1<html> 2<head> 3 4<meta name="KEYWORDS" content="sitar, indian music, fusion, raga rock, music instruction, instructional videos, sitar music, sitar lessons, electric sitar, indian sitar, Bombay Boogie, Jazz, World Beat, Worldbeat, hindustani sangeet, in, of, and,"> 5<meta name="DESCRIPTION" content="Ashwin Batish is an extraordinary sitarist. He was trained in the North Indian classical tradition by his father and latter formed his own unique fusion of Indian classical sitar with pop, rock, jazz, calypso, funk... to name a few hybrids that he excells at. He is famous for such songs as the Bombay Boogie, Raga Rock, and Sitar Mania"> 6 7 8<title>Sitar Power - Worldbeat Raga Rock by Ashwin Batish</title> 9</head> 10 11 12<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF" link=cyan alink=cyan vlink=yellow> 13<font face="Arial,Helvetica,Verdana"> 14 15<body bgcolor"ffffff"> 16 17<font face="Arial,Helvetica"> 18 19 20<center> 21 22<table CELLPADDING=15 RULES=cols> 23<tr> 24<td align=left valign=top width=150> 25<font color=magenta> 26 27For Concert Booking, Media Interviews, Radio Service, call Ashwin directly at: (831) 423-1699 or email: [email protected] 28 29<p> 30Members: Ashwin Batish, Keshav Batish, Meena Batish, Myron Dove, Eliot Nemzer, Murray Low, Andrew Foehner, David Harnish +special guests always! 31<p> 32 33Label: Batish Records, Santa Cruz, California, USA, (ASCAP) 34</font> 35<p> 36 37<center> 38 39<a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=88" target=0> 40<img src="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/Sitar_Power_3_by_Ashwin_batish_CD_Cover.jpg" width=200 alt="Sitar Power generation 3 by Ashwin Batish. All rights reserved. Copyrighted image"> 41</a> 42<br><br> 43<img src="http://www.ashwinbatish.com/images/ashwin-and-keshav-batish-look.jpg" align=center width=200 alt="Ashwin Batish and Keshav Batish playing traditional North Indian sitar and tabla - live at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz. All rights reserved. ©2012 Ashwin Batish. Copyrighted image. Photographer Chris Bratt"> 44<br><br> 45<img src="http://www.ashwinbatish.com/images/Ashwin-Batish.jpg" align=center width=200 alt="Ashwin Batish live at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz. All rights reserved. ©2012 Ashwin Batish. Copyrighted image. Photographer Chris Bratt"> 46<br><br> 47 48<img src="http://www.ashwinbatish.com/images/Ashwin-2-150-dpi.jpg" align=center width=200 alt="Ashwin Batish live at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz. All rights reserved. ©2012 Ashwin Batish. Copyrighted image. 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Photographer Chris Bratt"> 61<br><br> 62<img src="http://www.ashwinbatish.com/images/Ashwin Batish on Tabla.jpg" align=center width=200 alt="Ashwin Batish and Keshav Batish playing traditional North Indian sitar and tabla - live at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz. All rights reserved. ©2012 Ashwin Batish. Copyrighted image. Photographer Chris Bratt"> 63<br><br> 64<img src="http://www.ashwinbatish.com/images/ashiwn-myron-keshav-by-barbara-adjusted-small.jpg" align=center width=200 alt="Ashwin Batish and Keshav Batish playing traditional North Indian sitar and tabla - live at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz. All rights reserved. ©2012 Ashwin Batish. Copyrighted image. Photographer Chris Bratt"> 65<br><br> 66<img src="http://www.ashwinbatish.com/images/ashwin-300-dpi.jpg" align=center width=200 alt="Ashwin Batish live at the Kuumbawa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz. All rights reserved. ©2012 Ashwin Batish. Copyrighted image. Photographer Chris Bratt"> 67<br><br> 68 69<img src="http://www.ashwinbatish.com/images/ashwin-meena-murray-150-dpi.jpg" align=center width=200 alt="Ashwin Batish live at the Kuumbawa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz. All rights reserved. ©2012 Ashwin Batish. Copyrighted image. Photographer Chris Bratt"> 70<br><br> 71 72<img src="http://www.ashwinbatish.com/images/ashin-keshav-meena-JTMF-150.jpg" align=center width=200 alt="Ashwin Batish live at the Joshua Tree Music Festival with meena batish and Keshav Batish. All rights reserved. ©2012 Ashwin Batish. Copyrighted image. Photographer Chris Bratt"> 73<br><br> 74 75 76 77</center> 78</td> 79<td align=left valign=top width="800"> 80 81 82 83<img src="http://www.ashwinbatish.com/images/Sitar-Power-Band-300-dpi-with sitar power title.jpg" width=800 alt="Ashwin Batish with his Sitar Power group - live at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz. All rights reserved. ©2012 Ashwin Batish. Copyrighted image"> 84 85 86 87 88 89<h1>Sitarzan Ashwin Batish</h1> 90 91<h3>Worldbeat Raga Rock!