feeding the poor, bolstering unfortunate or educate unsupported children rather than ogling at shreya, analyzing her dressing and tell us where it is revealing (like we dint know already )...
I have been wondering if Freedom of expression includes the Freedom to dress according to your wish...That of course assumes the fact that the dress actually sheathes the region it is supposed to...If so then some of our so called political leaders should be put behind bars for intruding into the democratic right of a citizen say Shreya Charan..
I read this story couple of weeks back about Shreya's inappropriate wear causing lots of wear n tear and I really did not know how to react...I kinda wondered is Shreya's attire the most pressing national issue today coz it seems to be so by the way some people are reacting....To all those guys I would like to say just one thing "Dude..get a life"....
As per their statement it is against Hindu culture...I dont think there are any references to the way we should dress anywhere in our vedas...Besides I would like to pose a question to these guys who are taking Hinduism for their support, Do you really follow all the Dharmas Hinduism talks of...As far as I remember Hindu religion just talks about how you should lead your life and you people dont seem to follow the important ones atleast..2000 or 3000 years ago there werent pants, shirts or even for that matter sarees...
Besides who made you guys "cultural cops" proclaiming to clean up the society...if you have so much free time it 'd be good if you did something better like feeding the poor, bolstering unfortunate or educate unsupported children rather than ogling at shreya, analyzing her dressing and tell us where it is revealing (like we dint know already )...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Stars...
Stars as believed by some are known to influence course of life, astrologically speaking...I also have started believing in it the only difference is that they are not quite the same stars...I watched the movie Taare Zameen Par (Stars on the ground) couplea days back....I guess now you know which stars am talkin abt...
For those who havent watched the movie its about a kid who has difficulty in reading and writing and how he overcomes his inabilities with the help of a teacher...
The movie is a beautiful rendition of a poetic ode on a boy's difficulties and how he manages to win over them...I can be honest when I say its been a long time since I saw a movie which excelled in all parts like direction, screenplay, music, lyrics and importantly acting....The kid Darsheel who has done the part of Ishan has simply lived the character...As a matter of fact every actor in the movie dont seem to be acting...Its like thats wat their innate characters are to start with...
The music and the photography add beauty to an already elegant poem...Hats off to Aamir for his great direction and Amol for his great script...the movie is fulfilling in all aspects...I find it difficult to express the overwhelming feeling I felt towards the end of the movie which in a way in itself is an insinuation to the strength of the movie...
For people who havent watched the movie go ahead and watch it if you want to get in touch with your inner self...I wouldnt be overstating if I said that the movie is a heartwarming tale that can radically revolutionize the way you see things...
Stars as believed by some are known to influence course of life, astrologically speaking...I also have started believing in it the only difference is that they are not quite the same stars...I watched the movie Taare Zameen Par (Stars on the ground) couplea days back....I guess now you know which stars am talkin abt...
For those who havent watched the movie its about a kid who has difficulty in reading and writing and how he overcomes his inabilities with the help of a teacher...
The movie is a beautiful rendition of a poetic ode on a boy's difficulties and how he manages to win over them...I can be honest when I say its been a long time since I saw a movie which excelled in all parts like direction, screenplay, music, lyrics and importantly acting....The kid Darsheel who has done the part of Ishan has simply lived the character...As a matter of fact every actor in the movie dont seem to be acting...Its like thats wat their innate characters are to start with...
The music and the photography add beauty to an already elegant poem...Hats off to Aamir for his great direction and Amol for his great script...the movie is fulfilling in all aspects...I find it difficult to express the overwhelming feeling I felt towards the end of the movie which in a way in itself is an insinuation to the strength of the movie...
For people who havent watched the movie go ahead and watch it if you want to get in touch with your inner self...I wouldnt be overstating if I said that the movie is a heartwarming tale that can radically revolutionize the way you see things...
Friday, December 21, 2007
Hawking's Paradox...
I know the title of this blog might be plausible...just to clarify things I am not gonna write about Black Hole Information Theory or more famously known as Hawking's paradox..Much has been said and written about it for 30 years whn this was published by the great physicist Stephen Hawking...Although I cannot deny that this has nothing to do with it...
I usually write when something inspires me...Stephen Hawking is one man who never ceases to amaze me...Despite his physical inabilities he uses every day to make a mark in the fields of quantum gravity n black holes...Recently I found out the fact that he solved the paradox immediately after he recovered from pneumonia which almost proved fatal to him...the fact that even when he was sick and close to death his mind did not stop working...A real genius...one of a kind...
I know the title of this blog might be plausible...just to clarify things I am not gonna write about Black Hole Information Theory or more famously known as Hawking's paradox..Much has been said and written about it for 30 years whn this was published by the great physicist Stephen Hawking...Although I cannot deny that this has nothing to do with it...
