Thavil Solo

[cupido4amor]

Goose bumps all over my body hearing the sound and seeing a white playing it.

[TejasM14]

@cupido4amor why should you react to it more just because of the color of the skin of the person playing it? It is this internal bias that we Indians seem to have, appreciating people more just because they are from a different culture.

[bitethis47]

i have nothing against this guy.i suppose hes a beginner, but why does it becomes a big deal when hes white..

[worldwellwisher]

@bitethis47 Big deal is that some people are born so narrow minded,...and others (majority) appreciate foreigners showing interest and getting involved in their culture and tradition..its a good feeling

[bitethis47]

@worldwellwisher he may have genuine interest in the instrument, even if he doesnt really understand it.. however i find it quite unfair that MORE talented people dont get to be as popular as him in youtube.

[bitethis47]

@worldwellwisher its the same kind of sadness i get when i see a video of jimi hendrix or radio head getting only a few thousand views and a video of justin biber hitting 100 millions views.

[Jaikumar257]

Amazin!!!!!

[79ramas]

iam impressed. music is universal indeed! ...agree! great to see this

[420828]

Wow dude niceeeeeee. Luv to seethis

[MrGreatTamil]

exce!!ent

[Missouramule]

I agree - surely you don't have to look that silly to play the Thavil well . . . . he plays well, but just tries too hard to look really cool.

[sano16sun]

du bist der beste , ich will sofort karagatam tanzen ,, tamil isai endrum the best

[Naveen27200]

Pride for tamil music



[soundcheck2k7]

@Naveen27200 Not just tamil, but Malayalam as well, some of the best thavil artists come from Kerala, I believe this guy was trained in Kerala.

[MrBharanish]

@soundcheck2k7 always cookin in tamils dont forget kerala once a part of tamil nadu and tamil is the mother of malayalam

[soundcheck2k7]

@MrBharanish That is absolutely true. Kerala was originally dominated by Cherans and Pandians. The old Tamil culture still exists in Kerala.

[Khalilullah]

Too bad he tries to act way cool...his konnakol souds dumb.

[satyajitsahu]

@Khalilullah Have some respect that someone foreign is trying to adopt another culture, another country's music... even if his vocalizing rhythm doesn't sound like the original, so what? Musically, he makes much more sense. Be appreciative man!

[Khalilullah]

@satyajitsahu "Musically, he makes more sense" ?!?!? It only makes more sense to you because this guy plays like a beginner, and you listen like one. The reason that this style of drumming is respected and imitated is because it, not bad copies like this, are very highly developed. I'm appreciative of the real thing; bad copies like this guy that show off on stages and try to pawn off crap to the ignorant piss me off. There are standards, no matter where you come from.

[satchi123]

nt bad but lacks power...this instument is meant to be powerful...

[spulen]

Cool...!! Keepit up..!! try...other indian music instrument ..!!!

[ziegenjd]

I'm from the place where this instrument comes from....very nice playing...awesome.

[ziegenjd]

I'm from the place where this instrument comes from....very nice playing...awesome.

[azwinr]

superb



[GopaGun]

really amazing beca white man can do this mind blowing

[japanesesen]

AWESOME!!!

[sendur]

wooooooohooooooooo

Keep it up. Especially spread to more and more people if you can.

Who is your 'Guru' ?

Thanks.

[mayagnsh]

amazingggggggggggggggggggggg! I dont even know any tamil ppl that can play that good

[satchi123]

@mayagnsh nt that hes nt bad... but thats the dummest thing i heard bro..lmao

[kritish0007]

hey they are stealing our music,,,, i hope u bnot gonna play this in a rock band in london....

[sinnagiri]

@kritish0007 What do you mean stealing. they steal and you lost ? hhh. It is growing. He made the world listen to Thavil

[montrymanuel]

wow nice drumming

[mynamemaggie]

Good on you mate! Am impressed!!!

[ryanandbranslurppiss]

this is excellent

[sabygeo]

Seriously go to the interiors of Malaysia and you will see genuine Thavil players with no training what so ever play with their heart and soul. The speed is intense and compares to nothing.

[sarathib78]

Woooow

[rambo2346]

that was a good one.and your big dedication

[terran97]

where did you learn this?

[omnamahshivayashiva]

i love indian percussion...tabla and thavil i prefer...

in tiruvannamalai always i see peolpe playing the thavil with nadhaswaram and it is really devotional...i'd like to learn thavil but in tiruvannamalai there are no teachers...

[Tamizan]

Mirudhangam is good too ..

[Tarttelinknot666]

yes i understand lol

[nikhilub]

Excellent ! more please

[jaybeesathya]

Awesome performance..

[mikelji]

Schön, dass ein Teil von Paramashivam Pillai bei Chris weiterlebt

Mikelji

[auerchris]

freut mich das Du meinen ersten Thavil Lehrer kenst und

schätzt - Danke

ch

[mstjujubee]

wow, neva thought i'd see the day i see a non-tamil play the melam. well dont to the guy playing it... and i dont know the terms, but he recited the music also ("thakita thakka" etc.)_

very cool :)

[eelamguy]

cool

[nedyalnib]

this is a ancient Thamil temple  drums

[mlredr]

@nedyalnib Andhra too ;)

[outdoorsolidus]

great playing!!but dont where your shoes the next time you play it!! cheers!!

[raghuramiyer]

I love this ..perfect.

[mridangist]

nice playing techniques...i would like to inform you that this drum/thavil should not have been played with your shoes on. Just remeber that next time you play. otherwise nicely done. :D

[yeahmiss]

cool.i apriciate that you worked very well to say the sylables as well while playing and they are clear too.i can see the hard work to get it right and the problems in terms of pronciation while you learn.keep it up.indian youngstars should learn how to sell it as well.

keep going

[texlinesox]

we are proud about you man from west.its india for u always.

[sonofthedestroyer]

Good stuff!

[mingteckaisan38]

Velle Karren Tavil Adi Karan laa mike,,adde mike adde mike

[dhol7]

kool :)

[JohnnyRatna]

This is mind blowing... simply awesome. Another fine proof of the universality of music. Great stuff!

[nirmal141272]

He is very talented person and i like it

[asprilla24]

fantastic well done wanner see more

[sharmamru]

well inspired by carnatic music,

my respect to you.

Any chance of mallari,please.....Aum

[pgan76]

amazing!!!! Welcome to our music world!!!!!

Expecting more....