Bapu
@Bapu Padmanabha
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Pune, India
Joined Mar 3, 2006
Bapu Padmanabha
Little did any one realize that a young lad from tinsel town in Karnataka, whose younger sister bought him a small flute from a village fair, will reach to the heights of one of the favourite disciples of Pt.Hariprasad Chaurasia.Padmanabha Bapu, affectionately known as “Bapu” was studying tool engineering in Hospet(Karnataka). His knowledge of music was limited to the notes of harmonium taught by his grand father. He became so much obsessed with the flute that he started treating his idol Pt.Hariprasad Chaurasia,as his Guru in absentia. He purchased all audio cassettes of Hariji and started imitating his style, he use to practice for hours together and side by side he was continuously searching for a formal flute teacher within Karnataka.The search however brought no results because he was actually fated to become a disciple of his idol Hariji.
In August 1999,while pursuing 7th semester of his tool engineering programme, his urge brought him to Bombay. Initially he had to face disappointment of not being able to seek a meeting with Hariji and he returned to his college. Bapu was, however in no mood to give up and he was finally able to meet Panditji who admitted him to his class after the demonstration recital. Since this trip to Bombay was without the knowledge and consent of his parents, Bapu had no money with him. He use to attend Hariji’s classes in the morning and work as a waiter(with pride)in a small restaurant, earning just enough to sustai
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Listening
Apr 4, 2012
REMAIN passive – not doing anything, just listening. And listening is not a doing. You have nothing to do to listen to anything – your ears are always open. To see you have to open the eyes – at least that much has to be done. To listen, not even that much has to be done – ears are always open. You are always listening. Just don’t do anything and listen. Listening with sympathy Listening is a deep participation between the body and the soul and that is why it has been used as one of the most potential methods _ of meditation, because it bridges the two infinites: the material and the spiritual. And let this be your meditation; it will help you. Whenever you are sitting, just listen to whatsoever is going on. It is the marketplace and there is much noise and traffic, and the train and the plane; listen to it with no rejection in the mind that it is noisy. Listen as if you are listening to music, with sympathy. And suddenly you will see that the quality of the noise has changed. It is no more distracting, no more disturbing. On the contrary it becomes very soothing. If listened to rightly, even the marketplace becomes a melody. So what you are listening to is not the point. The point is you are listening, not just hearing. Even if you are listening to something that you have never thought of as worth listening to, listen to it very cheerfully as if you are listening to a Beethoven sonata. And suddenly you will see that you have transformed the quality of it. It becomes beautiful. And in that listening, your ego will disappear.
Music and Meditation...
Mar 13, 2007
Dear Friends, music is an easiest way to lost in to ourself,the music which flows naturally without any pre desicion that is the real music where musician is not there but "MUSIC" is there. when we listen to music also the same experience happens when we go deep in to the artistes mood there is no one to perform and no one to listen but music is there...
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DjHLimtz
Nov 18, 2010
Hi Mr Bapu, passing by to say hello, still enjoying your fantastic music :)
We hope everything right for you.
JH L & Martine "Green's Guest".
Green Guest
Oct 11, 2007
Bonjour Bapu,
I love your music, very relaxing !!! ...M.D. PALLAVI, BAPU on my station,
Great sensibility :-)
Much love,
PEACE
Martine
dan junk
Mar 21, 2007
Great flute playing.
Different music for me, but I like your style!!
''Rocking Raaga'' cool song.
Dereck Higgins
Mar 17, 2007
I love the peaceful sound of your music.
DjHLimtz
Feb 05, 2007
Hello Mr Bapu,
we discovered your music since some months, your style is amazing, we hope you'll find our request soon, and your agreement would make us very glad.
Friendly,
JH LIMERETZ
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Hi Bapu and thanks for the ad! Great to have you on my list of friends. I have a qeena flute from Andes/Peru and a shakuhatsi + some metalflutes in dif. keys. I'm mainly a guitarplayer with a passion for flutes in all kind. And a big fan of your work ofcource! All the best to you my new friend. ``'Falch'``