To me listening to music is emotional listening. I have come across too many people asking me to identify ragams and so on and so fortgh when I am attending a concert or a programme.

Frankly, I don’t beleive I have to be able to do any of this to enjoy the music.
Carnatic classical music is definitely secientific. I mean there is a lot of maths and science in it.
But that is not why I like it. I like it for teh sheer strength it has and it’s feel when you listen to it and the person I feel I am when I listen to it. I believe it is a part of my identity.

Coming to the vocalists I love listening to, I am going to list present artistes. The Vocalists of today.

1. Ranjini and Gayathri: Defifinitely they top the list for me. I like their voices. The marathi Abhangs they sing is rather famous and that is one more thing I like about them.

2. Sanjay Subramanian: To me, he is an energetic singer. I feel the atmosphere is filled with life and energy when he sings.

3. Sudha Raghunathan: Her voice is great. I liek to listen to her sing Muthuswami dikshithar krithis and Thyagaraja Keerthanais.

4. M.S. Sheela :

There are many more Carnatic Vicalists I like but I will stop with Four for now.

Coming to my favourite, I like the Thaygaraja Aradhana and the melange of voices I hear when so many musicians get together to render the 5 precious gems i.e. the pancharathna krithis.
On any day this will remain my favourite(the chorus singing Pancharathna krithis)