</h3> 92 93<b><i>Musical globalization visualized through the mind of a master sitar player</b></i> 94 95 <p> 96 97Don't ever tell Sitar man Ashwin Batish that Worldbeat music is just a fad; he will take you for a musical spin that will surely change your mind. Almost thirty years ago, he was one of the early pioneers that triggered the growth of the Worldbeat genre with his really amazing concoction of songs released under the CD titled Sitar Power. With songs such as the Bombay Boogie, Raga Rock, Casbah Shuffle and India Beat, his music broke all barriers and went to top ten on NPR and college radio across USA and Canada prompting numerous concerts at prestigious venues such as the Vancouver Folk Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival and the Winnipeg Folk Festival in Canada. 98 <p> 99 In the early 80's, Ashwin was a part of an elite group of musicians across the world that exploded on the scene and started to get attention on radio and in the media for breakthrough sounds of Worldbeat music that was based on the rich traditions of India, Africa, Middle East, and other exotic cultures. To such global sounds were added a healthy dose of Western beat music taken directly from pop, jazz, dance etc. The airwave dance floors were suddenly alive with the music created by these early birds with DJs (many of them baby boomers) reflecting the same sentiment, and started programming these new sounds generously to their audiences. Perhaps they were truly happy to see such blends as welcome relief to what they were spinning. Or perhaps they were sensing and thus taking the upper hand in breaking this new sound that they found showed promise. 100 <p> 101 Most such musical projects were self financed by individual artists, including Ashwin. As this music started getting attention, it was not long before music scouts were let loose by some of the major record labels to research "World beat" and the artists attached with this breakthrough sound. Ashwin recalled getting calls from A&M, Rounder, and Tower Records etc. requesting sample copies. "They just wanted to hear the music. I was excited because I thought they wanted to sign me on!" After a while, Ashwin realized that they were more interested in researching the sound so they could tailor their releases to match. "The record labels were concerned that my music was getting all this attention. I got the feeling they did not like being dethroned from the top 10 spots as it cut into their comfort zone." 102 <p> 103 While the majors were pondering such issues, a well respected Irish and Celtic heavy label, Shanachie Records, called Ashwin and asked him to sign on to their roster for their newly formed department of World music called "Worldbeat-Ethnopop." "It was explained to me that four breakthrough artists were being grouped together to form the spearhead in launching Shanachie's venture into Worldbeat - a genre that was later to become a staple for Shanachie. These artists were Ashwin Batish - Sitar Power (Raga Rock), Obey Nagomi - My Wife Bought A Taxi, Ofra Haza - 50 Gates of Wisdom (Yemenite songs), and Dissidenten - Sahara Electric. The Shanachie push helped direct the Western world into the Worldbeat era. As more artists were signed on to the Shanachie roster, Worldbeat started thriving and gaining momentum. 104 <p> 105 The Shanachie - Batish relationship dissolved after a successful run and Ashwin got married and got busy raising a family. He and his father, Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish, formed the Batish Institute of Indian music and Fine Arts in Santa Cruz, California to teach music of India with regular classes at their facility in Santa Cruz. With time on his hands, he spent it creatively in strengthening the Batish record label and releasing almost 100 titles of educational CD and DVD titles to teach the music of India through the institute and through mail order outlets such as Amazon and iTunes. It was this precious time with his father that Ashwin created some of his most effective training videos to teach Indian music. Although, secretly, his father was always encouraging Ashwin to pickup on where he had left off on the Worldbeat wagon. "My father was my biggest fan." recalls Ashwin. "He loved my music and all the titles I gave the songs. He often told me that "Your music belongs in a Bollywood movie!" After almost 10 years break, in 1994 Ashwin Batish released Sitar Power 2 picking up where he had left off and continuing his hard hitting rhythm oriented Raga beat music. In this release, he brought together more blends of sitar with R&B, Country, Samba, Blues, and Funk etc. He never lost sight of the "fun" side on things with song titles such as Sitar Mania, Cowboys and Indians, Surfing With the Sitar Man, Hi5. Again, his songs took off and surprisingly enough, Ashwin recalls that "Sitar Power 2 prompted almost an equal amount of sales for the first Sitar Power 1 album. It was like a resurgence. This took me by surprise as I was under the impression that we had tapped that market well." 106 <p> 107 So why was the title of "Worldbeat" so much more exciting then simply "World" or even "New Age" for Ashwin? 108 <p> 109"My music, my titles and my demeanor about what I present has always been under the gun among the marketing folks
