EliteXtasy mowi:

Nov 20, 2009 - He's neither white nor albino. He has vitiligo which is amongst South Asians.

EliteXtasy mowi:

Nov 20, 2009 - *common.

imdbstar mowi:

Nov 25, 2009 - best thani avarthanam video on youtube, performed by geniuses FULL STOP

opus88888 mowi:

Dec 12, 2009 - Five stars video, superb performance

glorplaxy mowi:

Jan 18, 2010 - holy jesus...

torquey88 mowi:

Feb 24, 2010 - One of the best chappu's I've heard.

jezHB333 mowi:

May 14, 2010 - really enjoyed this thanks!!!

Traveler246 mowi:

Aug 10, 2010 - 1:32 - 1:48 Drum and Bass

ShadowBladez7 mowi:

Sep 6, 2010 - i agree his the best kanchira playa that has eva existed!

boomtao mowi:

Sep 26, 2010 - -- I am a professional (western) musician and as such I am impressed (of course) with what these men are doing. Yet I am not at all knowledgeable, nor familiar with this music and obviously I am missing out on most of what is going on in this performance. Could you possibly send me some links where I can learn more about the meters, meter-changes and structure of this musical tradition? Thank you kindly in advance!

JavierC1972 mowi:

Dec 6, 2010 - Wow! Magic. : ) Thanks for posting.

SILVER3122 mowi:

Jan 9, 2011 - WOW... 

dillmon1 mowi:

Feb 4, 2011 - jesus fucking christ!

decooolest mowi:

Feb 23, 2011 - -- For that sir you would have to come to india ... :) .. Best way ... but alternativly .. you can get a dvd called The Gateway to Rhythm by John McLaughlin and Silvaganesh .. which deals with this system of rythym called konokol .. Hope this helped .. Peace :)

boomtao mowi:

Feb 28, 2011 - -- Thank you! I'll check it out!

FutbolFanatic90 mowi:

Mar 13, 2011 - Wow he's amazing, i've only come across his latter aged videos but this is something young and rejuvenating

korrighann mowi:

Apr 21, 2011 - wow......... [just F*****G INSANE ] !!!!  =D

rgiri77 mowi:

Jul 17, 2011 - All drum pardams (lessons) start with a 'distribution': a nadai (beat sequence) played once or repeated 2/4/8/... times then reduced in equal amounts. Followed by the 'Muthayam': a nadai finishing with a 'Thom' repeated three times ending exactly at the end of a 4/8/16/... bar punctuated with a final 'tha' or 'tham'. Google 'Tha' Thi' Thom' 'Nam' for the building blocks of Indian percussion and how they sound.

rgiri77 mowi:

Jul 17, 2011 - As a senior student of one of his friends I have 'sat in' on a recital with G Harishankar just before he died. So I would be happy to signpost you to more information about meters. However the raisen detre of percussion at this level is to bewilder those highly knowledgeable in Carnatic music. Check this 'instructional' video by another 'great' TVG: 8y-91PkkeK4 (replace WJbiILmfuPc in your browser). The final piece put together is the basic structure of all drum solos

boomtao mowi:

Jul 18, 2011 - -- Thank you very much. I will watch and listen. Thanks!

rgiri77 mowi:

Jul 18, 2011 - My pleasure. South Indian music is very under-rated. As someone correctly mentioned G Harishankar died aged 43 wih little recognition apart from wikipedia '... widely considered to have been the greatest kanjira artist ever to have played this instrument'. There's a wealth of rhythmic styles untapped by world music. My master's master Umayal Puram Shivaraman (one of the 'greats') who numbered Harishankar in his troupe, describes Carnatic as Jazz with prehistoric origins.

niranjan19831 mowi:

Dec 13, 2011 - Great thani avarthanam... Liked much