Badarwa (Live) | Aishwarya Rangarajan | Dr. Prakash Sontakke | The Engineer's Pick | S02E03

THE ENGINEER’S PICK
Curated and produced by sound engineer and artiste Anish Ponnanna, The Engineer’s Pick is a curation of Indian compositions in Indian languages sung and performed by Indian musicians. The compositions are delivered in a raw and minimalistic style, with extraordinary attention to the sound detail. Where possible, emerging artistes are discovered and featured on the channel.
Instagram: @the_engineers_pick
ANISH PONNANNA
Anish Ponnanna is a noted sound specialist and artiste specialising in live and studio music productions, theatre and large concert designs. His work on sound spans productions in a number of locations including at Bollywood. Anish holds a Bachelors degree in Science from Christ University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Audio Engineering from the SAE Institute.
Instagram: @ponnanna_anish
AISHWARYA RANGARAJAN
Aishwarya Rangarajan is a popular playback singer in the Kannada film and television industry. Born and brought up in Bangalore, her parents are Rangarajan Sundarraj Iyengar and Nalini Rangarajan. Aishwarya went to VVS Sardar Patel High School in Bangalore and graduated from MES Degree College of Arts, Commerce and Science, also in Bangalore. Aishwarya was four years old when she started learning music. Aishwarya has sung a number of compositions in the Indian devotional genre; she also excels in Western compositions. She has rendered a number of compositions for television and film.
Dr. PRAKASH SONTAKKE
Dr. Prakash Sontakke is a vocalist, instrumentalist (multiple instruments), director, filmmaker and motivational speaker. He is best known for his mastery of the Hawaiian slide guitar, although he is at great ease with a number of other instruments. Dr. Sontakke performs both classical and fusion music on the Hawaiian slide guitar. Although originally trained in Hindustani Classical music and belonging to the illustrious Gwalior Gharana, Dr. Sontakke has performed in a number of other genres including experimental fusion, jazz and Sufi.
Dr. Sontakke was a co-composer, vocal artiste and guitarist for the Grammy award winning album ‘Winds of Samsara’. Apart from the Grammy, the album also won the Independent World Music Awards, USA and the Nashville Award for composers. Dr. Sontakke is an A grade artiste at Akashvani and Doordarshan. He has performed at over 2000 concerts, collaborated with a number of global artistes and has toured extensively including with his troupes ‘Dr Prakash Sontakke Group’ (Progressive Hindustani Crossover) and International Trio ‘Lehera’ (World Fusion).
KARTHIK BHAT
Karthik Bhat is a ‘B-high’ grade Tabla artist at the All India Radio and Doordarshan, Bengaluru. He received initial training from Pandit Rajgopal Kallurkar in Bengaluru and later from Pandit Arvind Mulgaunkar in Mumbai. He also received further education from Vidwan AV Anand, under whose tutelage his art was further refined. Karthik Bhat completed the Sangeet Alankar with distinction securing an all India first rank from the Akhila Bharathiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Meeraj, Maharashtra. He was later awarded the ‘Promising Artist’ award from the International Foundation for Fine Arts - an award he received from the legendary Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Karthik Bhat has also been awarded the ‘Kishora Pratibhe’ award by the Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka.
SHURE Products used:
Microphones:
Shure SM7B on Vocal amzn.to/3fFXKfm
Shure KSM32 on the Guitar Amp rb.gy/lu7pmo
Shure KSM137 on the Tabla rb.gy/lu7pmo
Headphones used:
Shure SRH 840 (Guitarist) rb.gy/nv17l3
Shure SRH 440 (Tabla Artist) rb.gy/nv17l3
In Ear Monitoring:
Shure SE215 (Vocalist) rb.gy/lu7pmo
THE WHITEFIELD PROJECT FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE
Founded by Sanjeeth Shetty and funded by the Sanjeeth Shetty Foundation, ‘The Whitefield Project for the Arts and Culture’ is dedicated to causes surrounding the Indian Arts and works with emerging Indian artistes. Founded in 2016, the Project has worked on a number of initiatives and programs including in the Classical Arts. The Project’s commitment to the pursuit of its objectives is reflected in the work of its leaders, musicians, faculty, students and alumni - all of who are striving to build a global community of music and meaning.
Instagram: @thewhitefieldproject
Facebook: @whitefieldproject
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Curated and Produced by Anish Ponnanna
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[@rranga99]

Innocence...a fine line between judgement and experience....
In innocence the personality is lost and a presence comes forth...
In innocence the joy of being wins over the ego of knowing...
Badra barse...may the joy of innocence shower on me...May the sufferings of the unfounded wash away...
Thanks mam...thanks sir...🙏🙏

[@vm2943]

U should be the official translator of songs on this channel 😁 beautifully explained

[@DrPrakashSontakke]

My God that’s sone serious talent in lyrics wow do get in touch we can work on something

[@rranga99]

@@DrPrakashSontakke sure sir🙏

[@baswarajum5125]

❤️

[@zabiullat4584]

Its a wonderful episode. Dr. PRAKASH SONTAKKE and Aishwarya steal the show. Thank you so much sir.

[@basavarajgowda6752]

ಆಹಾ..... ಎಂತಹ ಗೀತೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಧ್ವನಿ.. ಅಧ್ಬುತ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆ ನಿಮ್ಮದು ಹಾಗೂ ವಾದಕರು.... ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ.. ಥ್ಯಾಂಕ್ಸ್ ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರ್ pics.

[@raghavendrav6651]

Well said

[@abhijithhb4795]

A hair raising experience, amazing. I always wait for your uploads. Thank you all for this song. 😁

[@TheEngineersPick]

Thank you! More to come :)

[@baswarajum5125]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
After such a long time...listening to this made me feel the same magic that Pink Floyd used to create! ❤️
So much so that I thought the next video frame Pink Floyd would walk into the screen and surprise everyone (gosh how i wish)
Dr Prakash sir...that depth, that transitions...pure joy sir ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Aishwaryaji as usual..so careful so beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️
No words just ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@TheEngineersPick]

Thank you so much. I’m humbled to have compared the Pink Floyd vibe to this. I’m a massive Floyd fan myself! 😇✌️

[@papergaery5257]

I wish there were weekly releases from your pick :)

[@TheEngineersPick]

Making videos like this takes a lot of time. I will try to do more in future. Thanks for the support :)

[@papergaery5257]

@@TheEngineersPick 👍🥂

[@TheEngineersPick]

@@papergaery5257 Cheers :)

[@varnabhatas568]

Beautiful 😍👌🏻

[@d.l.sharma5020]

wah👌👌

[@amittandon886]

Lovely, please keep posting more 🙏🙏

[@TheEngineersPick]

Will try! Thank you for the support!

[@harishag2245]

Right Click > Loop !!

[@never_mind_my_comment5044]

Why do songs end!?
They should be unending!

[@TheEngineersPick]

Haha. Compliments like these make my day! 😇

[@ajithkumarkr1139]

👌👌👌👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

[@sanchuuthappa5750]

🤩👍🏼✨

[@samig6806]

Beautiful! What Microphone is the singer using?

[@TheEngineersPick]

It’s a Shure SM7B 🙂

[@abhijithhb4795]

A hair raising experience, amazing. I always wait for your uploads. Thank you all for this song. 😁