109in the music industry. They have often tried to mold me into something that caters to their sense of taste so they can sell more music. "There was an instance where I was invited to dress up as a Maharaja and play my sitar at a very expensive Hollywood bash with the express stipulation that I don't open my mouth and speak any English! I refused to do this." 110 <p> 111 I have been advised often to change my titles to more serious sounding ones so my music gets taken more seriously. Sitar Power was too brash and feisty and frankly too bold. Many industry gurus had a problem with it. I remember, New Age was big when I started creating Sitar Power. I could never listen to it for too long without going "Ouch." I was never very happy of the loopy, repetitive, more elevator type, India influenced blends that were being generated by a new era of musicians that were using the new found midi revolution to give the spacey textures that, to me, had a plastic quality to them. It was also hard for me to get into a meditative mood as much of the New Age music was being created in the Western equal temperament. Thus, I had a really hard time with thirds and 6ths. They are just too sharp for my musical sensibilities. I felt that the world needed to listen to some good music that can really tear it up. "New Age music was born out of the traditional meditation classical music of North India and by artists that wanted to provide such meditative musical elements by using synthesizers as opposed to Indian sounding instruments. It allowed these musicians to bring meditation music to the Western masses with the sound and textures that the Western ear is used to. It was not designed to "shake the waters too much" as the emphasis was more on relaxing and meditation. It was not about performance skills but more about putting the listener in a state of mind that was relaxing and pretty much still. This is not to say that the music did not get its intended results. It did, but, for artists such as Ashwin, it was not about relaxing or going into deep meditative states. To him, the slow, repetitive nature of New Age was very monotonous. Ashwin did released 2 CDs under his label to cater to the meditation market under the Om Shanti Meditation banner but then turned his attention to the more challenging and invigorating fusion blends he calls Sitar Power. 112 <p> 113 "Worldbeat music is not traditional music by any means. It is not supposed to be. It stands apart from New Age, from Fusion and from traditional North Indian, in that it bring two separate elements to the table - my tradition and the Western rhythmic genres of rock, dance, Afro Cuban, Latin American, Country music etc. Nothing is sacred or escapes this form. The premise is 'to have fun!' I have always placed the 'fun' part on the top of the pyramid when it comes to composing songs in Worldbeat," says Ashwin. "If there is no fun or excitement you might as well relegate yourself to hitting that musical couch and slipping on the same old slippers and taking a nap! That's the safe route but that's not for me." 114 <p> 115 True. Safe to Ashwin is not an option. He has constantly pushed the envelope. Sitar Power - the third generation was released April 14th 2012. This latest release goes even further with some wild blends of his raga based sitar rock-outs on pieces such as 'Sitar Trek' (fusion of Funk and Indian music), 'East Indian Meets West Indian' (a superb combination of Indian Calypso that was inspired by Harry Belafonte), 'Sitarzan' (a hard hitting dance number that came out of the chaos of trying to be creative while raising 4 children!) In the midst of this environment that Ashwin thinks of as a jungle, you can hear his voice doing a Tarzan like call - except his is in a melodious raga style, you can sense the urgency of his life experiences especially at the end where his 4 year old daughter reminds him to stop the recording as they have to go pickup his son from school. Ashwin also seeks out another Latin sounding number he titles 'Suave' which is a pure delight to listen to and can easily belong on any Latin floor. A lovely blend of Raga and Jazz composed in 6 and aptly titled 'Raga Jazz' shows off some super cool sitar solos that transports one on a sitar ship loaded with delightful Ashwin concoctions. 