Hi Russ.
To me this is the very best photo. of Ravi I have ever seen. He looks like a god in this to me anyway. . as though he had taken his aspect upon him.
That's what inspired me.
Funny thing that I mis-spelled "Playing". . guess I was laughing too much to notice.
PhotoShop is such a neat program. . a little hard to learn at first - but very deep and neat.
Cheers, Peter.
Yeah, I haven't seen this cover to Two Raga Moods in a long time. Good lighting fx. That was the second Ravi album I bought, about 34 years ago now. I'd still have it if my cat had not of jumped on it as it was playing! Photoshop is a good program, but a little pricy. I use Ulead software. It can do the same thing but has to be done manually. Rough on the eyes, but good for the hand cordination.
I've heard of Indian musicians growing extra limbs after years of having to cook meals, wash and iron the guru�s cloths, and practice their instrument all at the same time. Well, the cat�s out of the bag. It took modern technology, Adobe�s new digital video analyzing software program, �Super-fast Capture of Awesome Musicianship� (SCAM) to prove what we all have suspected about Pt. Shankar all these years. Nice catch, Peter! � K.K.
Russ (May 13, 2002 12:49 p.m.):
Yeah, I haven't seen this cover to Two Raga Moods in a long time. Good lighting fx. That was the second Ravi album I bought, about 34 years ago now. I'd still have it if my cat had not of jumped on it as it was playing! Photoshop is a good program, but a little pricy. I use Ulead software. It can do the same thing but has to be done manually. Rough on the eyes, but good for the hand cordination.
Hi Russ, nice you had the album at any rate.
Originally released in 1967 as EMI Music From India Series - 4 I think this may perhaps have been re-released about a year later as "Two Raga Moods".
In spite of my keeping my copy away from the cat all this time, my copy still sounds fairly nasty - perhaps because exposure to certain psychedelics acted as a solvent on the vinyl or maybe it was the stylii made from old broken coke bottles that did it this way.
At any rate it now sounds very crunchy - like an old 78 so perhaps I can find a CD of this somewhere - anyone know?
Lars (May 13, 2002 07:25 p.m.):
Er, ummm I think you already have it on CD? Did one for Russ from the LP and thought I sent one to you too?
"I've looked under chairs,
I've looked under tables. . etc. etc.
They call me the seeker,
I've been looking low and high-eeeee
Won't get to get what I'm after,
'Til the day I diiii-eeeee"
Nar mate - can't find it. Postman must have nicked it.
Duuuuurn!
Jerry, sitar is usually balanced using the rt forearm on the tumba side. If your legs or knees have arthritis, poor circulation or muscle strain, you can raise your rt leg & knee a bit to help support it. Some folks do this, but it places extra tension on my leg, hips and back, and I can't hold it for long. So I usually just adjust my complete posture to move the center of gravity a bit.
