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SDhawan schrieb:

particleman schrieb: soulforged schrieb: Where tha %@#%@ do u get these ones??? :? SDhawan schrieb: Sir, I got it right here in this !#@%ing Delhi ! At music world. Ha, ha, this is my favourite exchange from this thread. :D आलंक्रित भाषा की प्रशंसा के लिए धन्यवाद :hail

डाक्टर साहब शुक्रिया तो मुझे अदा करना चाहिये । हमारे देश कि भाशा सुनकर बडी खुशी हुई । माफ़ किजिये मेरी हिन्दी कमजोर है ।

G_S_Madhav schrieb:

Hi Doctor, How you got this 'आलंक्रित भाषा की प्रशंसा के लिए धन्यवाद '? SUhas

महाशय,अगर गूगल करना आता हो तो कोई काम मुश्किल नही!

हम भी सिख गये.

असुविधाके लिये खेद है

प्रतिक्षा किजिये आप कतार मै है

मेरा भारत महान

सुहास गोखले

यह है मात्र-भाषा: मां तुझे सलाम

यह है पित्र-भाषा: @$#@!&(*)%$#@#%))%^)&(@%)@)$!(^$)^@(!$!@$(@

हिन्दी के प्रोहत्सान का मैं स्वागत करता हुं ।

Got a very nice CD today...
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River in Reverse

Bhagwanji, my Jan Garbarek collection is expanding...got "Rites" and Keith Jarrett collaboration "Personal Mountains" as well. I am really enjoying his music.

SDhawan schrieb:

यह है मात्र-भाषा: मां तुझे सलाम यह है पित्र-भाषा: @$#@!&(*)%$#@#%))%^)&(@%)@)$!(^$)^@(!$!@$(@ हिन्दी के प्रोहत्सान का मैं स्वागत करता हुं ।

मालिक आप तो जज्बाती हो गए!

कहीं निशाना मेरे पे तो नही था??? मैं तो केवल अपनी निराशा व्यक्त कर रहा था कि जो हम ढूंढ ढूंढ कर हार गए वो आपको इतनी आसानी से मिल गई...

बगल मे छोरा, शहर मे ढिंढोरा

नहीं महोदय, ना तो मैं भावुक हुआ और ना ही मेरा संकेत आपकी ओर था।

मैं तो केवल मात्र-भाषा की पित्र-भाषा से तुलना कर रहा था।

आप निश्चिंत रहें

Now I feel as though I am in a Ramanand Sagar tv series.

particleman schrieb:

Now I feel as though I am in a Ramanand Sagar tv series. 8)

...and very very far from a hifi-forum!

ha so coming back to now playing

Was listening to Susheela Raman and Sheila Chandran. Wonderful they are.
Also Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard ensemble - officium- very soothing and nice

Many a songs have a silent pause in them. Please take the above exchange as that ... and let the music play on.

SDhawan schrieb:

Many a songs have a silent pause in them. Please take the above exchange as that ... and let the music play on. :hail

Wah! Kya baat hai. Very well put.

Achha, back on topic...

Listening to:

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus

I am waiting for Rhythm House to find and send me:
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
...as it is one of the best jazz records I have heard in recent times.

June christy, Big band specials.

A very good big band singer. Very good big band music.lovely 1962 capitol jazz recording. Somehow those engineers knew how to do it the right way ! It definately is one of my reference cd's.

Manek

[quote]Listening to:

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks[/quote]


Have you heard Magic Time? Released two years ago. Very, very soulful album.

Shahrukh schrieb:

Have you heard Magic Time? Released two years ago. Very, very soulful album.

No I haven't. Thanks for the recommendation, I will try to get my hands on it.

Brahms - Complete works for Violin & Piano.
Nikolas Znaider & Yefim Broniman.
A really lovely Album both music & recording Quality wise.
Listen to this ,Manek- you'll love it !

Tks for the tip kamal

Eva Cassidy :Songbird
Joe Satriani: Extremist..my first of this guy..he is good !

just back after a longish travel..missed my HiFi a lot (of course missed my family a lot more !!)

Kamal schrieb:

Brahms - Complete works for Violin & Piano. Nikolas Znaider & Yefim Broniman.

http://www.yefimbronfman.com/

I had the great luck of getting to hear him 'live' in Mumbai 2 years back @ NCPA. He is a great artist !
'virtuoso pianist'

Arj schrieb:

Eva Cassidy :Songbird

I like all the albums of Eva.
Sad she passed away. Lovely singer.
I really liked her.
Never sung for any professional recird label. Only for her Blixx Records.

bhagwan69 schrieb:

Arj schrieb: Eva Cassidy :Songbird I like all the albums of Eva. Sad she passed away. Lovely singer.

Amen to that.

Sharukh made me hear eva cassidy some time back and she does have a good voice.

Will now collect her music.

