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A day with Sivamani
 VIJAY
TV ‘Star Udan Oru Naal’ features the young vibrant rhythm maestro Sivamani
up close and personal. Many of his albums have reached the top of the chart and
have become the mantra of the music lovers.
In ‘Star Udan Oru Naal” the
musical genius shares his interests with the viewers. He also gives us a sneak
preview into his daily routine. Some of his daily routines include his visit to
different recording theatres and spending quality time with his family. He also
takes us to what he considers cozy places where he spends his leisure hours.
The programme will be aired by
Vijay TV on Sunday 20 June 2004 at 0930 hrs to see the star in action at
Mumbai.
Sivamani
is one of India's best-known and most colourful percussionists. His real name is
Anandan Sivamani. He started his career as a musician when he was 11. His father
had an accident and he asked him to fill in at the recording studio. His father
had to score the background music for a fight sequence of the film, "Sondangal
Wargal". That is how he got his first break.
It was the magic of
international master, Noel Grant, which enchanted Sivamani. He was also inspired
by the legendary Billy Cobham, who was his role model. He lived his dream when
he shared the stage with him for a live concert in Mumbai. Sivamani's early
experiments in fusion were with Carnatic music
legends, violin vidwan Kunnakudi
Vaidyanathan and mridangam maestro T V Gopalkrishnan.
Sivamani
became a permanent fixture at concerts with Louis Bank, the uncrowned king of
Indian Jazz concerts. Siva is still upgrading his skill with the Indian maestro
and winning his way into the hearts of millions of fans the world over. 'Drums
on Fire' is one of his recent albums and it is in collaboration with musician
James Ashley. His contribution to the sound tracks of Hindi films is immense.
Remember the song composed by A R Rehman
'Chaiya Chaiya', 'Roja Janeman', 'Yeh
Hansin Wadiyan', and so on. Yet another innovative creation was with ghazal
singer Hariharan in the audio album 'Kaash', which was mind blowing. He
experimented using beats and rhythm in the Ghazal framework.
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