Vijay Raghav Rao, Phish, Led Zeppelin, Ravi Shankar, Hariprasad Chaurasia, The Beatles, Ali Akbar Khan, The Doors, Stevie Wonder, Funkadelic, Neil Young, Jeff Lang, John McLaughlin, Devendra Murdeshwar, Panallal Ghosh, Allaudin Khan, Bismillah Khan, Zakir Hussain, Anindo Chaterjee, Nikhil Banerjee, Alla Rakha, That dude with the flute on the ferry in Greece, Raghunath Seth, Bhimsen Joshi, John Coltrane, Wazir Khan, Mian Tansen, Swami Haridas, Bilaskhan, ZM Dagar, Billy Cobham, Black Sabbath and anyone else I've enjoyed listening to or playing with.
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Hi, my name is Kerry Kriger. My main instrument is bansuri (bamboo flute from northern India). I study North Indian Classical music with one of India's greatest flute masters, Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao. I also play the darabuka (Middle Eastern drum) and tabla (Indian drum), and have been known to mess around with the recorder, glockenspiel and guitar. On top of playing pure Indian classical music, I like to experiment blending Indian scales and rhythms with western instruments (i.e. electric guitar and drumset) for a sort of Indian/Rock fusion. 'If it sounds good, it's music.'
Please check out my site indianflutemusic.com to learn more about me and my instrument, or to purchase my CD's. Thanks!
Some photos...
Sunset flute jam in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea:
Jammin on top of Mt. Gower, Lord Howe Island, Australia, overlooking the world's most southerly coral reef.
Going up Mt. Roraima (which has some of the best acoustics on the planet), just this side of the Brazil/Guyana/Venezuela border:
Another day in Costa Rica:
A fantastic day on the South Sister, central Oregon:
No sellouts here...the 2300yr old Grand Ampitheatre of Ephesus in Turkey:
Throwin down at Selfoss, Jökulsárgljúfur National Park, Iceland
A smoking crater jam on top of Mt. Ngaurahoe, New Zealand:
Brewin up a storm on the Little Devil's Tower in the magnificent Black Hills of South Dakota:
New Year's Day jam in the boiling mud pits of Uyuni, Bolivia:
Sunset flute jam looking out at Kuanidup Chico (that island I had to myself for 3 nights), San Blas Archipelago, home of the Kuna Indians, Panama:
Jamming, Miami Beach style:
Passing time at the Dasaswamedh gat in Varanasi, India:
No escape from the paparazzi:
Here's a short video of me and my brother at the Aspendos ruins in southern Turkey...
Here's a sunset drum jam at Cabo Matapalo, Costa Rica:
Got 99 cents?
These are all traditional Indian melodies, though some of them are presented in non-traditional ways. Here's some info on each track:
1) Bhairavi: One of the most popular Indian melodies. This features me on flute and some intricate electric guitar work by Travis Jenkins. Chrispy Lait delivers some solid rhythmic support on the djembe. Bhairavi is traditionally played in the morning. Track length: 7:02.
2) Simendra Madhyam: This melody uses one of the primary scales employed by the snake-charmers, so it's got some serious middle eastern groove to it. Great electric guitar by Trav, and Chrispy bringing in the djembe. With me on the flute. Track length: 6:27.
3) Amrit Varshni: Black Sabbath meets the caravanserai rolling through the desert. You won't hear music like this anywhere else! Trav on guitar and Chrispy on the djembe, me on the flute. Track length: 7:18.
4) Bhoopali: One of the five oldest Indian melodies, possibly 4,000 yrs old. A very mellow tune played in the evening and meant to calm you down. Nice use of harmonics by Trav on the guitar. Me on flute and Chrispy on the djembe. Track length: 5:55.
5) Chandrakauns: This one is presented in the classical North Indian style. Chandrakauns is played during the full moon. This is me on flute and Marcelo on santoor (a hammered dulcimer). No drums, very very mellow. This is alap, no composition. Recorded live at Luz de Luna in Buenos Aires. Track length: 8:35.
