Song of the Season [Winter] - Free Audio Download

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Song of the Season [Winter] - Music Video

Here's the new music video from Song of the Season project in our Thematic Music Series. This time its a Tamil song from the movie, Karna. The song was originally composed by Vidyasagar in Darbari Kaanada raagam.

This is a relatively, less cheerful version of the song to suit the mood of winter - gloomy and cold. Also, this is the first time I'm trying my hands on music arrangement. Here's Malare Mounama, an alternate version. 

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An ode to discovering better

It’s not about making a good piece of art. It’s not about being a good artist either. 
The point is to discover a better way to make a piece of art, to discover ways to become a better artist, a better musician, and a better person. 
Never stop the process of discovery because there has to be a better way of doing things.
Here’s to discovering better life, better art, and better music. 

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Choosing syllables & phrases for song lyrics

Sometimes, lyrics can have an adverse effect on the melody line of songs. Lyrics can also, include syllables such as ‘thandhanaane..naane”,’lalala…” and so on. 

If you think about it, there are thousands of examples out there that we have grown up listening to. What I would be interested to know is the reasoning behind choosing certain phrases/syllables as a part of song lyrics. 

Even though the choice of phrases depends largely on the context and the theme conveyed, here’s an example to illustrate my point - “Thangai" would be a better word than “Thangachi” and “Mayakkam" would be a better word than “Urakkam”. And here’s why I feel so - it just ‘sounds’ right. This is somewhat similar to the logic behind idioms in English grammar. I’m not sure if these are good examples, but, you get the idea, right?

On a related note, WikiHow has already described a set of steps to write song lyrics. Here are a few other sources that does the same.

So, the question here is how do one decide the right syllables/phrases to effectively express a song, especially in Indian music sub-genres. Do you have any examples to share? 

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Thank you for the music

I believe there’s no celebration that is as relevant to our daily lives as the Thanksgiving day. Being thankful and being grateful for what we have been blessed with - what a wonderful concept/reason that’s worth celebrating. 
There are so many things that I’m thankful for this year - for good health, for being loved like never before, and for being able to pursue things that I’m passionate about. 
And, it goes without saying, thank you for the music! 

There is so much that, if we learnt we might be dead by nightfall, we would remember to value.

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