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Re: making money off your music



He doesn't appear to be using a mezrab. Is that correct?  The miserable 
mezrab as I called it, when I played sitar.
But that doesn't even look like a normal sitar. :)

Kris


----- Original Message ----- 
> here's something positive
>
> Here's my friend Chris Doddridge performing to half a
> dozen or so people.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL9wHQH0jKg
>
> Chris has no desire to play to larger audience,
> and considers his playing to be a meditation rather than
> a performance.
> He follows the ancient Dhrupad school of North Indian music,
> and has quite strict views on not playing flashy stuff to
> impress an audience.
> While he comes across as very much the traditionalist,
> Chris has his own distinctive style which often involves the 
>re-stringing 
> and retuning of instruments to a much lower pitch.
>
> andy