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Myself Murali Ramanathan,a great music lover. This blog will contain Malayalam,Tamil,Hindi film songs as well as classical music and Bhajans.I hope to hear back from all of you to improve myself. Happy Music Time!..

 

Saturday, September 16, 2006

At the Lotus Feet Of Lord Krishna - Kanna Vaa

Today I am presenting a bhajan on Lord Krishna. This bhajan is composed in the raaga Madhuvanti. This is a Janya raaga of the 59th Melakartha raaga 'Dharmavathi'. Dharmavathi and its janya raagas generally creates an amazing mood. I am very passionate about Dharmavathi and I love to hear it.
I heard this bhajan in the album 'Brindavan' by Bombay Jayashree. This is not a traditional bhajan and seems to be composed specifically for this album. S.Sabesh has done a fantastic job on composing the beautiful lyrics by Chitra Balraj. Ever since I heard this, I have been singing this in all my concerts. Another famous bhajan in Madhuvanthi is 'Krishna Karo'. I admit that there is still scope for improvement in the rendition.
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Song : Kanna Vaa
Lyrics : Chitra Balraj
Music : S.Sabesh
Originally Sung by : Bombay Jayashree
Sung By : Murali Ramanathan
Recorded and Mixed by : Reji, Rebenky Digital Studio, Trivandrum

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posted by Murali Ramanathan @ 9:00 PM  

23 Comments:

  • At 9:45 PM, September 16, 2006, Blogger Murali said…

    aaha..pramaadham ! just got immersed in the song totally. Murali - wonderful rendition. Can you please share that background shruthi wave file with us ? I have been searching for one for long. Thanks a lot.

     

  • At 9:48 PM, September 16, 2006, Blogger Murali said…

    btw it must be

    thiruvaayaal iniya vENu gaanam isaikka viraindhOdi vaa and not uRaindhOdi vaa uRainthu means freeze. virainthu means fast. You are asking krishna to come fast and not come frozen :)

     

  • At 10:06 PM, September 16, 2006, Blogger Murali Ramanathan said…

    Murali Venkitaraman:

    Thanks a lot for the comment.I was doubtful about that part of the lyrics. I will correct it tomorrow and upload the song again.I will get the wav file for Sruthi and share.

     

  • At 10:52 PM, September 16, 2006, Blogger Mux said…

    Nice rendering.
    A small correction in the lyrics It is "KaNna Vaa Mani VaNna Vaa"
    The Nna in VaNna is Moonu suzhi just like KaNna.
    For further Clarity in voice:
    I would EQ the voice a little bit more. Cut 250 Hz on both the tampura and voice. -4dB each with high Q (~7). I don't hear any bass (100-200Hz) on the tampura. May be a little cut at 3KHz would make the highs sound less nasal.

     

  • At 4:16 AM, September 17, 2006, Blogger Narayanan Venkitu said…

    Fantastic singing Murali. Liked the song. Had to close my eyes though.!! So Divine.!!

    I got reminded of another nice song ( I think in the same raaga)

    KaNda naaL mudhalaai kaadhal perugudhadi.! Do you know that song.!!

     

  • At 10:17 AM, September 17, 2006, Blogger Pradip Somasundaran said…

    Murali some observations

    1) In the begenning and end of the song vaa of kanna vaa was slightly out of pitch :-)Since there is only a tanpura..it stands out..Just a matter of correcting it using a pitch correcting plugin.
    2)You could reduce the voice level a little,as it sometimes goes beyond saturation level to distortion sometimes, and increase the volume and the bass freqs of the tanpura to match the ambience of the voice.

    3)In tamil there is no nzha only na...in nayana....

    4)You have improved tremendously in singing boldly. This has increased the punch and clarity to your words. Good going!

    Overall Excellent rendition which touches the heart immensely....

     

  • At 7:35 AM, September 18, 2006, Blogger Aravind G said…

    Wow.Beautiful singing. I can't say enough-Your voice is unique and wish you all the luck to get identified by some good musicians :-)

     

  • At 11:54 AM, September 18, 2006, Anonymous Sreejith Sivasankar said…

    Murali..First of all thanks for accepting the request of singing a Krishna Bhajan...You have rendered it beautifully....Good that you just used Tampura to set the sruthi and no accompaniments here...Very natural(even though Bombay jayasree's influence in the style)...devine and nicely done. Keep going...

    Next time when you do eastern classical, see if you get Mridangam and violin accompaniments from friends also.

    Njoy singing and thanks for sharing ur joy...

