For listeners

Wikipedia cites my rendition of Nirvana Shatkam (Sextet of Salvation).

ab mori baat is a famous traditional song in the khyal style. tabla baat, organ baat and choral baat are remixes from a live recording of the song; full baat is the song as originally performed.

Some of my old content, including album Nirguni, is now available on my Amie Street page.

Appreciation

The language of raga music is a twin-CD lecture-demonstration which explains the art of khyal. Hear a short excerpt. If you want it, e-mail me.

For learners

santhaa, available here as a set of tracks, is a way to learn raga Yaman and a simple song in that raga.

Station at KIAC and IACmusic.com

Born in a musician family, educated in the gwalior gharana style of khyal (genre of vocal classical music of India). Leading performer in genre. Full bio at http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~hvs/Veena/bio.html

The instrument in my hand is a tanpura (aka tambura). It is a drone - no melody is played on it. You can read more about it here

Upcoming events: http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~hvs/Veena/

Interviews: http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~hvs/Veena/interviews.html

Discography: http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~hvs/Veena/discog.html

Lecture-demonstration downloads: http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~hvs/Veena/mp3s.html

Note IAC limitation: you can only download one song at a time.

	full baat This is the real "ab mori baat" in its traditional setting.		World
	Nirvana Shatkam A six-verse declaration of self-knowledge		Indian
	tabla baat "ab morii baat" is a well-known bandish song in raga Shuddha Sarang. This track is a tabla piece by Vishwanath Shirodkar. For the duration of this piece we switch roles - I become his accompanist.		Indian
	organ baat You can hear the entire melody of "ab mori baat" in this instrumental remix. The source is the same recording of the song which tabla baat came out of.		World
	choral baat rearrangement of the voices from a recording of "ab mori baat"		World
	bandish sthayi (refrain) and antara (stanza) of song taught		Indian
	Alap part 1 (new) part 1 of 2-part alap lesson		Indian
	Alap part 2 (new) part 2 of 2-part alap lesson		Indian
	Improvisation examples of improvisation in song "eri ali" in raga Yaman		Indian
	tanpura for practice loopable tanpura for alap practice The artist has designated this song as non-chartable.		Indian
	tabla for practice tanpura and tabla for song practice - not loopable The artist has designated this song as non-chartable.		Indian
	Statement of Purpose At the beginning, I have described the aim of the CDs.		World

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Paul groover	6/4/2010 5:23:52 AM Hi Veentai i came up with the idea after listening to your wonderful music. I thought it would be great to do a crossover type of song with an epic grandiose feel to it using a mixture of orchestral,beat,heavy bass,drums and Asian native instruments and drums. And try and create a song very much out of the ordinary I would love you to hear it and consider it. Message me on http://www.myspace.com/paulgroover and we could discuss this further
Paul groover	3/23/2010 8:03:46 PM After listening to you i made my own version of this music called Neem Tree. I would love you to be involved?
Paul groover	3/18/2009 8:38:14 AM I was referring to the music style. Thanks for stopping by always good to meet people from far flung places
Paul groover	2/24/2009 12:34:33 AM I was an early convert to the music you make BBC2 in the 70,s Sunday or Saturday afternoon?. I know now that you use your own chord progressions based on the tuning of the sitar. Thank you for sharing this wonderful music. Perhaps maybe one day our worlds could be together musically?.
indic mist	1/20/2009 11:14:13 PM i pray that u keep giving us this peace through your voice.... nirvana shatkam .... it puts me in a state of meditational bliss... thank u.........wish u peace love and happiness.......
indic mist	1/20/2009 11:02:16 PM aap ka sur bahut sundar hai... man karta hai ki aap aur kuch karein.... kuch naya sa...ab mori baat ab hamare station par hai...bahut sundar hai....
Nigels	12/27/2008 5:34:28 AM Hi veenatai Just listening to Nirvana Shatkam now and can I say I hope it fulfills all your wishes. I thank you sincerely for the beautiful gift of your music and culture that you bring to us
Hugh Hamilton	11/16/2008 7:55:50 PM Thank you for stopping by the "Hugo's Hits" station...and what a coincidence...I was just watching Ravi Shankar's "Monterey" performance on DVD before visiting the station tonight... :) Hugh
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