JEEVETHE THARUNA KALE BY MAHENDRA "SPEEDY" GONSALKORALE
This is an instrumental jazz version of a Milton Mallwarachi song with apologies to purists!
I thought it was time for a song on our Blog. Cheer up and enjoy!
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Lovely! The modifications add colour to this old Milton Mallawaracchi hit. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteWell done,you,Speedy,versatile and talented guy.I listed to the video just passed 12 noon GMT.very pleasing to my ears with mild hearing impairment.Come on other mates with similar talents!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your lovely comments Lucky and Sumathi. Keeps me going!
ReplyDeleteOh that's fantastic! I was in the doldrums and this lively music got me to snap out of it and feel good and uplifted. It is a beautiful tune and I am about to share it with a friend who is a bit down this morning. Thanks, it's lovely! Zita
ReplyDeleteGood to have liftef your spirits without spirits if you see what I mean Zita!
DeleteZita,
Delete"If music be the food of love,play on,Give me excess of it;that surfeiting.The appetite may sicken,and so die"
Shakespeare.
Hi Mahen
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the music.Managed to do a slow jive.Golden oldies would be nice from time to time.
Mahen, well done! It was very enjoyable and skillfully performed as usual. I'm not sure if I ever asked you, did you have piano lessons when you were young, or are you entirely self taught? A bit of trivia, did you know that Bora's sister June, was my piano teacher? She was teaching at STC at the same time as my mother and would come to our home in Wellawatte to teach us. Unfortunately, I only continued those lessons for a couple of years and stopped when I was about 14 years old. Because of her I can read music! Small world!
ReplyDeleteNever had lessons Srianee. My sister was taught the piano and we had a piano at home and I sort of taught myself. I wish I could read music but I manage! Thanks for your appreciation
DeleteMahen, you are in very good company!! I was aware that there are many brilliant, successful musicians in the field of jazz and rock music who never had formal training, but oodles raw talent. I did a little research to make certain that my impression was accurate. I guess they memorized their compositions and perhaps other people transcribed the music later. Here is my list:
ReplyDeleteAll four of the Beatles did not know how to read and write music. (John Lennon had admitted that in an interview.)
Jimi Hendrix was entirely self taught, as is Eric Clapton, both fabulous guitarists.
Prince taught himself the piano at age 7 and the guitar at 13.
David Bowie taught himself the piano, guitar, harmonica, bass and percussion.
Stevie Ray Vaughan, a brilliant blues guitarist who died young in a plane crash, also learned the guitar on his own.
Thelonius Monk, the jazz pianist taught himself the piano.
Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong learned to play the trumpet while living in a home for juvenile delinquents in New Orleans!
Eddie Van Halen, who died very recently of cancer, grew up with a musician father, and was taught classical piano. He had said, when interviewed, that he fooled his teacher by watching his playing and memorizing the finger placements. Apparently he never learned to read music! He switched to playing the guitar and became a very creative guitarist and led the group Van Halen for many years. There are many more, but these were the musicians whose music was familiar to me. Guitarists seem to be more skillful at teaching themselves.
So Mahen, do not beat yourself up for not knowing how to read music.
Just enjoy your creativity! We certainly do.
Thanks, Srianee. I was aware of some but not all. It is heartening to know that there were others who were far more illustrious than me of course! I suppose , to me, the ability to read music would have given me greater opportunity to pick up a melody and also to transmit the music in my brain through notation also and not just by playing it back. I tried to learn a few times but always end up by just throwing it away and playing by ear! I can read very slowly the basic things only. Thanks for your encouragement.
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