6) Hansadhwani: This one is presented in the classical North Indian style. An upbeat evening melody, I recorded this in Buenos Aires with Rasikananda Das, an excellent tabla player. Track length: 11:02.
7) Simendra Madhyam (revisited): Same melody as above, but different arrangement. This has Trav leading the way with some excellent guitarwork, and me and Chrispy on the drums (darabuka and djembe). Track length: 6:22.
All these mp3's are encoded at 192kbps (that's high quality).
When I'm not playing music, I can sometimes be found playing with fire:
Or crocs:
Or turtles:
Or three-toed sloths (Alter do Chau, Brazil):
Or koalas:
Or worms:
Or frogs:
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There is currently a search for two types of bands for record label consideration.
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1. A Pop/Rock/Commercial band with female lead. Band must consist of 2 guitars (Prefer both guitar players to be of lead caliber. However, one lead and one rhythm is acceptable), keyboard/piano, bass, and drums. Lead vocal, followed by backing vocals, in that order, is a plus as it relates to other members of the group. Average age of the band cannot exceed 28 years of age.
* Group must have an outstanding lead vocalist. ** Musicianship throughout the entire band must be very strong. *** Group cannot currently be under any contract of any type that is related to the music industry.
2. A Modern Rock band with male lead. Must be a complete band but there are no prerequisites as it relates to the make up of the band. Average age of the band cannot exceed 23 years of age.
* Group must have an outstanding lead vocalist. ** Musicianship throughout the entire band must be very strong. *** Group cannot currently be under any contract of any type that is related to the music industry.
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DEAR KERRY, I INVITE TO LISTEN THE RESTYLING OF "SOGNI D'ORO" ITALIAN SONG BY ALESSANDRO SPINA, and then the new song intitled "Nella Notte" (version demo) sung by Alessandro Spina. HAVE A GREAT DAY and attending your comments on my tracks, GREETINGS BY ALESSANDRO SPINA.
DEADHEADS GET READY TO PARTY HEARTY WITH FAMILY GROOVE COMPANY~ROOTSTAND~IFDAKAR,AND MORE! Hey now! The 3Gs ('aka Grateful Garcia Gathering), is returning back to the Camp NCN Venue in beautiful Black River Falls Wisconsin July 30th though August 2nd 2009 where it all began over 6 years ago! A grateful place where Garcia fans will be gathering! It also marks the celebration of Jerry Garcia's 67th Birthday, plus the 14th Anniversary of Jerry's untimely passing. We have leased the campground venue for July 30th though August 3rd 2009 for our 6th annual music festival.
Other great music festivals have hosted at this venue such as Weedstock, Farmapalooza, Big Wu Family Reunion, Campout Roots Festival,just to name a few!
Artists included: Family Groove Company, Rootstand, Ifdakar, Boney Fingers, Baghdad SCUBA Review, Fungus Garden Reverb, Jam and the Playground Kids, In the Dark, MMC Trio, Elf Lettuce, Vinny Weible & Soul Logic, Groovitational Pull, The Reggie, Grateful Beth and the Volunteers, The Bar Tab Band, John Statz, Mr. Cab Driver, Brok'n Arrow, Greyleaf, and more Jambands to be added soon!
Our friends at Mystix Toyz will be on board at the 3G's for tons of family fun with juggling demonstrations, including juggling workshops, face painting, kids parades, plus drum circles and fire dance jams every night
Hi Kerry - Bansuri, It's a pleasure 2 meet you. Thank you 4 ADDing us 2 YourSpace. We're happy to B. your friend. Keep on the good energy. Peace and Love (-: B. Eitan
Dear friend
I am sending you this to let you know that my first release on the web through myspace and audigist is now accomplished.
Now you can visit my page at: www. myspace. com/chakradar to listen and download my music.
Thank you for the support and friendship.
Peace and love
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