Ustad Zakir Hussain

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Sathish Babu - Disciple of Ustad Alla Rakha

26th March 2016

By Shri Sathish Babu, 
Disciple of Ustad Alla Rakha

Venue: Vyloppilly Sanskriti Bhavan, 

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Lehra Harmonium: Shri Sreejith
Photos by: Abhinand

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Masterful Comeback

I remember reading an article by Santigold on vision a couple of days ago. Santigold described how...

“We can decide what we see for ourselves and for our world, and make our vision a reality.”
 Santigold is who she is:  she doesn’t sway her artistic vision under the waves of pop music.
You will fall in love with this World as the songs of nature are soothing with fresh beats
and deep lyrics. The love beats combine well with the intriguing green elements.

Katy Perry

Katy Perry

Katy Perry, born as Katy Hudson in 1984 in the month of October, used to be a Christian singer who decided to concentrate on pop and rock music combined, with her influences being: Lilly Allen, Alanis Morissette, and Avril Lavigne. It was just last year (2008) when Perry became prominent in the music scene.

Katy Perry

  Raised in California, in the town of Santa Barbara, Perry lived in a Christian household, given that her parents are both pastors. Even though Perry was prohibited to music aside from Christian songs, Freddie Mercury's and Alanis Morissette's hits caught her attention during a slumber party she attended with her friends

Katy Perry

Christian music, however, remained as her main focus. In fact, in 2001, Perry came up with her self-titled album: "Katy Hudson" composed of Christian tracks. Eventually, however, she decided to move away from that genre as well as her real surname in order for her to pursue a career in pop music

Katy Perry with Travis mccoy

As early as age 17, Perry began her collaboration with Glen Ballard, who was able to produce records and co-write songs for Alanis Morrisette's 1995 Jagged Little Pill, which was indeed a chart-topper. After a few years, Perry worked with the Matrix, a team of producers/songwriters that had a Grammy nomination, and have worked in partnership with well-known artists like Shakira, Korn, and many others

Katy Perry

There was a time when the Matrix planned to have their own album with Perry being one of the singers. Those plans were eventually stopped, but prior to their shelving, Perry was featured in one of Blender Magazine's 2004 issues, wherein Perry was given the title of: "The Next Big Thing!"

In 2007, Perry decided to sign a contract with Columbia Records. "UR So Gay" was her debut single which caught the attention of a moderate number of people, specifically because of the unique music video and "happy-go-lucky" lyrical content. In 2008, what made a breakthrough for Perry in the industry was her single entitled: "I Kissed A Girl", which claimed the Number One spot in the music charts in around 20 countries, therefore pushing Perry's accompanying album called: "One of the Boys" into America's Top Ten

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Katy Perry also joined the so called "Warped Tour" in the summer of 2008, together with Travis McCoy of the group Gym Class Heroes, who has her boyfriend. Perry's "Hot N Cold" also became a number one hit. She also wrote three songs all by herself, one of which was "Thinking of You", which was included in the Top 40. Katy Perry is considered as a pop icon, both for her one-of-a-kind music and bizarre,

sense of fashion

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Sandeep Sagar

Absolutely beautiful. I'm speechless, it touches my heart and soul.I know I'm a couple of years late. But I was busy video listening over some stuff,when Ustad Zakir Hussain Played Tabla@Pune!!

Apart from Hindustani Classical, Bollywood Music Touches Soul of Listener a little bit. Without melodrama and music, Bollywood seems incomplete. Most of the super hit movies in the industry have a few good songs and vibrant dance;

Sandeep Sagar

The Mysticism of Sound and Music

Hazrat Inayat Khan

 “As to what we call music in everyday language – to me architecture is music, gardening is music, farming is music, painting is music, poetry is music. In all the occupations of life where beauty has been the inspiration, where the divine wine has been poured out, there is music. But among all the different arts, the art of music has been especially considered divine, because it is the exact miniature of the law working through the whole universe.”

- Hazrat Inayat Khan-

Hazrat Inayat Khan was trained as a musician and a Sufi of the Chishti order and gave concert tours of Indian classical music in the United States and Europe.
Music, according to Sufi teaching, is really a small expression of the overwhelming and perfect harmony of the whole universe—and that is the secret of its amazing power to move us. The Indian Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927), the first teacher to bring the Islamic mystical tradition to the West, was an accomplished musician himself. His lucid exposition of music's divine nature has become a modern classic, beloved only by those interested in Sufism but by musicians of all kinds.

Tabla Riyaz

Riyaz Session Sunday,was organized by Sathish Sir at Vailoppilli Sanskriti Bhavan-Nrithamandapam,
Definitely the best I had so far.I found it isn't easy practicing eight hours continuously.A good co-ordination worked out there under proper guidance and the bols were customized to suit different styles of playing.Before noon Keshkar sir joined us and gave ideas to improve.Provided individual attention and inspiration to get motivated.I had a good long practice session of playing tabla.
That sure is a divine experience.And we all hope this will happen Regularly.
 

Happy Birthday Ustad Zakir Hussain

Ustad Zakir Hussain,more than a brillianttable player - he is a musical phenomenon who has changed the way we think about the tabla and the musicians who play it. It is difficult to think of anyone else in the world who has made an Instrument Lovable...
Happy birthday Ustad!!

Ustad Zakir Hussain was born on March 9, 1951. His father Ustad Allarakha (Abbaji) was himself an established tabla player. Zakir Hussain did his schooling from St. Michael's High School in Mahim and completed his graduation from St Xaviers, Mumbai. Zakir Hussain was a child prodigy and started touring by the age of twelve. He came to the United States in 1970 and started his international career.

Zakir Hussain is a classical tabla virtuoso and the most famous tabla player in India today. His contribution in the field of percussion and in the music world at large is highly appreciated.