Fifteen year old Female Percussionist in Maryland

[satchi123]

@Gopis108 what is a gopis??(magigal creature)..lol.. u believe in myths like different gods present in the universe, and the stories in the vedas??...its like greek mythology all human invention.gopis know many tunes?? how u can tell that...lol

[satchi123]

@Gopis108 ur the deluded one asshole!!!...the female brain and he male brain are different, sometimes the presence of testosterone in a male brain can make a person do certain things where a female brain wud be limited..testosterone makes u faster,stronger and more accurate and gives u more attitude in ur style...sometimes makes u feel things better..or u may get more creative.

[satchi123]

if u want to reach the heights(limits) of mridangam u might need some testorerone.. :P its a man thing, but u play it nice..lol

[Rumba3000]

GREAT !!! JAI ! :D

[jubilentamalendran]

some males can't play better than this

[101swoop101]

Cool....I really feel I need to study drums around the world....I'm so used to American drums (especially marching percussion instruments)....I rarely see much anything else...except for things like bongos, LOL! And I call myself a percussionist, wow! I really need to get out more!

[willbrown3232]

@101swoop101 I get what you mean, in the inverse. i'm American, but i've studied only world percussion and drum kit, so i have no knowledge of timpanis or marimbas. now all these colleges want to hear a percussion solo and they hand me mallets and i whip out my tablas lol.

[basavesh]

Amazing...great music....

[xxmb65]

wow! nice

[ShriVishnuMandirJcNj]

how much for mridangam i wanted to buy one i play tabla but i was so wanted to get one how much in the us

[glorplaxy]

It is quite expensive to get a good one in the US. The crappy ones are at least $300. A good one is going to cost as much as over twice that. Many places on the internet do not sell good mridangams because a good mridangam is made with S. Indian jackwood.

[raghav1976007]

Hey nice one.... The arai chapu and the free hand movements are UKS trade marks :) Nice gumukki as well, but it needs to have more weight. All the best

[ramchana]

Majestic!

[mridangam4life]

very nice videos.

i can c that u wll become an upcoming artist in the future.

not just u but many.

ur generation such as rieshiee, sri ram, rohan and many will become world reknowned artists.

pleas keep it up.

[MonacoRocha]

You sound Amazing !! Mario Monaco

[RamLakshmanan]

Rajna is shining star on the music firmament. Has the best training from UKS, the discipline to perfect herself, and the innate music sense to accompany for songs and musicians depending on their style. Best wishes to Rajna!

[md88skater]

wow very nice!

wat part of md r u in?

[umeshway]

SUPER !!! PERSU !!!

[tgkprog]

instead of urgh beep, can experiment with a flashing light with timer

[KillinDaWelfareMCs]

i like the sound of the north indian mairdang better it is called a pakhwaj...

the base sound is fuller on it..

[rapadmaja]

tape quality is poor

[ammastablas]

sorry- i meant every 5th beat the beeping can be heard..

not 4, but 5..

[ammastablas]

i think the beeping noise keeps track of the rhythmic beat, so that when she plays a long variation, she can return to the constant and steady pattern of the beat..

if you count in fours, you see that it is heard at every 4th beat.. so it maintains the timing and helps the percussionist..

[takla3210]

What the heck is that periodic beep beep sound???? Irritating. The rendition is definitely good though. V. mature for her age.

[sudarshanhs]

Amazing stuff !

All the best of luck to you, Rajna !

[suvarbal]

excellent keep it up

[RatRaceAce]

Very nice. Wish you all the best.

[uthiya]

Marvelous....

[kv959]

nice!

[aram34]

Mamma  mia!!!

[spectrum1844]

good girl - i am impressed -

[hirofan]

I saw you a couple years ago at the Cleveland Aradhana. I was completely blown away. You are an amazing talent, Miss! :)

[affluent111]

I have seen you perform in Arizona at the Chandler Center for the Arts about 4-6 ago. You were with a complete Karnatik ensemble. You played a solo by yourself while the senior players kept tala. You have improved quite a bit since then. Keep up the beautiful playing

[NitroMorsing8D]

u can clearly see the UKS style by the way she plays

[moderfuk]

Hello mi name is sainathabalasingaratnam. I am sorry for causing problems with Rajna. I am actually rieshiees best friend and recorded his video that day. While rieshiee went upstairs i posted his video. I was alos watching rajna's video. For ppls to watch rieshiees viseo i wrote thes inhumane comments about rajna. I didn mean it

and im truly sorry

[pimezon]

excellent!

