Home - updated June 2010

Announced on the new Events page..

Partha Bose and Shiv Shankar Ray will be coming to town on the 16th July to perform in the Unitarian Church, Brighton. Details here

 

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LESSONS

For information on one to one or group tabla lessons please mail me at

marc@mnm.co.in

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Version 2 of Marc's Learning Tabla for Beginners Cd-Rom / Dvd is now available. You can get it direct from me or you can buy it at earthvibemusic.com. If you want to get it from me for just £12.50 please mail for details.

A free copy will be included in future tabla courses

More information on this product here

 

Narayani and Marc

 

This site is an outlet for creative communication in the sphere of music. I'm particularly interested in Indian folk and classical music and I'm really interested in anyone with a vision to perform the real thing or a form of fusion. I'm always looking for musicians to play with or record with. I'm based in Brighton UK now but I tend to spend a lot of time in India too.

It would be good to use this space to discuss ideas about practice, technique and all things baffling in the world of indian classical music as I'm sure anyone delving into this subject must experience the same problems. I'd like to pool some inspiring contributions here too. Not sure how this is going to work but let's see what's possible. Click for forums.

 

To contact me, mail me through marc@mnm.co.in.

Cheers

Marc

marcclayton.net

 


 

The music which you should be hearing is coming from the Auto Tuna Music Player in the top right hand corner. The slider to the left of its tail is a volume control. Some of the tracks here are by Junkerry, the artist I often work with in Goa. Her Myspace is here

For info on tabla lessons in Brighton, UK mail me at marc@mnm.co.in

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I am studying with the inspirational and outstanding tabla exponent Shiv Shankar Ray. His web site is here.

FORUMS

Talk amongst yourselves!

Click here to open forums

 

 

Many thanks to my teachers past and present for sharing this art and providing the inspiration and having so much patience. I am now very happy to be a student of Shri Shiv Shankar Ray who is an astounding performer and a fantastic teacher of the instrument. He is from Calcutta and was himself a disciple of the great Jnan Prakash Ghosh. His site which I recently built, is here

Big thanks also go to Steve Morley who taught me in Brighton for a number of years. Steve is a great teacher and spends a lot of time considering the processes of teaching and learning and as a result has a great deal to offer. www.tablaworkshops.com is his website.

Last but certainly not least, thanks to Kailash Nishad of Benares for displaying the 'pickles' of his talent which inspired me in the first place to spend so many hours since trying to nurture a small proportion of the skills he can effortlessly muster!! A true living maestro indeed. I learnt for 5 weeks with Kailash in the beginning and that was an unforgettably inspiring time.

Musical instruments at Earthvibemusic.com

Musical instruments at Adaptatrap (Brighton)

RESOURCES

Software

Tanpura - Riyazstudio.com

Lahra very usable free program - Taalpulse.net

Practice and compositional tools - Swarsystems.com

 
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