One of the things Rama and I have been doing is to skype music together. When we were in the same town--Bloomington--there was a small group of friends to make music with face-to-face. After I moved away in summer 2008, Rama and I found that skyping was a good way to continue sharing music. In the past few months, we have tried a lot of things--doing vocal exercises, taking up a raga and practicing alankars and alap, selecting songs and perfecting them to our best abilities.
MS Subbalakshmi's Bhaja Govindam was one of our most ambitious projects. Rama (the carnatic specialist) sent me a link to the song. I heard, was conquered, and started obsessing over it. Rama had grown up with the song and knew it well. I heard recordings and then had Rama refine my rendition before I felt confident. Our ambition was to sing it together. We began on skype, eagerly waiting for the opportunity to sing it together--live.
A few days ago, I was in Bloomington. Rama and I had a music session, where we sang Bhaja Govindam together--finally!!! I decided to record our attempt to see how it sounded, and it's not too bad... In the hope that listeners have even a fraction of the fun we have when we sing, here's our version of the masterpiece.
Bhaja Govindam by Rama and Aditi
Friday, January 23, 2009
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