116 <p> 117 All in all, one cannot help but take a step back and try and digest what Ashwin Batish brings to the table. He is not predictable by any means. In fact, one can safely say the opposite. "I find that one cannot get complacent with only a few ways of doing something. If one was to eat the same food again and again, they will get sick of it. My music is like a fresh selection on a table. I take a bite from each and I get the necessary variety in my diet." 118 <p> 119 Following along on Ashwin's fun stance when it comes to his Worldbeat compositions I give my songs fun names because the titles often speak of what inspired me to make the song in the first place." Our minds have a trigger mechanism when it comes to remembering our experiences. My song titles are a trigger that also helps me get into the mood of that song. This comes from the traditional approach of the ragas having the ability to evoke various moods." 120 <p> 121 Its a known fact that Ashwin is one of the early pioneers in the field "Raga-Rock" and "Worldbeat" music. He is also well known for his ability to shred some serious sitar. What is at issue is whether he see himself as an ambassador and thus feels it his duty to blend Indian music with the various World cultures. When asked this question he laughed and exclaimed joyously, When one is thirsty and in the middle of a desert, one does not see the water as Indian, or Latin, or American or Arabic; you just want to take a long gulp and satisfy your urge! It is so when I hear the various, and might I add magnificent, streams of music I am fortunate enough to be exposed to. I hit the ground running as soon as I hear something I like. I pick up my sitar and am already seeing that music belong in my sensibilities. Invariable, I have an idea to a new song and if I am close to a recorder, it goes in there as a rough track. The use of strong rhythm
121ic grooves taken out of pop, rock, and dance music, with the layering of powerful raga based sitar melodies over the top is what makes it - Sitar Power! 122 <p> 123 Ashwins first release was a 45 record that went straight to #1 in many of the NPR and college stations in U.S.A. and, as the news spread, it got picked up in other countries such as Germany, Denmark, U.K., Belgium, Australia to name a few. The European DJs picked up on Ashwin's rhythmic blends and his songs "Bombay Boogie" and India Beat" soon found home on the dance floors in many of the European clubs. Not to be out done, his music also found the same success in his native areas of U.S.A. and Canada. Such success triggered invites from music festivals prompting tours in U.S.A., Canada and Germany where Ashwin's live performances brought a pleasant change to the musical flavors presented by the festivals. 124 <p> 125 "Sitar Power 1" (1986) featured songs such as "Bombay Boogie, Raga Rock, Casbah Shuffle, India Beat, New Delhi Vice, Sitharmony and Sitar Magic." CD "Sitar Power 2" (1994) expands and adds more music that is highly groove oriented with super catchy melodies and his lighthearted song titles streak continued with song names such as "Sitar Mania, Hi5, Surfing with the Sitar Man, Cowboys and Indians, Cerebral, Tropicool, Misty and A Tabla For Two." Sitar Power the third generation (2012) CD features more fusions with Funk, Jazz, Latin, Calypso, Dance, and even a special classical piece that features his son Keshav playing the tabla that was recorded when he was about 12 years old. I love the Ashwins continued use of humorous song titles; Sitar Trek, Raga Jazz, East Indian Meets West Indian, Fun in Raga Dhani, Sitarzan, Smoky and the Pundit, Sitary Sitary Night, and Suave a beautiful Indo-Latin number. 126 <p> 127 It is the infusion of some key personnel that has helped Ashwin's music take another leap into the world of Sitar fusion. The new CD and live performances bring to the mix his sister Meena Batish on vocals, his son Keshav Batish on tabla and drum set, long time friend and music educator Eliot Nemzer on guitar, one of Bay Areas hottest Latin Pianists Murray Low on keyboards, Andrew Foehner on Congas and Djembe, and his long time friend and one of the worlds top Bass players, Myron Dove who has been the go to guy by such musical luminaries such as Santana, Robben Ford, Tony Furtado, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Narada Michael Walden, to name a few! 128 <p> 129 This explosive combination will be performing concerts and recording as the Sitar Power Group. We hope their success will take them all over the World presenting Ashwin's unique and mind-blowing sounds and combinations. 