My song list thus far

A Playlist of almost all my recordings...

Musical Watts completes three years today.......

It's been three years since Musical Watts blog was born!

35 songs, 431 comments, 27,715 visitors later...the POWER of MUSIC is still going strong!!

Thanks to all you listeners who have been kind enough to take time out of your busy lives to not only listen to my renditions but also encourage me via your comments....You keep me going!

With your blessings, this year I hope to sing better than I have so far been able to!

To celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Musical Watts...here I present a foot tapping number from the super hit movie Punnagai Mannan. I have thoroughly enjoyed singing this song , literally tapping my foot..hope you do the same when you listen. :-)

PS: The la la in the middle of the song..was something that i just did when recording...hopefully it blends well..


Song: Vaan Megam
Singer: K S Chitra
Music: Ilayaraja
Movie: Punnagai Mannan

Un Siripinil (Gautami Rao)

Un Siripinil, is a song that caught my attention recently (altho I have heard it numerous times before), when I was watching the movie Patchai Kili Muthu Charam...A song that I could better relate to..in the context of the movie.

Wonderfully sung, easy flowing, a great job by Gautami Rao for a maiden song!

My attempt at it is here below, do let me know how well I fared!


Song: Un Siripinil
Movie: Patchai Kili Muthu Charam
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Originally Sung by: Gautami Rao

Oru Iniya Manadhu (Jency)

Nearly 5 months after, managed to record this evergreen tamil song, composed by IR and sung by Jency.

Song: Oru Iniya Manadhu
Movie: Johnny
Original Singer: Jency

All songs in Johnny were a great hit! One other song that I am hoping to sing, if I could get a hold of the Karaoke is "Aasaya Kathula". If any of you have or know where I can get a hold of that ktrack, please let me know.

Took me just a few hours of recording and mixing for this one, so hope it meets the expectations for you to enjoy this rendition!!

Yeh Mera Dil - Sunidhi Chauhan (Don 2006)

Paras and Vishal requested me to sing more Hindi songs...so here is my latest cover song, a fast foot tapping number from the movie Don sung by Sunidhi Chauhan.

Sunidhi Chauhan is my personal favorite, her voice is part rustic, part nasal, bit husky! Very difficult to copy her style and attitude for most of her songs needs a good amount of both.

Do listen to my attempt and let me know if I match any of her singing attributes.

Song: Yeh Mera Dil
Movie: Don (2006)
Singer: Sunidhi Chauhan

Akkam Pakkam - Sadhana Sargam

With this song, I take the opportunity to wish all my blog listeners a

VERY HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Akkam Pakkam is a song that I heard first in Sindhuja's sweet voice and was very inspired to sing....

What better timing than to sing this song for the Valentine's day!

Thanks to Rosh for the karaoke track!



Song: Akkam Pakkam
Movie: Kireedam
Singer: Sadhana Sargam

Happy & Healthy New Year 2009!!

Its been a while since I got a chance to update my blog...my computer that has the recording software has monitor problems, my work life is keeping me busy with preparation for PMP exam, home life is unbelievably hectic as usual...so I have many excuses to have not gotten around to recording those innumerable number of songs that I want to..:-)

My excuses aside, this post is for to all those loving dedicated listeners of my blog, who have not given up on me and keep visiting and encouraging me to sing more!!

Here is WISHING ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY a VERY VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY and HARMONIOUS NEW YEAR 2009!!

Kannan Vandu Padugindran - S. Janaki

Old time favorite of mine...remember seeing this song in Doordarshan (those good old days!) during "Oliyum Oliyum", actress Radhika standing on a stage and singing this song with the mic in this movie...I used to imagine myself in her place singing that song on a stage...

Tho there is no physical stage, I got the opportunity to sing that song here today and upload it for my virutal stage audience and listeners.

Please let me know how it sounds..took me exactly 45 minutes to sing, record, mix and upload (one of my record time recordings!!)

Song: Kannan Vandhu Padugindran
Movie: Rettai Vaal Kuruvi
Original Singer: S. Janaki

Ninaithu Ninaithu Paarthaal - Shreya Ghoshal

9/14 - Uploaded a new version with better Ktrack in background..thanks to TC Neha!!
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I have been wanting to sing a song by Shreya for a very long time and finally managed one not so complex a song....in the long list that I want to sing of her songs is Naare from Guru, Yeh Ishq from Jab We Met, Jane Dona from Cheeni Kum, a tamil serial title song Mekala, and it goes on......

Melody of a song...one can easily feel the tears streaming down as you listen and sing this song....so much sadness and pathos filled to the brim....

