Happy New Year!!!:)

well its da dead of the night and im in my frnds home celebrating the new year with them...my last yr here in india...well kinda an yr to remember...and certainly a night to remember...!!well im typing here on this laptop of my gracious frnd who is hosting me tonight...well firstly my warm wishes to everyone!!

i went out wid my frnds today...had a good time wid my school frnds..went out did some hookah and den got high and spoke every shit i could have....and then got back home and slept for some time...my frnd suman came home and took some files from my comp that he wanted..then i came out wid my inter frnds wid no certain plan at all...went to alleygator did some bowling and almost finished last..!i was dejected wid my performance and had no strike or spare to my account.:(then v headed off to pizza hut end shared a few slices of pizza each..and the time was nearing 12 and v wanted to b home by then to cut the cake..so v rushed home in hari's car and collected the cake and headed to indra mohan's home to celebrate new years together...v missed out on rajesh' comapny during bowling..v dint want that wen v cut the cake....rajesh is always sum1 to b wid coz v always poke fun at him..

this new yr almost all my frnds were at some star hotel or in pubs..i dint wanna b der as i couldnt dance or afford dose high prices...theres dis one thing abt laptops...they make me feel like writing..i feel like writing in a lap sitting on my beanbag...feels gr8 man!!coming back to the celebrations well still at indra's home...hari and rajesh still fighting just for a photo!!i dint get many calls dis yr:((..mayb coz my phone is switched off...well never mind as long as u dont have people cursing u :P

i guess im already goin directionless in dis post of mine...i normally cant work wen ders some kinda disturbance surrounding me...and dat is wat is exactly happening now...i dont no if i wud go home 2day....catch up wid some sleep and get up early and head 2 some movie wid my school pals...lets c how the day shapes up and yr ahaead...a really important yr ahaead for me...my sojourn for the US...hoping the for the best..:)

id like to sign off now...coz of the pressure mounting on me from my frnds to switch it off and spend some time wid me...:)

il b back wid some photos 2mrw of all my experiences 2day:)

Good Night!:)

Santosh Ram

Ilayaraaja...God in the Making!

here i am writing another post...and again about my favorite topic,music...and again about my favourite musician Ilayaraaja..i guess i cant stop speaking about him..coz there's so much to speak about him...there wont be another Ilayaraaja..i was just watchin a program on ETV, Paaduta Teeyaga conducted by another god SPB..and todays edition was about Ilayaraaja..and the special guest was the maestro's brother Gangai Amaran.for the first time on tv shows some one related to the maestro was called to speak about him..i was really happy after watchin the show..for hella lotta reasons..firstly it was about the maestro and secondly all the info wa coming from some one who struggled with him..Gangai Amaran..and another moment when SPB said there wont be another Raaja..:):)not that people dont know that but its alwasy nice to hear somethin like that about Raaja sir even if its for the billionth time...:):)
so i thought id lie to write somethin about the maestro so that people here would know about him and his godhood...not that he needs publicity but my heart wont be empty until i write wat i intended to:)so here goes the list
1)he is the only indian to rake up a gold medal in classical guitar from the prestigious London Trinity College of Music..Rahman graduated from this school but did not get a gold medal.
2)his favorite instrument as u al might be thinking is not guitar.. its harmonium..and he composes almost all his songs on the harmonium.so imagine how good he might be on this instrument?!:)
3)the first asian to compose a symphony for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra..whose patron is her heiness The Queen.
4)till date the only indian to compose a symphony in Western Classical Music.its named as Symphony no 1.
5)has composed music for approx 900 movies in all languages and has 5 private albums to his credit.
6)released his private album How To Name It in 1986.genre was fusion music.
7)composed another album called Nothing But Wind with Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia on the flute.
8)the only composer who composes the music for all the instruments without the help of any music director.he doesnt have any assistant music director.
9)the only composer to compose music with pencil and book..he doesnt even see the harmonium when hes composing!he has every note in mind!once he composes he never changes it!!
10)known to be the king of Re-Recording!unparalleled in the history of music!does re-recording work in a day..for any composer it takes around 1 month on an avg...so its for u to judge:)
11)known to be one of the fastest composers..took around 1 month to compose the symphony(it took Brahms 13years to compose a symphony)
12)takes around half hour to compose the music for a film
13)the only composer whose background music is a rage and made movies run for 100 days!!want proof?got to youtube and type ilayaaja bgm and ul know how big a rage it is...:)
14)his sons are Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja.both of them are composers and as you all know Yuvan is a rage in Tamil.his lst telugu project was OY! which was a big hit!
15)Raaja is most famous for his orchestrational abilities and for his bass lines..his bass lines are the most meticulously written notes ever!its very hard to play his bass lines on the bass guitar..often called as the god of bass:)
16)also called as naadha brahma,swara brahma,isaignani(knower of all in the world of music)
17)often called a one man show due to his all round abilities:)
18)never attends public functions or concerts.
19)composes in the prestigious Prasad Theatre in chennai
20)also composes in Budhapest,Hungary where he says his inspirations used to compose
21)was awarded the national award thrice and numerous awards were bestowed upon him by various governments
you know ive written all this but i still ive written nothin about him..but then this is all i know:( i wish i could see him live once in my life and fall on his feet..i wont feel bad if my life ended then...i would have been at god's feet:):)
Long Live Ilayaraaja!!
Santosh Ram