Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 >"Bhaktisiddhartha Dasanudas" <bhaktisiddhartha ><bhaktisiddhartha >"Undisclosed Recipients" <bhaktisiddhartha >Hawaii Preaching Breakthrough: Techno Kirtan >Sat, 27 Apr 2002 23:09:39 -1000 > > >Harinam Arts Logo > > >Harinam Arts Virtual Kirtan Band > > >Kirtan Karaoke Mixes > > >Cool Backup Trax for Kirtan Festivals > > >Dear Maharajas, Prabhus and Didis, > >Dandavat pranams. All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga! > >Apologies for writing again, but this is so exciting I just have to tell >you about it. > >It all started a few weeks ago when my friend Abhirama said, "Hare Krsna >raves." > >With my characteristic deep brahminical thoughtfulness, I replied, >"Huh?" > >"Hare Krsna raves," he repeated, frowning as if I was some kind of >apoplectic fossil. "Techno music with Vedic mantras. It's the latest >thing. The kids love it. They'd eat it up faster than gulabjamins." > >Since Abhirama is, at least from my perspective, still a kid himself, >his statement had a lot of street cred. (Abhirama informs me that if you >don't know what 'street cred' is by now, you really are an apoplectic >fossil.) > >Abhirama proceeded to give me an adolescent reality check. Kids love to >go to raves and dance for hours to blaring techno-rock. As I myself had, >at his age, done roughly similar things-once or twice-I got his point: >this could be a hot new preaching field. > >I had already experimented successfully with kirtan workshops at yoga >centers, following the popular, trendy CDs and concerts by artists like >Krishna das and Jai Uttal. Since I happen to have a digital recording >studio, I quickly threw together some experimental techno kirtan mixes, >and tested them by volunteering to DJ at parties. People in Hawaii love >to party. > >The results wildly exceeded my expectations. People who normally would >never be caught dead chanting mantras or going to a mandir were dancing >up a storm and singing the maha-mantra at the top of their lungs. >Clearly, Abhirama Prabhu was on to something. > >I was inspired. I proceeded into full-steam audio production. I ordered >some discs of cool samples and heavy loops, and disappeared into the >studio for a couple of weeks. The result? Read on... or if you're >impatient and want to hear it now, go ><http://www.esoteric-teaching.org/music/vkb.htm> here. > >The Harinam Arts Virtual Kirtan Band CDs contain cutting-edge mixes made >from high-quality samples-the same ones used by top professional movie >and TV composers-arranged for the unique needs of kirtan artists. > >Ever lead a kirtan at a big feast, festival or party and wish you had a >rock-solid, edgy, professional world-beat band backing you up? One that >doesn't rush, always plays in tune and uses the latest cool ambient >sounds and samples? > >Or maybe you're a kirtan artist who's talented enough to record your own >CD, but can't afford thousands of dollars for equipment, studio time and >creative, professional-quality backup musicians? Well, now you can. > >You can rock out with just two or three musicians, and it'll sound like >a whole stage full of competent sidemen with sophisticated equipment. Or >record your own kirtan and bhajan CDs with nothing more than a personal >computer, affordable recording software and a microphone. The spiritual >sky's the limit! > >Virtual Kirtan Band is a unique, affordable set of CDs mixed in a >state-of-the-art 24-bit, 48-track digital studio using the best-quality >digital samples from top companies and sound designers like ILIO, >Spectrasonics, Sweetwater Sound, Peter Maunu, Eric Persing and many >others. Samples that cost thousands of dollars mixed on equipment that >cost thousands of dollars more. Arranged and mixed by expert kirtan >artists, devotees like you, for a reasonable price. > >Virtual Kirtan Band is made by kirtan devotees, for kirtan devotees. The >producers have been there, and know the problems and challenges you face >in actual kirtan performance in real-world conditions. You need >contemporary, dynamic music that will get the crowd's attention, then >settle into a comfortable groove, gradually building up to an intense, >sustained climax. You need a mix of slow and fast, short and long tracks >in different keys. And it should be cool, modern, exotic, sound great >even on an average sound system-and oh yeah, it must rock hard enough to >get people on their feet and make them dance. > >We originally created Virtual Kirtan Band for our own use in producing >kirtan raves and other festivals on Hawaii and the West Coast. We soon >realized the potential of these mixes to spark the creativity of kirtan >artists everywhere, and decided to license them as a separate product >line. > >Virtual Kirtan Band puts no limits on your creativity or expression. >Beyond basic major and minor key orientations, they're wide open. >Instrumentation is deliberately sparse and the mix is transparent, >leaving plenty of room for new layers of sound. Use them with >traditional tunes or your own compositions. Use them with any >combination of voices and instruments. Use them for live performance, >recording, resampling, remixing, broadcasting or any other creative >application that inspires you! > >I hope you find Virtual Kirtan Band useful and enjoyable. For complete >info and streaming MP3 samples go here ><http://www.esoteric-teaching.org/music/vkb.htm> . > >Best of all, I already have enough material for six more CDs! Rock on... >I mean, Haribol! > >Bhaktisiddhartha DasanudasHare Krsna, > >Bhaktisiddhartha Dasanudas > >PS -- For some more traditional kirtan and bhajan CDs, go to >www.esoteric-teaching.org/ ><http://www.esoteric-teaching.org/store/music.htm> store/music.htm > > > _______________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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