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Sitar Mania by Ashwin Batish

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Sitar Mania is the title track of Ashwin Batish's raga rock fusion Sitar Power album #2. As with the other Sitar Power songs, this one is highly energetic and will make you want to dance! You can visit Ashwin's web site at www.sitarpower.com and review a huge collection of old articles, pics etc Ashwin Batish is an extraordinary sitarist and tabla player. He received training in the North Indian classical tradition from his father S.D. Batish and later created his own unique fusion of Indian classical sitar with pop, rock, jazz, calypso, funk... an example of a few hybrids he excels at. He is famous for such songs as the Bombay Boogie, Raga Rock, Raga Jazz, Casbah Shuffle and Sitar Mania. Ashwin is also very well know for being an educator. His series of instructional videos for the sitar, tabla, dilruba, dholak, vichitra veena, harmonium and tanpura that he has produced with his father Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish have become a very sought after commodity by the Indian music student. Ashwin gives private and group Indian music lessons at his Santa Cruz, California USA facility and is often called upon by various music festivals and universities to perform his sitar and be a guest lecturer for weekend workshops and seminars on Classical Indian music, raga jazz, ethnopop, and raga rock sitar fusion styles. Ashwin Batish's pioneering effort in worldbeat music called "Sitar Power" has earned him some critical reviews and great respect in the music community. The sitar is ageless in Ashwin's hands. It is souped up for amplification and effects! We hope you get to catch one of Ashwin's electric performances. His music is as dynamic as his stage presence. Visit his web site at ashwinbatishdotcom and check out media reviews and sound clips.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: January 31, 2007 at 11:25 am
Author: ragmala

Length: 0:04:49
Rating: 4.52
Views: 153,630

Tags: sitar tabla music raga rock classical fusion india indian pop jazz upbeat ethnic dance dancing high energy instrumental

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Video Comments:
thedagdamor (Sunday 14th of September 2008 07:23:02 PM)
The drums sound like a type I don't remember the name but they have a large surface area and you hit them with your hand then slide your palm to create the effect you're hearing
wdsdyln (Wednesday 8th of October 2008 08:50:05 PM)
the drum you're thinking of is a tabla
CrOeDdE (Friday 10th of October 2008 10:38:29 AM)
Drums are called the tabla
newcastle15 (Sunday 7th of September 2008 04:45:29 AM)
Doubleohasian, they're tabla
billyt4515 (Saturday 6th of September 2008 06:47:52 PM)
wow man! woah! where did you learn that! i can only play mario and amazing grace! you are my absolute hero! keep on rocking in the highly oppressed free world of india!
doubleohasian (Monday 1st of September 2008 11:00:50 PM)
the drums, are they a standard bongo or something different? they have and intriguing sound.
apx90 (Wednesday 16th of July 2008 01:10:28 PM)
sitar hero
superscythe495 (Wednesday 16th of July 2008 08:45:36 AM)
its like the cliffs of dover of sitar.....
ZirclesAndZyre (Tuesday 17th of June 2008 08:03:20 AM)
ive set my mind on one day learning sitar, i saw this when i youtubed it and i thot it was good.
u2dum2liv (Thursday 12th of June 2008 12:47:43 AM)
I could see sitar mania being the title of a guitar hero style game....honestly Really good music, with a really good feel, good dynamics