130 <p> 131 ~~ DC 132 <p> 133 134 135<h3>Ashwin Batish / Sitar Power sound bites and Social Media Links:</h3> 136 137<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/ashwinbatish" target=blank>Ashwin Batish EPK</a> 138<p> 139<a href="http://www.myspace.com/ragmala" target=blank>Ashwin Batish on Myspace</a> 140<p> 141<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ashwin-Batish/152920889987" target=blank>Ashwin Batish Facebook Fan Page</a> 142<p> 143 144 145 146<h3>Video Clips:</h3> 147 148 149 150<a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1121849064973" target=blank>Ashwin Batish & Myron Dove at the Winnipeg Folk Festival</a> 151<p> 152 153<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgGY_giWnz4" target=blank>Ashwin Batish and Keshav Batish Live at the Independant Club, San Francisco, California</a> 154 155 <p> 156 157<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqoqOYbyx-8" target=blank>Traditional Classical Concert Clip</a> 158 159 160<p> 161 Bombay Boogie, Musique Plus, Montreal, Canada 162 163http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THpiiDVGn0Q 164<p> 165Sitar Mania music video 166 167http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XquypgGTGho 168<p> 169 Ashwin Batish with Tabla wizard Zakir Hussain 170 171http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dLX8pgv9L4 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184<hr> 185 186<table width=800 align=center> 187<tr> 188<td> 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200<table bgcolor=black border=5 width="800" height="10" align=center> 201<td align=center bgcolor=black width="5%" valign="top"> 202<a href="http://batish.com/" target="_blank"><IMG ALT="Batish Home Page" align=left border=4 SRC ="http://batish.com/Images/logo1.gif" width="40"></a> 203</td> 204 205<td valign="top"> 206<table width="100%"> 207<tr> 208<td align=center> 209<a href="http://batish.com/catalog/" target="_blank"><b><FONT SIZE=1>CATALOG</font></b></a> 210</td> 211<td align=center> 212<a href="http://batish.com/archives/" target="_blank"><b><FONT SIZE=1>ARCHIVES</font></b></a> 213 214</td> 215<td align=center> 216<a href="http://raganet.com/" target="_blank"><b><FONT SIZE=1>RAGANET</font></b></a> 217</td> 218<td align=center> 219<a href="http://ragmala.com/" target="_blank"><b><FONT SIZE=1>RAGMALA</font></b></a> 220</td> 221<td align=center>
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317ier to a student's musical growth. This tutor covers many of the adjustments necessary to whip your sitar into performance shape. Topics Covered: Bridge adjustment using harmonics, Main string adjustment, Tuning beads adjustment, Tuning the frets for proper intonation, Adjustments to maximize the sitar's meend, Shimming the bridge - Program duration 62 minutes. www.batish.com"> 318</a> 319 320 321<br> 322 323 324 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=52" Target="blank"> 325 326<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/Sitar-String-Standard-Set-72dpi.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Sitar String Set 327Batish Style 328Batish Standard Sitar String Set: This contains 7 individually packed main and 13 sympathetic strings in a roll. The 2nd and 4th strings are the same gauge. These strings are very high grade and are packed with instructions for installation. All strings are carefully cut and wrapped at our facility in Santa Cruz and are some of the best grade strings available. These are the same strings used by Ashwin Batish himself! "> 329</a> 330 331 332<br> 333 334 335 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=51" Target="blank"> 336 337<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/Low-Sa-Set.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Batish Brand 338Low Sa String Set: This contains 7 individually packed main and 13 sympathetic strings in a roll. The 4th string is the Low Sa bronze gauge 28.5 string. All our strings are very high grade and are packed with instructions for installation. All strings are carefully cut and wrapped at our facility in Santa Cruz and are some of the best grade strings available. These are the same strings used by Ashwin Batish himself!"> 339</a> 340 341 342<br> 343 344 345 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=64" Target="blank"> 346 347<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/sat1100.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="SAT1100 Seiko Tuner 348Great for tuning your sitar veena etc. It has a VU meter so one can judge better how to tune microtones as opposed to the equal temperament. www.batish.com"> 349</a> 350 351 352<br> 353 354 355 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=59" Target="blank"> 356 357<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/mizrab.