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Carnatic Music Quotes by Sid Sriram

9 Carnatic Music quotes by Sid Sriram

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If you’ve ever felt the pull of South Indian classical sounds, these nine quotes from Sid Sriram capture why that music moves us. He pins down the emotion behind the ragas without getting lost in jargon, making this a handy primer for anyone curious about the art form.

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The inner core of my being is Carnatic music.

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My roots are Carnatic music. I think everything stems from that.

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I owe so much of my musical growth to my exploration and performance of Carnatic music.

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I come from a musical family, and Carnatic music made up so much of my childhood, my upbringing, and my musical transition.

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My idea is to take the improvisational excitement that takes place with Carnatic music and juxtapose that in different sonic contexts.

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Across generations, the torch-bearers of Carnatic music have mastered the art form of connection.

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Growing up, any time I would sit down with my grandfather to learn or talk about Carnatic music, he would bring up…

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When it comes to 'Maruvaarthai,' I have said many a time that Carnatic music drives my creative influence. In that sense, Darbuka…

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The performance of Carnatic music is multi-dimensional and layered. A performance is at once an artiste's cathartic process of personal exploration and…

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From when I first started listening to music, M. S. Subbulakshmi has been one of my biggest influences. She poured her heart and life…

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Any musical output is emotional.

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Thanks to my family and guru. They were quite confident that I could do it and think about music as a full-time career.

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My mom, Latha Sriram, is my first guru.

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'Entropy' will be a kaleidoscope of thought processes and my identity as an Indian who grew up in California.

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The youth is hungry for good music; I feel responsible and glad that I can be an agent who can mentally, emotionally stimulate them…

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'6 Weeks' is broken up into two sections; both sections use the same set of samples, just in different ways.

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'Maruvarthai' was an exciting song for me because it showcased my Carnatic roots.

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On the surface, being a musician can look pretty glamorous. But so much work goes into it.

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Listening to A. R. Rahman as a five-year-old opened my mind to a whole new set of creative dimensions.

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