Violinist in a rare genre of music from the East.

I'm a #Violinist and I perform, play and teach this style called #Gaayaki-Ang or the singing style. The uniqueness of this genre and style is such that we try to emulate the nuances, subtleties and intricacies of the vocal music of the East Indian system that comprises of two basic lineages i.e. North and South #Indian Classical styles. Musicians from all over the globe have now been exposed to this music but there are very few good teachers and exponents of this #Gaayaki-Ang style on the #Violin, #Viola, #Cello and other stringed instruments.

What is this #Gaayaki-Ang genre of violin playing?
What are the noticeable effects of listening to or being a practicing musician in this genre, on the recipients and practitioners?

As a practitioner of this genre of music, the foremost effect that I've observed in my performances [Concerts or studio recordings alike] is my losing contact with the “I” and “I- Think” modes, effortlessly and elegantly. Whenever I perform on stage, I perform with freedom, that only my Spirit can make me feel elegant and comfortable about.

Artists of this genre can often find themselves in a state of mind, where they no longer see / know of a separation from the audience. But when they [Consciously] open their eyes and find each nodding head in the audience, a clear gesture of appreciation directed at the art and the artist, there’s always a disconnect between them and the performer.

But, the performer is “One with them” through the art and its artistic delineation.

I often have the feeling that something moves deep within my spine, as it does through the violin, making us synchronous and in harmony with one goal only - a feeling called, "Being-Blissful”. This feeling actually causes a small vibration in the middle of the spine called 'Spunda' or Spundana. This is when I feel 'Triggered' into Oneness with my audience and through the musical Praana that flows outward and brings back a 'Never felt before joy' from the recipients .

Whenever I visit a hospital or a clinic, I feel a great comfort around all kinds of patients, while I see deep concern and pain in others' eyes or sorta feel the vibrations of their heartbeats go faster or slower. I feel, I can do so much more through my music for the ailing people around me. My aim is also to provide a musical sensitivity to the patients of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's ailments, particularly. I have faith that micro-tonal music can heal or reduce the intensity of such ailments.

When on stage, the artist portraying this form of music, feels a complete detachment with and from specific outcomes. The art of perfection is set aside as only a tool, as we explore into deeper zones of both creative and non-creative thought processes, as we reach far and farther crowds. Sometimes, the practitioners connect with them mystically too and with those that are not even in proximity. Sometimes, we do get carried away, as all creative artists do but the one stroke of being able to “Observe our own breath” helps us get back to that state quickly and elegantly.

Spundana, causes a vibration within the Sushumna naadi, or more specifically a thin membrane inside the flow of cerebro-spinal fluid in the spinal column. It took me years of practice in meditative states of such a musical journey, to reach a level of identifying these finer aspects of musical receptivity by even practitioners. When the Pure sound or Nada is struck in several attempts, one of them actually causes a sensation deep into the Sushumna naadi, thus making the person receiving this music lose contact with the outer world through the physical senses for a fraction of a second, sometimes even longer. Then that person immediately begins to crave for the same feeling and thus connect with the music, flow deeper and faster. This also allows an energy flow between each of the recipients and the practitioner, when the vital force flows through the umbilical chords of each individual. Such is the power of this form of music.

I play my music or sing with complete awareness, never with disdain and courageously delve into the darker zones of the 'Unknown', within the realms of the waves of natural flow -- or what the Yogis and Yoginis know and call "Vinnyaasa". Hence, my music connects deeply with Yoga Therapists, Practitioners, Massage Therapists, Relaxation at the Spa kind of people, even for Inflight entertainment videos for Airlines, Meditation camps, #Reiki and #Pranic healing sessions and such. This form of music has a very serene and slow pattern of beginning, called “Aalaap”, then develops to a medium tempo Nom-Tom progressing to intricate mathematical permutation and combination of notes and raga essences, such as #Bhaava, #Rasa and #Laya. Then it peaks to a finale or climax of faster patterns, where the energy charged up in each listener is one of the highest forms of the creative force.

Last, but not the least, I am completely available to people who seek a lecture or demonstration on what happens to each of the 13 #Chakras of our human existence through a parallel experience of this form of a musical journey through active performance. Micro-tones do relate to Chakras and the realms of consciousness. That brings out the best in each such practitioner and recipient. The second article on this subject alludes directly towards the actual alignment of #Chakras with #Gaayaki-Ang music.

I tend to blend and integrate faith based musical systems from the Christian beliefs and the eastern philosophies. This, I presume, was one of the hallmarks of the master saint Jesus Christ and he is respected, loved and worshipped for centuries and globally for spreading the message, practicing and teaching “Love is God and God is Love”.

Although, I have been exposed to #Jazz, #Improv and other styles of the Western World, I still continue to be rooted in my traditional lineage and its discipline for various reasons. Some of these reasons will be explained in some of the videos I intend to post in the days and months to come, for students and practicing musicians, performers and connoisseurs alike.