Fusion For "Purists" - #4 | Nagumomu | Abheri | Carnatic Electric Guitar

For the next song in this series I have re-imagined Nagumomu by Saint Tyagaraja and arranged it in 70s Rock style with Guitar, Bass and Drum accompaniments. My brother Ragav came up with all the drum parts and performed them.
I am playing the electric guitar through a UAFX Ruby pedal, fully cranked giving the classic Queen (Brian May) Vox AC30 sound. Ragav's drum set was recorded with 2 SM57s. The acoustic guitar and the Yamaha bass guitar were recorded direct.
#uafx ruby #nagumomu #Praveenpandikaran #Fusionforpurists #guitarprasanna #abheri #carnaticmusic #guitarplayer

[@gramesh9]

My Best Wishes to your Efforts. ..it a unique. .🙏🙏👌🏻👌🏻🌹🌹

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@malavallimanjunath2795]

Excellent

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@profsanandhanfrsc1518]

Excellent 👍

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@drjyothiprakash4186]

Really true, as a Purist l couldn't resist to appreciate this mesmerizing performance by these artists. Hat's off to you guys.

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much!

[@drgopinathan]

Mind blowing performance. I being a guitarist hats off❤❤❤

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@prabhakaraa.n786]

Scintillating ❤❤❤❤

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@lavindransandragasu4622]

Brilliant

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@Udiiii]

Man!!! Absolutely incredible

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@CS-sf9jw]

Brilliant job Praveen !
Bravo Ragav !

[@shyamramachandran6940]

Excellent Praveen and Raghav!

[@sowmyavarada3966]

Sounds incredible!!

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@Daiviklk]

Really broo 😊☀️🫡

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@nikhils1647]

This was an interesting mix. Good job Praveen and Raghav. I expect to see more of this!

[@ssgmandolin]

Nice

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@vidyamohan6698]

Awesome performance by both !

[@EasyHomeopathy]

awesome

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@indscribe1225]

Superb! 🥰

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@srinubhupathi6513]

❤❤❤❤

[@janbasco]

Super

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much.

[@ngirish72]

I am just wondering...did i just discover a nugget.

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much. Glad you liked it.

[@scantronbeats]

Loving this, as a fan of Carnatic music and alsoRock I can say this is cool! Also, are you using standard tuning fo the lead or a Carnatic or other tuning?

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Thank you so much. I am using Carnatic tuning (EBEBEB)

[@hemachandramantrala6206]

This Thyagaraja kriti is meant to be sung/played with devotion. Saint Thyagaraja sings this in agony because he could not see lord Rama's face and questions the lord for not understanding his plight. Contemporary musicians play this with all finger picking techniques, drums ,and every other bells and whistles, in the name of fusion ,to appeal to younger audience. But they forget that the very essence, .i.e. the Bhakti rasa is missing. Mandolin Srinivas and Guitar Prasanna created their renditions of this krithi which did not miss the Bhakti rasa . Decent attempt here but not truthful to its meaning. Play the song with Chittashuddhi.

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Firstly thank you for listening and leaving your feedback. I really appreciate it. I am a student of Sri Guitar Prasanna sir and I completely agree with you on the meaning of the song and the context of it. An interpretation and experimentation like this (in choice of instruments, sound and approach) is not for the traditional listener. To say it should be played only a certain way…I strongly disagree with. We all make choices based on our likes and dislikes. It does not make one thing right and another wrong. I think there is room for everyone in music. Just because I or someone else played a song a certain way does not mean the traditional way of performing the song needs to change. I enjoy that too and regularly perform traditional Carnatic Kutcheris. In fact the very reason why i do this series of videos called “Fusion for purists” is for traditional listeners who have a hard time with any “non-traditional” performances of our music. This has kept our music isolated and far less accessible to wider audiences. In these songs/videos I have made no melodic compromises in gamakas or talas while still harmonizing the songs using western music theory and western instruments. I would love for you to check out other videos of mine under this series. Here is the link to the playlist. ua-cam.com/play/PLt0dv_tJt13qxwhPjSTPvxkxhLZfhd_Q-.html Would love to hear back from you.

[@nikhils1647]

What did you use for bass?

[@PraveenPandikaranGuitar]

Just a Yamaha bass. Thanks for listening!