Getting the Ball Rolling. . . .
The focus of this website will be to serve as an archive of a bunch of the recordings I have made over the years. Some will be old and some will be new. Some may have appeared elsewhere or even officially released. There is no order to this I'll just post stuff as I rediscover it. However, I will try and include any background information that may be interesting pertaining to every track I post. So in honor of the 2006 World Cup which I've definitely been checking out, lets get the ball rolling. . . .
Solitaire Eve is a collaboration between Asoka (now known as William Fields). Both of us being Sonic Soul members a collaboration seemed to be a logical step. Recorded on a Saturday Morning sometime in 1999 I had a gig in Philly that night and stopped by in the morning in Delaware to jam with Bill. They way I remember it I think Bill just played a pulsing beat (definitely not what's on the final recording) and I repeatedly looped parts over top of it. All the sounds are guitar except for the beats. The funny thing is that 2 of my strings were broken and I had no spares. Nonetheless, the song was one of the most downloaded songs on mp3.com that year.
wallpaper is not really a title, it's more of a description. This is pretty indicative of my process of writing when I'm sitting alone on the guitar or piano. The whole thing is improvised (or as Zappa would call it "instantaneously composed") - all done in one take and recorded using the built in mic on my laptop. I played the piano and looped it using my BOSS loop pedal (still figuring that thing out) and then picked up the acoustic guitar and sang a little at the same time. It's really short. Maybe it will become something larger later on. I think this was recorded sometime near the end of 2005.
K. Ravi Internet Node ca. 2006
Welcome to the K. Ravi website. This site will be very different from previous kravi.com incarnations. The main difference is that there will be many updates. Not merely statistical updates (when's, where's, etc.) but updates that will feature lots of content. The content will mostly be musical but there will also be lots of words like the ones I am typing right now. I will try and keep this from turning into a blog by spewing useless inanities, but hey - this is a website about me after all. So take a look around and please feel free to let me know what you think by dropping me an email. Thanks for stopping by!