Seen this many times, we many times only appreciate artists in the wee hours of their lives or after they are gone. Sadly some other person makes more money on him/her than the artist during his/her lifetime.
Many who can't sing a verse to save their lives are rolling in dough. Really feel sad about the state of musical affairs nowadays.

Manek

Manek wrote:
Many who can't sing a verse to save their lives are rolling in dough. Really feel sad about the state of musical affairs nowadays
Who are the Artistes you had in mind, Manek?

Kamal schrieb:

Manek wrote: Many who can't sing a verse to save their lives are rolling in dough. Really feel sad about the state of musical affairs nowadays Who are the Artistes you had in mind, Manek?

I can think of a name right away but she seems to be very popular with many so I will desist...

The loss of Eva Cassidy on the other hand was tragic - she may have mostly covered others songs but she crafted them with such pure, undiluted emotion and energy that she made them her own. Her love for music shone through in every song and even the absence of financial success seemed to have little impact on her passion. This excerpt from an article about her says it all:

In the weeks before she died of a melanoma, a little-known Washington, DC, club singer made a last, valiant effort to record a song about brown leaves and grey skies on a winter's day. "I picked her up from her parents' house," says Eva Cassidy's musician-producer boyfriend, Chris Biondo, "and I tried to lay her down on the couch at the studio and hook mikes over the top of her. She tried to do California Dreaming. And she couldn't. She got so sick. "She was on a walker. She had lost her hair. She threw up every 10 minutes. I had the tape on and she tried to do it. And I looked at her and I said, 'I'm not going to get this one ..."' Cassidy was just 33 when she died in relative obscurity in late 1996. Now fans have bought millions of copies of six albums of her songs, only two completed before her death. That she persisted to the end is remarkable. She must have been discouraged by the level of uninterest in the music industry. Few then could have foreseen the clamour for her work in recent years. "She never, ever in her life made more than $250 for a gig," says Biondo, interviewed in a Melbourne hotel room during a visit to promote the latest in a series of posthumous albums. "More often than not, she would make $60 to $80. So she wasn't somebody who I would say was even middle-class in her earnings."

Update: For those not familiar with her work, here is a video of her performance at Blues Alley -- Autumn Leaves

Kamal, a few come to mind....I was about to blab those names when I read particlemans post. I thought I would not like to hurt peoples sentiments as to each his/her own preference.

I have had the honor of listening to the "raw" singing talents of a singer who was quite popular in our land a few years ago. Let me just say that I was well and truely shocked.

Manek

Have anybody of you heard this lady called Jacintha ?
still looking for her albums..has a fantastic voice.. BTW does "She who cannot be named" by any chance Krall ? or does that one have an illustrious indian father ?

I like Jancinthia - Groove Note & on XRCD.
I have 3 or 4 of her albums.

Diana sure loooks great. I think she looks better than she can sing...........

Ms. Shankar too - looks oh, but plays average [sitar].
Ms. Jones looks better, but sings average.

Why should one feel bad to say what they feel.
Some one can love them, no problem. I don't !

I like Rebecca Pidgeon [close 2nd for female vocal referance]
Kari Bremnes is my current 'referance' for female vocal
Mary Black was my prefious referance.
Sousan Vega too is good - but not used for testing.
Tracy Chapman too is great - referance material.

I will have to think of a few more. But there are many.
Good and poor;
I think a forum is all about opinions, we should express ourselves.

Hey ! I like diana krall !
:-)
I do also believe that her musicians are better...clayton, hamilton, wilson, pisano....lovely artists.

I like her becuase she does the standards and does them well.I really like her voice. Not a great singer but does use her voice well to her advantage.

She also has al schmidt as her recording engineer so good recordings.

Manek schrieb:

Kamal, a few come to mind....I was about to blab those names when I read particlemans post. I thought I would not like to hurt peoples sentiments as to each his/her own preference. I have had the honor of listening to the "raw" singing talents of a singer who was quite popular in our land a few years ago. Let me just say that I was well and truely shocked. Manek

C'mon Manek, plz back up your comment.
Musical tastes are so varied & subjective, I'm sure no one will take offense!

Many who can't sing a verse to save their lives are rolling in dough.

Yes, I agree. But also keep in mind, that some are singers and others - Entertainers.

I suspect that its the Entertainers that rake it in more often....

More Cassidy trivia: Her voice has so much emotion, it is believed that Sting wept like a baby when heard her version of "Fields of gold" for the first time.

Arj schrieb:

Have anybody of you heard this lady called Jacintha ? still looking for her albums..has a fantastic voice.. BTW does "She who cannot be named" by any chance Krall ? or does that one have an illustrious indian father ?

I have !She is from Singapore.

I have this one CD by her.For the life of me,I just cannot remember what it's called at the meoment.

It opens with a French version of Autum Leaves.

I have not heard the CD for the longest while.

