" He seemed to pluck notes from an impregnable abyss; sewing them seamlessly into dazzling swaras with a tone so rich it moved people to tears."
These are lines from an article about the great musician T.R.Mahalingam, 'flute mali' as he is fondly called.
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/11/10/stories/2006111000680300.htm
I was touched when i read these lines. Rather i was fascinated by the author's involvment.Can music really make people cry?
I had never listened to instrumental music before that, especially flute.
The next thing i did was tried to go get a cd of 'flute mali'.
Being in bangalore,i went to Crossword, Music world, Planet M, and every other shop which looked like having a decent collection.I tried to look for a carnatic music section and realised that there was only a classical music section and that too was filled with Hindustani music cd's.I hardly did find anything in vocal or instrumental carnatic music.I decide to ask for some help and went to the man in the counter and asked him if he had a cd of TR Mahalingam. He looked at me as if i was asking for some alien inhabitant. 'Execuse me' was the reply i got.
I repeated 'T R Mahalingam, he plays the flute.'
'Oh... would u like to try Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, he is amazing' he said.
'Mmm...sure, but not rite now, as i am looking for T R Mahalingam' i said and walked out. This was the reply or even worse in most of the places.
I logged on the Raaga and listened to his music. It was phenomenal.I really din kno, instrumental and that too flute could sound so exceptionally amazing.Well, thats really not it all.. theres so much more....
It got me to explore a whole new genre of instrumental music.
Now it seems plausible, it really can get u cry sometimes.....
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hmmm, now i guess, i might get a lil inspierd to open raaga.com , carnatci page! i realised music has a deep impact to affect the psychy!~ now, i will def try n see if mali does affect dis male!;)
u knw, d library n store at all india radio has a collection of such cd's and cassettes on sale.. m sure mali wud hav given some performances at air! so.. i might be able to get hold of some of his live recordings! try it out!
TR Mahalingam ..?? OK but I know a close cousin of his who is an artist in his own rights.. He s called TR too.. T Rajender to be exact.. I can mail you some of his cds if you want it
paaa.. Gokul !!!!!
hi,
chanced upon your blog. i'm the guy who wrote the mali piece in hindu. i could give you a few of his recordings if you are still interested. thanks for the praise.
regards
shiva kumar
Maali's music are one of the bests!
You get TRM's CDs in all shops I think, that guy must be a new one(music illiterate).. I have heard a lot from my teacher about Mali, the unfortunate thing is 'He dies soon' and a lot of his music was missed. I wonder why these guys pick up such passion to anything they like(he was a hard core drunkard I have heard too)
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