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Vande Mataram

Happy Republic Day folks!
I have been working on this composition for some time now and today is the most auspicious day to unveil it – for the song brings forth the feeling of unity, calmness and the gift of a rich heritage.
Vande Mataram (literally - "I bow to thee, Mother") was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. The song's first two verses were officially given the status of The National Song of the Republic of India.
Inspired by A.R. Rahman's "Vande Matarram - Revival", this composition is my humble attempt at rendering this beautiful song with my background score.
Please listen to it and share it on your wall, with your friends and with people who love music.
Credits:

Artwork
Girish and Neha

Vocals and Sargam
Shilpa V

Composition, Acoustic Guitar, arrangement, programming, production and mixing
Girish

Thanks to Anup, Hrishikesh, Neha, Nikhila, Shruthi, Tusheet, Vikram and Vishnu C for their valuable suggestions and encouragement. Special thanks to Shilpa J for her contributions to the song.

Gear
DAW: FL Studio 11 Professional Edition
IO Interface: Steinberg UR22
Microphone(s): MXL 990/991
Sax, Darbuka, Tanpura and Flute: Sounds of India (CD)
Bass, Piano, choir, bass guitar effects: Komplete 9
Drums, Indian percussion, Dunun and other percussion: Komplete 9, Sounds of India (CD)

Note: This is a shorter version of the original composition.



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Comments

  1. UnknownJanuary 27, 2014 at 8:42 PM

    Kudos to t entire team.. specially for u bro.. great work.. ! :)

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