Surya Vakkalanka

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South Indian Fusion

This is a sample from a South Indian fusion piece that I composed for a dance...

12 months ago | 7 comments | 96 plays

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Indian Stars - Fusion

I composed this piece for a multi-cultural fashion show showcasing various In...

12 months ago | 0 comments | 25 plays

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Veda Ghoshalevo

This is a sample from my album 'Jagamantha Janani' - a musical ballet for a l...

12 months ago | 1 comment | 20 plays

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Madhura Nagari

This is a sample from my first album (Andhra Kahali). Lyrics by renowned lyri...

12 months ago | 3 comments | 30 plays

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Kaaryeshu Daasi

This is a sample original composition from my album 'Jagamantha Janani' - a m...

12 months ago | 4 comments | 18 plays

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About surya

From http://www.vasuna.com . Joined about 1 year ago
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I am a musician at heart and an entrepreneur at mind. With four music albums and over 75 compositions, my passion for music goes unsaid, dating back to my childhood days when I often accompanied my grandmother as she wrote and composed songs, and started performing live since my college days at IIT Madras.

Although I have had very little formal training in music, I have been mentored by Chitraveena RaviKiran on mel-harmony and the fundamentals of Carnatic Music.
I am a fanatic of Ilayaraja’s style of blending harmonies into melody and A.R Rahman’s orchestration. Ilayaraja, A.R. Rahman, R.D. Burman, Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan and Dr. S.P Balasubrahmaniam are among my all-time favorite Indian musicians. I enjoy listening to all genres of music from classical to hard rock – anything that pleases my ear ;) particularly Beethoven’s piano symphonies.

Besides being the founder and the driving force behind the music band Aavakai (http://www.aavakai.com), I am actively involved with SiliconAndhra, where I compose music for various events, songs, ballets and musicals. I have recently composed background score for an indie film and I am currently in the process of producing my own music album and looking for opportunities to score music/jingles for films/commercials/tv.

Please listen to some of my sample compositions at http://www.vasuna.com. Most of my compositions have been orchestrated by me on a KORG Triton Extreme keyboard, digitally recorded, arranged and mixed at my home digital studio (Vasuna Studios).