Guest guest Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 Aha, there you are my dear William. What a lovely person you are, going by this particular mail. I knew it. I quite agree with you on all counts. So you are in Pune learning music. All the best to you my friend. I am based in Mumbai and currently I am travelling to see some temples of Chennai and find out their history and anthropology. Love and regards Satyen Jai Ma Kali --- lionserpent358 wrote: > Hey great to hear that there is a page of for > Parvati! > > I decided to work on some artwork to sell and help > me fund my trip to India > in November. This is a Kali Ma image I just > finished. > > The design has a simple look to it and that was > intended since I am going to > reproduce it as a Screen Printed image. > > Everything will look better screen printed and it > won't quite have the gaudy > look it has now. The colours will be done with > acrylic ink on canvas material > and will be much more lifelike and vibrant than the > birght Photoshop colours > here. > > I thought I would send it in anyway so you could > check it out if you are > interested. > > As far as Shakta music > goes.......................well, I would recommend > listening to both Hindustani (north) and Carnatic > (south) classical Indian > music and learning about the theory of the Raags > which are work like > invocations and the beautiful and insanely > complicated rhythmic system. > > For a quick fix and something that hits your guts > check out some of the > Indian regional folk music and devotional Bhajans as > well although you may > have to swim through some junk to find what you > like. > > I highly recommend the music of the Bauls of Bengal. > The Bauls are amazing > mystical musicians who dedicate themselves wholely > to tthe persuit of divine > union throught their music and sadhana. > > THey have teachings encoded in the songs they sing > which they transmit > through dance and the musical art. Some of it is > very beautiful and I would > recommend starting with Purna Chandra Das Baul-his > name means that he is a > slave to the full moon! > > The Bauls have a beautiful role in society. They > sing to people about the > freedom from Caste and society and encourage > connection to the God within > which they call the Maner Manush. > > They may not quite be "Shakta" but once you listen > and enter the elevated > state that the music can put you in-well you don't > need to speak or > understand Bangla to figure it out! > > Here are some links for that. > > http://www.sufibaulfolkmusic.com/index.htm > > http://www.people.virginia.edu/~fmg3u/bauls.html > > http://userpages.umbc.edu/~achatt1/baul.html > > They really are free and joyous spirits. I kinda > wish I was going to Bengal > to styudy with them instad of Pune, but I guess that > will have to wait until > next time! > > I already know some Hindi, Tabla, Harmonium and a > little Mridang. By going to > Pune I will study Hindi full time along with Tabla > and Dhrupad. What can I > do?? I suppose I have to finish one thing at a > time-I hate that!!! > > Take Care > > William [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2002 Report Share Posted September 21, 2002 In a message dated 9/21/2002 8:07:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kashyapa_705 writes: > I am based in Mumbai and currently I am travelling to > see some temples of Chennai and find out their history > and anthropology Namaskar Satyen Ji! Yes I am going to Pune for 3 months to study Tabla and have some vocal training to along with studying Hindi with a tutor. I may actually visit Chennai briefly as weel to see my Mridangam Guru and pick up a new Mridagam and heads. I just pray that I learn all I can on this trip and somehow get coser to Ma Kali and Shiva as well. They are really the reson why I started all this in the first place! So I would feel like time was wasted, even in learning, if I am not drawn closer to them. I have been communicating with members of the Baul sect in Bengal as well. If I had known better I would have started studying Bangla awhile ago to study with them since I love their music so much. Oh well, I guess I can't do everything at once! I put all my trust in Kali since she has already gotten me this far. I'm sure with her guidance everything will work out as it needs to. Good to hear from you Bhai, Namaskar William Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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