it took several mistakes before it started flowing .. Tune for the Shabad: SIMAR MANA RAAM NAAM CHITARE often heard sung by Bhai Niranjan Singh Jawaddi Kalan Wale . Mishr Darbari 14 beat – good Practice

Ajarn* Maiya Singh Ji was invited to play at the “Rhythm of the Earth” world music festival – at Central World , Bangkok – May 2008. Satpal Singh Ji (Ustadji’s nephew) is on Tabla. the Thai word for “Teacher”/”Ustad” is Ajarn – pronounced aa-charn Raag Bhoopali – Tintaal 1. 2. 3. Kindly excuse my playing [...]

An Esraj for students / beginners . Prototype #2. Made by a friend. (#1 is with him) Sound Check + Instrument test. actually made for a private conversation btwn the creator and myself , but its here because I haven’t posted in a while. the tune i’m TRYING to play is Saach Kaho Sun Leho [...]

Recorded at my place , 16th Jan 2008. I requested him to sing only “Vadde Taal” He actually told me the names of the Taals later on, but I didn’t write them down and therefore forgot them. If he visits your city – ask him – and let me know Raag Basant – 15 beat [...]

Jamming with Satnam Singh in Singapore Raag Maajh Alaap then Changed Seating Arrangements . Raag Maajh Shabad

TRYING to accompany Veerji Satnam Singh’s alaap in Raag Kaliyaan / Yaman . Using Angad Singh’s Esraj. Taken at Silat Road Gurudwara, Singapore.

Tune that Ustadji Maiya Singh taught me about 3 years ago for the Shabad: “Khoob Teri Pagri Meethe Tere Bol”

I suddenly Remembered the Chorus for the song YE HOSLA from the movie Dor. Lovely tune. I’ve heard it only 3-4 times before. I never really TRIED to memorize it. It just sort of popped back into my head. I also tried to fit a Bandish in Raag Tilak Kamod / Desh (not sure which) [...]

Raag Random – Relaxing Music heheh Just played what I felt like.

Some people say this is the “Old School Basant” (Since the time Our Gurus about 400-500+ years ago) Some call it Raag Kaushik / Raag Kaushiki Others call it Raag Bin Shadja / Bin Kharaj I dont like to argue. I like to enjoy the music. Technically: The Mood of my Alaap doesn’t feel quite [...]

Tune I heard from Bhai Dilbagh Singh and Gulbagh Singh’s rendition of “Mehrvan Sahib Mehrvan” — lovely composition — Not sure if it’s original or not though. This is what I remember of it + improvisation: I was actually trying to record Gorakh Kalyaan (see old posts saying “Rageshri Without Ga”) . But I couldn’t [...]

I got these CDs from India some time ago – LOVED them ! I had checked on Amazon some weeks earlier but they didn’t have the CDs in stock. Now they have Mp3s for download. 1) Pandit Jasraj – Miyan Tansen album – get only the Dhrupad Tracks – the alaap tracks are very nice [...]

Taken: Oct 14 2007 . We were at a Family Sammelan at a Country Club Resort about 2.5 Hours from Bangkok. Great fun ! Hargopal Singh Ji (Malaysia Wale) on Tabla. Practice notes: I never used to be able to play this fast. So I’m quite happy with my Improvement. Will work on accuracy some [...]

Raag Charukesi : Roopak Taal . This is the tune for “Har Sajjan Swami Mora” in Maiya Singh Ji’s Cd . I messed up on tabla quite badly. heheh Enjoy. Raag Asavari Based Tune : Kaherva I have trouble timing my Tihais correctly. I’ll work on it I sort of know the theory bit .. [...]

Personal Practice comments: * I Hit One Wrong note * High Sa is not too clear a few times * Otherwise I’m happy with it A Short interpretation of ” Dont Worry Be Happy ” by Bobby McFerrin – which loosely fits into Raag Bhoopali