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I wanted to mention about things that went on for last two months.
I listen Remember Shakti, a band which plays Indian classical Jazz(watch this full concert at the link http://youtu.be/UfjxtcNYKz4). First time when one of my friends mentioned about this band, I watched the above video and that was when I decided to learn a string instrument and it was when I really got interested in music and its depth of knowledge. Its how the music of this band has inspired me. Its simply awesome. As I commented on the video, it is the music of Gods.
Upon asking, father rejected my proposal of learning classical music on violin, though my mother supported me(she is a very good Carnatic vocalist). I was told to concentrate on my studies and prepare for upcoming competitive exams like GATE, GRE, etc.
Since I had a bit knowledge of how a Guitar works(from first semester), I decided to craft my own Mandolin(I am a big fan of Mandolin Shrinivas, Carnatic classical mandolin exponent. He is the pioneer in introducing Carnatic music on mandolin, a western instrument). Crafting the body is easier than neck part on which fretboard is positioned. It simply cannot be made without crafting skills and good expertise. It needs perfect curvature and correct positioning of frets(metal wires of correct alloy embedded on rosewood slice). I even tried sourcing it from custom string makers but in vain(actually no one sells just a fretboard, that sounds ridiculous). But it was worth trying.
My other interest that I recently developed was towards micro-controllers and single board computers. One of them is Arduino (www.arduino.cc), which I always wanted to own. It is a micro-controller board which gives you the power creating computers that sense and interact with external physical environment, unlike your personal computer which just interacts with you. I read all the documentation and things related to these IC's and software that is used to program the IC. This IC is heart of the intelligent system which accepts ,stores, processes and gives output as it is said.
Now I have one. Received it yesterday by courier. Overwhelmed by number of things possible with the green thing shown below. Its Arduino Uno R3:-)
I will keep exploring and never stay still. Staying still is a nightmare.
I wanted to mention about things that went on for last two months.
I listen Remember Shakti, a band which plays Indian classical Jazz(watch this full concert at the link http://youtu.be/UfjxtcNYKz4). First time when one of my friends mentioned about this band, I watched the above video and that was when I decided to learn a string instrument and it was when I really got interested in music and its depth of knowledge. Its how the music of this band has inspired me. Its simply awesome. As I commented on the video, it is the music of Gods.
Upon asking, father rejected my proposal of learning classical music on violin, though my mother supported me(she is a very good Carnatic vocalist). I was told to concentrate on my studies and prepare for upcoming competitive exams like GATE, GRE, etc.
Since I had a bit knowledge of how a Guitar works(from first semester), I decided to craft my own Mandolin(I am a big fan of Mandolin Shrinivas, Carnatic classical mandolin exponent. He is the pioneer in introducing Carnatic music on mandolin, a western instrument). Crafting the body is easier than neck part on which fretboard is positioned. It simply cannot be made without crafting skills and good expertise. It needs perfect curvature and correct positioning of frets(metal wires of correct alloy embedded on rosewood slice). I even tried sourcing it from custom string makers but in vain(actually no one sells just a fretboard, that sounds ridiculous). But it was worth trying.
My other interest that I recently developed was towards micro-controllers and single board computers. One of them is Arduino (www.arduino.cc), which I always wanted to own. It is a micro-controller board which gives you the power creating computers that sense and interact with external physical environment, unlike your personal computer which just interacts with you. I read all the documentation and things related to these IC's and software that is used to program the IC. This IC is heart of the intelligent system which accepts ,stores, processes and gives output as it is said.
Now I have one. Received it yesterday by courier. Overwhelmed by number of things possible with the green thing shown below. Its Arduino Uno R3:-)
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| My new Arduino Uno R3 with laptop computer Compare the two processors. The board's and that of the computer's. |
Goutham
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