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Style: World
Joined: December 19, 2006
Last Sign In: 2 weeks ago
Videos Watched: 879
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Independent Music Award winner for world fusion Prakash Sontakke is one of the very few artistes on the classical Hawaiian Guitar he plays the Gayaki ang, a complete reproduction of vocal music, which is a tough style to play on stroke instruments. As we all know, Pt. Omkarnath Thakur has inspired a whole new generation of musicians as he was one of the few, who redefined the entire concept of Bhavana Poorna Gayaki .His concerts were marked by a very strong emotional content as well as a great emphasis on different moods. Prakash has been constantly trying to achieve that particular style in Instrumental music, especially on stroke instruments i.e Classical Guitar.
Gharana
I was deeply inspired by the singing of Pandit Omkarnath Thakur and since my father Dr R B Sontakke was a disciple of Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, I have been trying to capture the essence of his Vocal style.
Creative Works
Apart from classical music I have done various "Jugalbandis" and fusion concerts, the highlighting aspect of these creative experimentation has been the stress on the vastness and versatility of classical music. As per the Hindustani Classical music tradition, Raagas have great effect on the state of mind. I have experimented with Indian classical music for stress relief and meditation as an experiment to prove the soothing effect of classical music.
Other works www.myspace.com/lehera
Inspirations SHAKTI, DIRE STRAITS, RIVERDANCE,VITAL INFORMATION,
YOSSOU N DOUR, SALIF KEITA, MIKE HERTING & CHARLIE MARIANO

Formation Date: January 16, 2006
Record Label: www.cdbaby.com/lehera
Label Type: Independent
Band Members: prakashsontakke
Influences: John Mclaughin,Nikhil banerjee,Victor Wooten,Jaco Pastorius,Salif Keita
Sounds Like: Interesting world sounds with the Raaga base
Country: India
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gayaki Log on to www.gayaki-gayaki.blogspot.com and watch my interview (1 month ago)
 
 
gayaki watch the blog an Interview of my band LEHERA (1 month ago)
 
 
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Karnatic Veena and Hawaiian Guitar Jugalbandi with tabla and mridangam
 
 
gayaki watch this Jeff beck and his style (3 months ago)
From Crossroads 2007 Chicago Playing "A Day in the Life" by Th...   more
 
 
gayaki the blog www.gayaki-gayaki.blogspot.com (3 months ago)
 
Suma Sudhindra and Prakash Sontakke  veena and Hawaiian Guitar
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Karnatic Veena and Hawaiian Guitar Jugalbandi with tabla and mridangam
no rating 1 month ago 75 views gayaki no rating
Ravindra Yavagal Tabla solo in Gokhale excerpts
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Pt Ravindra Yavagals tabls solo in Gokhale in the jugalbandi of Prakash sontakke &...
2 years ago 2,868 views gayaki
prakashsontakke bruce lee mani
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prakashsontakke bruce lee mani amit nadig kartick mani rahul sai babu solomon ramesh
2 years ago 752 views gayaki
prakash sontakke & Pushpa Kashinath
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prakash sontakke & Pushpa Kashinath Pt Ravindra Yavagal & Vidwan V Krishna
2 years ago 589 views gayaki
prakash sontakke & Pushpa Kashinath
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prakash sontakke & Pushpa Kashinath Pt Ravindra yavagal and Vid V Krishna
no rating 2 years ago 1,239 views gayaki no rating
prakash sontakke & Pushpa Kashinath
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prakash sontakke & Pushpa Kashinath Pt Ravindra Yavagal & Vidwan V Krishna
no rating 2 years ago 875 views gayaki no rating
opus rendezvous 3
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[TRANSLATED] opus rendezvous 3
[TRANSLATED] opus rendezvous 3
TAS MANI, RAMESH SHOTTAM,CN CHANDRASHEKHAR, PRAKASH,KARTICK,PRAKASH SONTAKKE
no rating 2 years ago 152 views gayaki no rating
opus rendezvous 1
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[TRANSLATED] opus rendezvous 1
[TRANSLATED] opus rendezvous 1
TAS MANI, RAMESH SHOTTAM,CN CHANDRASHEKHAR, PRAKASH, KARTICK, PRAKASH SONTAKKE
no rating 2 years ago 312 views gayaki no rating
opus rendezvous
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[TRANSLATED] opus rendezvous
[TRANSLATED] opus rendezvous
TAS MANI, RAMESH SHOTTAM, CN CHANDRASHEKHAR,PRAKASH, KARTICK ,PRAKASH SONTAKKE
2 years ago 316 views gayaki
Kab Aawoge Tum Aawoge-Amanat Ali & Fateh Khan
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Kab Aawoge Tum Aawoge-Amanat Ali & Fateh Khan
no rating 9 months ago 148 views Neharika12 no rating
Egberto Gismonti
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[TRANSLATED] Egberto Gismonti
[TRANSLATED] Egberto Gismonti
http://worldmusicstore.com.au Purchase this DVD by clicking above. DVD - Egber...
2 years ago 24,693 views ozmusicshop
Stacy Phillips & Paul Howard - Hawaiian Medley
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Stacy and Paul at a house concert in Washington. The tunes are Ua Like No a Like,...
1 year ago 18,199 views stacyphi
Stacy Phillips & Paul Howard - Blue Prelude
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Stacy Phillips & Paul Howard in Washington state in 2001.
1 year ago 7,642 views stacyphi
Doubleneck weissenborn, Paddy Burgin.
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A loose version of "Jesus on the Mainline" recorded to demonstrate the tonality of...
2 years ago 10,199 views simonburgin
Say My Name - Weissenborn Lap Slide Instrumental
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Composed by Paddy Burgin, a great player and luthier living in New Zealand. Open ...
2 years ago 15,579 views daddystovepipe
Steve Dawson - Lap Style Guitar in C Tuning
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This is a performance clip from Steve Dawson's "Lap Style Guitar in C Tuning" inst...
2 years ago 28,494 views LearnRootsMusic
Andy McKee - Into the Ocean - www.candyrat.com
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Into the Ocean - Andy McKee Original Song CD - Art of Motion http://www.candyrat...
2 years ago 4,776,780 views rpoland
Andy McKee - For My Father - Guitar - www.candyrat.com
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For My Father - Andy McKee Original Song CD - Art of Motion http://www.candyrat....
2 years ago 3,667,741 views rpoland
Channel Comments (5)
thinknirmal (1 year ago)
Nice music!
Would be helpful if you can name your videos with sequential suffix (part-1, part-2, part-3, etc.).
art6000 (1 year ago)
thankyou!!!!
ArtistIreland (1 year ago)
I like your music very much.

Peace be with you always.
els666 (1 year ago)
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cenkjeekhan (2 years ago)
Great channel, thanks to sharing your videos & diffuse indian classical music
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