I usually write when something inspires me...Stephen Hawking is one man who never ceases to amaze me...Despite his physical inabilities he uses every day to make a mark in the fields of quantum gravity n black holes...Recently I found out the fact that he solved the paradox immediately after he recovered from pneumonia which almost proved fatal to him...the fact that even when he was sick and close to death his mind did not stop working...A real genius...one of a kind...
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday.
A beautiful line from American Beauty....I havent cn the movie completely and so dunno the situation in which this appears...but it expresses the exact same emotions I have towards music....
A beautiful line from American Beauty....I havent cn the movie completely and so dunno the situation in which this appears...but it expresses the exact same emotions I have towards music....
Monday, August 27, 2007
Itz bn quite a while since I wrote somethin....Hv bn busy with lots of things and besides tht dint hv anythin inspirational to write...But hv found one...a big one or rather one of the biggest ones....LOVE...
I was never a huge fan/supporter of Love before marriage though i didn't have anything against it as well....I just had a neutral feeling about it...It was like if u Love someone get married to him/her...if u dnt hv plans for tht dnt do it...thts my principle....
having said all tht therez a tremendous change in perspective I see Love thanks to one of my friends...The guy happens to b my friend although I dnt knw the girl...No lemme rephrase that...I havent met the girl but yes I know her....therez a phrase called selfless love which I thought i could see only on the paper but these people showed it to me...
I know there has bn some probs off late....It is not fair on my part to reveal the cause of the prob but lemme safely say that its a factor outside these two...the way these two are going through pain to keep others happy I dnt know what to say...Beyond tht they want the other to b happy even if they are going thru hell...
I wish I could share couple of the girls messages...they were so touching tht it stung me the instant I read it....They manage to impart some amount of pain from the heart tht created it...I wuld hv bn happy if tht could hv dwindled her pain atleast by the same amount...But unfortunately, as much joy it gives Love hurts more...
I apologize to the two whom I had written about for I hvnt sought their acquiescence to write this...I really dnt have any business knowing/expressing my thoughts about others Love and pain but its just that I wanted to put my feelings in some form...This is my way of prayin to God to put an end to their woe...
I was never a huge fan/supporter of Love before marriage though i didn't have anything against it as well....I just had a neutral feeling about it...It was like if u Love someone get married to him/her...if u dnt hv plans for tht dnt do it...thts my principle....
having said all tht therez a tremendous change in perspective I see Love thanks to one of my friends...The guy happens to b my friend although I dnt knw the girl...No lemme rephrase that...I havent met the girl but yes I know her....therez a phrase called selfless love which I thought i could see only on the paper but these people showed it to me...
I know there has bn some probs off late....It is not fair on my part to reveal the cause of the prob but lemme safely say that its a factor outside these two...the way these two are going through pain to keep others happy I dnt know what to say...Beyond tht they want the other to b happy even if they are going thru hell...
I wish I could share couple of the girls messages...they were so touching tht it stung me the instant I read it....They manage to impart some amount of pain from the heart tht created it...I wuld hv bn happy if tht could hv dwindled her pain atleast by the same amount...But unfortunately, as much joy it gives Love hurts more...
I apologize to the two whom I had written about for I hvnt sought their acquiescence to write this...I really dnt have any business knowing/expressing my thoughts about others Love and pain but its just that I wanted to put my feelings in some form...This is my way of prayin to God to put an end to their woe...
Friday, June 08, 2007
Geeky Stuff
I have recently started using SONAR Cakewalk for my recordings. Cakewalk is an amazin Sound synthesis software with some excellent features. Previously I had used Cool Edit Pro (now known as Adobe Audition) and FL Studio (earlier known as Fruity Loops)...Cakewalk kinda integrates some features of the above. SO I went for SONAR.
But it was not easy to use it. The first time I opened it on my laptop(IBM T43) I was shocked to see an error "Soundcard not supported". I selected "Use anyway" option (like I had any other choice) and started the software. But due to the soundcard issues I was not able to mix down the project into mp3 or to any other form.
So what did I do?? I bought Creative Audigy 2 NX USB sound card. It is darn costly but considering the features and the sound quality it gives both in Playback and Recording it is worth the money. Now I integrated my laptop and the sound card and the horizon is broadened. I am opened upto Soundfonts and MIDI processing with this. I do have to start recording though...My next target "MAudio Pro" - The best Sound card available in market.
I have recently started using SONAR Cakewalk for my recordings. Cakewalk is an amazin Sound synthesis software with some excellent features. Previously I had used Cool Edit Pro (now known as Adobe Audition) and FL Studio (earlier known as Fruity Loops)...Cakewalk kinda integrates some features of the above. SO I went for SONAR.
But it was not easy to use it. The first time I opened it on my laptop(IBM T43) I was shocked to see an error "Soundcard not supported". I selected "Use anyway" option (like I had any other choice) and started the software. But due to the soundcard issues I was not able to mix down the project into mp3 or to any other form.