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="MIZRAB 358Finger Picks for Sitar, Veena: Very good quality, Steel picks. Click on More images for instructions on how to measure your finger to get a correct fit. This is critical for everyone to do before ordering."> 359</a> 360 361 362<br> 363 364 365 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=62" Target="blank"> 366 367<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/fret-thread-yellow.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Fret tying thread for Sitar, Dilruba. 368Available in Yellow or Green. See More images for other style. www.batish.com catalog"> 369</a> 370 371 372<br> 373 374 375 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=55" Target="blank"> 376 377<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/bone-swans.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Swan Tuner for Main strings of sitar, tanpura, veena: made of bone. Very good quality. Some sample shapes are given. All pieces vary in size, shape and looks as they are all individually carved by hand. We recommend that if you are getting a set of these for a sitar, the largest one should be put on the 1st string. www.batish.com catalog"> 378</a> 379 380<br> 381 382 383 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=60" Target="blank"> 384 385<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/Sitar-Bridge1.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Main Bridge for Sitar. www.batish.com catalog"> 386</a> 387 388 389<br> 390 391 392 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=54" Target="blank"> 393 394<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/Swan-Plastic.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Plastic Swan for tuning in sitar, veena, tanpura. www.batish.com catalog"> 395</a> 396 397<br> 398 399 400 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=53" Target="blank"> 401 402<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/SP-Hat-Mesh.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Sitar Power Hats!www.batish.com catalog"> 403</a> 404 405 406<br> 407 408 409 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=83" Target="blank"> 410 411<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/SP1--SDIE1.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Sitar Power Vinyl LP original Batish release - RARE!!www.batish.com catalog"> 412</a> 413 414 415<br> 416 417 418 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=80" Target="blank"> 419 420<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/sp-sweat-shirts.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Sitar Power Sweatshirts 421Large, XL, and XX Large 422Please specify size when ordering. Only one gray one left. Size Large.!www.batish.com catalog"> 423</a> 424 425 426<br> 427 428 429 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=79" Target="blank"> 430 431<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/sp-t-shirt.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Sitar Power 1 T-Shirts for Sale. 50/50 haynes 432 433Sizes presently available Large, XL, and XXL!www.batish.com catalog"> 434</a> 435 436 437<br> 438 439 440 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=81" Target="blank"> 441 442<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/sp-hat-for-kids.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Sitar Power Hats!www.batish.com catalog"> 443</a> for kids 444 445 446 447<br> 448 449 450 <a href="http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=73" Target="blank"> 451 452<IMG SRC ="http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/in1_dvd.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="In Concert - Part 1 - Ashwin Batish - Sitar, Zakir Hussain - Tabla - Raga Shudha Sarang - Alaap and Gat in medium and fast tintal. 453 454This is the first half of a concert held at the Performing Arts Theatre, University of California, Santa Cruz. It is a unique and a refreshing experience in the exposition of the North Indian school of music. 455 456(Program duration 56 minutes)!www.batish.com catalog"> 457</a> 458 459 460 461<br> 462 463 464 <a href="http://www.batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=65" Target="blank"> 465 466<IMG SRC ="http://www.batish.net/cart/images/uploads/mmed.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Morning Meditation Ragas on Sitar: Shri Ashwin Batish, sitar and Pandit S.D. Batish, tabla. Track Listings: 467 468 Raga Pahadi - Alaap | mp3 sample 40 sec. 469 Raga Pahadi - Gat composition in Deepchandi Tal | mp3 sample 40 sec. 470 Raga Vibhas - Alaap | mp3 sample 40 sec. and Gat composition in Ektal | mp3 sample 40 sec. 471 Raga Todi - Alaap | mp3 sample 40 sec. and Gat composition in Tintal | mp3 sample 40 sec. 472 473All music composed and performed by Ashwin Batish (ASCAP). 