    Sreejith

     

  • At 12:14 PM, September 18, 2006, Anonymous Sreejith Sivasankar said…

    I disagree with Mux and Pradeep's comment about adjusting the volume. I believe the vocalist should sing , full throated in great volume to get the majesty of the voice. And Murali is in the progressive path. I would request Murali to listen to Ariyakkudi,Chembai and MS Ammal to see the quality of their rendition due to open throated hig volume rendition. And dont clip or distort the volume and use pitch alternators unless you want to sing film song which requires a very low volume. We audio engineers will suggest many things, but to culture ur voice the best method is to sing in your natural pitch, open throated in the high volume. At this point dont even worry about listeners , buddy be in sruthi and charge as a lion...is the way !!!
    Now about the "nasal" effect Mux noticed, its not because of the volume , its because of the "obsession" to Bombay jayasree's style. Gotta practice more melstaayi sangathis is the correct way instead of concealing it throug adjustments.
    Good work as always Murali.

     

  • At 12:51 AM, September 19, 2006, Anonymous Sreejith said…

    Hey I have one request Murali...Can you sing a Mappila Song ? Something like "Karyaanum Parayaaanum Manamthurannirakkaanum ? "

     

  • At 7:24 AM, September 21, 2006, Blogger Murali Ramanathan said…

    Murali Venkitaraman : Thanks for the suggestions and enouragement. I have corrected the mistakes in the lyrics and will upload the updated one soon.

    mux :Thanks for the suggestions and comments.

    Narayanan:Thanks.I dont know the song which you mentioned. But I will find out it and learn.

    Pradip : Thanks for giving comments in detail. I have rerecorded the song and will upload it.I will work on the points you mentioned.

    Sreejith : Thanks for your suggestions and comments. I will definitely sing a mappla song.

     

  • At 9:49 PM, September 22, 2006, Blogger Murali Ramanathan said…

    Dear Friends,

    I have uploaded the rerecorded version.

    Regards,
    Murali

     

  • At 1:14 AM, September 23, 2006, Blogger Meera Manohar said…

    Excellent rendering Murali.

    Your ending before the 2nd charanam seems to have been swallowed in the end.

    Please do post any of your concert recordings that you might have.

     

  • At 1:05 PM, September 24, 2006, Blogger Srividya Kasturi said…

    Excellent Murali!! I loved ur rendition very much...!

     

  • At 1:22 AM, October 04, 2006, Anonymous .::sruthi.layam::. said…

    wonderful rendition murali..i'm a big fan of all krishna songs and this one goes to my song collection.
    thanks for giving a wonderful soundtrack for my tuesday afternoon.

    have a request, could you pls post the lyrics or mail it to voice4music@yahoo.com? Thanks in advance :)

     

  • At 5:25 PM, October 05, 2006, Blogger Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam said…

    Just outstanding! Perfect balance of bhakthi,bhavam,brigas...
    Thanks for singing!
    Sorry for the really late comments, and thanks for asking me to listen to it!!

     

  • At 11:58 AM, October 07, 2006, Blogger Murali Ramanathan said…

    Meera > Thanks.Going forward I will take care of what you have pointed out.

    Vidya > Thanks for the feedback.

    Sruthi Layam > Thanks for your feedback. I will definitely post the lyrics.I was a little bit busy. Sorry for the delay.

    Sindhuja > Thanks for hearing it and commmenting.

     

  • At 9:28 AM, October 24, 2006, Blogger Divya.S.Menon said…

    Excellent job.....Got the perfect feel.....keep it up

     

  • At 3:24 PM, October 29, 2006, Anonymous Linu Raj said…

    I am doing good Murali. I was listening to "Kannaa Vaa". It is really good since i luv to hear songs without orchestration. As you know I do not have much idea about music, still i feel that "chila sthalangalil words nu adhikam stress kodukkunnutathu venda ennu, soft akunnathaanu nallathu ennu".

     

  • At 9:19 AM, November 05, 2006, Blogger ranganathan said…

    salutations....

    vera onnum solla theriyalai!

     

  • At 1:30 AM, November 06, 2006, Anonymous Chithra Ramakrishnan said…

    Dear Murali

    Such a beautiful rendition...Keep up the good work.There are other music websites wherein you must upload your songs.KIT

    Best wishes

    Chithra Ramakrishnan

     

  • At 5:35 AM, September 07, 2007, Anonymous Tharani Kumar said…

    Very beautifully sung...the way this song is sung matches the raaga well...best of luck!!!

     

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    Time magazine

     

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