So what did I do?? I bought Creative Audigy 2 NX USB sound card. It is darn costly but considering the features and the sound quality it gives both in Playback and Recording it is worth the money. Now I integrated my laptop and the sound card and the horizon is broadened. I am opened upto Soundfonts and MIDI processing with this. I do have to start recording though...My next target "MAudio Pro" - The best Sound card available in market.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Lucky 13
Nothing can be written to glorify a mother or motherhood. So I won't attempt to. The best thing that has happened to not only humans but all living things...Mother..
So heres wishing "Happy Mothers day" to my wonderful mom and all the mothers and to all the children dont restrict your celebration jus for this day...
Nothing can be written to glorify a mother or motherhood. So I won't attempt to. The best thing that has happened to not only humans but all living things...Mother..
So heres wishing "Happy Mothers day" to my wonderful mom and all the mothers and to all the children dont restrict your celebration jus for this day...
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Baatein...
Its been quite sometime I actually wrote somethin for a post....Hv bn more busy with my other keyboard than the one on my laptop....:)..To keep in touch and just for the sake of it I though I'll write a post...
I am that kinda person who just cannot write when I want to...I mean have tried to but I don't quite get the flow...If something that inspires me or influences me it will definitely be on my blog....More the intensity better the post...
One such thing that inspired me recently was ofcourse music...Heard one Beautiful song from Cheeni Kum "Baaten hawayen" for which Illayaraaja has given music to...You don't see Raaja giving music to many Hindi movies...The director Balakrishna happens to be a huge fan of him and so it has happened...Good for me n many others....The song is jus too gud to be explained by words...outta world...heard it cont for 4 times the first time heard it....
The tune of the song "Kuzhaloothum" from a movie called "Mella thirandhadhu kadhavu" is reused. You don't see Raaja reusing anything...But this is worth it...Man 20 yes later also the music is apt for the time...Yeah the backgrounds and the interludes are changed...but still it does not sound like a remix even to me who has listened to the old song some thousands of times....
The first interlude is completely western classical... no composer in India can even think of composing on the same level in Western classical as hez done...Jus awesome...to be frank the second interlude was a lil disappointing initially coz of the first ones influence....usage of percussion n overdrive....very unlike Raaja...But he manages to give back the beauty with a excellent piano solo befre the lead....
I named the post "Assorted" initially thinkin I'll jus mention ths song and talk abt other things...but jus couldnt stop....Listen to the song...You'll appreciate the post then....
Its been quite sometime I actually wrote somethin for a post....Hv bn more busy with my other keyboard than the one on my laptop....:)..To keep in touch and just for the sake of it I though I'll write a post...
I am that kinda person who just cannot write when I want to...I mean have tried to but I don't quite get the flow...If something that inspires me or influences me it will definitely be on my blog....More the intensity better the post...
One such thing that inspired me recently was ofcourse music...Heard one Beautiful song from Cheeni Kum "Baaten hawayen" for which Illayaraaja has given music to...You don't see Raaja giving music to many Hindi movies...The director Balakrishna happens to be a huge fan of him and so it has happened...Good for me n many others....The song is jus too gud to be explained by words...outta world...heard it cont for 4 times the first time heard it....
The tune of the song "Kuzhaloothum" from a movie called "Mella thirandhadhu kadhavu" is reused. You don't see Raaja reusing anything...But this is worth it...Man 20 yes later also the music is apt for the time...Yeah the backgrounds and the interludes are changed...but still it does not sound like a remix even to me who has listened to the old song some thousands of times....
The first interlude is completely western classical... no composer in India can even think of composing on the same level in Western classical as hez done...Jus awesome...to be frank the second interlude was a lil disappointing initially coz of the first ones influence....usage of percussion n overdrive....very unlike Raaja...But he manages to give back the beauty with a excellent piano solo befre the lead....
I named the post "Assorted" initially thinkin I'll jus mention ths song and talk abt other things...but jus couldnt stop....Listen to the song...You'll appreciate the post then....
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Kadhalin Padhayil (On the path of love)....
To the best of my knowledge this is my first full fledged composition...I filled in the lyrics in Tamil...Not tht am not comfortable writing in English, but the song has Tamil influence on it Thanks to Illayaraaja...Have tried vocal harmony for the first part of the song...can say it came out better than I expected..
The tracks of the songs undrewent loooots of changes...I dont think this even is the latest version but this is the one I got...I am in the process of re-engineering this song with different bass tracks and the interludes...Will probably improve the tempo the song as well...Coming soon...:)
To the best of my knowledge this is my first full fledged composition...I filled in the lyrics in Tamil...Not tht am not comfortable writing in English, but the song has Tamil influence on it Thanks to Illayaraaja...Have tried vocal harmony for the first part of the song...can say it came out better than I expected..
The tracks of the songs undrewent loooots of changes...I dont think this even is the latest version but this is the one I got...I am in the process of re-engineering this song with different bass tracks and the interludes...Will probably improve the tempo the song as well...Coming soon...:)
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