Getting to the local stuff this time! A friend of mine suggested I should try dappankuthu style beats on my cajon (Thanks Suneesh!). A few of my friends also asked me to shoot a video instead of just the audio recording. So here we go.
For those who don't know, Dappankuthu is the music dance combo that is popular in south of India mostly in Tamil Nadu. For more information read this hilarious wiki page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dappan_koothu
A naturally energetic form of music dominated by percussion, is often accompanied by the drunken dance. But there is no denying that if there is Tamil blood flowing throw your veins, there is no way you sit quietly when these beats start playing. You either start whistling or dancing. Here is a clip of what Suneesh shared with me:
http://splicd.com/Mr-zER6idsM/5/30
That guy is a natural. Inspired by this, I shot this video me doing something similar on cajon. What fun maamu!
Funnily enough, this piece took me the most practice runs before I recorded it. The beats are usually so impromptu that I really could not focus on a 'constructing' a piece. Every time I would just wing away and start playing without being able to repeat myself the same way. So I had to actually sit and concentrate (even write down some notes) so that I could add a little bit of structure.
I was skeptical about the audio quality if I shot a video. However it turned out not that bad. But the audiophile in me, I split the audio and video tracks, processed the audio a little bit and relayered it on the edited video. Windows Movie Maker is not Camtasia, but its ok for these kinds of simple editing I guess..
P.S: I also included a rare ARR dappankuthu piece. Can you figure out which song that is?
For those who don't know, Dappankuthu is the music dance combo that is popular in south of India mostly in Tamil Nadu. For more information read this hilarious wiki page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dappan_koothu
A naturally energetic form of music dominated by percussion, is often accompanied by the drunken dance. But there is no denying that if there is Tamil blood flowing throw your veins, there is no way you sit quietly when these beats start playing. You either start whistling or dancing. Here is a clip of what Suneesh shared with me:
http://splicd.com/Mr-zER6idsM/5/30
That guy is a natural. Inspired by this, I shot this video me doing something similar on cajon. What fun maamu!
Funnily enough, this piece took me the most practice runs before I recorded it. The beats are usually so impromptu that I really could not focus on a 'constructing' a piece. Every time I would just wing away and start playing without being able to repeat myself the same way. So I had to actually sit and concentrate (even write down some notes) so that I could add a little bit of structure.
I was skeptical about the audio quality if I shot a video. However it turned out not that bad. But the audiophile in me, I split the audio and video tracks, processed the audio a little bit and relayered it on the edited video. Windows Movie Maker is not Camtasia, but its ok for these kinds of simple editing I guess..
P.S: I also included a rare ARR dappankuthu piece. Can you figure out which song that is?
