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Since the beginning of 2000, SAWF has nurtured a repository of articles on Indian Classical Music that have now come to be recognised as the finest expositions on the subject.Our features on the ragas of Hindustani music are written by Rajan P. Parrikar. They contain his insightful analysis and commentary, fortified by around 2000 carefully prepared audio clips that illustrate and illuminate the nuances of raga structure. A large number of these adduced recordings are rare and hitherto unpublished. Rajan, as many of you know, has a penchant to understand not only the music of the masters, but their hearts and minds too.In the Carnatic department, VN Muthukumar and M.V. Ramana have deposited their considered meditations on Carnatic ragas and musicians, supported by rare recordings of the maestros of yesteryear. The well-known musician Kiranavali Vidyasankar has also contributed to our Carnatic pool.

Music is the abstract art of arranging vocal or instrumental sounds in a manner that produces a flowing, unified and thoughtful composition that has melody, harmony, rhythm and timbre. In contrast to the other arts, music is not a readily tangible form of expression and is only validated when its sound patterns are skillfully interwoven into a format that is both evocative and appealing to the ears. Music may be called both the most mathematical and the most abstract of the arts. Unlike words, pictorial images, or dance, however, musical tones in themselves have no concrete associations, and only gain meaning when they are combined into patterns. Through the centuries various philosophers have attempted to integrate theories on the essence of music with their particular world views. Many non-Western cultures and some Western writers as well have perceived it as an inherently mystical force, able to unlock elemental truths or principles that cannot be translated into written or graphic form. Music is an important part of our lives, and has been an important part of every civilization known to man. Sound is often the first input we receive at birth. A child quickly learns to relate certain sounds to specific occurrences: thus, it learns to recognize its mother's voice and associate it with warmth, nourishment and nurture, even though it is ignorant of words. Music has been identified as the second category of sound a child relates to, after the voices of the parents. Throughout time, music has been an important means of displaying the ideas, experiences, and feelings of different societies and cultures.

This guide provides information on music and sound as art and entertainment to help you learn all about the world of music. You'll also find information on music theory, history of music, reading music, instrumental music activities, music lessons and music education articles to help you in learning how to read music notes, make your own music, and learn to play and love music .

Everybody's heard of Internet celebrities: people whose odd pages or eccentric opinions have made them the butt of short-lived jokes. It's only recently that the Internet has become a venue for publicity based on real talent. Early examples like MySpace (originally created for bands to promote their music, in case you didn't know) showed promise but suffered from three flaws. First of all, they were quickly meshed into general-purpose social sites by a flood of new users, boosting the signal to noise ratio to the point where there wasn't much point in agencies surfing for talent.Second, they weren't interactive in relevant ways. Sure people leave comments on guest books, but establishing a rapport requires a regular channel of interaction, and a comfortable, intimate environment to meet in - even if that environment is visible to thousands.

Third, these sites made no consideration for the other side of the industry: the agents and other individuals who are actively looking for talent. By failing to give them tools to sift through thousands of users, sites like MySpace were relegated to the role of a poster with a bit of demo tape mixed in: things to refer people to after handshakes and face to face networking, but not often a means of introduction.2008 is showcasing the next generation of talent on the Web. FindMeSignMe.com is part of the new wave of online talent networking. It groups talent by field and gives them a way to upload pictures, music and video. The site has an explicit focus on talent, so it's not going to drift away from its core function. What really makes FindMeSignMe.com unique, however, is its support for virtual auditions.Virtual auditions are one of the newest talent networking tools. Thanks to the advent of streaming video and high broadband penetration rates across North America, agents, producers, directors and bands looking to fill a spot can now audition people from anywhere in the world. In Canada, the concept hit the limelight last April when Canadian Idol opened up virtual auditions for people who couldn't make auditions in person.