[MELENARUMBERA]

Rajina, you are the bomb!!!!! You are an inspiration, like an angel for new female percussionists!

[riskbhaskar]

hey who is ur teacher ?...... very good playing ...

[komalboe]

What can I say....I just can't get over this video...it is just mesmerizing....

[072925225]

Great Job Rajna, I enjoyed your vassipu hope to see you play live one day

[072925225]

First and Foremost Rajana is a fantastic player. I respect her and her play, i respect her guru and his style of play even more. She has a great future ahead of her. But don't use the greatness of her guru's name to make her look good. I dont care who u r Rishies vassipu is also very good. But dont compare and if you are don use their gurus to compare eachother because i noe that rieshiees guru is far more of a father to his students rather than a teacher

[072925225]

Great job Rajana by the way keep it up

[072925225]

Guys just to let you know although rajana is a disciple of UKS. Rieshiee is a gifted student of Guru Karaikudi R. Mani

[thoia314]

Great job Rajna! It's always interesting to see something (or someone) outside of the norm, especially at Mridangam.

Hope to see more of you :)

[sanjulen]

People posting videos its good that you play this much under appreciated art form of divine attatchment.

Remeber that it is of divine attatchment, so keep your ego somewhere else, as all us mridangists and music lovers know that this is a very talented girl with special enthusiasm and talent.

Do not hate her because she is a woman, she has definetely in my humble opinion earnt respect as an artiste.

Keep it up, i wish i could play like you!

[ajay226]

kiran that is the funniest thing i've ever read

[chamataka]

i have personally seen rajna play in bangalore, and she is excellent. I have seen videos of rieshee play as well. Both are good. Please do not compare artists in such manner, it is beneath the true meaning of music.

-mridangam artist

[UFMD1]

I give up! I just been terribly whooped by a 15 yr old girl! lol Seriously you are inspiring, keep it up, fantastic!

[ajay226]

i find it hilarious how so many people on this site think theyre amazing at mridangam and put rajna down. you guys are all retarded. shes sri umayalpuram sivaraman's student, and my good friend.

[viewinguser]

In fact, its quite difficult for practice with the electronic metronome. She's playing very well. Kudos!

[viewinguser]

Really good right hand. Gumkaram is also good only not very audible. Who's student is she?

[nizmo423]

People who make stupid comments like boratrulz can't accept that there are better mridangists like this girl

[nizmo423]

This really is absolutely amazing. I keep looking at this and still can't believe it. U r extremely talented, keep it up.

[tigerdude94]

wow... i play mrudangam and thats good

try not to use the thalam counter too much

[MELENARUMBERA]

You're so talented! You go girl!! Beautiful solo!!!

[kgpian]

Excellent.

[worlddominator62]

Oh one more thing, were you in Clevland this year? My grandparents sister told me she saw one female mridangist who was very young and played a concert.. was it you?

[worlddominator62]

I can't believe these people, I mean people saying "Good, but I can play better", or the people even complementing her saying "wow, your doing very good, you go girl". NO, this is unbelievable for anybody, let alone a 15 year old.

Just one suggestion if I may, try not to play with the Thala Meter too much because you'll get used to it and will soon not be able to play without it. I don't know if you play with it every time or not, but just words from my guru.

Oh and Borat rullz.. .not cool

[jayravichandran]

What's wrong with you?

[kgpian]

boratrullz, I think you can learn a thing or two from this girl.

[sonofthedestroyer]

Hahahahahahaha. Ofcourse Palghat Mani Iyer is better! He is in a different league! But this girl is good.

[Pranavan2]

very nice, but i could play better

[mrudangasanskrit]

@Pranavan2 you are also more than 20 years older than her.

[Mryaggi1]

Holyyyyyy You go Girl!

[ajay226]

i feel proud to say that i know her.

[kinkyplum]

where the hell did you come from girl?! you've got talent! you need 2 show it off 2 the world!

[anotherarunan]

woahhhh amazinggg....