Obviously my version won't be as good, especially since the ktrack was not so great (blame it on Ktrack...right?!), high notes were not easy either, so do listen and give me your feedback so that I can redo the parts where its off base...

Song: Ninaithu Ninaithu Paarthal
Singer: Shreya Ghosal
Movie: 7G Rainbow Colony

Kuzhaloodum Kannanukku - K S Chitra

After singing Hindi and English songs wanted to get back to native land...Been wanting to sing this song for a Verrrrry long time...FINALLY...

Such a melody composition by M.S.Viswanathan and Ilayaraja...rare combo...sung mellifluously by Chitraji...All songs in this movie are a super hit...

Recently Ilayaraja redid this song in Hindi for "Cheeni Kum" - "Baatein Hawaein" sung by Shreya Ghoshal. If I get the Ktrack for that song, will definitely try to sing that version too..so if you happen to know where I can get the Hindi Ktrack, pl let me know.

Song: Kuzhaloodum Kannanukku
Movie: Mella Thirandhadu Kadavu
Originally Sung by: K.S.Chitra

I felt that the rendition sounded better with headphones on vs on a speaker..but taking the step to post it..let me know if there are any glitches, and I will redo...

As always..thanks for listening and encouraging!!

My Heart will go on....- Celine Dion

After a very long break, here I present a very soul touching song by Celine Dion - My Heart will go on from the movie Titanic.

Happy New Year 2008!!!

To all the listeners and friends...

WISHING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A VERY HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!

2007 has been a great year - A new job, addition to the family, involvement in Dhoomfm...could not have asked for more!

I pray that 2008 should be another great year for all of us. I hope to post more songs for all the regular listeners this year.

Thank you for your support, patience and encouragement.

♫ Musical Extravaganza......♫

Last sunday, September 30th, I went to a Concert in New Jersey with my family...Musical Extravaganza where Sadhana Sargam, UnniKrishnan, Karthik and Ganga were singers....The event was advertised by www.dhoomfm.com as "Musical Extravaganza", where the four singers were to sing songs from Tamil, Hindi and Telugu movies.

The week before, I helped in gathering trivia and songs on all the four singers for a special show that Venky hosted on DhoomFM, and that gave me a lot of insight into these singers. Thanks to Venky for sharing the pictures with me.

The experience we had at the concert was OUT OF THE WORLD!!!

The show started with Ganga singing IR composition "Ooru Sanam" - what a sweet voice! She is a good example of talent underutilized in the Indian Music Industry. She could sing every singer's songs with ease and effortlessness.



Then came UnniKrishnan. The image that we have usually of Unni Krishnan, is that of a very conservative, classical style singer...but he proved otherwise in this concert!!! He sang his popular Jeans number - Hai Re Hai Re in tamil. He ensured that the audience were not left alone. He jumped out of the stage, came over to the audience and made us all sing the chorus for that song...THAT was something I least expected from Unni Krishnan!



Sadhana Sargam, just as sweet as her voice, sang "Snehithane" from Alaipayuthey, and ofcourse the song that won her National Award under IR composition "Paatu Solli".



Karthik, - WOW...what a stage presence and what energy levels...the guy is unbelievable on stage!!! He kept referring to peppy numbers as "kick ass" numbers and sang "Karu Karu Vizhigalal" from Pachai Kili Muthu charam as well as "Girlfriend venum" song with vigor and enthu. Much awaited, Oru Malai from Ghajini came much later and he started his rendition with a song that he said "changed his life" - "Sakthi Kodu" from Baba. His voice is divine. Such control and strength in this singing....hats off Karthik!!




Then there were a bunch of songs mostly in Tamil and we had folks dancing on stage and having a gala time.






The added bonus and least expected surprise was that Solo Drum player "Siva Mani" was in town and so was SPB Charan. They both made it to the show as audience but little could they resist being on the other side of the stage.


We had an impromptu "Mirdhangam converted to Drum" version of beats by Mr. Siva Mani and SPB Charan's "Nagila Nagila" rendition. They had the audience thrilled and jumping for more!!!



Final song for the audience, was "Mustafa Mustafa" and we had most people joining the singers on stage...



One unforgettable event...we went home feeling very relaxed, with a feeling of enjoyment and stresslessness, wishing more such events happen in the near future!!

Southern Spice on Dhoom FM (89.3FM in NJ)

I started assisting Venky Sadagopan in the production (selection of theme/song and some interesting talking points) of the local NJ tamil radio show called "Southern Spice" on Dhoom FM - 89.3 (www.dhoomfm.com) aired every Wednesday 7pm to 9pm EST.