474 475This was Ashwin's debut album. It was originally recorded in 1978 and was a cassette only release. This recording has been re mastered for CD from the original Reel to Reel tape. Some of Ashwin's favorite morning ragas are presented here being performed in the North Indian classical style. Ashwin's father is accompanying him on the tabla. 476!www.batish.com catalog"> 477</a> 478 479<br> 480 481 482 <a href="http://www.batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=87" Target="blank"> 483 484<IMG SRC ="http://www.batish.net/cart/images/uploads/SP45_front.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="7" Vinyl Single, 45 RPM, Stereo. Released in 1985. Genre: Worldbeat, Raga Rock,Electronic, Folk, World, & Country, Rock. Tracklist: A - Bombay Boogie (3:50) / B - India Beat (3:30) Price: $25.00 !www.batish.com catalog"> 485</a> 486 487 488<br> 489 490 491 <a href="http://www.batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=71" Target="blank"> 492 493<IMG SRC ="http://www.batish.net/cart/images/uploads/ragopedia_cvr.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Exotic scales of North India: 650+ Ragas written in Staff and Sargam notations, pp. 190. 494This encyclopedia is for all musicians interested in boosting their compositional creativity. Notated in Western staff and Indian sargam, it is a reference guide designed to put you in touch with the wealth of exotic raga scales of North India. Now you too will have access to the very same knowledge that is an integral part and foundation of practicing Indian musicians. Keep it handy and tap its wealth. www.batish.com catalog"> 495</a> 496 497 498 499<br> 500 501 502 <a href="http://www.batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=75" Target="blank"> 503 504<IMG SRC ="http://www.batish.net/cart/images/uploads/rrlm.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="These are introductory songs on the ragas of the North Indian Music System with English Lyrics designed especially for the Western student. The words will teach you the ragas rules, while the melody will simultaneously unfold the ragas image! Listen and Learn ...... An idea so simple yet so brilliant manifested as Panditji and I were trying to create an educational tool to teach our English speaking students in the West. Rasik Raga Lakshan Manjari is the product of our quest. It is the first time traditional ragas have been expressed with English words so that students in the West and all over the English speaking areas of the World can learn the basics of the Hindustani Raga Padhiti by simply learning a song. Lakshan Geet are introductory raga songs and they express within the song all the necessary rules that are required to learn and play the raga. These have, in the past, only been available in Sanskrit and Hindi for Indian students. The compositions that are weaved around the English words are built with all the Raga's attributes in mind and hence reinfor
504ce the words thus making this a very powerful learning tool. Panditji sings them with powerful yet clear renditions so that the student can sing along. All the ornaments are expressed and might take a while to digest fully. But in time we are very confident that the student will listen and learn successfully. www.batish.com catalog"> 505</a> 506 507 508 509<br> 510 511 512 <a href="http://www.batish.net/cart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=57" Target="blank"> 513 514<IMG SRC ="http://www.batish.net/cart/images/uploads/box_set.jpg" width=100 style="padding:5px" alt="Ashwin Batish presents 10 of the hottest rhythm cycles of North India in this unique collection that has been compiled especially for classical and folk music of North India and is an invaluable resourse for Jazz/World musicians and composers interested in jamming with Tabla grooves. 515Rhythms featured are: Tintal-16 beats, Ek Tal-12 beats, Rupak-7 beats, Dadra-6 beats, Keharwa-8 beats, Jhaptal-10 beats, Jhumra-14 beats, Deepchandi-14 beats, Dhamar-14 beats, and Jaltital-16 beats. 516 517There are 10 CDs in all, one for each Tala. Each CD consists of the Theka in three different tempos - slow, medium and fast. Each track is 15 per tempo. In the case of Tintal and Ektal rhythms, we have included bonus tracks of the very slow theka. www.batish.com catalog"> 518</a> 519 520 521 522 523 524 525</td> 526</tr> 527</table> 528</center> 529</body> 530</html> 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543
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