Music - a way of life

For me music ,especially carnatic music , is very special . I would say it has brought a change in my life , both personally and career wise. I have been always learning music ,while I was in Mumbai , but then I was not able to realise the granduer of carnatic music . concert by , during 95-96 end , i was not performing that good , in studies , found chennai new , always used to be just watching hindi films, then I started going to tuitions where i met highly ambitious seniors , somewhere i deceided to start working hard also in 1997 begining i made it to first live concert by , Shri N.Vijay Siva in anantha padmanabhaswami temple . I was so impressed by his performance , and slowly started listening to different musicians and their cds and cassetes, I really dont know if it was a coincidence or blessing , i starded doing very well in studies , from then i have been doing good , and in my colleges i have always been a rank holder .listening to music is like meditation to me , We have carnatic music forum , headed by Dr.Sunder , where i coordinate the programmes along with my guru , Smt UshaBharadwaj.I beleive every musician has some good quality in his music , i am definetly illetrate when it comes to technical nuances , but i can feel the ragam , identify probably some of them . Today , i have attended more than 200 concerts , still most of the week ends i try to go to a concert , and learn whatever possible. I will post about my favourites soon........