A long story..................................................................... To cut it short-- 1. Asked "Sushane":http://www.muziboo.com/sushane if he will play violin for an unplugged version of my vande maataram. Ans: yes 2. Was down with sore throat, so was late in sending it to him. Sent in 2 days before with an even worse sore throat than I started out ! 3. He got back to me saying it would be great if we can do orchestration for it and he can do it. Ans: yes ( me ) 4. Aug 14th, 11.30 AM: Sent me a version but that just had the pallavi (technical/computer hanging issues et al), not the charanam. I was a little shocked, bemused.everthing rolled into one. Then he had this brilliant idea to make the charanam into a virutham. 5. Aug 14th 11.30 PM: I went along with that idea and this is what we came up with Also, he has added some lyrics of his own to this wonderful piece. <b>Ennuyir annai thandha yen anbu desam nee Mozhi ina jaadhi bedhame yedhum attraval nee Valam thandha Manne Vanangugirom unnai....</b> Thanks Sushane, it was awesome working with you, and your orchestration is what got me to get this ready right away. I totally fell in love with it when I heard it this morning. Folks-- hope you enjoy listening to our interpretation of Vande maataram Vande Maataram Orchestrated by: Sushane Shankar Sung by, harmonies & mixed by: Meera Manohar Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:45:58 +0000 Meera Manohar http://www.muziboo.com/user/picture/10893/thumb/ayush1.jpg http://www.muziboo.com/meeramanohar http://www.muziboo.com/meeramanohar/music/vande-maataram-orchestration-by-sushane-shankar?utm_source=single_song&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=song_link&utm_campaign=embeds http://assets0.muziboo.com/audio_files/0007/1278/71277-MeeraxSushaneV2.mp3 http://assets0.muziboo.com/audio_files/0007/1279/71277-128-MeeraxSushaneV2.mp3 128 kbps 4.90476 <embed flashvars="song_id=36812" height="112" src="http://www.muziboo.com/swf/new_player.swf" width="272"></embed><br/><span style="size:0.8em;"><a href="http://www.muziboo.com/meeramanohar/music/vande-maataram-orchestration-by-sushane-shankar">Vandhe Maataram-Orchestration by Sushane Shankar</a> | <a href="http://www.muziboo.com">Music Upload</a></span> 23 86 17 45 476 http://www.muziboo.com/song/download/36812?utm_source=single_song&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=download_link&utm_campaign=embeds Sushane Shankar http://www.muziboo.com/user/picture/2242/thumb/ttap_music_15.jpg http://www.muziboo.com/music/pogadhe-deepavali-sushane-shankar/43623?utm_source=single_song&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=recommendation&utm_campaign=embeds 43623 Sushane Shankar http://www.muziboo.com/user/picture/2242/thumb/ttap_music_15.jpg http://www.muziboo.com/music/aankhon-mein-teri-om-shanthi-om-sushane-shankar/36332?utm_source=single_song&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=recommendation&utm_campaign=embeds 36332 Sushane Shankar http://www.muziboo.com/user/picture/2242/thumb/ttap_music_15.jpg http://www.muziboo.com/music/oru-maalai-ghajini-sushane-shankar-teaser/60938?utm_source=single_song&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=recommendation&utm_campaign=embeds 60938 Sushane Shankar http://www.muziboo.com/user/picture/2242/thumb/ttap_music_15.jpg http://www.muziboo.com/music/the-queen-of-the-damned-violin-soloduo-sushane-shankar/30883?utm_source=single_song&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=recommendation&utm_campaign=embeds 30883 Sushane Shankar http://www.muziboo.com/user/picture/2242/thumb/ttap_music_15.jpg http://www.muziboo.com/music/magudi-on-violin-sushane-shankar/34476?utm_source=single_song&utm_medium=embed&utm_content=recommendation&utm_campaign=embeds 34476