While she has a suoerb voice, I'm not sure whether she is 'up there' with the rest.

K

I agree with Krish !

'J' has a nice voice & sings well; However she is not up 'there'.

Arj said :

Have anybody of you heard this lady called Jacintha ? still looking for her albums..has a fantastic voice..

For those who are so inclined, you can download the following Jacintha CDs FREE.

1. Jacintha – Autumn Leaves: The Songs Of Johnny Mercer - XRCD

http://avaxsphere.com/music/t_jacintha_autumn_leaves.html



2. Jacintha Goes to Hollywood [Groove Note GRV 1040-3] [Hybrid Stereo SACD]

http://avaxsphere.co...0_3_hybrid_sacd.html



3. FIM Super Sound ! - XRCD24 - Audiophile

http://avaxsphere.co...m_super_sound_1.html




4. Jacintha - The Girl From Bossa Nova

320K mp3

http://avaxsphere.co...from_bossa_nova.html



5. Jacintha - Here's to Ben

320K mp3

http://avaxsphere.com/music/jacintha_heres_ben.html



6. Jacintha - Jacintha is Her Name

320K mp3

http://avaxsphere.co...tha_is_her_name.html


A HUGE Thanks to HerculePirate for pointing out the site, on this forum

Amp_Nut thanks !!

How do you convert .ape to FLAC or Wav ?

1. I use Fairstar Audio Converter. It will convert any audio format to any other.

Check the net, there should be some freeware too that does it.

APE files are by " Monkey Audio" check this site, maybe they have free ware ?

I think "APERIPPER" is freeware.

2. If you are using Nero to burn the CD, there are plugins ( just dll files ) that will enable Nero to convert APE to WAV while burning ( on the fly ).

However, I remain cautious of 'On The Fly' since it could cause glitches on the CD.

If you need help, let me know...

Check Out this link for an Audio Converter

http://avaxsphere.co...der_2_1_69_0530.html

Its from the same site that offers the Audiophile CD Rips.

Thats really cool..will try out that tonight..
Thanks

BTW what do you do with your downloaded files..keep them as digital or Burn them ?

BTW what do you do with your downloaded files..keep them as digital or Burn them ?

Both... actually, 3 things :

1. I hear them on my PC using Foobar.

2. Transfer onto my iPod

3. and Burn them on CD with the Cover Art printed out on Photo paper..

Note, if you have a single large audio file ( APE or FLAC Or WAV ) burn as an Image... Using The .CUE file, and NOT the Large audio file.

If you burn the Large Audio file, the entire CD will burn as a Single file and you will not be able to jump tracks while playing on a CD player...

Amp_Nut schrieb:

Note, if you have a single large audio file ( APE or FLAC Or WAV ) burn as an Image... Using The .CUE file, and NOT the Large audio file. If you burn the Large Audio file, the entire CD will burn as a Single file and you will not be able to jump tracks while playing on a CD player...

Learnt this the hard way

me too !

Picked up this double CD album called 'The Classical Indian Collection' from a music store in Athens.

The album is a diverse sampling of collaborations and connections between Indian and Western Classical music.

The tracks cover a wide gamut ranging from symphonic classical fusion - Ravi Shankar with the LSO conducted by Andre Previn to early jazz collaborations - John Mayer + Indo Jazz Fusion Group ( not to be confused with the other JM of room full of squares fame) and then the more contemporary electronic hybrids - Badmarsh & Shree, Midival Punditz...

The other interesting thing about this album is that almost all the collaborations feature either the flute or the violin.

Excellent ! Grab a copy if you can mananage to lay your hands on one.

K

Amp_Nut schrieb:

Check Out this link for an Audio Converter http://avaxsphere.co...der_2_1_69_0530.html Its from the same site that offers the Audiophile CD Rips. ;)

this thing is cool.. THANKS !

do you burn using Nero or EAC ? i found the ape plugins for nero..is there something available for EAC as well ?

Coming back to the topic...



Got the MoFI version on avaxhome... heh heh!!

hey..i have that on download too.

Class... that's all I can say. Class!!

do you burn using Nero or EAC ? i found the ape plugins for nero..is there something available for EAC as well ?

I burn with Nero.

EAC does notrecognise many burners ... :-(

I guess there Must be an ape plugin or Nero.

However, I have stayed away from On-The-Fly conversions, as I suspect that they may create glitches... In fact a frind in the Netherlands experienced exactly that ( glitches ) it was solved when he used pre-converted files for burning...

Any other forum members care to share their experiences on this ?

Arj schrieb:

hey..i have that on download too.

HEy Arj, did you manage to download it? I keep getting a cue file error. Did you experience this?

Shahrukh,


Open the Cue file in a text editor such as notepad, and edit the 3rd or 4th line which refers to the main file as ***,ape to ***.wav.

Save and use.

Which CD are you referring to ? I can then give you the specific details.