Music on a nightless night

It is 4:30am and I am writing this blog to share this music recording!
All started at 11pm when one of my musician friends called me to record a song.
Here is the piece - A thillana, in raaga 'Des', set to 8 beat.

I am on the vocals.

Drums - Charles Mallela
Keyboard - Charles Mallela
Bass Guitar - Charles Mallela

(that was all he had, else the list would have continued)

Recording started at 2:00am and we both were almost tired and ready to watch India-Pakistan cricket match. But, soon, our energy was just enough to give it a shot and complete it.

About Charles Mallela...
Charles Mallela is a music composer and keyboard artist who has had passion for music since a very young age. With his dad being a Guitarist, Charles started playing songs on the keyboard as a kid and today, he is no doubt the most wanted artist in the Utah area. Known for his simple sounding and melodious, yet complex music, he has a great fan following club around the globe.
You can listen to his latest composition here which was composed for a Charity Show earlier this year. His recent toy is the Roland TD-6SW V Electric Drum Set.

Comments

direkishore said…
beautiful! great vocals!!
9:44 AM, November 15, 2007
M said…
Its really inspiring to see some much enthusiasm.Even I want to start on to continue learning guitar and play some good tunes.This is encouraging for sure.
10:08 AM, November 15, 2007
I am said…
sahii hai made for each other :) coney this to Charles :) when he wakes up
10:15 AM, November 15, 2007
Summerwind said…
Shyam,

Very nice :)

-Ramaprasad
7:58 PM, November 16, 2007
Summerwind said…
And BTW, what do you use to record your tracks - Not this - but the solo tracks?

-Ramaprasad
1:59 PM, November 27, 2007
Shyam said…
@Ramaprasad,
I use Audacity. To make recording neat, I use typical vocal microphones, and not the computer microphones which are used for chat.
2:30 PM, November 27, 2007
Smi said…
Does your voice sound best at midnight?:) This sounded awwwesomely divine..
P.S. Congrats on the engagement:)
2:21 AM, November 28, 2007
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