You can also listen to it live on www.dhoomfm.com

Its been a enjoyable experience since the first show last week. Please do tune in wherever you are in the US (89.3 FM in NJ and www.dhoomfm.com anywhere else) and let us know your comments and suggestions via the email/phone # given in the show.

You can drop your comments here too.

PS: We are also interested in hearing from talented composers who can help compose a peppy theme song/tune/catch phrase for our show. If you are interested, do leave your contact information in comments here or reachout to Venky via the show.

My Favorite Tamil songs of 2006 - Part II

Continuing my earlier post on my favorite Tamil songs of 2006, I selected the ones below based on how often I listened and enjoyed these songs on my ipod last year.

1)
Song: Unakaaga Thaane
Movie: Nenjil Jil Jil
Singers: Unnikrishnan and Sujatha Mohan (Corrected after Singer Sujatha Mohan's comment)
Music Director: Imaan
What do I like: The beats are excellent. Chorus is good. The mix of hindustani classical "Dhirana Dhirana" and melodious "Devathai pola vandu"....tho I simply cant bear the nasal ending that Unni Krishnan has given to this song.

NenjilJilJil_Unakk...

2)
Song: Kanavaa Kaanala
Movie: Jerry
Singers: Sujatha Mohan (Corrected after Singer Sujatha Mohan's comment)
Music Director: Ramesh Vinayagam
What do I like: The opera kinda start adds interest to the song. Again the beats are awesome. Needless to say Sujatha's expression in the song is excellent. The way the song changes in first and second stanza ending is different. "vaa namellam pogalam vanellam, vaazh naalellam thenila aagalam".

Jerry_KanavaaKaana...

3)
Song: Nachathira paravaikku
Movie: Paramasivan
Singers: Tippu, Rajalakshmi & Chorus
Music Director: Vidyasagar
What do I like: Reminds me of a nice kids group song due to the chorus. But the content of the song is very romance oriented..."Sitradai kaviyame siragulla oviyame enai nee nee vilagadhe"..generally a fast song that wakes up anyone.

Paramasivan_Natcha...

4)
Song: Hitler Penne
Movie: Poi
Singers: Tippu, Sujatha
Music Director: Vidyasagar
What do I like: The rhythm and the melody in this song is just excellent...lyrics are fine but its interesting the way it fits in the song.."Nila thozhan neeya kala rasigan neeya..ore medai aanalum I dont love you".."Jannal ora kaatrum jaadi poovin vaasam"..Sujatha and Tippu have literally honeyed the song over..

Poi_HitlerPenne.mp...

5)
Song: Summa Kedantha
Movie: Thambi
Singers: Karthik and Kalyani
Music Director: Vidyasagar
What do I like: Very villagey song, the picturisation of the song also is nicely slow motioned with the tune. Both Kalyani and Karthik have done justice to the song with very good expression at key points. The pace fastens a little for few lyrics in the middle "Nethi pottu kaari nerungi vaa pakkama"...overall a nice and a diff melody

Thambi_SummaKidant...

6)
Song: Lelakku Lelakku
Movie: Aadhi
Singers: Kay Kay & Sujatha
Music Director: Vidyasagar
What do I like:
Its a very different song. The song starts with meaningless Lelakku Lelakku, and goes on to have some English chorus, but the core music and lyrics is so applicable to everyone at every stage in life! "Inbam oru kaalam, varum thunbam oru kaalam, adhai etru kondu ponal manam eppodum paaadum", "varum sogam oru megam adhu sollamale pogum, andha sandhosham thaan vaanam"

Aathi_Lelakku_lela...

Dhoom Machale - Sunidhi Chauhan

After a long break, coming back with a DHOOM. I meant the song, one of my personal favorites becos of the beats and melody mixed in this song...

Sunidhi Chauhan, a versatile singer whose other renditions like Dekh Le and Beedi are very popular. Would love to sing one of the few melodies sung by her in Fanaa - Dekho Na..

I have been working on this song since Feb 21st when I got hold of this Karaoke (Thanks to Taraana.com& Vishal). Finished recording it almost two months back but just got the chance to finish up with the Mixing becos of all the special effects on this song.

I have experimented a lot with the ECHO features of the software to ensure that the effects are close to original version, though my rendition may be way off :)

As always, your comments and constructive feedback are most welcome!


Song: Dhoom Machale
Movie: Dhoom
Singer: Sunidhi Chauhan

Putham Pudhu Kaalai - S Janaki

A song that I had recorded a few months back, am posting here today. I was not happy with the recording so I had not posted this song so far.

