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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: terryc on August 23, 2012, 01:34:02 PM
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I have re kindled my interest in the above particulary Shakti, I remember the first time I heard the debut album in 1977 and it absolutley blew me away, so much so I became engrossed in the rhythms and the ragas. John McL is indeed a master of this fusion. I had a indian friend who played tabla when I was a teenager and tried to play this stuff - it was very bad but over the past year I have been practicing with my acoustic guitar strung with light gauge strings and with my better understanding of musical theory I am attempting to get a band together but I will never ever be as good as this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEExYSRqR4o&feature=relmfu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEExYSRqR4o&feature=relmfu)
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I've watched a lot of the Shakti videos, but I don't think I've seen that one. Such joy in playing! Thanks for posting.
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That was nice Austin; thanks!
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That band is really great. Zakir Hussain is unbelievable. I've had the pleasure of playing with Eric Harland (who is also amazing) a bit recently, and he just raves about zakir.
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I noticed that intro chords are the same as 'Lila's Dance' from Mahavishnu's 'Visiond of the Emerald Beyond'
Nice use of old stuff!
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Lucky you, Austin! I know I've seen Eric before, but I just can't remember when.
Zakir is always amazing. I've seen him numerous times. My favorites were at a small theater at Harvard where the local Indian community held concerts. The crowd was always 99% Indian all dressed up in their best with a smattering of hippies grooving on the music. I did see a couple with Zakir and his dad (Alla Rakha, who played with Ravi Shankar. Dawn and I got to hang with him while he smoked cigarettes between sets a couple of times. Very wonderful man.) playing together at that series, along with an uncle or two. The tamboura player was usually a teenage girl who looked as if she had been pressed into service by her parents against her will. I wonder if they still do that series?
My friend, Ty Burhoe, is a student of Zakir and has brought him to Boulder a number of times for concerts. Ty is pretty amazing in his own right and well worth seeing if you live in the Bay Area or here in Colorado. He does a lot of collaborations with interesting instrumental combinations. His recording with flamenco guitars Miguel Espinoza and bassist extraordinaire Kirwan Brown, Curandero, is well worth seeking out.
And then there is Indian food.... The thing I miss most about leaving Boston is India Quality Restaurant. Simply stunning food. Their lamb saag with mushrooms would be my last meal if it came to that.
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Edwin..come to the UK, we have some of the best indian cuisine outside of the country itself!
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Yeah, I've been to a few good ones in London. I think a trip over there is getting long overdue!
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My brother lives there...if anyone's going I'll ask for tips...Tony
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One of my favorite Indian tunes:
Protective Cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uknDkAw-tU).
Enjoy,
Bill, tgo
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Bill, that was awesome...someone should cover that song!...reminds me of how happy I am to be fixed, that I can ditch the condoms once the partner's health is determined...Tony
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I will be ever thankful that I came up in the Golden Age of Sexuality - after the Pill & before AIDS!
Peter
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I love the Indian music I've heard and I love Indian food (can't get it where I live, though).
The best Indian food I have had was at the Hare Krishna temple in Denver. They seemed to really try to get it exactly right. It was an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet for a $5 suggested donation.
Rich
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Real Indian Classical Music !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hArUiFv2FaY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hArUiFv2FaY)
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Wow Rich! The memories came flooding back for me. We would frequent the Hare Krishna temple in Adelaide South Australia in the mid 1970's for the great food in the mornings post gigging.
Does anyone know whether the Indian musical scales are the same as western music?
slawie
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Indian scales can have 22 intervals versus the 12 intervals in western music. I have heard quarter tone composition in western music that would be the exception. Variations could be multiple!
http://www.indianmelody.com/musicintro1.htm (http://www.indianmelody.com/musicintro1.htm)
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Thanks Wolf.
Man I have got to get me some more fingers!
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/449/139070.jpg)
slawie
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More fingers then that ? LOL , great pic ! Photo shop or biological anomaly ?
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polydactylia I think it is called
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Do you know Mynta?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qRyuGeQFng&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qRyuGeQFng&feature=related)
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Very nice; thanks Mario.