Since I am yet to recover my voice, I thought it may be a better option to post this and give a break to my blog visitors from my Tamil favorite songs of 2006!

I will be posting Part II of the fav list soon but for now, enjoy listening to this rendition and let me know your comments.

Song: Putham Pudhu Kaalai
Original Singer: S Janaki

Conundrum of Sonata - Daily Tamil Film Music Quiz

Friends,

Introducing an AWESOME Music Quiz site by Sonata called http://conundrumofsonata.blogpot.com

For all Tamil Film Music lovers, if you are a music fanatic and want to test your knowledge of Tamil Film Music, please visit Sonata's blog by clicking here.

Everyday, Sonata posts a music interlude from popular tamil movies and provides clues (sometimes enuf to guess the song even without playing the interlude!) that will aid you in identifying the songs.

I have been a regular visitor for almost two weeks now and am enjoying every single quiz put up there...and I wanted to share my pleasure of such a nice idea with fellow music lovers..

We have been asking Sonata to post Hindi song interludes too...so keep a watch on that space...

My favorite tamil songs of 2006 - Part 1

Friends - My apologies for not being able to post any songs off late. I have been feeling under the weather and it will be sometime before I can get enough strength to sing any songs.

Meanwhile, I thought of sharing my favorite (less popular) tamil songs of 2006 which in my opinion, did not make it to most of the top songs list of 2006. I have consciously not listed the very popular songs from SOK, VV, etc. I happened to listen to my ipod's Top 25 most played and found out these in no particular order. Will be posting them in sets of 5 over the next few weeks.

If you have not heard these songs before, you can listen to these songs by clicking on the e-snips links below:

1)
Song: Kadhal thaana idhu kadhal thana
Movie: Nenjil Jil Jil
Singers: Kay Kay and Chitra Sivaraman
Music Director: Imaan
What do I like: Expressive vocals by the female singer, esp in the lines "Ayyo sagikaliye" and the overall peppy tune of the song.

NenjilJilJil_Katha...

2)
Song: Koli kundu kannu
Movie: Emtan Mahan
Singers: Karthik and Kalyani
Music Director: Vidyasagar
What do I like: The tune suits the village theme of the movie, Kalyani has sung well in many parts "maasa kadsiya yen enna odukura" and Karthik needs no mention. He's sung wonderfully as usual.

EmtanMagan_Koligun...

3)
Song: Un paarvayil paithiyam aanen
Movie: Something Something Unakkum Enakum
Singers: Karthik and Sumangali
Music Director: Devisri Prasad
What do I like: The movie kinda influenced my liking this song. The movie is a remake, according to me, of Maine Pyar Kiya in Hindi. The chorus "la la lai lai lai lai lai" is jumpy, and the main song is quite a melody.

Something Somethin...

4)
Song: Poi solla poren
Movie: Thiruttu Payale
Singers: Kay Kay and Kanmani
Music Director: Bharadwaj
What do I like: Kanmani's expressive laugh, dialogues, lyrics of the song esp where it goes "Otha maanga nee dhaane, uppu kallu naan dhaane, orasiye thinnaal enna?
Kaatukathir nee dhaane, thattuchittu naan dhaane, kothi kothi thinnaal enna?" and also "udal enbadai naam marandhu vittu uravugal kondal enna"...

ThiruttuPayale_Poi...

5)
Song: Ennai konja konja
Movie: Aathi
Singers: Hariharan and Sujatha
Music Director: Vidyasagar
What do I like: This song puts anybody who is in a dull and sulky mood into a dance mood. Very inspiring song, esp for those who enjoy rain. Good mix of classical and film music tunes.

Aathi_EnnaiKonjaKo...

Paatu Solli - Sadhana Sargam

Sadhana Sargam, one of the top singers of Bollywood, started singing in Tamil industry for ARR to begin with. From then on she has been a singer quite familiar in Tamil music industry.

There is a general complaint from tamil folks that the pronunciation of Tamil words by Bollywood singers is horrible in tamil songs...Well...its debatable when there are many tamil folks themselves who can do better in their pronunciation of "Zha" sound!

The effort Sadhana Sargam has made to sing this song in Tamil, is appreciable.

I have consciously sung the song with proper pronunciations....not copying Sadhana Sargam's in her rendition for Ilayaraja from the movie Azhagi.


Song: Paatu Solli
Singer: Sadhana Sargam
Movie: Azhagi

Enjoy listening and your feedback keeps me going...